SUNDAY JUNE 8, 2025, 2PM - 3:30PM
Join us for a conversation with artist's Louise Eastman and Janis Stemmermann and Duck Creek Alumni Tara Geer, on Sunday June 8th at 2 PM about their work in Black and White and Red All Over! "Visual Thinking Strategies" is an inquiry-based teaching method created by cognitive psychologist Abigail House and museum educator Philip Yenawine, who defines VTS as the use of art to teach "visual literacy, thinking, and communication skills.” The method was first used in 1991 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is now widely used by educators in a variety of settings to encourage critical thinking across a variety of disciplines.
THE ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK operates in the 19th-century barn once owned by abstract expressionist John Little, who in the 1950s, used this space as a studio and meeting place for artists in the then burgeoning art colony of Springs, East Hampton. OUR MISSION is to honor the spirit of John Little and his fellow artists by serving our community with FREE, innovative arts programs and supporting our participating artists.
Video by Olga Goworek, 2020 and music featuring Shenel Johns, Noah Garabedian and Peter Watrous, 2019
HISTORIC DUCK CREEK FARM is an 18th-century homestead including a farmhouse built by the Edwards family, members of the original settlers of the Maidstone Colony now known as East Hampton. The property was purchased by the Town of East Hampton with *Community Preservation Funds in 2006. Its restoration and adaptation as an arts center was spearheaded by a group of local residents, who now manage the property and its programming as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation called The Arts Center at Duck Creek.
*Learn about Community Preservation Fund here.
The Arts Center at Duck Creek offers free, inclusive programming that supports artists and honors the East End’s cultural legacy, made possible through generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Willem de Kooning Foundation, the Singer Fund and Robert and Maryann Singer, Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker and the Department of Economic Development and Planning, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, and community members like you.
The Arts Center at Duck Creek, Inc is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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