Jill Krementz's Sagaponack Summer 2013, Part II

One of the oldest grape arbors in Sagaponack.

Sagaponack Summer, Part II


	Kurt's illustration for the Artists and Writers Baseball Game in the old days.

August traditionally brings the annual Artists and Writers Baseball game but it has gotten so celebrity oriented that I no longer attend. It was more fun in the old days. But what wasn't?

The Hampton Classic means horrendous traffic and is another event that has lost a lot of its charm.

I worked in the yard and got a better workout hacking away at trees, hedges, and bushes with long-armed clippers than I would have at Pilates. Not that I've ever set foot in a Pilates studio. Bob Dash's garden, Madoo, is now part of my own backyard, separated only by an invisible wire fence, so I don't even have to pay the $10 to enjoy his artistry.

The grape arbor flourished and I was able to serve bunches of grapes and cheese to guests. Does Krementz/Vonnegut Vineyard have a nice ring to it?

One of two coffee tables made from an old door we found in the barn when we bought our house. The door was cut in half and legs attached.

The book about Sagaponack has a photo of our house when the Piersons owned it c. 1865.

Pierson, Rogers, Krementz-Vonnegut House, c. 1865

Captain William Pierson bought the land and house just north of the Foster Farm in 1765 from Peter Hildreth. The house dates back to 1740. Six generations of Pierson descendents were born there and seven generations have lived there — but none since 1965.

Alfred Pierson was a cooper and when he lived there he had a coopers's shop with a fireplace downstairs and a finished room upstairs as well as another fireplace.

EXCURSIONS TO THE STUDIOS OF TWO ARTISTS WHO LIVE, AND WORK, NEARBY

My new friend, artist Celia Gerard has a house and studio in nearby Wainscott.

She is preparing for a solo show at Sears-Peyton Gallery in January 2014.

Celia working on a drawing for her upcoming show.

The artist's work table.

Steve Miller is another artist to whom I made a studio visit. He lives on Sagg Road, just across the highway headed toward Sag Harbor.

His studio, combined with his dwelling, is surrounded by beautiful flowers and shrubs.

The artist seated beneath his Protein Painting from 2011.

It's hard to describe Steve Miller. He as as much a scientist as artist.

Miller takes the invisible worlds of proteins and molecules and transfers them to a canvas prepped with paint and/or a digital photograph, a sonogram, an MRI, or a DNA code.

Miller's work is currently on exhibit at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. (August 5-June 13, 2014).

He is also the featured artist at Art Rio, which is going on now and runs through September 8th.

Images of human protein based on the research of Nobel Laureate 2003, Rod MacKinnon.

All of Miller's work combines art and technology. Even though he tries to explain it, the neurons in my brain can't keep up. But I do respond viscerally . That's all that matters.

His art is displayed inside and out. This is a Steve Miller sculpture in his summer garden.

Steve with one of his books. This double page spread is a "fish bone" image of land clearing in the Amazon.

In his bedroom, a John Chamberlain sculpture (1975) with John Chamberlain sofa.

Steve's worn sofa with Chinese pottery from 500BC to 200BC, a small fraction of his Chinese Neolithic collection.

Studio assistant of 8 years, Becky Rosko, preparing lunch. She works twice a week at the studio and helps with the silk screening.

Steve invites friends over every Monday for an informal lunch either in his studio or on the outside porch.

BRIDGEHAMPTON: WHERE I GET EVERYTHING I NEED AND SEE EVERYONE I KNOW

Vivi and Gus Laggis opened The Candy Kitchen in 1981. Gus makes ice cream in the back of the store. Their daughters Jamie and Maria work behind the counter, as does Marisio, their son-in-law.

Besides ice cream in all its varieties, the most popular choice on the menu is the chicken over Greek salad.

The popular hangout opens at 7 AM and breakfast is the most popular time of the day. In years past one could see frequent breakfasters Roy Scheider and Don Hewitt.

Daughter Jamie behind the counter.

Suzanne Joseph Lobel was Stanley's house guest.

Stanley Weissman is my neighbor in Sagaponack. Sadly, her husband Lorenzo died this past year from a brain tumor.

Nathan Slate Joseph and Lucian Truscott IV.

Mr. Joseph, an Israeli artist represented by Sundram Tagore Gallery in Manhattan, lives in Sag Harbor with his wife Julie Keyes. He has a studio in Sagaponack just down the road from my house.

Mr. Truscott, a legendary staff reporter for The Village Voice, has recently moved from Tennessee to New York. His FB blog has a large following and he is completing a memoir.

Truscott is a fifth great grandson of Thomas Jefferson.

Nessia Pope on the sidewalk near Candy Kitchen on her way to the jitney which stops across the street. Nessia, Artspace's curator with more than 20 years of curatorial experience, was on her way back to NYC. She had come out for the day to attend an annual luncheon in Georgica.

Legare Settle, 25 years old, is from Savannah. She is a Senior Consultant at Beacon Hill Associates in Manhattan. On weekends Ms. Settle takes the jitney out to babysit for a family in Sag Harbor.

She was waiting to be picked up outside the Candy Kitchen.

Dan Scheffey and Ricki Roer, old friends since their college days at the University of Pennsylvania, class of '78.

Ricki is an attorney.

Dan, formerly with Condé Nast, is now on his own, consulting in media strategy, marketing and communications. Among other companies, he is working with The Monacelli Press, a leading independent book publisher specializing in architecture, design, fine art, and fashion.

Their next big book, Lee Miller in Fashion, is coming up in October. It's about Miller's work in fashion as model and photographer (she studied photography in Paris with surrealist artist Man Ray) before World War II when she was named British Vogue's war correspondent. Impressive work and career for this talented Poughkeepsie-born dynamo.

Nathan Lane in the parking lot near Bridgehampton's Golden Pear with his car and driver. Mr. Lane lives in East Hampton near the movie theater. Also at Golden Pear: Jimmy Fallon, accompanied by his wife, but looking very much the proud Daddy with his tiny baby strapped to his chest in a Snugglie. The infant's tiny bare tootsies were too adorable.

Alan and Arlene Alda in the parking lot behind Candy Kitchen. Alan is continuing to work on his PBS Science series and Arlene, as usual, has a new children's book coming out. She was raving about the new Sony digital, but I am happy with my Canon.

Citarella Parking Lot: Photographer Jean Pagliuso loads up her 1966 vintage 230 SL Mercedes.

Jean is proposing an exhibition, "Restoration Suite," to the Marlborough Gallery of her recent landscapes photographed in Mali, Burma, and Egypt.

Framed photograph by Jean Pagliuso is on the kitchen wall.

It is the invitation from her solo show, "Jean Pagliuso: The Poultry and Raptor Suites" in 2011 at Marlborough Graphics in NYC.

Jean's formal studies of chickens, falcons, and owls standing against minimal backgrounds explore the animals' anthropomorphic traits, and the resulting photographs are simultaneously captivating and timeless. I love her work.

Chris Berckert at Tech Solutions where I spent most of August perched on a stool while he tried to retrieve my iPhoto files which got corrupted.

Chris has been a volunteer fireman with the Amagansett Fire Department for 3 1/2 years. "We cook and entertain for The Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride. It's a fundraiser where 15-20 wounded warriors join a couple of hundred supporters who participate in a 30-mile bike ride from Amagansett to Sag Harbor and back again.

The bottles of wine, I should mention, are a gift from Julian who owns the gallery next door. No wine was consumed during the making of this photojournal. But we both could have used some.

Sadly my photographs of Tom Wolfe at home in Southampton are lost in cyberspace.

But my inscribed photo of him is not.

Detail of Tom Wolfe's inscription. As he was signing it I said it seemed like only yesterday. He looked at the date and said "yes, it was only 49 years ago."

Tom is now 83 and "still tap dancing."

Oh, how I wish I had the photographs I took that day.

Shamin Abas dropped by to get her iPhone repaired, with her is Cavapoo Poodle. "I bid on him at a leukemia auction so that's why he's named Lucca."

Ms. Abas was heading back to Palm Beach where her business was based and needed iPhone music for the two-day drive.

Abas owns a Public Relations and Special Events company which recently produced Bridgehampton Polo.

"In Palm Beach we do the High Goal All Star Polo Challenge in March. But mostly we're in New York City."

On the sidewalk outside Tech solutions I met Justin T. Ward. Mr. Ward is with JW Hamptons Concierge Services, a growing industry in the Hamptons. He arranges for people to rent sailboats, take polo lessons or gain access to major events.

Also on Main Street, Leo a French bulldog who belongs to artist Tom Dash.

Mark Borghi's Gallery had an end-of-the-summer party featuring his artists, one of whom is Tom Dash.

For my NYSD coverage of Tom Dash's solo show at the gallery click HERE.

Pat Rogers writes for Hampton's ArtHub, a popular blog.

Callie Manfred works at David Tunic Art Gallery on 66th and Madison. The gallery specializes in Old Master works on paper.

Callie has just learned that I am "Lily's Mom."

Callie and Lily were childhood friends meeting when they were babies, only a few months old. I have photographs of them in diapers sitting on a blanket in our Sagaponack lawn.

June 24, 1983: Callie and Lily photographed on the lawn behind our Sagaponack house.

Chris Mead, who owns English Country Antiques, and his wife, Zoë Hoare.

Out the door and off to dinner.

Callie and Tom Dash are good friends.

Also on Main Street: Alison Sneed, who works at Coastal Home. "I'm the lead sled dog, as they say in the sales business."

A fifteen year resident of Sag Harbor, "but a lifetime summer East Ender," Sneed has done some runway modeling and is a very good tennis player as well as an equestrian.

Kylie Monagan and Cody Levine.

Kylie lives in East Hampton and is training to be a restaurant manager at the East Hampton Grill. Her dress is from Limonia, a store in Santa Monica that sells a lot of local designers.

Cody is starting a job at BBD&O, "I'm paying back student loans," he told me.

Jean Kahn and Barbara Remia are co-owners of Tutto Bene, a year-round store on Main Street. They opened in 1985 and carry women's clothing, shoes, and accessories.

Joanne is wearing a handblocked Indian print cotton tunic by Sulu ($288).

It's my favorite hangout, albeit a dangerous one.

MORE VISITORS

Star Black and Galen Williams came over for dinner.

Star is a good friend, an excellent poet, a photographer, and a talented collagist. One of her collages hangs on the wall in Sagaponack.

I met Galen back in the '60s when she ran the poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y, which is now celebrating its 75th anniversary.

I photographed all the events for her which included Marianne Moore, Robert Lowell, W.S. Merwin, Anne Sexton, Anthony Hecht, and Jorge Luis Borges.

Galen is one of the top landscapers out here. She is now busy planting daffodil bulbs.

Harvey Shapiro: 1924-2013.

There will be a memorial service for Harvey on October 11th, 7 p.m. at Poets House, 10 River Terrace in Lower Manhattan followed by a reception.

This beautiful art work by Star Black hangs on the wall of the stairway.

Lucian Truscott cooked for us. That's Lulu, his sous-chef, in the foreground.

A handsome dude from Speedy Recovery also visited to retrieve my keys locked in my car.

I was so stupid because I didn't realize I could have called Triple A with whom I have a contract.

But I must say ... they lived up to their name.

Vinnie Favaro the installer, as he calls himself, and Angelo DelPriore installing my new oven, not that I need an oven. But I figure my daughter Lily , her husband Brian and their baby will be ensconced next summer, along with Michigan in-laws, Liz and Ron Michalski.

The Michalskis are all great cooks so I am looking forward to a summer of good eating.
Liz cans her own jams so I bet she's looking forward to my grape arbor.

My other big installation of the summer was a wooden ceiling fan with a remote control.

The biggest installation of all: my photographs. These are three of the 24 that I hung throughout the house. Left: The upside down tree is a sculpture by Channing Wineries owner Walter Channing; the baby is Sylvia, his then 11-month-old-daughter; September 6, 1993. Center: Jane and Morley Safer's grandson Joseph, October 7, 1902. Right: A coal miner and his son in West Virginia, November 7, 1979.

Bettina Prentice dropped by one morning with a Wayne Thiebaud poster from Aquavella. For my NYSD coverage of the Thiebaud show curated by John Wilmerding click HERE.

I loved that show and am very pleased to have the poster which will soon be framed and on the wall.

Later the same day I saw Bettina and her husband Jamie with Henry in Brideghampton where I was on my daily outing to Tech Solutions.

Lee Foster's Guinea hens made numerous daily visits. It's my favorite part of the day when they arrive on my front lawn. They eat all the ticks and mosquitos which is more than I can say about any of my other drop-ins.

Along with the guinea hens, my friend Star Black was a frequent visitor for a swim. She sat out by the pool preparing her writing courses that she'll be teaching this fall at Southampton College.

My hard-working vine pullers.

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS

Tommy and May finally got home from camp and I could once again hear their happy laughter coming from their next door pool. With them is their babysitter Kimberly Bellflower.

May is now 10.

May Lehrer-Seller on November 2, 2002.

Josh Lehrer, one of their two dads who they call "Papa," has just turned 50.

Josh is a very good photographer who has been documenting homeless transgender teens in an ongoing portrait series entitled, "Becoming Visible."

This work has been exhibited at The Robert Miller Gallery, The Powerhouse Arena, John Jay College, Gerald Peters Gallery, the galleries at Splashlight Studios and at the Martin Art Gallery in Allentown Pennsylvania.

A new show of this series opens at The Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford Connecticut later this month.

Jeffrey Seller, their other Dad, is the producer of "Rent," "Avenue Q," and "In the Heights."

Seller has a new play on the boards that he is directing and producing: called: "Fly" (about Peter Pan). It previewed in Texas this summer where it received raves. Jeffrey has two other upcoming projects — "The Last Ship" with Sting (music and Lyrics) and "Alexander Hamilton" with Lin Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics).

AMAGANSETT & MY FAVORITE NEW GALLERY

Ille Arts is located in back of an old farmhouse in Amagansett at 216 Main Street.

Artist Mary Heilmann lives near me in Sagaponack. Represented by Hauser and Wirth, Mary has shown at Ille Arts. In addition to being a painter, a sculptor and a ceramicist, she's a poet. Her greeting never changes: "Hi Honey."

For Eric Brown's solo show, my Sagaponack neighbors Perry Sayles and Steve Harvey gave me a ride.

Perry is a finance lawyer. As I mentioned earlier, Steve and I hang out on a daily basis at Marilee Foster's farmstand on Sagg Main.

Eric Brown standing in front of several of his abstract oils on view at Ille Arts.

You can log on to my NYSD Photojournal of Eric's show HERE.

Sara De Luca, director of Ille Arts, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, and Eric Brown.

A second visit on September 1st to Ille Arts in Amagansett, this time for a dance performance by Ian Spencer Bell.

My pal Star Black was my chauffeur. I can drive but I hate to drive at night.

While stopping for gas, I met Charles Scotti and his son Charles, who had just gone fishing.

They were on their way home in a 1967 car to cook a tasty dinner of their catch.

Amagansett Free Library, Chartered 1916.

Everything is so pretty, even the parking lot.

While waiting for Ian's performance to begin I went across the street for a stroll.

Waiting for a pizza at Sotto Sopra were Alex Hecker, a director at Lazard Freres, with Lilly, 3 weeks old (greeting us with a big yawn), Leon, 4, and Lena, 6.

I have Lily, 30, and Lulu, 10 (not dog years). That's a LOT of L's.

Double-duty stroller.

Standing room only for Ian's performance. But I had saved a seat for myself with a book.

In cotton shorts and a T-shirt, Bell performs a talking dance in the main gallery space.

He kicks, darts, lunges, turns, and jumps, while speaking about growing up in Virginia, living in New York, and traveling to Los Angeles.

"Dance," Bell says, "is about constant change. This is his short mediation on travel and place and the constant changing realties of life."

The performance lasted for half an hour. The audience loved it.

Artist Jack Ceglic holding a copy of his book (my seat-saver): Jack, Drawings and Paintings by Jack Ceglic, 2009-2012.

The book's forward, "About Jack" is by poet Philip Schultz.

There is also a conversation with Mr. Ceglic by Joe Montello.

In 1977, Mr. Ceglic was one of the founders of Dean & Deluca in Soho. In 1979 he opened another D&D in East Hampton. In 1996 he published the D&D cookbook.

If that's not enough, he designed Joe Montello's metal houses compound in Water Mill. He's also a brilliant gardener.

Two layouts from the book.

Philip Schultz, Pulitzer prize-winning poet.

AN END OF SUMMER VISIT TO WATER MILL

I could not end the summer without a visit to my dear friend Mary Ellin Barrett. We met in 1959 when I was her assistant at Glamour Magazine. I later worked for her husband Marvin at Show Magazine.

Her house, like mine, was built in 1740 and she has just put it on the market. She wants to devote her time and energy to the family house in the Catskills once owned by her father, Irving Berlin.

Family portrait in the kitchen: Mary Ellin with her grandsons, Nicky, 20, and William Swett, 13, and her son-in-law Benjy Swett.

Mr. Swett is a photographer whose most recent book, New York City of Trees, was the subject of a Talk of the Town story in The New Yorker and received a rave review in The Wall Street Journal. The book's publication coincided with an exhibition at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park.

Benjy is now working on a book, The Diary of Lost Things, an autobiography.

Nicky and William had just returned from the Luzerne Music Center near Lake George where Nicky was a counselor and William a camper.

Following in his great grandfather's footsteps, Nicky is an accomplished musician, a cellist, who is a student of Hans Jensen at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.

A portrait of Mary Ellin's mother Ellin Mackay.

In the 1920s, Mr. Berlin fell in love with a young heiress, Ellin Mackay, the daughter of Clarence Mackay, the socially prominent head of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company.

Because Berlin was Jewish and she was Catholic, their life was followed in every possible detail by the press, which found the romance of an immigrant from the Lower East Side and a young heiress a good story.

For my NYSD photojournal on Irving Berlin, click HERE.

This is how Mary Ellin looked when I first met her. I used to babysit for her kids and I photographed their weddings and later, their children.

William is an avid news junkie.

The car is packed and the Swetts are on their way. Katherine, who teaches at Brearley, was already back in NYC.

The trunk is closed with that familiar slam.

Labor Day means just that. I have to return to the city and work. While I'm away Steve O'Connell will be checking the house on a regular basis.

AND SO THE SAGAPONACK SUMMER ENDS

How fitting to end with words by the great Irish poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, who died on August 30th in Dublin.

I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades — it 'tis. I'm very conscious that people dear to me are alive in my imagination — poets in particular ... These people are with me. It's just a stage of your life when the death of people doesn't banish them out of your consciousness. They're part of the light in your head.

Click here for Part 1 of Jill Krementz's Sagaponack Summer 2013.

Jill Krementz's Sagaponack Summer 2013, Part II

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