On Saturday, June 17th the Summer Sessions series will kick off at the home of Hamptons artist Liz Sloan. Curators Carole Reed and James Salomon bring “Home” art patronage to the Hamptons in the gorgeous architecture of a turn of the century Stanford White home, originally built by Samuel Parrish. Carole shares, “We begin our series with Southampton artist, Liz Sloan. As the title suggests “Artist in Residence”, Sloan has opened her home and working studio for this unique invitation-only evening. We have gathered some of the best known art dealers and artists as well as writers and critics to join us in the first of many “Salons” that embody the purity of the “lost generation” principals of interplay between artist and collector.”

This will be a place to exchange ideas and criticisms in an environment similar to the salon at Rue de Fleurus, where Gertrude Stein created a Saturday evening gathering place for the “new moderns”. In her time, among those whose careers she helped launch were Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Pablo Picasso. The evening will begin with opening commentary about his time with Andy Warhol and Larry Rivers in Montauk from noted Southampton provocateur R. Couri Hay.

Participating Artists include:  Ellen G. Ball, Scott Bluedorn, Meghan Boody, Peter Dayton, Thornton Dial, Melinda Hackett, Alice Hope, Judith Hudson, Mary Lambert,  Mark Mennin, Paton Miller, Richard Pasquarelli,Viviane Silvera, Liz Sloan, Diane Tuft, Purvis Young.

Liz has been painting on and off for 35 years under the tutelage of Bruce Dorfman at the Art Students League of New York. Sloan majored in fine arts at Colgate University after which she ran a successful jewelry design business. She decided to return to painting full time a few years ago. If you would like to receive a VIP invite to the series, please contact Carole Reed at hobcurator@icloud.com or go to www.salomoncontemporary.com for more information.