Have you heard about Pechakucha Night at the Parrish Art Museum? It’s a popular, fast-paced event held at the Parrish Art Museum that’s lots of fun and super interesting. On Friday, September 19, at 6pm, the Parrish is presenting Vol. 9 of its widely popular PechaKucha Night Hamptons, with a diverse roster of speakers including a Garden Guru, Multi-Media Artist, Birding Expert, Musician, Writers, and more, who will deliver rapid-fire presentations on the theme of living creatively on the East End. Each speaker shows 20 slides for 20 seconds, resulting in a dynamic, six minute, 40 second long presentation. The Parrish joins over 700 cities globally in hosting these events, named for the sound of “chit-chat” in Japanese.

Photographer/blogger Brooke Williams. Photo: Joshua Liberson. Author Gary Reiswig. Photo: Ken Robbins
According to series organizer Andrea Grover, Curator of Special Projects, “The objective of PechaKucha Night Hamptons is to highlight the many creative members of the East End community from a wide range of professions, and learn about their passion and process.”

Presenter Kryn Olson

Pechakucha Night Hamptons, Vol. 9 presenters include Visual artist Kryn Olson [above], featured in the Parrish’s 2011 Artist Choose Artists exhibition, whose recent trip to The Jacaranda School for orphaned children in Malawi has greatly influenced her art and worldview; Executive Director of the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center Frank Quevedo, known locally for his bird watching tours and expeditions; Gary Reiswig, owner of East Hampton’s Maidstone Arms and author of fictional and nonfictional titles including Land Rush, The Thousand Mild Stare, and Water Boy; Hadley Vogel, Director and Co-Curator of East Hampton Shed, an alternative exhibition space for multi-media artists; and NYC and Sag Harbor-based photographer and blogger Brooke Williams, whose site thisisauthentic.com covers topics ranging from personal style to parenting.

Other presenters include: Dan Asselin an East Hampton native and musician/environmental activist; Aquebogue-based multi-media artist Cliff Baldwin, whose work includes light installations, video productions, and music; interior designer Dale Cohen [below], principal of Dale Cohen Design Studio and author of the renowned lifestyle and design blog, BACHELORbydale; Peggie Ehlers of Riverhead whose Nuna Knits bridges the “farm to fashion” trend creating products out of plant and animal fibers; garden guru Jeff Negron, who consults with individual and retail clients on creating and maintaining their own vegetable gardens through his kitchen, garden design, and management business.

Dale Cohen Design Studio

The Parrish Art Museum is the official site in the Hamptons for PechaKucha Nights—an international, fast-paced presentation series founded in Tokyo in 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture.

Tickets are $10, free for members, children, and students, and include Museum admission. Space is limited and advance reservations are strongly recommended, as PechaKucha Nights sell out in advance. Reservations can be made by visiting parrshart.org. Friday Nights are made possible, in part, by the generous support of The Corcoran Group and Bridgehampton National Bank. Public funding provided by Suffolk County. Hampton Jitney is the Official Transportation Sponsor and an Official Media Sponsor of the Parrish Art Museum.