The Parrish Art Museum’s annual Spring Fling community celebration, fundraiser, and networking event will take place Saturday, April 25th from 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm at the Museum.  Spring Fling, which features a live band, art scavenger hunt in the galleries, and a silent auction, helps support the Parrish’s year-round educational programs for children.  This year’s Spring Fling includes live music from Noiz Entertainment, and hors d’oeuvre and an open bar featuring wine and spirits from Niche Import Co. and Alpha Noble Vodka. Guests are invited to participate in the Museum’s popular art scavenger hunt through the galleries, with prizes awarded to the winners.

“For nearly a decade, I’ve witnessed the children on the East End—including my own daughter—delight in and benefit from the rich educational offerings at the Museum throughout the year,” said event co-chair Laura Wynne. “I am honored to be a part of this important event, and look forward to endless possibilities for art education at the Parrish for the entire community.”

This year’s silent auction will offer goods and services donated by the East End business and professional community, including two tickets to the Broadway musical Beautiful; golf outings at the Atlantic Golf Club, The Bridgehampton Club, and The Bridge; VIP passes to the Hampton Classic Horse Show; a dinner for six catered by Seasons of Southampton at the winning bidder’s home; VIP tickets to Live with Kelly and Michael; and many more gifts from Hamptons restaurants, shops, and spas.

Spring Fling began in the 1990s and now raises over $100,000 annually for the Parrish Art Museum’s Education Department. Since the opening of the new building in Water Mill, the Museum has directly served 4,500 families through 13 events, offered 215 school tours, 132 open studios, and 56 after school art workshops, and 27 weeks of art camps.  This is the third year that Spring Fling will be held at the Museum’s new Herzog & de Meuron building in Water Mill. Tickets are $200; $150 for Members. All tickets purchased after April 20, 2015 will be $225.  Tickets may be purchased online at parrishart.org/SpringFling2015 or by contacting the Benefit Events office at 631-283-2118 x150.

Spring Fling is made possible, in part, by support from Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Davis; Maryanne Horwath & Michael Shaheen, Douglas Elliman Real Estate; Brown Harris Stevens; Chase; Christine Curiale, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Nancy Hardy & Dennis Baldwin; Dorothy Lichtenstein; Arthur L. Loeb; and Nest Seekers International.  The Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and the Tuckahoe Common School District.

The Parrish Art Museum is the oldest cultural institution on the East End of Long Island, uniquely situated within one of the most concentrated creative communities in the United States.  The Parrish is dedicated to the collection, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of art from the nineteenth century to the present, with a particular focus on honoring the rich creative legacy of the East End, celebrating the region’s enduring heritage as a vibrant art colony, telling the story of our area, our “sense of place,” and its national—even global—impact on the world of art.  The Parrish is committed to educational outreach, to serving as a dynamic cultural resource for its diverse community, and to celebrating artistic innovation for generations to come.