Southampton Inn is offering an artist studio tour.

Southampton Inn Artists & Studio Tour Package
Southampton Inn, located in the heart of Southampton Village is offering a unique and exciting guided tour of local artists' studios. Visit the studios of famous artists who have lived and worked in the Hamptons and other local artists whose work is beautiful, unusual and fascinating. Check-in on Friday, February 6 for a two night stay in one of of the gracious and enchanting guest rooms. Gather in the library at 10 a.m. on Saturday to meet tour guide, Julie Keyes. (A Continental breakfast will be available). Leave the Inn in your own car by 10:30 a.m. to meet Julie at the first studio. You will visit three to four studios and then break for lunch. After lunch, continue with Julie to visit another four or five studios, before returning to the Inn. Dinner at your choice of local restaurants. On Sunday, have breakfast with the artists at the Inn before check-out, or visit the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton and/or Guild Hall in East Hampton (not escorted). RSVP to 631-283-6500 or 800-832-6500. Artists included on the tour include Brian O'Leary (www.roxystudio.com), Connie Fox (www.conniefox.com), Nathan Joseph (www.nathanslatejoseph.com), Bill King, Michael Knigin (www.michaelknigin.net), Steve Miller (www.stevemiller.com), Michael Rosch, Hans Van de bovenkamp (www.vandebovenkamp.com). All for only $175 per person (must be double occupancy; taxes and gratuities not included). You can tour without the package for $50 per person.

"Gull Wing Mercedes" by artist Joe Strand.

The Thank You Art Show
The Thank You Art Show is a group exhibition being held at Ashawagh Hall on Saturday, February 6, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Sunday, February 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show includes works by Aubrey Grainger, Joe Strand, Ruby Jackson, Scott Hewett, Peter Waldner, Joe Chierchio, Molly Weiss, Gary Lovelace, Grant Haffner, Bethaney Peters, William Faulkenberg, and many more. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, catered by Damn Good Cooking, floral arrangements by Sag Harbor Florist, and musical entertainment.

The Crazy Monkey Gallery
The Crazy Monkey Gallery (136 Main Street, Amagansett, 631-267-3627, www.thecrazymonkeygallery.com) presents their Fifth Annual Art Competition. For the fifth consecutive year, the gallery will be holding an art competition among its 24 members., and "You be the Jury!" Starting Friday, February 5, members of the public are invited to visit the gallery and vote by secret ballot for their favorite artwork. Each artist will be represented by a single work of art, painting, drawing, mixed media, collage, photograph or sculpture. Voting categories include: Best in Show, Most Original, and Most Thought-Provoking. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, February 6, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The show will run through February 28. The gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment. Winners of the competition will be announced on Saturday, March 6, during the reception for the March exhibition. Winner of the "Best in Show" category will be the featured artist at a future exhibition at the gallery.

"Raku Flying Fish" by artist Jana Hayden.

Artist Alliance Of East Hampton
AAEH has announced that all members in good standing are invited to submit materials for inclusion in the newly created Online Gallery, currently under construction at our redesigned website, www.aaeh.org. Send artwork description (10 words or less), a short statement or biography, up to 10 jpegs of your artwork, and your contact information including your website address to webmaster@aaeh.org. The subject line should read: Online gallery - your first and last name. AAEH will upload your statement/bio, your art images, which can be viewed as a slide show or individually, and a link to your website. Dues must be current for inclusion. A new exhibit at the East Hampton Town Hall is being curated by AAEH member Lance Corey. The theme of the exhibit is Justice, and all two dimensional artwork (paintings, drawings, photography) are eligible for inclusion. The current exhibit, titled "Family," will be up until February 12, and the new one will be installed on the same date. If you are interested in participating, contact Lance at rlancecorey@aol.com, or call him at 631-594-1901. Athos Zacharias is participating in a group exhibition at The American College of Greece in Athens. The title of the exhibition is "Noumenon: An Exploration of Contemporary Art in the Beyondness of Things". The exhibition will remain open until June 30. AAEH members Ruth Rogers-Altmann, Beth Barry, Sally Breen, Rolande Cicurel, Lance Corey, Jana Hayden, Jim Hayden, Eileen Hickey-Hulme, Wilhemina Howe, June Kaplan, Luc Leboleis, Joanna Paitchell Lee, Stephanie Reit, Clare Schoenheimer, Daniel Schoenheimerv, Joyce Silver, Cynthia Sobel and Mark Zimmerman will be taking part in the Fifth Annual Art Competition held at the Crazy Monkey Gallery in Amagansett. The show will run from February 5 to February 28, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 6, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Watermill Center
The celebrated ensemble theater company CollaborationTown returns to Watermill on February 4 at 6:30 p.m. to create "The CTown Mysteries" a series of short, darkly funny plays that adapt, satirize, and/or derive inspiration from the Morality Plays, primarily of the Medieval and Tudor periods. The didactic nature of the source plays, coupled with their utter lack of humor, makes them ripe for parody. In "The CTown Mysteries," the artists also find connections between the Morality Plays and the religion of Self Help in contemporary America. At this February 4 Open Rehearsal, the group will explore a comical view of what the performance traditions of morality plays would be like in our contemporary American society. CollaborationTown is a non-profit theater organization that unifies different styles, opinions, emotions, backgrounds, and philosophies into cohesive ensemble-driven pieces of theatre. New work is developed by the company¹s unique four-tier play development process, CTown's Play Nursery. All artistic and operating decisions are made by a team called the Artistic Core, whose members are alumni of Boston University¹s School of Theatre Arts.

East End Arts Council
The East End Arts Council presents two iconic local painters whose images capture the essence of the North Fork, Alan Bull and Carol C. Young, in a show open to the public starting February 5 and continuing through May 5, at the Rosalie Dimon Gallery. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, February 21 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Local wines and cheeses will be served by the Jamesport Manor Inn, and the public is warmly welcomed to this free event. The Gallery is located on Manor Lane, one mile north of Main Road in Jamesport, in the magnificently renovated Jamesport Manor Inn. Take advantage of the delectable Winterfest Menu, which celebrates the East End Arts Council's Winterfest Jazz on the Vine Festival, offering over 60 free Jazz concerts throughout the North and South Forks from February 13 through March 21. For more information, contact the Arts Council at 631-727-0900 or visit www.liwinterfest.com. The East End Arts Council (133 Main Street, Riverhead, 631-727-0900, www.eastendartscouncil.com) will present the "Black and White" EEAC members show through February 26.

Richard J. Demato Fine Art Gallery
Richard J. Demato Fine Art Gallery (90 Main Street, Sag Harbor, 631-725-1161, www.rjdgallery.com) is showing "Assemblage, A Sense Of Salvation" by Jim Gemake, "Historic Sag Harbor" by Michael Landi, "NYC City" by Jacques Moiroud, "East End Farmlands" by David Peikon, "The Multi Mixed Media and Bronze Sculpture" of Gavin Zeigler, and works by Donato Giancola, Robert Reynolds, and Harriet Sawyer through February 11. The gallery is proud to announce that William Scharf has been added to the group of Gallery Artists. In his honor, beginning this weekend through February 28, the gallery will be showing works by William Bailey, Helen Frankenthaler, Jack Gerber, Wolf Kahn, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Gavin Zeigler, and Scharf. The gallery will also be showing the works of their regular Gallery Artists.

The Williams Club - "Freedom And Justice For All"
"Freedom and Justice For All" is the title of multimedia artist Michael Cardacino's latest contemporary works, which include sculpture and works on paper, and will be on display at The Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street, New York City, 212-697-5300, through February 15. For more information contact 631-324-8118 or www.michaelcardacino.com.

Lisa Cooley Gallery
Lisa Cooley Gallery (34 Orchard Street, NYC, 212-680-0564, www.lisa-cooley.com) is pleased to present work by Josh Faught in his first solo exhibition with the gallery, "While the Light Lasts." The exhibition runs until February 14.

Gallery West
Gallery West, located in the Captree Commons Building on the Michael J. Grant Campus of Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, is pleased to present "Locks In Translation," a group exhibition curated by painter and poet JoAnne McFarland, beginning on February 10 and continuing through March 10. Through "Locks in Translation" a diverse group of artists explores the complex issue of hair. Curator McFarland has chosen works that highlight the admiration and envy that flows between women when it comes to hair, resulting in a tangled intimacy - at once deep and sustained. Exhibiting artists include poet Elizabeth Alexander and visual artists Emma Amos; Susan Bee; Rachel Eliza Griffiths; Kenyatta Hinkle; Jee Hwang; Carolyn Martin; Ann Pachner; Annette Rusin; Barbara Siegel; Lorna Simpson, and Hong Zhang. Each of the artists selected for the exhibition is a master at her craft with a style that has become a physical attribute, such as skin color or hair texture. A reception, open to the public, will be held on Wednesday, February 10, at 11 a.m., with light refreshments served. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For additional information, call 631-548-2559.

Vered Galley
Vered Gallery's (68 Park Place, East Hampton) is offer a renovation sale that begins on Friday, February 5, including 50+ works at fantastic prices by Chamberlain, Chagall, Rivers, Wegman, Bowden, Stroudsburg, Kahn, Warhol and many others. The sale ends on February 16. The gallery's winter hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. For further information and exhibition images please contact Damien Roman at Vered Gallery at damienaroman@veredart.com, or call 631-324-3303.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

Hampton Road Gallery
The Hampton Road Gallery (36 Hampton Road, Southampton) exhibition will be on view through February 7. The gallery is open Saturday and Sunday, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., and on Monday, January 18, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Artists include Erik Babcock, Sally Breen, Joseph Eschenberg, Steve Haweeli, Eileen Hickey Hulme, Michael Knigin, Karyn Mannix, Mae Mougin, Maria Pessino, Stephanie Reit, Marilyn Stevenson, Joe Strand, Alex Vignoli, and Lew Zacks.

Studio East Gallery
The Studio East Gallery will hold open calls for the 2010 Exhibit Calendar on January 10 through January 31. On February 9 through March 5: New Beginnings II: Artist's mixed media interpretation of embarking, beginning, first steps, starting off, setting in motion, launching, commencing, originating, creating, generating. Receiving for the show is on February 4, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Miller Place location, February 5, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and February 6, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., Greenport location. There will be a reception on Saturday, February 20, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Refreshments will be served. On March 12 through March 28 - People & Portraits: A simplistic mixed media show of people perceived within the artist's interpretation. Receiving: March 4, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Miller Place, March 5, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and March 6, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Greenport. There will be a reception on Saturyday, March 13, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Two locations for drop off are Studio E-Gallery, 120 Front Street, Greenport, 631-697-0735 and Studio E, 565 Route 25A, Miller Place, 631-744-4001. For additional information on size and drop off times for exhibitions call the gallery.