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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2016

LONGHOUSE RESERVE 2016 JUBILEE YEAR SUMMER BENEFIT—SERIOUS MOONLIGHT—TO CELEBRATE 25 EXCEPTIONAL YEARS 

 2016 marks the 25^th anniversary of LongHouse Reserve. At SERIOUS MOONLIGHT on Saturday, July 23^rd, many of the artists and art lovers that the Foundation has honored will in turn be honoring founder, Jack Lenor Larsen, and the future of the 16-acre treasure that is LongHouse. On the night, either on screen or in person, past honorees Bill T. Jones, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Gund, Cindy Sherman, Nico Muhly, Robert Wilson, Barbara Slifka and Dorothy Lichtenstein will be there to salute or to entertain.

Alice Waters has personally overseen the evening’s dinner menu, Christina Kim created the hand-silvered invitation and the famed Martha Stewart will present Molly Chappellet and her sister Luanne Wells with the LongHouse Arts Patron Award. The meal will be paired with wines from Napa Valley’s famed Chappellet Vineyards. Molly is a designer, gardener, photographer, chef, entertainer, and author of five books. Luanne is the President of the Wells Family Charitable Foundation and serves as a trustee of the California Institute of the Art.

The SERIOUS MOONLIGHT dress theme of “Night Sky and Silver” will be variously interpreted by a crowd that loves to dress up – with some outfitted by Mary Jane Marcasiano and Nicole Miller. A telescope, courtesy of the Montauk Observatory, will be there for attendees to view the actual moon, and guests will be ushered through a Walking Through Time Tunnel.

Another high point of the evening will be a short premiere of the LongHouse documentary, which is being created by Checkerboard Films, and the crowning introduction of the cool and talented first ever three LongHouse Creative Scholarship winners.

The Summer Benefit Jubilee Auction will include spectacular items from past honorees, including a one-of-a-kind or unique items. The LongHouse Auction is unique, also offering special works from the organizations favored and generous artists who exhibit on the East Hampton grounds. 

SERIOUS MOONLIGHT will take place on Saturday, July 23 from 6:00 – 11:00PM.

For tickets please call 631.329.3568, email events@longhouse.org or visit http://www.longhouse.org/collections/tickets/products/serious-moonlight-longhouse-summer-benefit.

The Silent Auction conducted by fine art auction house Paddle8 will go live on July 4 at www.paddle8.com/auctions/longhouse. LongHouse Reserve is located at 133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton. www.longhouse.org

For additional information please contact Alette Winfield at Alison Mazzola Communications at alette@mazzpr.com or 212.755.2100.

About LongHouse Reserve:

 LongHouse Reserve is a not-for-profit organization with 16 beautiful acres in East Hampton, NY. Through its art collections, arboretum, sculpture gardens, and educational programs, LongHouse Reserve brings together art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, with the strong conviction that living with art in all its forms is central to living fully and living creatively. It seeks to expand the imaginations of all its visitors, no matter what age or level of appreciation. Currently, there are more than 60 sculptures for the gardens including works of glass by Dale Chihuly, ceramics by Toshiko Takaezu, bronzes by Kiki Smith, Eric Fischl, Lynda Benglis and Willem de Kooning. Works by George Rickey, Alfonso Ossorio, Yoko Ono, Pavel Opocensky, and Takashi Soga are also on view, while the installation of a “Fly’s Eye Dome” designed by Buckminster Fuller and a site-specific Sol LeWitt piece add interesting scale and dimension.