A LOOK BACK AT 2023

EEPG Member News

Jan 23

Thank you for your participation and creativity as an EEPG member. You add to a wonderful community of photographers on the East End. Last year proved to be a testament to the commitment that defines East End Photographers Group. Here, we take a look back at 2023.

EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP
We welcomed ten new artists in 2023: Joseph Barretto, Doug Block, Jodie Cukier, Cynthia DiGiacomo, Steve Dreyer, David Johns, Mike Rechter, Kerry Sharkey-Miller, David Vaughn, Alexander Walsh,and recently, in January 2024, we welcomed Jeffrey Halpern.

EXPANDING EXHIBITONS
Along with our long held annual shows at Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton in spring and Water Mill Museum in summer, we’ve added Salmagundi Club, New York City, in winter. New and upcoming for 2024 is a Gracie Mansion exhibit, New York City, in April.

INCREASED VISIBILTY
Recognizing the importance of the digital landscape, we enhanced our online presence to echo the vibrancy of our physical community. We have expanded our online presence first by establishing a robust instagram. When posting, please tag @eepg and hashtag #eepgmember. We have developed a website featuring member portfolios and a listing of exhibiting member websites. From there, we introduced a new blog which offers news about EEPG events and member highlights. Please send your news here. Finally, we feature our shows in an online viewing gallery, see our latest exhibit here. Upcoming for 2024, we will be accepting payments through PayPal, along with current methods, for ease of making payments.

LOOKING FORWARD
With this expansion of our programs, a board has been formed consisting of Gerry Giliberti, Marilyn Stevenson, Mark Testa, Ron Buchter, Keith Manning, Richard Law, and Cynthia DiGiacomo. The board will continue to create vibrant and inclusive opportunities for photographers. We are confident that the coming year will hold even more exciting opportunities for growth, exhibitions, collaboration, community, and creativity.

Founded in 1988 by Liz Glasgow, Tim Lee, and local Springs photographers, EEPG stands as the longest exhibiting arts organization at Ashawagh Hall. Gerry Giliberti, a founding EEPG member, continues to guide this legacy forward today with our annual spring photography exhibition there. Inaugurated in 1990, the show has become a cherished tradition.

As an incorporated 501 c (7) non-profit organization, EEPG continues to promote photography and the visual arts in a community setting. The EEPG mission extends beyond exhibition; it is a commitment to creating a space where photographic artists can showcase new work, where emerging talents receive support, and a forum to realize personal vision.

East End Photographers Group

The East End Photographers Group (EEPG) is the longest exhibiting arts organization at Ashawagh Hall with the exception of the Springs Improvement Society, who hosts their member’s show and the Annual Invitational art exhibit. The EEPG is an incorporated non-profit organization whose mission is to promote photography and the visual arts and do it in a community setting. It encourages photographic artists to exhibit new work at each show and gives support and a forum to new artists who are just beginning to exhibit their work, realize their personal vision and embrace the photographic process–which the EEPG believes is the most important aspect of attempting to create photographic art.

Liz Glasgow and other local Springs photographers organized the EEPG in 1988 and generally met at Tim Lee’s Springs photo studio to discuss photography, show work and have some fun. Up until that point there were no formal photography groups on the east end, other than informal meetings at photographers’ homes. The group’s first exhibition at Ashawagh Hall was the weekend of April 13, 1990, which created the tradition of an annual spring photography exhibition at the hall. The group went through many changes, adding members from surrounding towns and the North fork and began conducting meetings at Guild Hall. In the 1990’s some EEPG members, primarily from Southampton, broke off and formed the Photographers East organization. It should be noted that photographers from both groups have, at one time or another, been members of both organizations.

As a group, EEPG has exhibited on both the North and South Forks of Long Island as well as New York City.

The town of East Hampton, New York is our home base.

http://eastendphotogroup.org/

A LOOK BACK AT 2023

EEPG FEBRUARY 2024

EXPANDING EEPG MEMBERSHIP