Arts

"Art is my passion, conservation is my purpose, and for me the two are inseparable," said Shawn Heinrichs, who founded the Blue Sphere Foundation.

"This bawdy bedroom farce offers two rib-tickling, hilarious hours of theater," said Terry Brennan

"Both (artists) have been working in series that are related to motion, so when I was thinking of a name for the show, 'Velocity Games' came to mind," Sara Nightingale said.

"This play is about giants of the stage and screen, larger than life personalities who made great art and a great impact on our American culture," shared Scott Schwartz.

"Each of our art events is about helping you to explore not just the wondrously creative visions and talents of the artists, but something in you, in each of us, during the process of that discovery," said Ron Mellot.

"This year our invitation to the public is to 'take a look… take a class,'" shared Chris Kohan, President of The Victor D'Amico Institute of Art.

"I was thinking about loving these dead mediums, and it's a word that literally means 'medium' or one who is able to speak to the dead. In that sense, I do feel like I'm trying to translate these art forms to people," the artist said about Necromancer.

"We selected about a 100 different acts and we're doing 455 shows in the four days," Ken Giustino told us.

"Over the last decade we have captivated audiences with some of the most incredible storytelling, noted Alec Baldwin, who is a Co-Chairman of the Hamptons International Film Festival.

"The world is a blank canvas waiting to be painted and I can see all of the possibilities in my mind's eye," Gitlitz said.