WATER MILL, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum presents the third iteration of Artists Choose Artists, the Museum’s ongoing exhibition that celebrates the artists of the East End and the dynamic relationships that unite the area’s creative community. On view October 30, 2016 through January 16, 2017, Artists Choose Artists encourages fellowship among today’s expanded, multi-generational network of artists and demonstrates the diversity of contemporary creative practice. Each of the seven distinguished jurors made two selections from nearly 200 online submissions, and conducted studio visits. Featuring painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media, the exhibition comprises the work of the seven jurors and fourteen artists, as follows:

• Tina Barney with RJT Haynes and Dinah Maxwell Smith
• Lynda Benglis with Garrett Chingery and Saskia Friedrich
• Donald Lipski with Suzanne Anker and Ben Butler
• Tony Oursler with Jackie Black and Marianne Weil
• Jorge Pardo with Anne Bae and Monica Banks
• Cindy Sherman with Bill Komoski and Toni Ross
• Leo Villareal with Karin Waisman and Almond Zigmund

Corinne Erni, Curator of Special Projects, and Alicia Longwell, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, made visits to selected artists’ studios that were recorded on video. Those videos will be compiled into a film that will be presented at the exhibition’s opening receptions, and available for viewing on the Museum’s Vimeo page.

“Artists Choose Artists is not only a wonderful survey of the richness and diversity of artistic talent on the East End, but a great means to nurture relationships between artists who are at different stages of their career,” said Erni. “Personally, it is a total immersion into my new community, as I am meeting everyone for the first time and starting a conversation.”

Five of the artists participating in the exhibition—Suzanne Anker, Anne Bae, Monica Banks, Ben Butler, and Saskia Friedrich—will also lead workshops as part of the Museum’s annual Artist-in-Residence program. Through the Museum’s partnerships with local and regional schools and organizations, nearly 350 East End students will visit the exhibition, meet the artists, learn about their artistic practices, and make art that will be displayed in the Parrish’s 2017 Student Exhibition. Gallery talks by the artists will be held on November 18, December 16, January 6, and January 13.