A Memorial Read In at The Church for Artist Audrey Flack

“Art is a calling,” said Audrey Flack, internationally acclaimed painter, sculptor, and pioneer of photorealism. “There is something within the artist that has to be expressed. Every creation reveals something more about the universe and about the artist.”

On Saturday, July 20, at 3 p.m., The Church in Sag Harbor will pay tribute to Audrey Flack, who died on Friday, June 28, of a heart complication at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 93.

Flack was originally scheduled to speak at The Church on July 20, and offer insights and excerpts from her memoir, “Audrey Flack: With Darkness Came Stars,” which was recently published. Instead, the event has been reformatted and will now be a memorial service read-in. From 3 to 4:30 p.m., guests are invited to come to The Church to read a passage from Flack’s new book in her honor.

Audrey Flack was the first woman, along with Mary Cassatt, to be inducted into the historic Janson’s History of Art text. Her works are in major museums in the United States and throughout the world. She was the author of four books, including “Art & Soul” (Penguin USA 1991) and her new memoir, which received rave reviews from The New York Times as well as a large number of readers. The memoir focuses on what really happened in the personal lives of abstract expressionists as well as dealing with two children, one of whom was severely autistic. Flack lived and worked both in East Hampton and in New York City.

The event is free and all are welcome. RSVP is requested at thechurchsagharbor.org. Those interested in reading a passage from Flack’s memoir should email kristen@thechurchsagharbor.org for more details. The Church is at 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor.