The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill celebrates the 10th anniversary of Access Parrish, an initiative that makes art accessible to visitors of all needs and abilities. Founded in 2016, the program supports year-round community members living with a wide range of neurodivergent, physical, and cognitive differences — including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and cancer — as well as veterans, seniors, caregivers, and families facing social, economic, or physical barriers to participation.
The annual Spring Fling benefit, held on April 25 at 7:30 PM, celebrates Access Parrish and is an evening of art, dance, music, and food. This year’s event honors Bobbie Braun of The Neuwirth Foundation as the Museum’s inaugural Civic and Community Leader Honoree, recognizing her unwavering commitment to the program since its inception.
The event takes place alongside “Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art and Care,” the first exhibition in the Museum’s year-long series “PARRISH USA250: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Responding to the Declaration of Independence’s recognition of “life” as an inalienable right, “Regeneration” explores our responsibility to the forms of life that sustain us through works inspired by the East End’s waters, forests, marine life, and native plants.