Scott Bluedorn, Director of Neoteric Fine Arts, Elected to Town Art Council

Scott Bluedorn, East Hampton resident and owner-director of Neoteric Fine Art on 208 Main Street in Amagansett, has just been voted onto the East Hampton Arts Council.

Bluedorn, who opened Neoteric in July of last year, conceives of his exhibition space as an outlet for new and up and coming East End artists. His constituents apparently agree, as Bluedorn believes he was voted to the council to provide a greater voice for young artists in East Hampton. Apart from running Neoteric, Bluedorn— a Savannah College of Art and Design graduate— is known for his own work, ranging from paintings of shipwrecks to assemblages made from beach trash, which he calls “Floatems”. 

The East Hampton Arts Council, founded this past year, serves as a coming together of local artists and government to, “advise the town on issues concerning the arts and various artists, including education opportunities, business opportunities, areas for performing and producing art, and interface with various artist groups, businesses, museums, and associations,” according to the East Hampton Democrats website.

“I have a lot of energy and ideas to bring to it,” said Bluedorn, “It’s exciting. I think the town has the money to spend on the arts, I just don’t think it’s distributed so well.”

Neoteric Fine Arts, based in the historic Balasses House, opened its most recent show— a solo exhibit of the work of local artist Peter Dayton— on July 5. Dayton, who has been working out on the East End for 25 years, was formerly the lead singer of the 1970s punk band La Peste, and has exhibited in East Hampton on numerous occasions displaying his art— mostly influenced by surfboard design and vinyl records. Currently, the Neoteric space is filled with oversized surf fins, an immense disk of surf wax and minimalist color study panels that, according to Bluedorn, “blend 60s surf boards with references to the work of Ellsworth Kelly.” 

Tonight, July 19, Dayton will be onsite for an event called “Surf Shrink”, where the artist will “interview you about your relationship to surfing and how it effects your development,” Bluedorn said.

On August 3, Neoteric will host its second annual AudioVision Festival, presenting multimedia experiments and live music to the community. Live bands will play from 4 to 9 p.m. followed by a “Silent Disco” where three DJs will play over three different wireless channels that headphones wearing party goers can dance to, keeping the party going till 2 a.m. without disrupting noise ordinances.

In addition, Bluedorn plans to host a eco-ist local fair at the gallery in late August, as well as a “historical fiction live action murder mystery performance piece” playing off the real history of the Balasses House just in time for Halloween. 

If all goes according to plan, Bluedorn may even expand the role of his gallery to include an artists’ residency, allowing local artists to live and work in the two bedrooms on the second floor.

“I’ve got a lot of plans,” Bluedorn said, “It’s just about keeping them all straight in my head.” 

Neoteric Fine Arts is open Mondays,  and Wednesday through Sunday. It’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; and it is open till 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and closes at 5 p.m on Sundays.

Call 838-7518 for more information.