THE HIVE
News from the Bridgehampton School Community
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009 VOLUME 1 NO. 1
Sagharboronline.com
Coach Carl Johnson
The Art of Basketball
By The Hive Staff
THE BUZZ
Since 1978, the Bridgehampton killer
bees have walked away with 17class D
Spring Concert championships. Every player on the team
upholds the tradition and legacy of the
May 21st, 2009
7:00pm killer bees. Since the team has always
been formed from a small local popula-
BOE Workshop tion, the players have to work that much
harder in order to succeed. Because of
May 11th, 2009
7:00pm the unique character and diversity of the
Killer Bees, many members of the local
BOE Meeting community have shown great interest in
following the team. One member of the
June 8th, 2009
7:00pm community turned out to be Joe Zucker
who not only has been assistant coach
since 1999, but also graciously opened
PTO Events up his world to the team. Joe Zucker
Year End BBQ continues to be an outstanding artist who
June 11th, 2009 invited students to the Nyehaus gallery
5:00 pm in the National Arts gallery of Gramercy
Park. The relationship between Joe
Regents Week Zucker and Coach Johnson enabled the
June 16-19, 2009 “portrait project” class at Bridgehampton
June 22-26, 2009 to evolve into a class project with the Sag
Harbor Express newspaper. At that point,
High School it became an exciting adventure where
Graduation the students became engaged in an au-
June 28th, 2009 thentic expirence with a home town pa-
4:00pm per. Bryan Boyhan and his staff offered
their assistance and invited the class to
the offices of the Sag Harbor Express.
Students got a firsthand introduction
to the workings of the paper. Now it was
time to have students pick jobs related
Quote to publishing a page in the Sag Harbor
Of The Month
“We need to promote greater toler-
Express which would become a reflec-
tion of the Bridgehampton School and
ance and understanding among the community. Students decided to focus
people of the world. Nothing can
on the relationship between Joe Zucker
be more dangerous to our efforts to
build peace and development than
a world divided along religious,
ethnic or cultural lines. In each
nation, and among all nations, we
must work to promote unity based
on our shared humanity.”
- Kofi Annan,
Former Secretary General of
the United Nations
The Hive
Staff
Columnists
Cesar Banados
Nathan Hochstedler
Photographers
Greg Rojano
Olivia Garrett
Graphics
Shawntise Stephens
Darian Hemby
Evan Marzan
Sergio Palacios Joe Zucker was. At first, I only knew
Seated for left to right: Coaches Joe Zucker, Carl Johnson and Ronnie White. For
Technology more info on Suffolk County Coaches vist http://www.suffolksportshof.com/
Darian Hemby
Nina Hemby
Matt Marzan
Shawntise Stephens
Insight into Coaching:
Ana Rosa Vallejo
Editorial
Coach Carl Johnson
By Cesar Banados
Robin Gianis
As a basketball player in Bridgehampton,
Biana Stepanian
I often wondered how our coach got to be
such a great influence on the team. For a class
project, I chose to interview Coach Johnson
because I was inspired by him.
When Coach Johnson was young, he
was very active. He commented that he was
always playing sports outside like a typical
young boy. He played games like baseball
and football but he didn’t start playing basket-
Restaurant ball until he came to New York from North
One Ocean Road Carolina.
Bridgehampton, NY When Coach was nine years old, his fam-
ily moved from North Carolina to New York
tel. 631-537-5665 for better economic opportunities. Growing
up in North Carolina was a memorable expe-
Open everyday at 5 pm rience. Coach felt more comfortable in North
Carolina than in New York. He felt that North
except on Tuesday Carolina offered more in the way of friend-
Brunch Served Friday- ships.
Sunday at noon Coach grew up with two siblings, a sister
Brenda, and a brother Bobby. Today Brenda
works as a paralegal and Bobby followed
Please also visit Coach in the profession of coaching. It was
MJ Dowlings 3360 not until the age of 10 that Coach picked up
a basketball for the first time at the Bridge-
Noyac Road,Sag Harbor hampton Child Care Center.
From elementary school throughout his
high school experience, he was in the Bridge-
Arthur Gatling, Coach Johnson, and Joe Zucker en route to Zucker Studio
and coach Johnson for the Bridgehamp-
ton page.
As a result of the decision, Joe Zucker
invited the class to his art studio. Stu-
Karen Hochstedler photo
hampton School. At this young age, his first
dream was to grow up to be a professional
baseball player. Although the baseball dream
was not realized, in Bridgehampton he found
a love for basketball that was irreplaceable.
This love for basketball developed into a life-
long career. Growing up he also thought of
things that would make him
money, like going to school
for business. He even at-
tended Southampton Col-
lege where he took courses
in business.
Cesar Banados Eventually Coach’s pas-
sion for basketball devel-
in the studio.
oped into his life’s work as the coach for the
Bridgehampton Killer Bees. After college he
was approached by his former high school
coach, Roger Golden, who asked him to help
coach junior high and varsity basketball. In
1991, as a result of this experience, Coach
Johnson became the head coach of Bridge-
hampton Varsity Basketball, and his legacy
continues to affect my life, and the lives
of others, long after they graduate from
the team. ists such as Barry Lave, Chuck Close,
“A life is not important except in the
impact it has on other lives.” an impact on him. He was influenced by
- Jackie Robinson
www.bridgehampton.k12.ny.us
Letters to the Editor
Dear Mr. Boyhan,
The Staff at the Hive would like to
give thanks to you, Graphic Artist Judy
Clempner and Reporter Melissa Lynch,
for giving us their time and expertise in
order to launch our first page in the Sag
Harbor Express. We are grateful for
this unique opportunity for an authentic
learning experience and the chance
to share our school comunity with the
readership of your newspaper.
We are looking foward to working
with all of you in the future. A sincere
thank you for all that you have done
for us.
With much appreciation,
The Staff at The Hive
Biana Stepanian Photo For more information on artist Joe
Zucker please visit:
dents recorded Joe Zucker on video as
he explained his artistic process. When info@nyehaus.com
students began editing the video tapes, a “In a conceptual
quote emerged which defined the art of
basketball. Joe Zucker said, “In a con-
world, you take things
ceptual world, you take things that are that are out there,
out there, with no boundaries, then you
create your world…and basketball is like
with no boundaries,
that...it’s very organized yet it allows for then you create your
invention.” “For me, this experience has
led to a greater appreciation of the peo-
world…and basketball
ple around me that support the students is like that...it’s very
on the basketball team, but also in the
school,” said Nate Hochstedler. When organized yet it allows
students are exposed to different people for invention.”
who share a common goal, learning be-
comes more relevant to their academic
life. JOE ZUCKER
Joe Zucker: A Portrait of the
Artist As A Basketball Fan
By Nathan Hochstedler much more to art than people think” ac-
seen his success. The degree of self sac-
rifice and pressure artists endure is widely
cording to Mr. Zucker. The use of pro- not understood. Seven days a week, eigh-
Before I visited the Nyehaus Gallery cess and the way in which art is made is teen hours most days, is an overwhelming
in Gramercy Park, NYC, I never really as important as how it looks in the end. work schedule. Mr. Zucker said that fame
knew how intriguing and fascinating When I asked Mr. Zucker about how he can fade, or increase as time goes by. Ac-
feels when people recognize him as a fa-
cording to him, it has been a very long
Mr. Zucker as my assistant basketball mous artist, he explained he is very proud, road to recognition.
coach. After some research and a few although he wishes his mother could have
interviews, I discovered how accom-
plished Mr. Zucker is as an artist in the
world of contemporary art.
Mr. Zucker’s mother was a nurse, who
also earned a degree in art history. At
the age of six, his mother sent him to an
art school in chicago. He grew up on the
South Side of Chicago, in an emerging
blue collar environment. A lot of racial
tension existed between African Ameri-
cans and whites in this lower middle
class neighborhood.
“There was a lot of fooling around in
high school in the 1950’s,” Mr. Zucker
said. The gang violence was extremely
bad and there was police protection in
the school on a daily basis.
Mr. Zucker played baseball, basket-
ball, and participated in several sports
activities. He went to a good public
grade school and graduated from Hur-
ish High School in the Chicago area. He
received a Master’s Degree in painting
and drawing from the Art Institute of
Chicago. He went on to teach art class
at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1966
and 1967.
A major inspiration for Mr. Zucker
was the art scene in Chicago. Classes
were held in the Museum of Chicago. He
had many controversial influences. Art-
Jenifer Bartlet, Vincent van Gogh, Jack-
son Pollock, and Ad Reinhardt all had
these artists’ unique styles and ways of
projecting a picture on canvas. “There is
Nathan Hochstedler stands in front of a work in progress at Joe Zucker’s studio