| | News and Opportunities for Artists of Fairfield County August 2, 2019 |
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| | | HOLLY HAWTHORN
As she puts it herself "With a name seemingly drawn from a woodland forest, it's not surprising to find Holly Hawthorn's work full of natural elements." A sculptor, printmaker and ceramicist, Holly works in many mediums. Her work is playful and thought provoking, cheerful and memorable. She remembers well the moment when she found the ceramic studio in the basement of a now long obliterated old converted house on the campus of the University of Bridgeport in the 1970’s. She spent the next four years there, and says that still has the dust of that encounter under her finger nails and in her soul. The discovery of the magic and mystery of creating art sent her to The New School in New York, The Athens Center, in Greece, The University of Urbino, Italy, to Cambridge and MECA, Maine. Holly then kept a studio in Westport for many years, before moving her studio to the American Fabrics Arts Building in Bridgeport. She just recently retired after 25 years of teaching art at Weston High School, and has been recognized for her art journaling, a practice she has maintained for over 40 years. Each small painting in her journal evokes a particular memory or place; taken as a whole, the journals represent a beautiful retrospective of her extensive travels. The inspiration for her current work is derived from the vast collection of shells, stones and beach rake items she has gleaned from the shores of Maine to Ireland. She says that anyone who makes their home in the Fairfield County area is more than familiar with seashells: this is the bounty we live with. The seashell is a timeless symbol that for her evokes the playfulness of time spent at the beach and the wonder of nature. Her current porcelain sculptures reflect her love of oceans and beaches, while her prints evoke serenity, reflective of mist, fog and water themes. Holly carefully crafts and conceals individual unique porcelain portraits within shells found from Maine to Ireland. These works are meant to conjure a smile as well as memories of walks on the beach. One's experience of beach walks can be forever changed by works like this: "Walks on the beach and forest on soft grey days provide me with inspiration to create monoprint images showing the subtle colors and fleeting moments that only become visible in the misty atmosphere--like the images created by the waves on the water edge, similar but infinitely different. The seashell is a timeless symbol that for me evokes playfulness of time spent on the beach. The illustrative works I create are titled to amuse the viewer." Holly says she especially enjoys using 'plays on words' to title them. They are 'little celebrations' of art." See Holly's website, Instagram and Facebook pages. |
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| DUVIAN MONTOYA
Duvian Montoya grew up in Norwalk and currently lives and works with his family in Easton. He has always been inspired by his hard working Colombian parents, who exposed him to all aspects of Latin Culture, and who nourished his passion for art at an early age. Attending Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts, he then worked restoring 19th-century lithographs, before traveling to Europe. There, it was Van Gogh who became Duvian's main inspiration, as he developed his own language of color and brush stroke. Back from Europe, Duvian moved to Albuquerque, where, influenced by the New Mexican landscapes, skies and culture, he continued to develop his own distinct style. Drawn back to the Northeast, his focus now combined an interest in the area's cultural history and its social issues with his personal observations on everyday life. In 2012 he was commissioned to create two large public art projects: Silhouetted Faces and Period Pieces for a subway tunnel at the South Norwalk Train Station (a 60-foot mural showing the changing fashions of the many generations who have passed through the tunnel); and Harvesting Community, a 16x37-foot mural for New Haven's new Hill Central School, celebrating the fruits of labor as a community in gardening, food, music, dance, art and family. In 2013, he was commissioned by Norwalk 2.0, as part of its FACES of Norwalk project, to paint a 6x11-foot WPA-style mural, Norwalk Migration, for the Norwalk Public Library, telling the story of his parents' migration in the 1960s from Colombia to the US. In 2017, he was commissioned by the Mary & Eliza Freeman Center in Bridgeport to create a work of art to describe Bridgeport's Little Liberia, one of the first freed black communities in America. In Pillars of Freedom, he depicted Mary and Eliza Freeman - the teachers, bankers, and organizers of the community in the 1820s. Today, his work has moved beyond the "magical realism" of his early work and itsthemes of immigration, Latin American identity in the U.S., and displacement, to focus more on technical skill and detailed imagery. With scenes culled from the more banal moments of our everyday life, this new quietness allows him to make surprising choices and subtle statements about the way we live our lives today. Duvian has been active in inspiring and organizing fellow artists. In 2006, he created The Peanut Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, showing the work of contemporary New Mexican artists; in 2009, he spearheaded the creation of the St. Philip’s Artist Guild in Norwalk; and in 2014, he was a co-founder of the Artists Collective of Westport. Duvian’s work has been displayed across the country and around the world. He is a member of the Artists Collective of Westport, and the Greenwich Art Society. See his website, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter pages. See his Artist Talk at 22 Haviland Street Gallery. |
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| Elizabeth Agresta, Painter
Valerie Ahneman, Musician Peter Alexander, Landscape Architect Leslee Asch, Curator, Writer Frances Ashforth, Painter/
Printmaker
Judith Bacal, Designer
Anna Badini, Painter
Louise Baranger, Musician
Daniel Wade Barrett, Painter Patrice Barrett, Painter
Jan Bassin, Writer Nina Bentley, Mixed Media/ Sculptor Sue Benton, Photographer
Susanne Benton, Mixed Media. Lisa Berger, Visual Artist
Paul R. Berger, Photographer Karla Bernstein, Photographer
Thomas Berntsen, Photographer/ Sculptor Tara Blackwell, Painter
Christina Blais, Quilter
Ziggy Bober, Sculptor
Amy Bock, Painter
Andrea Bonfils, Mixed Media Artist Dennis Bradbury, Photographer
Carolyn Brady, Photographer
Nancy Breakstone, Photographer
Michael Brennecke, Painter Janine Brown, Multidisciplinary Lucienne Buckner, Sculptor Bevi Bullwinkel, Painter
Miggs Burroughs, Graphic Artist Trace Burroughs, New Media Louise Cadoux, Painter/Sculptor Bob Callahan, Painter
Vincent Calenzo, Painter Donna Callighan, Photographer
Patricia Campbell, Dance Caller Lynn Carlson, Painter
Linn Cassetta, Printmaker
Alan Chapell, Musician
Ann Chernow, Painter/Printmaker Eric Chiang, Painter
Frederic Chiu, Pianist
Yvonne Claveloux, Painter
Lauren Clayton, Painter
Gabi Coatsworth, Writer
Alicia Cobb, Painter
Heidi Lewis Coleman, Mixed Media Linda Colletta, Painter
Rosa Colòn, Painter, Mixed Media
Tom Comerford, Photographer
Penrhyn Cook, Photographer
Rod Cook, Photographer
Margaret Stapor Costa, Filmmaker
Adger Cowans, Photographer & Painter
Naomi Cruz, Painter
Dolly Curtis, Curator
Lisa Cuscuna, Painter
Dawn Dahl, Painter
Cris Dam, Painter/Muralist
Holly Danger, Video Artist
Betsy Davidson, Painter
Carlos Davila, Painter, Sculptor
Jane Davila, Fiber Artist/ Mixed Media
Cortney Davis, Writer
John Deakins, Sculptor
Ken Delmar, Painter
Joseph Dermody, Painter/ Sculptor/Furniture Maker/Violist Emily Derr, Illustrator/ Designer
Joyce DiCamillo, Musician
Barbara Kunin Dierolf, Painter Eugenie Diserio, Painter Media
Carol Nipomnich Dixon, Painter, Fiber Artist Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani, Painter Erin Dolan, Painter
Ganga Duleep, Painter
David Dunlop, Painter
Philip Eliasoph, Writer
Jeanine Esposito, Mixed Media
Katherine Evans, Painter
Susan Fehlinger, Painter
Kathy Fitzgerald, Painter Louise Flax, Mixed Media Sally Frank,Painter
David Laurence Flynn, Lighting Designer
Heide Follin, Painter
Christa Forrest, Painter
Rose-Marie Fox, Painter
Cecilia Moy Fradet, Painter/ Printmaker Herm Freeman, Painter
Rebeca Fuchs, Painter
Rebecca Fretty (Pink Imperfection) Fiber Artist |
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| Liz Gabriel, Musician
Megan Garbe, Painter
Rhonda Gentry, Painter
Robin Jopp Gilmore, Mixed Media and Upcycled Jewelry
Joe Gitterman, Sculptor
Scott Glaser, Painter
Lori Glavin, Visual Artist
Joanna Gleason, Actor Gayle Gleckler, Painter Ellen Gordon, Painter; Mixed Media Ellen Gould, Photographer
Michele Gramesty, Jeweler Joyce Grasso, Painter/Photographer Jen Greely, Painter/ Printmaker
Carolina Guimarey, Multi-Media Artist
Barry Guthertz, Photographer
Dorothy Hafner, Sculptor Mary Harold, Photographer
Mike Harris, Photographer Holly Hawthorn, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramacist CeramacistKerry Gale Heftman, Painter Adair W. Heitmann, Printmaker
Kate Henderson, Mixed Media MaryEllen Hendricks, Photographer
Gwen Hendrix, Fiber/Mixed Media
Lenore Eggleston Herbst, Dancer Tracy Hoffman, Photographer & Printmaker
Veronica Hofstetter, Painter
Sonya Huber, Writer
Yuko Ike, Painter
Jana Ireijo, Painter
Jahmane, MultiMedia
Sholeh Janati, Painter
Vasken Kalayjian, Painter
Karen Kalkstein, Graphic Artist
Amy Kaplan, Painter
Wayne Keeley, Writer, Producer Emily Kelting, PhotographerKaren Kent, Painter
Susan Keown, Painter/Mixed Media Ceramicist/Photographer Niki Ketchman, Sculptor/ Multimedia Jin Hi Kim, Musician
Lesley Koenig, Painter
Moki Kokoris, Visual Artist
Richard Koleszar, Painter
Dawn Kubie, Photographer
Joanie Landau, Jewelry designer/ Printmaker Emily Hamilton Laux, Photographer
Eric Jiaju Lee, Visual Artist/ Musician
Julie Leff, PainterLiz Leggett, PainterSusan Leggitt, Painter
Henry Lepetit, Painter
Rachel Linnett, Painter Julia-Rose Liptack, Painter
Barbara Loss, Photographer
Shelley Lowell, Painter/Sculptor/ Poet
Diane Lowman, Writer Jane Lubin, Mixed Media
Lauri MacLean, Choreographer, Dancer
Mark Macrides, Painter,
Collagist Steve Magee, Painter
Dan Makara, Painter Jessica Makin, Painter/ Photographer Jim Malloy, Painter Connie Manna, Painter
Mary Manning, Painter/Printmaker
Elizabeth Marks, Painter
Joel Martin, "Jazzical" Musician Nadia Martinez, MultiMedia
Sooo-z Mastropietro, Multimedia Fruma Markowitz, Photographer Barbara Mathis, Painter Megan Bonneau McCool,
Choreographer
Grace S. McEnaney, Painter Ann McRae, Painter
Nancy McTague-Stock, MixedMedia
Peter Mendelson, Photographer Kristin Merrill, Jeweler/Sculptor Toby Michaels, Painter
Annamari Mikkola, Photographer, Designer, Curator Jay Misencik, Photographer
Duvian Montoya, Painter Day Moore, Painter
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Lina Morielli, Multi-Media
Meighan Morrison, Painter Carol Mueller, Painter/PrintmakerCynthia Mullins, PainterSusan Murray, PainterDale Najarian, Painter
Erin Nazzaro, Painter
Karen Neems, Photographer/ Mixed Media Susan Newbold, Painter
Mary Newcomb, Painter
Jill Nichols, Painter
Tim Nighswander, Photographer Julie O'Connor, Photographer Amy Oestreicher, Performing/ Visual Artist Melissa Orme, Painter
Rose Palmiero, Painter
Eileen Panepinto, Mixed Media
Harvey Paris, Carver Steve Parton, Painter
Rich Patton IV, Painter Judy Peknik, Painter
Justin Perlman, Sculptor
Chris Perry, Book Artist
Jay Petrow, Painter
Laura Pflug, Painter
Igor Pikayzen, Violinist Diane Pollack, Mixed Media
Karen Ponelli, Painter Jennifer Prat, PhotographerPenny Putnam, Painter Elizabeth Quesada, Painter
Ben Quesnel, Sculptor, Videographer
Tim Reimer, Painter
Gwen North Reiss, Poet
Barbara Ringer, Photographer Mariya Rivera, Painter
Dorothy Robertshaw, Mixed Media
Lizzy Rockwell, Painter,
Illustrator, Author
Alyse Rosner, Painter/Mixed Media
Katherine Ross, Painter Richard Sadlon, Musicians
Renee Santhouse, Graphic Artist Anthony Santomauro, Painter
Jill Sarver, Painter
Ellen Schiffman, Fiber Artist
Marianne R. Schmidt, Painter
Guy Sealey, Multimedia Eric Seplowitz, Photographer Katie Settel, Photographer
Rick Shaefer, Visual Artist
Rosalind Shaffer, Ceramist
Barbara Shea, Writer
Alissa Siegal, Painter
Norm Siegel, Painter
Lisa P. Silberman, Photographer Nomi Silverman, Printmaker Lisa Small, Painter
Vicki French Smith, Painter
Megan Smith-Harris, Writer/ Filmmaker Rene Soto, Painter
Carole Southall, Painter
Liz Squillace, Painter/Printmaker Connie Stancell, Painter
Barbara Stewart, Painter
Pam Stoddart, Painter
Florence Suerig, Visual Artist
Denise Susalka, Painter
Janice Sweetwater, Painter
Susan Tabachnick, Sculptor
Julliette Tehrani, Painter
Alicia Thompson, Actress/ Playwright
Kris D. Toohey, Painter
Andrea Towey, Musician
Ruth Kalla Ungerer, Printmaker
Vincent Verrillo, Painter
Karen Vogel, Painter
Lee Walther, Mixed Media
Liz Ward, Multi-Media
Ann Weiner, Multi-Media, Painter
Peggy Weis, MultiMedia
Gregg Welz, Paper Artist
Cynthia Whalen, Painter
Joan B. Wheeler, Painter Jarvis Wilcox, Painter
Bruce Williams, Painter
Jen Williams, Painter
Jonah Wilner, Painter
Tammy Winser, Mixed Media
Sherri Wolfgang, Painter Nancy Woodward, Photographer/ Mixed Media
Dmitri Wright, Painter
Jeffrey Wyant, Visual Artist
Gregg Ziebell, Painter |
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| | | | | Carol Dixon, Heide Follin, Scott Glaser, Ellen Gordon, Joyce Grasso, Mike Harris, Duvian Montoya, Mary Newcomb, and Melissa Orme had work selected for Unity in Diversity, the Greenwich Art Society's 102nd Annual Summer Juried Exhibition showing at the Greenwich Arts Council's Bendheim Gallery. The show has a reception Fri. Aug 2, 6-8pm, and runs through Sept. 6. The juror was Hillary Reder, Curatorial Assistant at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
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| | | | Andrea Bonfils is one of two artists representing Connecticut (the other is Victoria Sevigny) in 50 States/200 Artists, an exhibition of encaustic art at the Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM (see catalog) through Sept. 15, 2019. She also has work in the Summer Group Show at Isabella Garrucho Fine Art (including Choose Love, oil and encaustic, 48x48). Andrea recently installed a 20-foot, ceiling mounted, floating semi-transparent wall of underwater floral photography, from her Submerged Garden Series, at Push Fitness, in Melville, NY (at right; click for complete image). |
| | | | Miggs Burroughs and Ann Chernow are now writing a monthly column, the last Friday of each month, with news about the visual arts in Westport, for the Westport News. Called Art Town, it will cover a wide range of topics and will be available in the print edition and online. Miggs and Ann will be picking up from a column that used to run in the paper decades ago, but was discontinued. In their first column they list Westport's current, non-commercial venues and town-sanctioned works of art. In subsequent months they will focus on each of these and then explore commercial art organizations, current art events, and the work of individual artists. See their first column here. |
| | Carol Nipomnich Dixon’s two entries were selected for inclusion in Unity in Diversity, the Greenwich Art Society's 102nd Annual Summer Juried Exhibition showing at the Greenwich Arts Council's Bendheim Gallery. The show has a reception Fri. Aug 2, 6-8pm, and runs through Sept. 6. There is a VIP tour with the juror Hillary Reder, a Curatorial Assistant at MoMA, scheduled for Thurs. Aug. 8, 5:30-7pm. Carol’s embroidered collage on felt Rainbow Confetti Celebrates All, 15” square framed, created last year, received the $100 Jerry’s Artarama Award. Her oil painting Diverse Colors Create the World, 24” diameter, also created last year, is her second work in the show. |
| | | | | Dan Makara is a filmmaker as well as a visual artist. Two of his short films are going to be the next featured program in the Connecticut Film Festival's FilmFest52 series of free films at Housatonic Community College (HCC). The Art in Film program, starting at HCC, Fri. Aug. 9, 6pm, will include: Irwin: a New York Story, a docu-mentary by Dan on cartoonist Irwin Hasen, who drew Wonder Woman in the 1940s and created "Dondi" that ran in the Chicago Tribune for 30 years; and A Story in Stone, Dan's film on Bridgeport lithographer James Reed, which includes a short history of the lithography process with Eric Mourlot, whose family business printed Matisse & Picasso. A panel discussion at 7pm will include Dan, co-director and producer Frank Borres, and James Reed. |
| | | Jim Malloy has two acrylic paintings in the Kent Artist Association's annual President’s Show at the Kent Gallery through August 4: Country (Still) Life (at right) and Pinot Noir. Jim has also been invited to join Stamford's Loft Artists Association |
| | Duvian Montoya's They Are Watching (2019, graphite and gouache on watercolor paper, 60x48; detail at right; click for complete image) won the Irene Buynoski Award for Free-hand Drawing in Unity in Diversity, the Greenwich Art Society's 102nd Annual Summer Juried Exhibition showing at the Greenwich Arts Council's Bendheim Gallery. The show has a reception Fri. Aug 2, 6-8pm, and runs through Sept. 6. Duvian comments that "this piece was created in response to the hateful and divisive rhetoric in our politics and media today. My hope is to unite and show empathy towards others to guide our future generations to a more peaceful planet. The never ending knot, which is the background has been a symbol of unity and connectivity in numerous cultures for centuries." |
| | Amy Oestreicher received great news coverage for the launch of her book My Beautiful Detour at Barnes & Noble (see Westport News article). She reports that she enjoyed an artist residency at Dragon's Egg Studio July 18-20, with director Kristy Chambebrelli, in Ledyard, CT, ending with a book signing. And Amy will be premiering an original reimagined multimedia musical, Passageways, at HERE Arts Center, New York, August 6-8 at 8:30pm. The performances will be followed with a talkback and book signing, with the talkback facilitated by Marianne Gunther, president of New York Art Therapy Association. |
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Chris Perry had his 181 Ripples: spigot selected for Unbound, a juried show at Artistree Gallery, South Pomfret, VT, of artists from the northeast looking to explore "the book" as concept, object and format. The show is part of the annual BookStock in Woodstock, VT, and continues through Aug. 24. Chris has said about this series: The Ripples series started with a love of the flip-book with the difference that instead of flipping the pages to view the movie, the blank spaces were cut away so the entire “movie” could be seen when the cover of the book was open. They now tell of water, water structures and the effect of both on other things. I try to convey these ideas by selecting the number and size of the volumes, by how the filaments are employed and where and what if anything happens inside the assembled mass. Frequently there are voids created within the stack of books and these may be viewed with varying degrees of clarity with the use of a mirror reflecting the light back to the viewer. Other times the interior is so filled or the opening is too small to view what is occuring so that only by lifting blocks of pages can the interior be seen; just as not all sources or ends of water systems are always readily visible. |
| | Barbara Ringer is one of the 20 artists singled out from a pool of nearly 400 applicants from across the U.S. (the largest number to have entered) for b.j.spoke gallery’s annual Paperworks exhibition, in Huntington, NY. Paperworks 2019 was juried by Hillary Reder, curatorial assistant at the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Drawings and Prints, and will be on view through Aug. 28. The show opens with a reception Sat. Aug. 3, 6-9pm. Barbara's work is Family Album (9x24, vintage album with found and created photographs; at right). Pages from this album, as well as others, can be seen here on Barbara’s website. |
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Fri. Aug. 2: Unity in Diversity, Greenwich Art Society Annual Summer Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery. Opening Reception, 6-8pm (Carol Dixon, Heide Follin, Scott Glaser, Ellen Gordon, Joyce Grasso, Mike Harris, Duvian Montoya, Mary Newcomb, and Melissa Orme) Sat. Aug. 3: Paperworks 2019, b.j.spokes gallery, Huntington, NY. Opening Reception, 6-9pm (Barbara Ringer) Fri. Aug. 9: Dan Makara, Art in Film Program, Housatonic Community College, 6-10pm |
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| | | | | | CARRIAGE BARN ARTS CENTER ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW
AUGUST 16
The Carriage Barn Arts Center has a call to all current members to exhibit one piece of in its 42nd Annual Member Show, an exhibit that celebrates the range, interests, and talents of artist members working across all subjects, styles, and media. Membership is open to anyone interested in supporting the artistic activities of the New Canaan Society for the Arts, Inc. One piece in the show will be awarded the Betty Barker Award and a $250 prize. This year’s member show will run in conjunction with the Carriage Barn’s “Living With Art” event series. The series will include an artist talk, workshop, a panel discussion and more. Three exhibiting members will be selected to participate in a special event on Sept. 18 focusing on using fine art in interior design with award-winning designer Chris Roughan of Roughan Interiors. Entry fee: $20 for up to three submissions (one will be selected). |
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| | AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT ART OF WORK GALA RECYCLED RUNWAY AUGUST 16
The American Mural Project announces that its 2019 Art of Work Gala will feature Recycled Runway—a recycled wearable art show. Participants (individuals or teams) are invited to create outfit(s) made of trash and/or recyclable materials, and present them at the Art of Work Gala, a benefit event for the American Mural Project (AMP) on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 6pm in Winsted, CT. Wearable art creations should be made from at least 75% recyclable and/or trash materials that would otherwise be previously used, considered junk, or would have ended up in the landfill if you hadn’t rescued them for art. Exceptions: shoes and sewing notions, including zippers, thread, snaps, hooks, glue, and tape. Designs must be safely worn on the human body. Please, no glitter. Click here for full instructions. Click here to download the entry form. Click here to apply online. |
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| | | ART IN THE PARK SHELTON 6X6 4 PEACE AUGUST 19
The Valley Arts Council (VAC) & The City of Ansonia announce Art in the Park at the Rock the Valley 2019 event in the Nolan Field Sports Complex in Ansonia, CT, on Sat. Aug 24, 2-10pm. The VAC seeks artists and photographers to set up tents and displays to show & sell their work in an "art exclusive" part of the venue. The VAC is the primary resource for artists & photographers in the region and is encouraging artists to take advantage of a special offer to join VAC for $30 and save an additional $10 off the fee for the event ($35, non-member; $25, VAC member). Spaces are approx. 15ft x 15ft and VAC can accommodate additional size setups within reason. The field is highly illuminated, but you may bring your own generator or power source. Artists must provide own chairs, set up, tents. For more information and to download an application form, click here. Deadline to apply: Aug. 19 |
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| RIDGEFIELD GUILD OF ARTISTS 42ND ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
AUGUST 19
Members: $20 for first entry and $10 for each additional piece up to 5, payable by credit card via EntryThingy. Non-members: $30 for first entry and $10 for each additional piece up to 5. Non-members wishing to join prior to submitting their entries may do so by going here (member-ship: $55 ($30 for seniors/students). The juror for the exhibition is Fred Giampietro, owner of New Haven's Fred Giampietro Gallery (opened in 1979). For further information, and to apply via EntryThingy, click here. |
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| | | RENE SOTO GALLERY NORWALK DREAMS SEPTEMBER 5
The Rene Soto Gallery, Norwalk, has announced a call for entries for the exhibition Dreams, to run Oct. 12-Nov. 10, 2019. Dreams: everyone has them, whether stories while sleeping, goals and aspirations, or fantasies. Show us your interpretation. Open to artist 18 years and over living in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Original art in any two-dimensional or three-dimensional media, created in the last 3 years and not exhibited previously at Rene Soto Gallery, including: painting, fiber art, mixed-media, photography, drawing, printmaking, pastels, and 3D bas-relief artwork created to be hung on a wall is eligible. The juror is Juan Ramiro Torres, born in Lima, Peru, a graduate of Parsons School of Design, he currently works as fine artist, art teacher, graphic designer and journalist. For further details, and to apply, click here. Deadline: Sept. 5, 2019. |
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| | SPECTRUM GALLERY AUTUMN ARTS FESTIVAL MADISON SEPTEMBER 27 + GALLERY SHOW SEPTEMBER 14
Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT, is calling for artists working in all mediums to submit art for its outdoor Autumn Arts Festival, on the Historic Madison Town Green. The two-day event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13, 2019 and is limited to 100 participants. Four large group tents are available for those who want to participate but do not own their own tents. In total there are 32 spots available under the large tents (some are already taken) so submit as soon as possible. Artists, however, who do have their own tents can choose to use them. See prospectus for more details. Festival artists have the additional option to exhibit work at Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main Street in Centerbrook, during the concurrent Group Gallery Show, September 27-November 10, 2019.
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| | | | ACADEMY OF NEW ENGLAND BALLET STRATFORD
The Academy of New England Ballet Company is holding auditions for its 2019/ 2020 Season on August 18th and 25th at Connecticut Dance Conservatory at 279 Ferry Boulevard, Stratford, from 11:00 am registration until 2:00pm when class ends. Master teachers will instruct the class. AcademyofNEBCO@gmail.com |
| | | | REMINDER: CT OFFICE OF THE ARTS ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS AUGUST 20
The Connecticut Office of the Arts' Artist Fellowship Program (AFP) provides competitive grants to encourage the continuing development of Connecticut artists. Fellowships provide support for artists to pursue new work and achieve specific creative and career goals. Reviewers designate applications after you submit for Artistic Excellence grants: $5,000
Artist Fellowship grants: $3,000
Emerging Recognition grants: $1,000 Fellowship awards are particularly competitive, and artists are encouraged to apply only when they have created a substantial body of recent work that can be presented professionally. Applicants, who must be the primary creator of original works of art, will be asked to identify their work in one broad category and up to four general categories. To apply, submit a one-page narrative, a work sample and a bio/resumé. The Fellowship is NOT a project grant, and is designed to support the creation/development of new work. The primary review criteria is artistic excellence. All applications must be submitted digitally via the online portal: coa.fluidreview.com. Application Guidelines are available here. See a list of 2018 Artist Fellowship awardees here. Applications must be received on or before 11:59 pm, Tues. Aug 20, 2019. |
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ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW HAVEN ARTS WORKFORCE INITIATIVE SPONSORSHIP The Arts Workforce Initiative (AWI) Sponsorship seeks to support art projects organized by young urban creatives in Connecticut with up to $1,000. Organized by the CT Office of the Arts with the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, this project offers funds to creatives organizing community events and cultural experiences happening in New Haven, Hartford, New London, Waterbury, Bridgeport, and Stamford. Projects must be aligned with the CT Office of the Arts' R.E.A.D.I. framework. Interested creatives must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible to receive a sponsorship: - Be between ages 18 - 40
- Have a leadership role in organizing the project
- Have a project that must occur during the next 90 days
- Have a project that must take place within the designated cites: Bridgeport, Hartford, New London, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury
- Have a project that must align with the R.E.A.D.I. Framework.
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| | | | | Submission Deadline Aug. 16-17: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: Bedlam Receiving Aug. 17: Stamford Innovation Week: OpenPOP 2019 Submission Deadline Aug. 30: New Canaan Library: Open Call for Shows in the Curtis Gallery
SEPTEMBER Sept. c5: Rene Soto gallery, Dreams Submission Deadline
OCTOBER Oct. 28: Stamford Museum & Nature Center: Holiday Market Submission Deadline
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