Westport Arts Center presents:
c2 = (CP + CL): Creative Connections = Creative Process + Learning Process

Friday, Dec. 5 - Jan. 11

Friday, Dec. 5, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. for Opening Reception

WAC Gallery

Curated by WAC's Education Manager, Danielle Cavanna, featuring Westport Arts Center's teaching artists, who have made signifigant contributions to our Connections program. The works that will be selected will directly relate to each teaching artist's work as an educator. For more information visit www.westportartscenter.org.

For more information, contact WAC at 203-222-7070, www.westportartscenter.org, or visit the gallery, M-F 10-4; Sat/Sun 12-4 at 51 Riverside Ave., Westport.

Artistry on the Shoreline Holiday Sale

October 20 - January 11, 2009

Visit our website at www.guilfordartcenter.org.

Woodbury painter Matt Wood returns to nature’s essence
in “Pentimento” exhibition at Good News Cafe & Gallery

Woodbury artist Matt Wood returns to the essence of the subjects he paints from the natural world in his new exhibition titled “Pentimento,” showing through Jan. 5, 2009, at the Good News Cafe and Gallery, 694 Main Street South, Woodbury.

A native of southern California, Wood began his artistic odyssey with painting studies at the University of Iowa influenced by the work of Mauricio Lasansky. Wood notes that his own Polish and Russian heritage, and his marriage to Polish native Joanna Czaderna, have established a natural affinity for Lasansky’s passionate approach to the creative process that seeks to use art as a means to raise personal awareness.

Good News Cafe & Gallery is open from 11:30 am to 10 pm daily; closed Tuesdays.
 

It's the week after Christmas. The kids are home from school. What to do?

Visit Mystic Seaport and experience Holiday Magic!

Take a special Sea Family Tour aboard one of our tall ships at 11 a.m. Hear stories of sailors, captains and their families that were at sea during the holidays and discover how they observed special days.

At 12 p.m., visit the Abracadabra Magic Workshop on the third floor of the Stillman Building. Learn a magic trick to share with your friends and family. Professional historical magician E.A. Davis will perform a magic show at the Greenmanville Church at 1 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. daily.

Discover the Celebrations of Light Planetarium program at 12:30 and 2 p.m. Visit the Museum's newest exhibition, Frozen In: Captain Comer and the Hudson Bay Inuit and then make your very own Inuit keepsake from 2:30-3 p.m.

And stop by the Children's Museum all week to make a special craft!

Connecticut high school students are challenged to write mainstream, mystery or fantasy fiction from source photography for the $1000 Grand Prize and publication with your byline in our e-magazine: Cum Laude, The Scholarly Evening Post. GOOGLE: stellar scholars aurora awards

January 4—James Weidman

James Weidman decorates a song like many

decorate the favorite room in their house:

one carefully chosen piece at a time. As one

of the world’s top sidemen, he has played

and recorded with musicians as diverse as

Joe Lovano, Steve Coleman, Sonny Stitt, and

Jay Hoggard.

January 11th – Ken Watson

One of Boston’s premier piano soloists -

ranked #3 pianist nationally by Gigmasters -

KenWatson blends a lifetime of classical study

with contemporary improvisation to create

imaginative arrangements of popular classics,

jazz standards, and renowned love songs.

January 18 – Mosaic Harmony

Student vocalists from theWilbraham and

Monson Academy upper school’s honors

choir,Mosaic Harmony presents an international

program, reflecting theWilbraham and

Monson Academy Global School mission.

January 25 – Peter Niedmann

Peter Niedmann, pop-jazz-classical pianist

and classical organist has been performing,

recording, and composing for over 30 years

in the Hartford area. His melodic, harmonically

rich playing favors traditional standards,

as well as songs from the 1960s and 1970s.