Sunday, February 28 2010

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Treasure Books

Treasure Books: Selections from the Caroline M. Hewins Collection of Children’s Literature, is an exhibition developed by guest curator Leonard Marcus, leading historian on American children’s books.  His highly acclaimed books include Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts; Minders of Make-Believe; Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon; Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom; and The Wand in the Word.  Caroline Hewins came to Hartford in 1875 as librarian of the Hartford Young Men’s Institute, the predecessor to Hartford Public Library.  She held this position for 50 years and earned a national reputation as an imaginative, spirited, and dedicated leader, especially well regarded for her library work with children.

 

Hartford History Center, 3rd Floor

December through May, Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00-5:00 p.m.

 

Opening Reception

Hartford History Center, 3rd Floor

Sunday, December 6, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

 

 

Opening Reception – New Exhibits

Director’s Choice: Susan Newbold & Alex Rheault – “Natural Overlaps”

                  An exhibition that witnesses an ongoing visual dialogue between the two artists, who for almost two years explored drawing and printmaking techniques in both collaborative and solitary practices.  The results which came out of both practices have resulted in a body of work that is unique unto itself as it reflects both artists’ sensibility. 
                 
                  Guild Group Show – “Inside or Out”
                  Juried by Melissa Stafford, director of Carrie Haddad Photographs in Hudson, NY, Guild Artists were invited to explore the many ways in which the concept of Inside or Out can be interpreted. The result is a multi media exhibition that expresses the imaginations and creative works of these diverse artists.
 
                  Alberta Cifolelli – “Softening the Edge 1964-2009”
By pairing recent paintings and printmaking with key examples of the artists work from the 60’s, through the 90’s, this exhibition creates a forum for discussing key elements and reoccurring themes.  Specifically, these pairings focus on the use of color, line and form and how these elements have evolved. It will  also serve as a spring board for discussing the connections between the artists more representational contemporary work and her older more abstract work. 
 
                  Natasha Karpinskaia – “The Doodle Series”
A set of prints that began as meaningless drawings, miniscule in size, acquired a second existence as each drawing was enlarged, giving the artist a sense of importance and beauty not seen in their original incarnation. Placing these drawings in a particular environment, that turned out to be a sort of landscape, with a definite horizon line but pretty unidentifiable in terms of direct location. The doodle drawings were etched through a paper lithography process and incorporated into what the artist calls “surrealist landscape.”
 

A Film & Lecture by Sunanda K. Sanyal – “A Homecoming Spectacle”

Silvermine School of Art is pleased to present a special lecture and film presenting internationally respected art historian, writer and lecturer, Sunanda K. Sanyal. Originally from India, Sunanda Sanyal produced and directed “A Homecoming Spectacle,” a documentary which explores the visual culture of Durga Pujo, an annual religio-cultural festival held in Kolkata, India. While examining some of the temporary public spectacles and installations produced for the festival by professional artists, his film offers an immigrant perspective with a focus on art. It explores many current contemporary concerns such as global awareness, cultural identity, handcrafting and art making in an increasing technological world and how commerce has become a part of the art experience. 

Mr. Sanyal, who holds a MFA in Visual Arts (painting and installation) from UCSD and an MFA in Art History from Ohio University as well as a PhD in Art History from Emory University, is currently an Associate Professor of Art History and Critical Studies at The Art Institute of Boston since 1999.
 
Space is limited. Tickets can be purchased in advance through the School of Art Office.
 

Creative Arts Workshop Annual Open House

Learn more about Creative Arts Workshop at our Annual Open House! Take part in hands-on demonstrations, visit CAW's studios and meet teachers. Faculty and staff will be available to answer questions and help you select the perfect class.

Sunday, February 28, 2-5 pm






 

Gee's Bend Quilts on Display at Hill-Stead Museum

In its very first exhibition in the Pope Riddle house of artworks not from the founding family’s original collection, Hill-Stead Museum is proud to feature a special exhibition of quilts by Gee's Bend artists and other renowned quilters, including Hartford's own Ed Johnetta Miller. The exhibition is a component of Hartford’s Community Health Services’ Community Threads project, a city-wide arts movement involving Hartford Stage, Hill-Stead and select arts & culture organizations to create community quilts and to celebrate the culture of quilting. The museum will display a total of 5 quilts by African American women, ranging in date from 1900 to 2005. In a manner befitting both their function and the deeply personal context of their creation, the quilts are placed on the Pope family master suite and guest room beds.

 

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Free tax assistance to households with annual incomes of $50,000.00 or less.  Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) assistance also is available.

2nd Floor

Tuesdays, January 19 through April 13

Wednesdays, January 20 through April 14

Thursdays, January 21 through April 15

4:00-7:00 p.m. and

Saturdays, January 23 through April 10

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Call 211 Infoline or 860-695-6295 to make an appointment, or walk-in – first come, first served.

Appointments recommended.

 

 

Artifact Identification Day




Cleaning up those holiday decorations uncover some mystery items?  Still trying to figure out where that basket from Grandma came from?  Bring your Native American cultural items and stone artifacts to IAIS for identification by Dr. Lucianne Lavin, Director of Research and Collections.  Limit 12 artifacts per person please.  Time:  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

 

 

CT Museum of Natural History & Archaeology Center: Winter Escapes

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center present

Winter Escapes & Adventures

The Natural History of Health, Mummy Dearest, Stem Cell Research, Special Tours, Ancient Technologies, The Anthropology of Drug Use, Behind the Scenes with MysteryQuest, Eighteenth Century Medicine, Stories in Stone, Scientific Illustration, Forensic DNA Analysis, and the Mysterious World of Lichens and Mosses are just a few of the program topics being offered this winter and spring by the Museum and Archaeology Center. Don’t miss out on exciting fieldtrips, workshops, family activities, field learning, and notable presentations this season.

For a full listing of programs and registration information, visit http://www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhcurrentcalendar.html or call 860.486.4460

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center are part the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn

 

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Solving the Puzzle: Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus and You

This is an original Yale Peabody Museum exhibition that investigates West Nile virus and Lyme Disease. These two diseases are "vector-borne" -- that is, the pathogen is transmitted to humans by an arthropod, and in both cases a blood-sucking one! Giant models of a mosquito and a tick help explain the puzzle that is the transmission, detection and treatment of these diseases. The exhibition explores the differences between the viral and bacterial pathogens, when they arrived in Connecticut, and how our changing environment is increasing the incidence of both diseases. The exhibition is on view through April 25.

 

Baby Grand Jazz Series

Sundays at the Library never sounded so good!

 

Emery A. Smith

February 7

 

Eri Yamamoto

February 14

 

Dan Scheer

February 21

 

Earl MacDonald

February 28

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

 

ArtWalk at Hartford Public Library: Dawn Holder

Dawn Holder: The Idea of This Perfect Edenic Place

 

“The Idea of This Perfect Edenic Place” is a site-specific installation created for the ArtWalk Gallery by Dawn Holder. The upcoming exhibition will be a dynamic and fantastical garden set against the backdrop of the Hartford city-scape. The setting of the ArtWalk Gallery, with its expansive windows, hints at the complex relationship between the natural world and humanity's desire to cultivate it. The show will at first be installed with a minimal collection of porcelain and mixed-media plants and flowers. Throughout the course of the exhibition, the landscape will grow and change as the artist adds and constructs additional pieces, “planting” them in the garden.

 

 

The Silo Gallery announces Winter Exhibition and Artist Talks at Hunt Hill Farm

The Silo Gallery at Hunt Hill Farm begins 2010 with an evocative and diverse range of themes for its Winter Exhibition.  The show’s opening reception will take place on Saturday, February 20th from 3 to 5 p.m. at 44 Upland Rd., New Milford, CT.  Abstract acrylic paintings by Frederick Velardi and Joyce Conlon willbe on display in The Silo’s main gallery.  Velardi, a specialist in color-field painting, will show his Jazz Series, while Conlon will exhibit her Fence Series, inspired by nature and the passing of time.  In the same gallery, figurative sculptor Anthony Antonios will put on view his series of classically executed plaster portraits.  In The New Talent Gallery the works of New Milford High School Art Studentswill be featured.  Gallery Talks by each of the displaying artists will take place on Sunday, March 7 at 2 p.m.  The entire exhibit will be on display through March 28.  The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. 

 
Monroe, CT artist Frederick Velardi describes himself as a hard-edge,
color-field painter carrying on the tradition of renowned abstract painter Josef Albers. 
Velardi observes that color and shape are his primary subject matter. 
His aim is to bring movement and depth to his work through the interaction of
color and the juxtaposition of forms, he explains. The artist’s current exhibition
includes a series of his most recent work in acrylic that combines his love of painting
with his passion for music. Velardi is a former art teacher and has been active in the arts
community in Connecticut for many years.  A graduate of Silvermine College of Art and
the Hartford Art School, he has exhibited his works at many locations around the state.
 
Working with acrylics on masonite and board, Joyce Conlon’s Fence Series began with a walk in the woods where she came across a neglected antique wire fence.  The artist explains that, “I was and continue to be struck by the sculptural beauty of the forms that were once so similar and now bend and distort. “  In this series, she expresses the concept of growing and aging by building layers with acrylic paint and sanding it down to reveal what lays beneath, resulting in striking and provocative abstract landscapes.  In 2009, Ms. Conlon received her MFA from the Hartford Art School in Painting, where she was also a Teaching Assistant.
 
Anthony Antonios is a well-known sculptor who has exhibited in numerous shows throughout the country and resides in Kent, CT.  While he typically casts his works in bronze, the six life-size portraits he will be exhibiting for the first time were modeled in clay and cast in plaster.  The artist remarks that “modeling a portrait in clay has an immediacy that is satisfying to me.  What I aim for is making a personal presentation with regard to both the outward look and the character of an individual.”  He currently teaches sculpture at the Art Students League and the National Academy School of Fine Arts both in New York City and at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina.
 
The talented artists on display at The Silo Gallery’s Winter Exhibition are a must-see!  The opening reception will include wines by Hopkins Vineyard and appetizers by The Silo Cooking School with Chef Mary Kravec.  Come early and take in all of the cultural activities that Hunt Hill Farm has to offer including a visit to The Skitch Henderson Museum, a self-guided tour around the historic farm grounds and a stop at the cooking school to sign up for a cooking class or two!  Hunt Hill Farm hours are Wed. through Sat., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday’s noon to 5 p.m.   For more information, please call Valerie Culbertson, Silo Gallery Director at (860) 355-0300 or visit their website www.hunthillfarmtrust.org. 
 
Drawing on the creative legacy of Skitch and Ruth Henderson, the Henderson Cultural Center at Hunt Hill Farm, which is associated with the Smithsonian Institution, is a vibrant and unique regional resource, offering the public the opportunity to explore music, art, cuisine, and permanently protected historic open space.
 

From Amazing Stories to Weird Tales: Covering Pulp Fiction

Pulp magazines were a popular form of leisure in America from the 1920's to the 1940's. Their covers were carefully designed with bold colors and dramatic compositions to seduce passers-by with a glimpse into the sensational stories within. This exhibition features over fifty oil paintings on which these flashy covers were based on.

Benton Hours:

Thursday & Friday 10AM-4:30PM

Saturday  & Sunday 1-4:30PM

 

 

Pro Arte Singers Women's Chorus




The Pro Arte Singers and Festival Chorus will offer a program for women’s chorus on Sunday, February 28, at 4:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, 178 Oenoke Ridge  under the direction of Music Director Arthur Sjögren.

       The concert will feature works by Schubert, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Bartok and others. 

      Concert tickets at $25, or $20 for seniors and students, will be available at the door. 

 

      The Pro Arte Singers, distinguished as the region’s only choral group composed entirely of professional singers, is a non-profit ensemble, supported in part by private contributions and public grants including one from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.

     

      For tickets or more information, call (203) 322-5970, visit Pro Arte’s web site at www.proartesingers.org, email info@proartesingers.org or write the Pro Arte Singers, P.O. Box 4251, Stamford, CT 06907‑0251.

 

 

A Diorama Takes Shape: Bringing the Genius of James Perry Wilson to Life

Visitors to the Museum from February 27 through April 25, 2010, will have the rare opportunity to witness the creation of a major museum diorama, one day at a time. It is an evolving exhibition featuring the work of Peabody and New Haven area scientists and artists in addition to that of the master Wilson. Dioramas combine three-dimensional foreground material with a curved background wall and domed ceiling to tell the story of an ecosystem. They are brought to life by the artists who create them. James Perry Wilson was a master of this unique art as this exhibition will reveal.

 

Art Exhibit: Another China: Contemporary Prints from the Ethnic Southwest

Featuring 40 works ranging from landscapes of Southwest China's countryside to strong and intense self portraits from China´s densely ethnic Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, Connecticut College, Shain Library, Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, free and open to the public during library hours, visit http://www.conncoll.edu/Libraries/hours.html for hours, (860) 439-2581