Classes in wheel-thrown pottery are offered Tuesday or Thursday evenings year around at Greenleaf Pottery. Beginning as well as advanced students welcome. Call for more information.

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.

Art of the Northeast, is one of the most anticipated regional juried shows of the year at the Silvermine Guild Arts Center, traditionally drawing over 1,200 entries, and open to all media and artists throughout New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This year’s juror is Katie Rashid, Director of the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. Throughout its history Art of the Northeast (AONE), originally called Art of New England, has been a showcase for many emerging artists who have gone on to receive national acclaim. Jurors have included curators and directors of major galleries and museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA and the Whitney Museum.

The IMAGES photography exhibition showcases the winning selections from the Fairfield Museum and History Center’s 2nd annual juried photography competition.  This show also includes a special exhibit of work by internationally acclaimed photographer Jay Maisel, whose images have been featured in advertising, editorial and corporate communications worldwide.  An ASMP Life Time Achievement award and ASMP Photographer of the Year winner, Maisel’s prints are found in private, corporate and museum collections and the Fairfield Museum and History Center has the remarkable opportunity to share his work with our community.  Exhibit runs through June 6.  For more information please visit www.fairfieldhs.org or call Fairfield Museum at 203-259-1598.  

Group exhibit of contemporary art exploring the concept of "sprezzatura," an Italian term that translates as "the art of making it look easy." Paintings, sculptures, photos, will be featured. Opening reception April 23, 5-7pm, free, open to the public.

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WEST HARTFORD, CT – Currently on view at the Saint Joseph College Art Gallery are four special exhibitions that highlight aspects of the Gallery’s permanent collection.  They will be open through June 6, 2010.
With a View To Abstraction presents a group of landscapes that incorporate varying degrees of abstraction.  Together they span the 20th century, ranging from a small oil painting by Louis Eilshemius to an aquatint by Pat Steir (a promised gift of the Reverend Charles J. Topper). A recent acquisition painted by contemporary artist Carol Anthony (the gift of the Reverend Thomas J. Barry) is included as well as a drawing of Sunlit Woods by Charles Burchfield, on loan from the Collection of Ken Ratner.
PERFORMANCE! brings together American and European 20th-century prints and drawings that focus on musicians, dancers, and theatre and circus performers.  Many of these works, including drawings by Walt Kuhn and Don Freeman, are on loan from the Collection of Ken Ratner.  Also included are prints from the Art Gallery’s permanent collection by Marc Chagall and Fernand Léger as well as a pen and ink drawing by William Glackens.
Life Lessons: Sixteenth-Century Allegorical Prints from the Low Countries, features three series of Renaissance engravings that are rich in symbolism. Each of The Seven Virtues, designed by Pieter Bruegel, depicts a female personification surrounded by scenes that exemplify the Virtue. The Vain Hope for Worldly Gain, designed by Maerten van Heemskerck, illustrates the unhappy result when a young man is seduced by the Devil into placing his hope in earthly treasure.  Similar reminders of human frailties are found in The Four Ages of Man (The Times of Day), which ends with an engraving of The Last Judgment in which the Theological Virtues sponsor the good man as he kneels before God, while the damned are consumed by Hell.
Eugene Higgins: Religious Themes is a small installation of works by an early 20th-century painter who is best known for his monumental and ennobling depictions of the poor and homeless.  Encouraged by the Reverend Andrew J. Kelly, who was the first donor of art to Saint Joseph College (1937), Higgins also undertook a number of religious subjects, several of which are included in this installation.
Also on view is a selection of highlights from the painting collection, including works by Milton Avery, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Thomas Hart Benton.
Project 35, Part I, an exhibition of contemporary international video works continues at the Art Gallery through May 9. Part II will open on Tuesday, May 11 and will be on view through August 1, 2010.  Project 35 is a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by iCI (Independent Curators International), New York. The exhibition and tour are made possible, in part, by grants from The Cowles Charitable Trust; Foundation for Contemporary Art; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Toby Fund; and iCI Benefactors Agnes Gund, Gerrit and Sydie Lansing, Jo Carole Lauder, and Barbara and John Robinson.
The Saint Joseph College Art Gallery is located in The Bruyette Athenaeum, part of The Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities. The Art Gallery presents regular exhibitions drawn from its permanent collections as well as loan exhibitions of historic art or of contemporary work by artists of national and international prominence.
 

The Henderson Cultural Center at Hunt Hill Farm presents the works of four distinct Connecticut artists in The Silo Gallery from May 15^th through June 20^th.  The main gallery will display encaustic, collage, and oil paintings by Robert Alberetti, oil on canvas “City Scapes” series by Mounira Stott, landscapes by Tony Zatzick, and sculpture “Salvage” series by Brian Walters.  In The New Talent Gallery the works of art students from Schaghticoke Middle School of New Milford, CT will be featured.  The show’s opening reception takes place on Saturday, May 15^th from 3 to 5 p.m. at 44 Upland Rd., New Milford, CT. 

         Imagination and emotion are the catalyst for award-winning artist Robert Alberetti’s paintings, collages, and mixed media works which he references from his travels.  The artist is a Professor of Painting at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.  He has exhibited his work at the De Young Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, The Panama National Museum of Art, The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, and The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.   

         Mounira Stott immigrated to the United States in 1999 from Moscow, Russia where she worked as a private artist and graduated from the Moscow College of Artistic Professions with high honors.  She received a Master of Fine Arts degree at Western Connecticut State University.  Ms. Stott resides in Oxford, CT with her son Alexei and husband Paul.  Her recent series of paintings, “City Scapes”, reflects her romantic view of the city, particularly New York City, during different times of day. 

         Originally from California, Tony Zatzick has lived, worked and exhibited in both Europe and the Americas.  Zatzick’s work has been selected for exhibition by many well-known artists and critics.  His work has been included in exhibition alongside Philip Pearlstein, Janet Fish and Jamie Wyeth.  Tony received a BA in Painting from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1989, and an MFA from Western Connecticut State University, where he was awarded the Master of Fine Art award in 2004.

         Sculptor Brian Walters has been working with metal for the past eleven years and creating sculptures has become a very rewarding part of Brian’s life. His work is untitled, which allows each viewer to explore it without imposition.  Most, if not all, of the sculptures are constructed with reclaimed materials. Brian’s work is currently included in The Sculpture Mile in Madison, CT, an outdoor sculpture exhibition, on display through the spring.

The opening reception for The Silo Gallery’s third exhibition in 2010 includes wines by Hopkins Vineyard and appetizers by The Silo Cooking School with Chef Mary Kravec.  A Gallery Talk by Alberetti, Walters, Zatzick, and Schaghticoke Middle School art students with art teacher Trudy Cox takes place on May 23^rd at 2 p.m.  The opening reception, gallery talk and exhibit are free.  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 www.hunthillfarmtrust.org. 

Learn how to navigate Web sites, search for information, and interact online.

Mondays, May 3-24, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

All computer classes meet in the Learning Lab, 2nd Floor, and registration is requested in-person, online, or by calling 860-695-6295, unless otherwise indicated. Please plan to attend all classes in a course.

Wednesdays, May 5-June 23, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Saturdays, May 8-June 26, 1:45-2:45 p.m.

WORD 2007: COLUMNS, TABLES, AND TABS

Learn to make columns and tables and to use tabs. Some keyboarding and basic Word skills required.

Saturday, May 8, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

WORD 2007: ENVELOPES AND LABELS

Create envelopes, use delivery and return addresses, and create labels.

Saturday, May 15, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

WORD 2007: MAIL MERGE

Address a document to a variety of contacts in a database, merge documents, distribute, and track changes. Some keyboarding and basic Word skills required.

Saturday, May 22, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

WORD 2007: FORMS

Create forms with check boxes, text fields, and drop down fields. Some keyboarding and basic Word skills recommended.

Saturday, May 29, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

All computer classes meet in the Learning Lab, 2nd Floor, and registration is requested in-person, online, or by calling 860-695-6295, unless otherwise indicated. Please plan to attend all classes in a course.

Learn how to navigate Web sites, search for information, and interact online.

Wednesdays, May 5-June 23, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

All computer classes meet in the Learning Lab, 2nd Floor, and registration is requested in-person, online, or by calling 860-695-6295, unless otherwise indicated. Please plan to attend all classes in a course.

Thursdays, May 6 through July 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

What is it like to work as an environmental scientist? Watch an online video to find information about this career and others, then do further research with the help of the librarian. The Career Voyages Web site (www.careervoyages.gov) is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education.

Tuesdays, May 4 & 18 and June 8 & 22, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Join immigrants and new arrivals to work on textile arts. This is a participatory workshop. Please bring your own materials and projects and join the Circle.

Seminar Room, 2nd Floor

Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Share your crafting skills with others. No registration required.

Tuesdays, May 11 & 25, 6:00-7:00 p.m.

96 Bedford Street

Stamford, CT 06901

(888) 861-6791

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Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun, 1:00-8:00 p.m. /Admission Free

The Philip Johnson Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, launches its 2010 tour season on Saturday, May 1. The season, which runs from May through November, offers six levels of site experience and tickets are currently available at all levels. Ticket orders may be placed online at www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org or by calling 866.811.4111.

Tuesday, May 25th at 6:30 p.m.

Julio Reinoso is a member of the Fairfield County Environmental Justice Network’s Recycling Speakers’ Bureau.

Mr. Reinoso will be at the Black Rock Branch Library to talk about residential recycling in Bridgeport.  He will cover the basics of what can and can’t be recycled, why it is important, and how individuals can recycle in their homes.

Topics will include:

• What does Recycling mean?
• Why is it important to recycle?
• What items we need to recycle in Bridgeport?
• What is the recycling rate in Bridgeport?
• Why Bridgeport  is one of the lowest rate recycling cities in the state of CT and what we can do to increase the rate.
•  Contact with the Bridgeport Recycling Department by phone # to get free blue bin. 
• How many times the City of Bridgeport does hazardous waste recycling.
• Any other question about recycling.
• This workshop is very interactive and everyone  will be encouraged to participate.

The Black Rock Branch Library

A Gathering Place for the Entire Community.

Everyone knows the story of how President Abraham Lincoln died. But what happened afterward? What became of his eccentric wife, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, and their son Robert? Though not everyone knows it, the tale of their battle of wills is as thrilling as American history gets. In ASYLUM: THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY LINCOLN, writer June Bingham and composer Carmel Owen explore the dark psychological warfare and unique historical conditions that drove Robert Lincoln to have his mother wrongfully committed to an insane asylum. Imprisoned at a time when women had few rights, Mary must draw on all her strength and cleverness, as well as a few courageous friends and the memory of her husband, to fight the system and set herself free. A haunting character study of a strong-willed woman and a dangerous man, ASYLUM makes history come alive. "...the music takes center stage. Owen is onto something with her music... laudable moments of Puccini proportions.” David Fuller, NYTheater.com This production is generously sponsored by People's United Bank, Norwich Public Utilities and Brown Jacobson. Call the Box Office today at 860.886.2378 or buy tickets online at spiritofbroadway.org

Geoscientist Jelle Zeilinga de Boer will speak about his recent book and share an expansive knowledge of Connecticut and the geologic diversity of our state.  The book presents a unique perspective on local history and stories of Connecticut earthquakes, meteorites and climate change. For more information, contact Mary Muller at mary_muller@chs.org or (860) 236-5621 x209.