Warming up for summer fun!
"Litchfield Art Festival: Spring" Free and Open to the Public Fine Art & Functional Art June 3-4 (10am - 5pm) @ Bohemian Pizza & Tacos Meadow 342 Bantam Rd, Litchfield, CT |
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Joyce Greenfield's response to climate change at City Gallery June 3 - 25thOpening Reception: June 3rd, 2 - 5pmCity Gallery: 994 State St, New Haven CT 06511. 203-782-2489Artist will be in gallery: Sunday June 4 and Sunday June 11Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday 12 - 4 pmWebsite: www.city-gallery.orgInstagram: #city-gallerynewhaven
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Anita Gangi Balkun, Chris Perry & Ellen Schiffman
Not Just for Reading
Now – July 31, 2023
Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Rd., Reading, CT
Group show with 8 book artists - curated by Chris Perry.
Info HERE
https://marktwainlibrary.org/ |
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PERFORMANCE AND Q&A Facets of Indian Culture Sunday, June 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public
We are pleased to welcome Layavinyasa back to the CHS to share Facets of Indian Culture, an exciting opportunity for all ages to experience Kuchipudi dance and learn more about the cultural values and beliefs that permeate this art form. Kuchipudi is a south Indian classical dance form accompanied by Carnatic music. There will be a question and answer session after the program. |
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ChaShaMa RaMa Immerse yourself in creativity at ChaShaMa-RaMa: a $25 art extravaganza with interactive performances by over 200 talented artists. Saturday, June 10th 3pm - 9pm 1155 6th Ave, NYC (5th and 6th Floors) Dress Fun Tickets: $25 Promo code for $5 discount: ChaBBT Ticket link: https://ChashamaRama.eventbrite.com Bated Breath Theatre Company 56 W. 12th Street Apt. 3 New York, NY 10011 |
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June 3-24, 2023
Janet Leombruni Fiat Luxe --Let There Be Light!
A Solo Exhibition
Opening reception Friday, June 9, 5-7 PM
Low Gallery
Carriage House Gallery Barn
Art League of New Britain
30 Cedar Street
New Britain, CT 06052
Gallery open weekends, 1:30-3:30
Leombruni is President of Ct Women Artists
Her acrylic paintings explore relationships, sometimes using tropes or idioms
in the form of children's literature, myths, films or portray stories as told to her by her students over the years.
She examines themes of hope, impulsivity, family, fantasy, innocence and coming of age.
Her colors are powerful. Leombruni seeks to draw the viewer in to elicit an emotional response.
She asks the viewer to determine:what is really going on here?
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Andres Montiel: Tree Stories Now - June 11, 2023 Clubhouse Gallery |
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You're invited! Join us on Thursday, June 15 at 5:30pm for the opening reception. Refreshments provided, free and open to the public. |
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Summer hours & installation dates to help you plan your visit. |
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New Exhibit by ECA High School Students at CAW
A new student-run and student-curated exhibition is now on view through mid-June in the upper and lower Hilles galleries. The three emerging shows, "Small, Small World," “Still Things” and “Senior Showcase,” feature works by the visual arts high school students at Educational Center for the Arts (ECA).
In the lower Hilles galleries at CAW:
“Small, Small World” showcases works created during the semester-long 3D/4D interdisciplinary media course taught by Willie Stewart and Hanni Bresnick that reflects what happens when art shifts size - from human scale to very, very tiny.
“Still Things: Digital Photo” taught by Kevin Van Aelst, explores several genres of object photography from the conceptual to the humorous and the purely aesthetic.
In the upper Hilles gallery at CAW:
“Senior Showcase” highlights works created during the yearlong collaboration between ECA and CAW. In this relationship, ECA’s high school students have the opportunity to work with professional artists in a studio setting throughout the year. Every week ECA students complete their course work at CAW where they are influenced by and contribute to CAW’s distinguished and vibrant artist community.
The Fairfield Public Library is located at 1080 Old Post Road in charming downtown Fairfield, and is conveniently open 7 days a week. Please visit the website for hours of operation.
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Artwork by Jill Vaughn (above) |
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Works by 17 River Valley Artists abstractly interpreting the natural beauty of local forests, fields, the Connecticut River and its tributaries and Long Island Sound beaches. The materials and techniques used are as varied as the artists themselves: watercolor, acrylic, oils, glass, monotype, mixed medium. Gallery Hours:Monday: Closed Tuesday: 2:00 - 7:00 PM Wednesday: 2:00 - 7:00 PM Thursday: 2:00 - 7:00 PM Friday: 2:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Sunday: 12:00 - 4:00 PM |
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Exhibit Dates: May 21–June 18, 2023
Gallery Hours: Thursday–Sunday, 1:00–5:00pm
Since its inception, the Academic Artists Association has grown from its modest beginnings to a national membership of more than 250. AAA is unique in its list of members. When an artist’s work has been selected at least two times for the Annual National Exhibition, they are invited to become a member.
Realism, as defined by the Academic Artist, would be representational art work encompassing a wide range of art from soft impressionism, through detailed photo realism in watercolor, pastel, oil, and acrylic mediums. Sculpture is also exhibited in stone, bronze and many modern and unique mediums.
Now - July 2, 2023
Sarah Hulsey: “Source Material”
Nancy Diessner: “An Atmosphere of Water and Dust”
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Sarah Hulsey: “Source Material”
My work is concerned with the architecture that underpins language, which we use effortlessly but with little awareness of its beauty and complexity. Even a simple sentence has layers and layers of organization, governed by a complex set of rules and interactions happening below the level of our conscious knowledge. Small pieces of information (atomic components, as it were) combine into ever larger units within the concurrent linguistic systems at play. These components are organized into elegant structures that exist only in the mind. In my artwork, I analyze these structures and create visual correlates, looking for poetry and resonance in the rich patterns that emerge.
I compose abstract frameworks by building up nested and connected forms set within reticulated grids. Networks of these grids serve as armatures on which small elements abut, merge, and grow into higher order objects. In these pages, the underlying structures of sentences are segmented, excerpted, and then recombined into forms reflecting their core, essential relationships.
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| Nancy Diessner: “An Atmosphere of Water and Dust”
Sun stain on blanket. Each particle of light has traveled from the sun to my feet. How can something so small have made it so far? Up close, the stream of photons would look like a meteor shower. My feet play with it. The vertigo of scale (the space between a photon and me and a star) is a foretaste of death. — Hernan Diaz, from Truth
We are surrounded by the actions, reactions, and interactions of water and dust, tangibly and intangibly, visibly and invisibly, spanning the distance between a star and a particle of pollen resting on the surface of water. Water and dust are our atmosphere, our weather, and our crisis.
That range of space and time makes our lives and our worries the size of a hair on the lip of a gnat.
450 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118 (617) 451-3605
Hours: Wed - Sun, 12-5 |
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This Saturday, June 3, we’ll be hosting our first Open Trails event of the season. It runs from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm. Upon arrival, you’ll be given a map and you can explore on your own. Please note that the Wetlands Boardwalk will be closed for needed safety improvements – and Mie’s Trail will also be closed. Unless otherwise indicated by trail signage, all other trails are in good condition. Come on out and experience Nathan Byrne’s monumental installation on the 2021 Trail. Enjoy Rocio von Jugenfeld’s ephemeral interventions in various locations – and try to find Lilan Yang’s “The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower.” These new works were created during the May residency. There will also be a scavenger hunt for the children. Adult admission is $10. Children 17 and under are FREE. Tickets can be purchased at: i-parkopentrailsdayjune.eventbrite.com For additional information, write events@i-park.org or call 860-873-2468. |
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We’re headed to the RiverRiverfest, that is! It’s another beautiful day to demonstrate how to turn your dearly discarded into timeless treasures. In addition to our hands-on activity, we’ll be giving out make & take kits while they last 1pm-6pm. Our friends Haven’s Harvest will be giving away yummy snacks and look out for our very own multi-talented Shula Weinstein’s booth featuring her digital art prints. Music, food, paddles & family fun, what’s not to enjoy? Check out their website for full line up this year! |
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Working in acrylic on unstretched canvas, Lisa Alvarado creates meditative works that evoke Mesoamerican weavings and other non-Western traditions of abstraction. In Lisa Alvarado / MATRIX 192 / Spinning Echo, the Chicago-based, San Antonio-born artist transforms the gallery with an installation of new paintings, sound, and site-specific floor sculptures, creating an immersive experience of what the artist calls her “vibrational aesthetic.”
ON VIEW JUNE 2–SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 |
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Joshua Abrams – guimbri, Lisa Alvarado – harmonium, Mikel Avery – drums & cymbals, Jason Stein – bass clarinet
$15; $10 members, Wadsworth Welcome, and students with ID. Museum admission not included. |
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SATURDAY, JUNE 3 3PM
Alvarado’s works often serve as backdrops for musical performances by Natural Information Society, in which she plays the harmonium. To coincide with the exhibition’s opening weekend, the ensemble performs in the Wadsworth’s theater. |
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NEWS FROM THE GALLERY UPSTAIRS: |
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End of year presentations for this year's Social Justice Reader Program students will be held on Saturday, June 24th. This year's presentation event will be held at the Ives (downtown) branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, at 133 Elm Street. Please join us in the Program Room from 2:00 to 4:30 to witness the achievements of this year's cohort. Light fare and soft drinks will be provided to those attending the event, which is open to all. |
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SUMMER CONCERT SERIES The Jedda La Rue Quartet Thursday, June 8 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Join us for an outdoor concert featuring music from The Jedda La Rue Quartet! Jedda will share familiar songs with local flavor, stories that connect us to the histories of the music and the community, plus a little something special of her own. She will be joined by Alvin Carter, Jr. on percussion, Christopher Casey on piano, and Stephen Porter on bass. We start the fun at 5:00 pm with vendors and a food truck to visit, lawn games, and outdoor picnicking. Music runs from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Upcoming Concerts: The Undaunted Professor Harp, July 13 @ 5:00 pm Sandeep Das presents Taal Mudra, August 10 @ 5:00 pm Debra Cowan & Cate Clifford, September 14 @ 5:00 pm |
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COLLAGE REIMAGINED
A group exhibition of collage works by Varujan Boghosian Henry Botkin Steph Gorkii Janice La Motta Susan Lyons Robert Ohnigian Hugo Rizzoli Henry Rothman
June 2 - July 23 Opening Reception: Friday, June 9, 7pm
Julie Heller Gallery East 465 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657 508.487.2166 |
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CT OPEN HOUSE DAYFREE ADMISSION |
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JUNE 10, 2023
Come to The MATT on Saturday, June 10 for the 19th Annual Connecticut Open House Day! The purpose of this event is to inspire Connecticut residents to learn about all the experiences in their own backyard, anticipating that this will convert them into ambassadors who will recommend these experiences to other visitors. The state heavily promotes this event and typically enjoys significant press coverage each year. |
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Support the artists of Moxie Market!!
Make a day of it in central Connecticut! We will be having an indoor market with a curated group of artisans & makers at Counter Weight Brewing Co. Join us at their new large taproom in Cheshire where we'll be setup both on the main floor & upstairs! There will be live music & food trucks.
7 Diana Court, Cheshire, CT, United States, Connecticut
Open seasonally, May through November, on weekends.
LARRY PRESTON Solo Exhibition
Continues through June 17, 2023 |
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Larry Preston's solo exhibition of new oil paintings continues at William Baczek Fine Arts. Larry Preston's recent series of paintings includes flowers in glass jars and arrangements of various fruits. |
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For more information, please call the gallery at 413-587-9880 or send us an email at info@wbfinearts.com. The gallery is located at 36 Main St. in downtown Northampton, Massachusetts and is open Tuesday - Saturday from 10 am - 5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm.
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THE NO SHOW
Have you found yourself saying "Yes" to anything that comes along?
Do you find yourself remorseful, questioning, "Why oh why did I ever agree to do that?
We present an answer: learn to say ...NO.
On this Path to Liberation, we offer THE NO SHOW.
Curated by:
Rita Valley & Megan Marden
A group show of regional artists will be on view
Jim Felice Studios/Trailer Box Project
12 Francis J Clarke Circle
Bethel Ct 06877
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The No Show continues through June 21, 2023
Monday - Friday 11:00AM - 5:00PM
or by appointment, 203-797-0230
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Music Events for JuneJune 3 - Cobalt Blue Band - City Center Danbury
Concert on The Green( I will not be performing this one, traveling)
June 16 - Cobalt Blue Band - Notch8 Bethel Ct
8:00 -11:00PM
June 17 - The Bad Slugs - Captains Cove Seaport Bridgeport Ct
4:00 - 8:00PM
June 23 - The Bad Slugs Notch8 Bethel Ct
8:00 - 11:00PM
June 24 - Cobalt Blue Band Danbury Farmers Market on the Green
11:00 - 1:00PM |
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The contributions of noted abolitionist, author, and statesman Frederick Douglass (c.1817-1895) inspired the Wadsworth’s exhibition |
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Artist Opps:
In 2023, the Society of Arts + Crafts will award four (4) grants of $3,000 each: two (2) in the summer and two (2) in the winter. The application deadlines are June 5 (revised) for the summer awards and November 5 for the winter awards. The purpose of the grants is to support craft artists who reside in New England to pursue new directions or advance new ideas in their work. The goal of increasing equity, inclusion and diversity in the craft field will be an important focus of the program.
To obtain detailed information about the Jumpstarter program and to apply, click below:
The 2023 grants are the second and third rounds of a program that began in 2022 and will run into 2025. To ensure that you are notified about future rounds, register here. To read about past Jumpstarter grant awardees, click here.
Workshop Highlight: Join us IN PERSON in Pittsfield, June 10!
During this workshop, artists will learn the importance of—and develop the building blocks for—a goal-oriented plan for their creative career. Join us for "Making a Plan in a Time of Uncertainty" with Laura Baring-Gould (right) on Saturday, June 10, 2023, from 1 PM to 5 PM at Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave, Pittsfield, MA 01201 |
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This upcoming July at Arts Center East, we have our Form and Function Exhibit! All information as well as the poster will be listed/attached below!
Submission Deadline: Friday, June 9, 2023
Accepted Artists Drop-off: Friday, June 23, 3:00–6:00pm & Saturday, June 24, 11:00am–2:00pm
Opening Reception: July 1, 2023
Exhibit Dates: July 1–July 29, 2023
Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00-5:00pm
Free & open to the publicArts Center East is showcasing the work of artists who make 3D art! Open to artists who work in clay, ceramics, pottery, glass, woodworking, found object sculpture/assemblage, paper sculpture and 3D fiber work, plaster sculpture, metalwork, and more. Whether you sculpt for the love of form or you create functional pieces, we want to display your work!
When submitting your artwork, please be as specific as you can about the dimensions and weight of your pieces. If you have questions, please email us at
info@artscentereast.org or call 860-871-8222.
"Fluid Borders" All-Media Juried Exhibition of New England Artists Exhibition Dates: August 2 - 20, 2022
Entry Deadline: June 15, 2023
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Street Stages is a street performance program that brings music, dance, theater, spoken word, and visual arts experiences to locations throughout downtown Hartford and its neighborhoods.
"Street Stages is an opportunity to bring the arts to life in unique and interesting ways throughout downtown Hartford while providing another source of income for local artists," says Greater Hartford Arts Council. "This engaging program will create a vibrant community experience and connect people with artists from all walks of life."
Apply Now
Artists will have 60-minute time slots to perform music, theater, dance, or visual arts experiences. Performances will be scheduled at 12PM and 5 PM Monday-Saturday from May – September.
Any performer or performance group who has at least one hour of material and lives within the state of Connecticut is welcome to apply.
The minimum payment for any performance is $200.00
DEADLINE: June 24, 2023
(international biennial gallery exhibit — season launcher)
PAINTED - BIENNIAL 2023
An International Competitive Biennial Survey
of Contemporary Painting
At some point many generations ago society reached a level where ordinary people could spend a lifetime perfecting their ability to mix and apply paint, in extraordinary ways. A decade ago, to mark Manifest's 10th season the gallery kicked off a permanent biennial project surveying painting as an art form. It was first presented in fall 2013 to inaugurate our expanded gallery. PAINTED 2023 will be the sixth biennial presentation of this international survey of contemporary painting.
Every two years PAINTED launches our exhibition season by presenting a competitive group exhibition focused exclusively on painting, with no other thematic restrictions. It is a gallery exhibit that calls for works of painting by artists around the world as they carry the tradition forward, or reform it for another day. This exhibit has no defined expectation for type, style, subject, or specific media of work to be considered or selected. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual, abstract, or experimental, including those which push the boundaries of the common definition of what constitutes 'painting'. The only criteria beyond excellent quality is that works must in some way represent an honest approach to painting.
Submission deadline: June 24, 2023
For complete details and to apply online visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/painted
3RD ANNUAL
JURIED FINE ARTS OUTDOOR ART FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 9 & 10, 2023
10 am - 5 pm Saturday, 10 - 4 pm Sunday
On the grounds of our 87 year old non-profit arts organization at
37 Buena Vista Road in West Hartford.
This two day community event features artists showcasing and selling their work under tents outside on our grounds,
food trucks, live music from 12-3, and a "kids corner" .
ARTISTS: DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS AUG. 1
REGISTER HERE
Call for Entries
Announcing the return of AMP’s popular Recycled Runway event, which is now accepting applications for entry. Participating designers—amateurs and professionals alike—are invited to step up to the creative challenge of designing original, wearable art made of at least 75 percent recyclable and trash-rescued materials. These outfits will be modeled on the runway at the show, and/or as part of a month-long exhibit. To benefit charities, participating individuals and teams will go thread-to-thread for a chance to raise the most money in support of a cause of their choosing, as well as AMP’s education programs.
Participant applications are due by Friday, August 16. Early applications are strongly advised, due to the overwhelming entry response received for this event in 2019. Click here for more details. |
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Artist WorkLab. Continuing our series of professional development workshops and panels, registration is open for the next Artist WorkLab on Wednesday June 7 from 5:30 to 7 PM. The topic for June is Working with Interior Designers and Art Consultants. This series is free and open to any artist working in any medium, although June’s topic is geared more toward visual artists. Produced in collaboration with Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and with the support of Connecticut Humanities, Artist WorkLab brings you panels and discussions to help your art career thrive!
Wednesday, June 7, 5:30 to 7 PM |
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In Search Of: an Intern. Metro Art Studios is in search of an intern to work alongside the director and treasurer in support of ongoing and in-development programming. If you are a college student interested in a career in the arts or in the non-profit sector, please submit your resume for consideration for this unpaid position. |
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