The group exhibition “Tangible Traces” opens at Brookfield Craft Center on April 2nd, 2022, presented in collaboration with Western Connecticut State University. Daisy Gesualdi, a graduating senior art major at WCSU, curated the exhibition which features Janice Mauro, Ellen Schiffman, and Isabella Saraceni. It runs through April 24, 2022, and there will be a closing reception on Saturday, April 23d from 5 pm - 8 pm.
From the press release: ”Tangible Traces is an exploration of vulnerability through time and its connection with human existence. Vulnerability can appear in multiple forms, some tangible, others conceptually. It may appear as gradual aging, decay seen in nature, or worn walls of an ancient city. In an attempt to understand and heal through spirituality and art, diving into it with confidence is our resilience and strength. Each artist explores this concept through their diverse use of material and their connections to anthropology, archeology, spirituality, and the natural world.”
The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery at Brookfield Craft Center is located at 286 Whisconier Rd. , Brookfield, CT. Gallery hours are Tues.-Fri. noon - 5 pm, Saturday 11 am - 5 pm, and Sunday noon - 4 pm. (Please always check with the venue in case of holidays/closures not listed here.)
WCSU MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022
The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University is hosting the MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022 from March 24th through April 10th 2022.
From the program’s materials “The Master of Fine Arts is the terminal degree for practicing, professional artists. The MFA Thesis Exhibition is the capstone experience of the graduate program, demonstrating a personal direction and mastery in the work of the artists. This year, four graduate students will present their thesis work: Janelle Chandler, Kelsey Gilmore, Don Houston, and Robert Charles Hudson.”
The opening reception is Thursday, March 24th 6 pm - 8 pm. It is also Art Alumni Night. Free advance tickets are available here.
The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU is located on the Westside Campus at 43 Lake Ave Ext, Danbury, CT.
Collecting, Indexing and Reshaping at The Norwalk Art Space opens March 17th
The group exhibition “Collecting, Indexing and Reshaping” opens at the Norwalk Art Space on March 17th with a reception from 6 pm - 9 pm featuring a comedy performance by Michelle Lee at 7:20 pm and Sculpted Latin Jazz Ensemble 7:30 - 9 pm. The exhibition was curated by and features work by Korry Fellow Joseph Fucigna, and also includes work by Beau Bardos, Vincent Dion, Chris Durante, Francisco Mandujano, and Margaret Roleke.
The Norwalk Art Space is located at 455 West Ave, Norwalk, CT.
Sandra Weiner's drawings featured in Connecticut Women Artists exhibition
“Sandra Weiner” © Sandra Weiner
Sandra Weiner’s original pencil drawings "Homeless" and “Llama" have been juried into the spring 2022 exhibition of Connecticut Women Artists. The exhibition will be held from April 2 to April 29, with the opening reception on April 2 from 2 pm - 4 pm at the Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar Street, New Britain.
"Scratching the Surface" by David Haislip on view now at the Gallery at Still River Editions
© David Haislip
“Scratching the Surface” is an exhibition of mixed-media works on paper, art board, foamcore, glass, and metal by David Haislip on view at the Gallery at Still River Editions through May 27, 2022. A reception celebrating the exhibition will be held in the spring.
Haislip uses techniques with ink, lacquer, varnish, paint, and carbon; some of his works incorporate small branches and other natural forms, glass, found objects, and even cat whiskers.
The works that comprise the exhibition are part of Haislip’s personal collection, meant to be viewed as a whole. Over the years, he has made a lot of work, discarded pieces that didn’t resonate, and kept only what was most important to him. Within the exhibition, there are several distinct bodies of work, but Haislip would rather have viewers create their own impressions instead of imposing ideas on them.
A number of the pieces feature incisions into a substrate highlighted by soft, brown carbon marks made by burning. Haislip said of this technique, “I make work out of whatever it is I have on hand. One day, I made a bunch of scratches on a piece of paper, and I wondered how I’d emphasize them. Ink wasn’t going to work, and I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll burn it.’ I found I could emphasize the textures of the holes and ridges by burning them. There’s an interplay of light and shadow as it catches the ridges and dips.” He added “I don’t start out with ideas or a thought, I just make something and it morphs into the end result, and then I look at it. If it’s interesting, I work with it. There’s nothing that needs explanation.”
The Gallery at Still River Editions is located at 128 East Liberty St., Danbury, and is open 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday. The gallery is closed on Presidents’ Day.
Lisa Nelson featured in Sometimes in Winter exhibition at Studio Hill, Woodbury
© Lisa Nelson
Lisa Nelson’s photography is featured in the exhibition “Sometimes in Winter: A Multi-Media Experience” at Studio Hill, 507 Main St., Woodbury, CT. Also featured in the exhibition are Nancy August, Aleksandra Bowie, and August Gross. The exhibition runs through March 6th, 2022, and there is an opening reception on Sunday, February 13, 2022 from 3 pm - 5 pm.
The gallery is open from 11 am - 5 pm Wednesday through Sunday.
Karen Bonanno: Recent works at The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
© Karen Bonanno
An exhibition of recent paintings by Karen Bonanno is featured at the Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens from February 19 through March 28, 2022, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 26 from 2 pm - 5 pm. Also on view are paintings by Heather Scofield.
The gallery at the Judy Black Memorial Park is located at 1 Green Hill Rd., Washington Depot, CT.
Mohamad Hafez "Unsettled Nostalgia" opens February 10 at WCSU VPAC Gallery in Danbury
© Mohamad Hafez
The artist Mohamad Hafez is featured in a solo exhibition at the Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University titled “Unsettled Nostalgia”. The exhibition runs from February 10 through March 7, 2022. There is a free opening reception Thursday, February 10 from 6 pm - 8 pm. Advance reservations for the opening are required via Eventbrite. Masks and social distancing are required.
In addition there is a special event, “No Place Like Home: Exploring the sights, sounds, and tastes of the Middle East with artist Mohamad Hafez and guests,” on Thursday March 3 from 6 pm - 8 pm at the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall at the VPAC. Click on the above Eventbrite link to find the free event. Registration is limited.
From the gallery’s materials: “A Syrian-American artist and architect, Mohamad Hafez was born in Damascus, raised in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and educated in the Midwestern United States. Expressing the juxtaposition of East and West within him, Hafez’s art reflects the political turmoil in the Middle East through the compilation of found objects, paint, and scrap metal. Using his architectural skills, Hafez creates surrealistic Middle Eastern streetscapes that are architectural in their appearance yet politically charged in their content which addresses the devastation of war, feelings of displacement, and nostalgia for home.
The Department of Art was awarded a $13,000 National Endowment for the Arts "Project Grant" to support "The Home Project," in which Hafez will pursue an extensive program of collaborative art installations and exhibition, student mentoring, public lectures, and other activities during a year-long residency in the WCSU Department of Art that will begin in August and continue through the end of the 2021-22 academic year. Through these diverse and interactive exchanges, he will draw from his unique experiences and artistic works to challenge participants in the project to create their own artistic interpretations of the meaning and concept of home to be exhibited alongside his work in the exhibition.”
The gallery is located on the second floor of the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University at 43 Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury on the Westside Campus of Western Connecticut State University. Please see the gallery’s website for operating hours and special events.
Mark Savoia among Mixmaster 2022 artists at the Mattatuck Museum
“Blue Scaffold” 2020 © Mark Savoia
Still River Editions’ co-owner Mark Savoia is featured in the juried members’ exhibition MIXMASTER at the Mattatuck Museum, on view from January 30-March 16, 2022. There is an opening celebration on Sunday, January 30th from 1 pm - 3 pm. Free for members and children under 5, $5 for the general public. Masks are required for all visitors. There is a Zoom option available for those unable to attend in person. Register for in person or zoom attendance here.
From the Mattatuck’s press materials, “MIXMASTER is an exhibition that seeks to discover and recognize the talents of its artist members working in New England and the Tri-State region. Initiated to support and recognize contemporary art, MIXMASTER provides an opportunity for established and emerging artists to debut their most recent work, done in the last three years. Selected works have been judged by Kyle Harris, Director of Peter Blum Gallery in New York City.”
The Mattatuck Museum is located at 144 West Main St, Waterbury, CT. Please see website for hours.
Phyllis Crowley in group show at City Gallery, January 2022
Photographs by Phyllis Crowley are featured in the group exhibition “Confluence” at City Gallery through January 30, 2022. Also featured are works by Meg Bloom, Roberta Friedman, and Kathy Kane. City Gallery is located at 994 State St., New Haven, CT.
The gallery is open Friday through Sunday, 1 pm - 4 pm or by appointment. Visitors must wear a mask. Please see gallery’s website for more details.
Image Archives + Still River Editions = Fine Art Gift Ideas
Looking for an unusual and personal gift idea, or something special for your walls?
Over the years we’ve collected some resources for clients looking for public domain fine art and historical images for us to print for them on archival papers.
Below are links to sites where you may search for and find high resolution files to download and have us archivally print including historical maps, fine art, photographs, space images, posters, and more.
If you browse through, and there’s something you’d like us to print—you can either download the high resolution file (sometimes listed as original size) and send it to us or email us the URL so we can download the highest resolution file. We’ll work with you to find a size that fits with the image’s proportions, and help you choose the best paper surface or canvas.
Links are presented as a resource, and we are in no way affiliated with these institutions.
Audubon’s Birds of America
High-resolution files of all 435 images from Audubon’s lushly illustrated book Birds of America
Birds of America
Flickr Commons
Public domain treasures from some of the world’s greatest archives and institutions including the Smithsonian and British Museum. There’s a search bar where you can type in a keyword to get started browsing.
Treasures from Flickr Commons
Library of Congress
Photographs, WPA posters and photographs, antique maps (it’s fun to check out your hometown, your current city, where you went to school), advertising images
A selection of free-to-use images from the LOC
Browse the LOC’s entire collection
NASA Image and Video Library
Space walks, astronauts, and celestial bodies, oh my!
NASA's Image Archive
Open Access Maps at the New York Public Library
Please read through instructions to make sure you are in the site that has high-resolution images for free. There might be links that take you to other maps that might cost money to download.
NYPL Open Access Maps
Wikimedia Commons
There are tons of images without usage restrictions on Wikipedia. This is a selection of category links to get you started, including the Google Art Project, through which you can download high-resolution images of some of the world’s most famous works of art.
Paintings
Drawings
Photographs
Google Art Project
71st A-ONE at Silvermine Art Center
“The Rapture” © Mark Savoia
71st A-ONE at Silvermine Art Center runs from October 30 - December 30, 2021 and features 67 works by 31 artists. The exhibition was curated by Richard Klein.
From Silvermine’s website: “71st A-ONE is a national competition/exhibition highlighting the diversity of work that is currently being made by established and emerging artists. Established in 1949 as the New England Exhibition, a regional exhibit, it later became known as Art of the Northeast and is now a national exhibition. It features a wide range of collectible contemporary artwork that is both vibrant and surprising. Throughout its history, Silvermine’s signature exhibition has featured the work of many prominent artists including Louise Nevelson, Elaine de Kooning, and Milton Avery, and jurors have included major critics, curators, and directors from influential art institutions.”
Among the artists included in the exhibition is Mark Savoia, Master Printmaker and Co-owner of Still River Editions, and Nancy Lasar, who has exhibited at The Gallery at Still River Editions.
For full list of artists, please see SIlvermine’s website. The gallery is located at 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan, CT, and is open from 10 am - 4 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Please check with the gallery before venturing out, in case of holiday or weather-related closures.
AAA Prints 2012-2019 at WCSU VPAC Gallery
The exhibition “DIGITAL: AAA Prints 2012–2019” runs from October 21 – December 5, 2021 at The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. There is an opening reception on Thursday, October 21st, 6 pm - 8 pm.
From their press materials: “Western Connecticut State University's Department of Art is pleased to present the exhibition, Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019 at The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center from Oct. 21 through Dec. 5, 2021. The exhibition represents 73 visual artists. Admission is free and open to the public; reservations to attend the reception should be made online at wcsuvpac.eventbrite.com. The Art Gallery is located in the Visual and Performing Arts Center at 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury. Face coverings and social distancing protocol required. The Art Gallery is sponsored by the WCSU Department of Art. Contributions to support the art gallery are appreciated.
Since its first exhibition in 1937, American Abstract Artists has used printmaking as a platform to both introduce and document the work of its members and to expand the vocabulary of abstraction to an ever-increasing audience. This print portfolio tradition began with the celebration of the organization’s first anniversary and was followed decades later by marking AAA’s fiftieth, sixtieth, and seventy-fifth anniversaries. With the advent of digital technology, AAA decided to break with tradition and print new portfolios digitally, a meaningful shift as the three previous portfolio editions were printed by lithography, a classic printmaking process. Designing and printing digital prints mirrors changes in the visual world, one result of perpetual technological achievements. In 2019, partly as an addendum to the 2012 portfolio exhibition, for exhibition purposes, and as an opportunity to showcase the work of recent AAA members (as well as earlier members who did not participate in the 2012 portfolio), American Abstract Artists published the 2019 Monoprint Portfolio. This exhibition is a loan from The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture.
As a part of the Exhibition the Department of Art is also hosting “Conversations on Abstraction” on Sat, October 23, 3:00–4:00 pm. A Virtual Panel Discussion with American Abstract Artists members, Jeffrey Bishop, Jacob Cartwright, Melissa Staiger and Vera Vasek. Registration should be made online at wcsuvpac.eventbrite.com to get the Zoom link to join the discussion.
Regular gallery hours are Tues.-Fri. 12 noon-4 pm and Sat.-Sun. 1 pm-4 pm. Please check with the venue for possible holiday closings.
Still River Editions made the 2019 archival digital prints for this exhibition.
Five Points 2021 Juried Exhibition
© Catherine Vanaria
Catherine Vanaria, co-owner of Still River Editions, and chair of the WCSU Department of Art, is one of the artists selected into the Five Points 2021 Juried Exhibition, juried by multimedia artist and educator Joseph Fucigna. Submissions were open to artists of all media, and all accepted works will be featured in Five Points galleries and on their website. The exhibition runs from July 2 through August 14, 2021, with an opening reception on July 2 from 5 pm - 8 pm, with an award announced at 7 pm. The one award is a solo exhibition at Five Points Gallery in 2022.
Also among the 50+ accepted artists is Caroline Harman, who was featured in the solo exhibition “Principles of Uncertainty” at The Gallery at Still River Editions in 2019, as well as client Will Holub.
Please see Five Points’ website for the full list of exhibiting artists.
Five Points Gallery is located at 33 Main St., Torrington, CT.
WCSU 2021 Virtual Senior Portfolio Exhibition and Exhibition at Brookfield Craft Center
This year is a little bit different for Western Connecticut State University’s Bachelor of Arts candidates in Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, and Studio Arts. The university’s Senior Portfolio Exhibition, which is normally held at the gallery in the Visual and Performing Arts Center, is virtual, and select pieces from each student are on view at the Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery at Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, CT. The exhibition opened on May 1, and ends May 30th, 2021 and is open to the public.
For a full list of artists in each area of concentration, as well as links to the virtual portfolios, please visit WCSUs website.
The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery at The Brookfield Craft Center is located at 286 Whisconier Rd., Brookfield, CT. Please see their website for visiting hours and information https://www.brookfieldcraft.org/
Artists' Panel Talk Online through Five Points Gallery, Friday, Friday Feb. 5
Untitled - Encaustic & Stone Series | 13" x 13" | Encaustic with white marble on wood panel © Patrick Kennedy
Five Points Center for the Visual Arts in Torrington, CT is hosting three concurrent exhibitions from January 22-February 27, 2021 with an artists’ panel discussion on Friday, February 5, 2021, 6:30 pm ET. The artists’ talk will be held via Zoom and registration is required.
The East Gallery features “Realist Abstractions” by Bob Knox; The West Gallery, “Surface and Substance” by Patrick Kennedy & Brian Williams; and the TDP Gallery, “Pagliacci” by Marc Mones.
Featured artists who will be part of the panel discussion on February 5 (quoted text from Five Points Gallery’s website)
”Bob Knox, a celebrated artist whose bold, colorful and energetic billboard sized paintings embrace both spontaneous, intuitive decisions and deliberate, detailed brushwork.
Patrick Kennedy's mixed media based work balances textural encaustics with fractured slabs of stone that create an alchemical marriage of disparate materials.
Emerging artist, Marc Mones, creates detailed dystopian graphite drawings that reference pop culture and the artist's own personal journey of recovery from addiction.
Moderated by Jessica Fallis, a Torrington, CT based artist, educator, and writer, Jessica's work explores themes related to the environment, time, and memory. Her work has been exhibited throughout Connecticut, including the New Britain Museum of American Art, Five Points Gallery, The Mystic Museum of Art, and the West Hartford Art League. She is currently a member of the Five Points Launchpad in Torrington, CT. Jessica is also a full time art teacher in West Hartford.”
Five Points Gallery is located at 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT. Gallery Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm & by appointment. Please check website for information.
"Abstractions: Shadows & Runes" - Photographs by Joy Bush at The Gallery at Still River Editions
We are pleased to announce Joy Bush's photography exhibition "Abstractions: Shadows & Runes" is now on view at the Gallery at Still River Editions through March 26th, 2021. The exhibition is viewable online anytime or in person 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday.
Bush is a professional fine art photographer from Hamden, Connecticut who has exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions in the northeast.
She says in her artist statement, “Each image is a meditation, a time to pay attention to things that speak to me as well as to make a connection with my surroundings. Inevitably, something that might easily have gone unnoticed shows itself, becomes important, and rearranges the familiar.”
We welcome in-person visitors to our gallery and ask that only 1-2 members from the same household may visit at once. If come in and notice there is someone in the gallery or at the front counter ahead of you, we kindly ask that you wait outside or in your car until they leave. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
If you have any questions or would like to purchase one of the photographs in the exhibition, please contact Gallery Director Lys Guillorn at 203-791-1474.
Get 10% off Still River Editions Gift Certificates through Monday 11/30
As our way of saying thank you for your continued support of our small business this year, from now through Monday, November 30, 2019 at 11:59 pm EST, you can order a Still River Editions gift certificate for 10% off face value using this link and the promo code BLACKFRIDAY10 in checkout. (The gift certificate is good for all digital services, but excludes works sold in the gallery.)
Get them for your art and photo-loving friends and family members, or for yourself to snag a 10% deal on future services. (For example, a $25.00 gift certificate is $22.50, a $50 gift certificate is $45, a $100 gift certificate is $90 and a $200 gift certificate is $180 and so on).
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The print studio and gallery will be closed from Thursday through Sunday, and will reopen on Monday morning, but you can order gift certificates online at any time through late Monday night to get the discount. If you have any questions or special requests, please feel free to reach out to us by email, or by phone on Monday.
We greatly appreciate your business and gallery patronage throughout this especially difficult year. Helping people create artwork, keep family memories alive, and preserve history has uplifted us in so many ways, and we are deeply grateful.
Gallery at Still River Editions Spotlight: "Minke Whale" by Ann Nicholson Brown
“Minke Whale” © Ann Nicholson Brown
One of the most striking photographic collages in Ann Nicholson Brown’s exhibition “Postcards to an Island” is called “Minke Whale”, featuring an unusual and haunting skull. In the collage, the skull is framed by a nimbus of queen anne’s lace, and a border of rope.
The skeleton in the photograph is of a minke whale, a type of baleen whale, that washed up on North Haven Island in 2016. The stranded whale’s skeleton provided an opportunity for naturalists, students, and artists alike to study. Here’s an article about it from Island Institute.
Nicholson Brown photographed the skeleton while on the island.
”Postcards to an Island” is on view at The Gallery at Still River Editions through December 18, 2020, 8:30 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Images from the exhibition are also available on Still River Editions’ website. Visitors may come in person. Masks are mandatory, and only 1-2 people from one household are allowed in the gallery at one time.
Ann Nicholson Brown's "Postcards to an Island" opens October 5 at The Gallery at Still River Editions
“Above the Bones” © Ann Nicholson Brown
“Postcards to an Island” is an exhibition of photographic collages by Ann Nicholson Brown taking place at The Gallery at Still River Editions in Danbury, CT from October 5 through December 18, 2020. Nicholson Brown’s photo collages were photographed at North Haven Island, Maine, where her family spends summers. The images combine photographs captured by Nicholson Brown in traditional and alternative photographic printmaking processes. The resulting collages juxtapose natural elements in fresh and sometimes mysterious combinations that awaken the senses. Ann Nicholson Brown is a resident of New Canaan, CT.
Nicholson Brown says of her work, “I begin by photographing the island’s woods, fields, and seacoast, a natural kingdom with all its plant life, rocks, shells, and bones bleached by the sun. I then dismantle and re-assemble the photographs by hand into a meditation on these gathered memories—patched and uncertain as my recollections of one summer blending into the next.” Full artist statement and bio here.
The gallery is open 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday except Monday, October 12 (Indigenous Peoples Day), November 26-27 (Thanksgiving holiday). Exhibition images will also be online at stillrivereditions.com.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, masks that cover the mouth and nose are required for entry. Only 1-2 people from the same household are allowed in the gallery at one time. No restrooms are available at this time, so please plan accordingly.