Nancy Lasar: Two Shows at A.I.R. Gallery

Top: © Nancy Lasar Bottom © Catherine Mosely

Nancy Lasar and Catherine Mosely are featured in the show "Points of View" in Gallery II at A.I.R. Gallery from November 30, 2011 to December 21, 2011. Lasar is also featured concurrently in "A Feminine Contemporary Sublime" in Gallery III curated by Melissa Furness. The show also includes Liz Biddle, Melissa Furness and Jan Johnson.

Lasar's multi-layered prints are complex abstracts with deep textures and a sense of movement, often made fusing both traditional and digital printmaking techniques. From the press release for Points of View: "In both exhibitions, Lasar's pieces illustrate her ability to layer and energize space in a way that suggests movement, transformation and interconnectedness."

Images from "A Feminine Contemporary Sublime" artists

Artists in Residence, 111 Front St. #228, Brooklyn, NY. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, December 1, from 6 pm - 9 pm.

Kathie Miranda wins American Society of Botanical Artists award

"Prayer Plant" © Kathie Miranda

Botanical artist Kathie Miranda has won the first American Society of Botanical Artists' Anne Marie Carney award in recognition of outstanding work in a non-juried exhibition for her drawing Prayer Plant. Anne Marie Carney, who lived in Ontario, Canada, left her career as a cardiac nurse to become a botanical artist.  When she passed away last year, her family established the award to encourage others to follow their artistic passion.

Kathie Miranda, the former coordinator of the New York Botanical Garden's botanical art program, currently works full time researching and painting plant life. She says "It's a thrill to be recognized for this prestigious award - I'm the first in what will be a 36-year tradition! I hope it will inspire others to follow their dreams."

Creighton Michael in American Abstract Artists show in Philadelphia

Artist Creighton Michael is featured in the show "Abstraction∞" at the Icebox and Grey Area at Crane Arts celebrating the 75th anniversary of American Abstract Artists. The show opened on November 5, 2011 and runs until November 27, 2011 and features the work of 78 members of the American Abstract Artists. Crane Gallery is located at 1400 N. American St., Philadelphia, PA.

Michael's Fotodiagram© (digital drawing) triptych is mentioned in a show review featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer which also gives a history of the organization. The mentioned pieces may be viewed online on this page (scroll down to bottom two images).

Photobook!!2011 at Davis Orton Gallery

Catherine Vanaria's book, The Boston Years: The Music Scene in Photographs 1979-1986 (Laughing Camera, 2008), is on display in Photobook!!2011 at Davis Orton Gallery, 114 Warren St., Hudson, NY from November 18 through December 18, 2011. There is a reception on Saturday, November 19 from 6-8 p.m. 

The Boston Years chronicles the music scene in black and white photographs during the years Vanaria lived and worked as a black and white printer in Boston. Vanaria is co-owner of Connecticut Photographics and Still River Editions, and is an adjunct professor of photography at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut.

The juried exhibition includes books by twenty artists as well as photographs by four "best of show". The photographers chosen as best of show are David Morris Cunningham, Jonathan Lipkin, Sara Macel, and Amanda Penecale. 

~Lys 

Bridgeport Art Trail, Nov. 10-13, 2011: Open Studios and More

The Bridgeport Art Trail will take place from Nov. 10 - 13, 2011 in around 30 venues around the city. Among the highlights are open studios at the American Fabrics building, 305 Knowlton St. building and Gallery 305K, City Lights Gallery, The Weather sKwirl, Denyse Schmidt Quilts, and many more.

Here is an article from the Connecticut Post that gives more information

Last year we went and had a blast. It's a little bit of a different vibe from New Haven's City Wide Open Studios, maybe just because of the slightly grittier/more industrial "feel" of the city. The overall quality of work is very high and includes a lot of affordable art and designer objects.

Michele Muir: "Every 69 Seconds..." at Brother Chapman Gallery, New Rochelle

© Michele Muir

Michele Muir's moving black and white photo-essay about Alzheimer's disease, "Every 69 Seconds..." is on exhibit at Brother Chapman Gallery, Iona College Arts Center, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY from November 1 to December 1, 2011.

There is an opening reception Sunday, November 6, 1 - 3 p.m. There will be a special viewing on Thursday, November 10, at 6:30 p.m. presenting the film "I Remember Better When I Paint" with filmmaker Berna Huebner.

November is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and Muir's photographs highlight with great compassion many facets of the lives of those living with the disease. The title of the show refers to the statistic that in the United States every 69 seconds, another person is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

In addition to being an exhibiting photographer, Muir is Director of Communications and Public Policy of The Alzheimer's Association, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Claire Tuffereau at White Silo Farm, Sherman

"Our Neighbors to the North" © Claire Tuffereau

Watercolorist and client Claire Tuffereau of New Fairfield is exhibiting at White Silo Farm and Winery from November 4 to November 20, 2011, 32 Rt. 37 E, Sherman, CT. An opening reception is scheduled on Saturday, November 5** from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.


Also exhibiting is photographer Georgia Sheron.

Claire Tuffereau is also exhibiting at Still River Editions in November and December in our invitational Affordable Art Print Exhibition and Sale.

**Please check with the farm to make sure the gallery has power and the opening is happening. (860-355-0271)

Leslie Hudson-Tolles in Cauble Creek Vineyard Artist Invitational, Salisbury, North Carolina

"Requiem for Indian Summer" © Leslie Hudson-Tolles

Leslie Hudson-Tolles is featured in the Cauble Creek Vineyard Artist Invitational taking place November 4 - 20, 2011. There will be an artists' reception on Sunday, November 6 at 3 pm. Cauble Creek Vineyard is located at 700 Cauble Farm Rd., Salisbury, North Carolina.

The exhibition features 22 artists local to the winery.

Hudson-Tolles was a longtime Connecticut resident and arts educator. She relocated to North Carolina several years ago where she continues to teach and make new work in colored pencil, graphite and pastels.

Affordable Art Print Exhibition and Sale begins Nov. 1, reception on Sat. Nov. 19

Still River Editions is pleased to announce its first Affordable Art Print Exhibition and Sale, an invitational group exhibition of fine giclée prints of artwork by fourteen Connecticut artists. The show runs from Tuesday, November 1, 2011 until Friday, December 23, 2011 at noon.

There will be a festive opening reception on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., free and open to the public. Still River Editions is located at 128 East Liberty St., Danbury, CT. The gallery is open during normal business hours from 8:30 - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The artists are: Betty Christensen (watercolor, Newtown, CT), Grace McEnaney (Newtown, CT), Florence Froeder (watercolor, New Fairfield, CT), Tatiana Golovnya (mixed media, Redding, CT), Nancy Lasar (monotype, Washington Depot, CT), Marge Malwitz (gouache, Brookfield, CT), Adele Moros (acrylic painting, Bethel, CT), Edith Borax-Morrison (ink, Trumbull, CT), Mike Morshuk (mixed media, New Milford, CT), Ruth Newquist (watercolor, Newtown, CT), Banjie Nicholas (egg tempera, Warren, CT), Linda Pickwick (watercolor, Newtown, CT), Vicki Stevens (watercolor, Danbury, CT), and Claire Tuffereau (watercolor, New Fairfield, CT).


All of the 16"x20" prints are priced at $100 in order to make artwork by these accomplished national and regional artists as affordable as possible. Come by and enjoy the show during business hours, and please join us for our special weekend opening on November 19th to meet and speak with some of the artists. 

Mahalo Hawaii, travel photographs by Elisabeth J. Levy

© Elisabeth J. Levy

Bethel photographer Elisabeth J. Levy is unveiling her collection of travel photographs "Mahalo Hawaii ~ A Photographic Tribute to the Natural Beauty of Hawaii's Big Island" at a reception on Sunday October 30 from  3 - 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Danbury, 24 Clapboard Ridge Rd., Danbury, CT. The one day exhibition is also a launch of Levy's new website, and will feature a slideshow presentation accompanied by Hawaiian music. Light refreshments will be served.

--This event was postponed because of the storm and I will re-post the new date when it is rescheduled--

Mahalo Hawaii will also be exhibited at Bethel Library from November 11 to December 16, 2011. Bethel Library is located at 189 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, CT.

Photography Show Opening at Koenig FrameWorks, Friday, October 28, 2011

On Friday, October 28, 2011 from 5 - 8 p.m., Koenig FrameWorks is hosting a reception for their 2011 Juried Fall Photography Show & Sale with the theme "Animals". The exhibit will run through November 19.

The exhibit was juried by Sally Andersen-Bruce, an accomplished photographer whose work has been featured in books, periodicals, and has graced numerous USPS stamps, including the animal series "Adopt a Shelter Pet" from 2010.

Koenig FrameWorks is located 97 South Main St. (Route 25), Newtown, CT.

Call for submissions for fine art and photography--FrameWorks' next show is their popular annual Small Works exhibition. A prospectus is available here.

Faith Stewart-Gordon at the Silo, New Milford

© Faith Stewart-Gordon

Faith Stewart-Gordon's acrylic paintings are on exhibit at the Silo at Hunt Hill Farm, 44 Upland Rd., New Milford in a solo show "Interiors and Exteriors, From the Past to the Present" until Nov. 6, 2011. There will be an opening reception with refreshments provided by the Silo Cooking School on Friday, October 21, 2011 from 5-8 p.m.

Stewart-Gordon's paintings are influenced by her travels around the world. In 2010, she was featured in a solo show in Campania in Italy. Her paintings are intimate in scale and tenderly reflect what she finds most beautiful and unusual in her travels.

Stewart-Gordon began her artistic studies before becoming an actor, and then later a notable restaurateur and author. The Connecticut Post has an article on Stewart-Gordon, and the show here.

There will be an artist's talk on Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown's Fall Art Show and Sale Oct. 21 - 23, 2011

Watercolor "Lillia's Mitt" © Grace Scharr McEnaney

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown's Fall Art Show and Sale takes place Friday, October 21 - Sunday, October 23, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily at the Newtown Meeting House at the Flagpole, 31 Main St., Newtown, CT

The opening reception is Friday, October 21, 2011 from 6-8 p.m.

The members of SCAN are talented painters and watercolorists who together further SCAN's mission of elevating the arts in Newtown. SCAN offers classes demonstrations, workshops, shows, and special events, usually at the Newtown Meeting House.

Click on the poster for a larger view of the text and of "Lillia's Mitt" by client Grace Scharr McEnaney, who is also participating in our Affordable Art Exhibition and Sale in November along with other SCAN members.

Audio/Visual Exhibition at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO

"Joan Jett" © Catherine Vanaria

Catherine Vanaria's photograph of Joan Jett is among those chosen for the New York Photo Festival's musically-themed juried photography exhibition, "Audio/Visual". The opening is Thursday, October 20 from 7-9 pm at the powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY, the soundtrack for which will be the live band The Long Eye. The jury was made up of members of the music media from publications and websites.

The exhibit presents "a selection of images that capture the powerful relationship between photography and music in all its forms, be it solo musicians, bands, rock concerts, grand operatic productions, or intimate one-on-one sessions." The featured artists are listed here.

Exhibition Highlights Creation of WCSUs New Arts Building

Stills excerpted from "Over five days in August, 2011" © Catherine Vanaria

Connecticut Photographics' co-owner Catherine Vanaria, who is also a professor of photography at Western Connecticut State University, has a video piece in the exhibition "Groundbreaking: Looking Forward" at the university.  Her time-lapse video is comprised of stills taken at intervals during the demolition of the former Roberts Avenue School located on the downtown campus.

The collection of works by WCSU students, alumni and faculty, will be on display from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays from Thursday, Oct. 20, through Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Higgins Gallery in Room 101 of the Higgins Hall Annex on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20. The exhibition and reception will be free and open to the public.

The official groundbreaking ceremony took place on Monday, October 17, and included the participation of WCSU's fine and performing arts departments, Connecticut's Governor Dannel Malloy, Mayor Mark Boughton, former governor and local resident M. Jodi Rell, and other honored guests and attendees. For more information about the building project: WCSU Visual and Performing Arts Center

Reminder! Visit us at City Wide Open Studios New Haven, Oct. 15-16, noon - 5 p.m.

Mark Savoia, Catherine Vanaria and I (Lys Guillorn) will be showing our own photography and artwork at City Wide Open Studios Saturday Oct. 15 and Sunday Oct. 16, at Erector Square, 315 Peck St., Building 7, 2d Floor, Unit 2, New Haven, CT.

City Wide Open Studios is a huge event in the old A.C. Gilbert Erector Set Toy factory in New Haven. Eleven buildings full of artists in both permanent and temporary studios showing off their newest and best work.

Come by and visit--we know you'll have a great time, and we'd love to see you!

Also visit Phyllis Crowley and Keith Johnson who will be in building 5, 3rd floor, Studio D. Zachary Keeting and Nathan Lewis will be sharing a space in Building 6, Floor 3, Studio C.

Mark Savoia in two exhibitions: Asheville, NC and Johnson City, TX

Mark Savoia of Still River Editions and Connecticut Photographics has photographs in two exhibitions this October.

The first in Manipulated, an exhibition of altered photographs at Castell Gallery Asheville, NC from. It was juried by Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director of the Center for Photography at Woodstock and features thirty-three local/national/international artists. There is an opening reception on Friday, October 14th from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the gallery, which is located at 2C Wilson Alley, Asheville, NC.

"Please Use Next Door" © Mark Savoia

Savoia is also exhibiting in Num6ers, A Smith Gallery, September 30-November 6, 2011, opening reception on October 22, from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. The show is viewable online here. A Smith Gallery is located at 105 N Nugent Ave., Johnson City, Texas, 78636

Art & Frame Exhibition Opening Saturday Oct 1, 2011 & a call for submissions

Art & Frame of Danbury, LLC is hosting an artists' reception this Saturday, October 1, from 5 - 7 p.m. for the exhibit "Local Color" featuring Danbury painters Antonio Carvalho and James Mazza and Bethel furniture maker Alec Jordan. The exhibition will be on display from September 30 - November 14, 2011.

Call for submissions: 
Art & Frame Small Works Show
Deadline Friday, November 4, 2011

Ready-to-hang work in any medium including sculpture that is no larger than 13" in any direction including the frame or any other display fixtures. They are also offering discounted framing for pieces accepted into the show. Submission is free and each artist may enter up to 3 pieces for the show. They ask that participants drop off completed submission form with their art no later than Friday, November 4th.

Any artist who would like to submit work can email for an entry form at artandframeofdanbury@gmail.com, or call (203) 748-0197 to request one by mail.

Art and Frame of Danbury is located at 60 Newtown Rd, Rte 6 Plaza, Danbury CT 06810.

Tracy Walter Ferry / 21 Rooms in York, Maine

Sculptor and multi-media artist Tracy Walter Ferry, who we met during City Wide Open Studios last year, participated in 21 Rooms, an art event at the Nevada Motel in York, Maine on Friday, September 23.

©Tracy Walter Ferry - click to enlarge

From the 3S Artspace website: "21 featured artists will be afforded one of the motel’s 21 rooms for two nights to serve as a mini-residency or act as a studio. On the second evening, two stories of rooms will be opened to the public and presented as mini-galleries. The show will transform the Nevada Motel into an interactive spectacle of installation, performance and video art. Participating artists will be coming from as close as Wells, Maine, and as far away as Dallas, Texas. 21 Rooms was guest-curated by Quinn Corey, a long-time creative presence in the emerging arts scene in Providence, RI, along with 3S co-founder, John Gayle."

Ferry was a longtime registered nurse, who went on to earn her MFA from Hartford Art School. Her sculpture is visceral and engaging.

I have family in York and stayed at the Nevada about 10 years ago. It is a  mid-century-modern style motel with a turquoise and white color scheme. I love the retro poster, and the concept for the event is brilliant. Having 21 artists turn a motel into temporary studio and/or performance space is a great model for creative use/re-use outside of the underutilized-factory-turned-studio-building mode.

~Lys

Exterior view of the Nevada Motel during 21 Rooms

© Tracy Walter Ferry  21 Rooms installation

Monroe Gallery of Photography Exhibit: 2011 Lucie Award Winner Bill Eppridge

©Bill Eppridge: sign in rear window of car in Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1964

Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico is exhibiting over 50 photographs by accomplished photojournalist, Bill Eppridge, recipient of the 2011 Lucie Award for Achievement in Photojournalism. There will be a reception on Friday, September 30, 2011 from 5-7 p.m, and the exhibition runs until November 20, 2011.

Go to the Monroe Gallery blog for more information about the exhibition. The exhibit, which spans Eppridge's remarkable career may be viewed online here.

There will be a gala ceremony on October 24 at the Rose Theater Lincoln Center in NYC to celebrate the 9th Annual Lucie Awards honorees, and winners of the 9th Annual International Photography Awards.

To view more photographs by Mr. Eppridge, visit Google's Life Magazine photo gallery.