Photographs by Moses Pendleton at Five Points Gallery, Torrington

Five Points Gallery is host to two exhibitions from January 8 to February 7, 2015: "Moses Pendleton Photographs and Takes Long Walks in the Country)" and "Eliptoids: A Quiet Collaboration of Shapes + Shadows", which features the work of Rick Eddinger and Whitey Jenkins. 

Moses Pendleton, the artistic director of MOMIX dance company, photographs dancers echoing natural forms as well as the forms in nature that inspire his choreography. There is an excellent article in the Register Citizen which talks about his process.

Still River Editions is proud to have printed Mr. Pendleton's images for the exhibit.

There was an opening reception for both exhibits on Friday, January 9, and there will be an artist conversation with Moses Pendleton on Saturday January 17 at 6 pm. There will be an artist conversation with Rick Eddinger and Whitey Jenkins on Friday, January 23 at 6 pm. 

MOMIX's "35th Anniversary Show: A Celebration of Company Favorites" is in performance at the Warner Theatre in Torrington on Saturday, January 17 and Sunday, January 18, both at 8 p.m.

Five Points Gallery is located at 33 Main St., Torrington, CT. 


Nor’Easter: The 45th Annual Juried Members Exhibition at the New Britain Museum

"Planet Study #3"
© Mark Savoia
"Nor’Easter: The 45th Annual Juried Members Exhibition" opens at the New Britain Museum of American Art with a reception on Sunday, January 11, 1 - 2:30 pm. The museum is located at 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, Connecticut.

The exhibition highlights the work of emerging artists in all media and expose contemporary visual arts to a wide audience. It was juried by Sharon Butler, artist and author of the influential art blog Two Coats of Paint. The awards are as follows -- first prize, Ernest Jolicoeur; second prize, Naya Bricher; third prize, Roxanne Faber Savage; juror’s award: Ron Lambert.

Mark Savoia, the co-owner and Master Printmaker of Still River Editions is among the exhibitors.

"Dreamless, Unalive, Perfect: Photographs by William Frucht" at the Gallery at Still River Editions

"Opera House, Ansonia, Ct."
© William Frucht

“Dreamless, Unalive, Perfect,” the first solo exhibition of photographs by Danbury resident William Frucht, takes place at the Gallery at Still River Editions from January 10 through March 27, 2015. There is an opening reception on Saturday, January 10 from 2 pm - 4 pm.

The 12 black-and-white landscape photographs in the show, which Frucht printed himself, find beauty in decay of manmade objects and their reclamation by nature. In his artist’s statement, he says, “Over time, the things we discard and forget have grown larger and more complex. Once it was stone arrowheads, now it is houses, stores and factories. These things, once abandoned, immediately begin to vanish as nature begins the slow work of taking them back.… I am less interested in what people took away from these places than in what they left behind, and what happened to it.”

The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. The Gallery at Still River Editions is located at 128 East Liberty St., Danbury, CT. Normal business hours 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday, and during posted hours for special events.


35th Annual Photography Show at the Carriage Barn Arts Center

"Off Road" © Paul R. Berger

35th Annual Photography Show Carriage Barn Arts Center takes place January 10 - February 8, 2015 at the Carriage Barn, Waveny Park, 681 South Ave., New Canaan, CT. There is an opening reception on January 10, 6-8 PM.

List of accepted artists includes clients Paul R. Berger, William Frucht, Bill Gore, and David Harlan.

This group exhibit will highlight the history of photographic processes and will include a display of vintage cameras as well as early photographs, such a daguerrotypes and tintypes. The show will feature the intriguing work of Tom Mezzanotte, who only works with early cameras and explores and experiments with historical processes. It is juried by Robert Gurbo, Curator of the Estate of André Kertész and the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation.

Festival of Trees to benefit Ann's Place, November 21-23, Danbury


The 12th Annual Festival of Trees benefit for Ann's Place is being held November 21-23, 2014 at Matrix Conference and Banquet Center in Danbury, Connecticut. It brings together the many people, organizations and sponsors who support Ann's Place's mission of community-based cancer support

Artist/designers, organizations and sponsors submitted over 100 trees and raffle items to be raffled as part of the benefit event--many on different themes and some featuring handmade items.

There is a gala kick-off party on Friday, November 21 (ticketed event), and the festival itself runs Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23 from 10 am - 5 pm. The event features entertainment, vendors, a quilters'  corner, robotics and Lego competitions, and the holiday tree raffle. Admission for adults is $10, $5 for children and seniors (children under 5 are admitted for free.)

The Matrix is located off exit 1 off I-84 in Danbury (free garage parking), the festival is on the 3rd level.

Mary Dwyer featured in "Becoming..." exhibition at ODETTA

"Susan B. Anthony, on the Road Again"
2014 © Mary Dwyer
"Becoming..." is an exhibition of recent work by four artists at ODETTA that runs from November 14, 2014 to January 4, 2015. The artists are Mary Dwyer, Deborah Brown, Gregory Curry, and Alice Momm.

From ODETTA's website: "The four artists in 'Becoming…' invigorate the genre of portraiture with wit, beauty, and style. Honing in on the essence of their subjects’ personalities, the artists depict inner life and social context, revealing as much of their own intentions as they do their subjects’. "

Mary Dwyer is a Connecticut resident whose paintings bring alive her deep interest in historical research. She exhibits regionally and nationally and received a Connecticut Artist Fellowship grant in 2008.

ODETTA is located at 229 Cook St., Brooklyn, NY.

Claire Tuffereau featured in exhibition at White Silo Farm & Winery

"Dinner at Dominique's"
© Claire Tuffereau
Watercolorist Claire Tuffereau of New Fairfield is featured in an exhibition at White Silo Farm & Winery, 32 Rt. 37 E. Sherman, CT from October 31, 2014 to November 30, 2014. Also exhibiting are Lynn Jones (wildlife painting) and Ron Jones (still life illustration.)

The opening reception is on Saturday, November 1, from 1:30 pm to 6 pm.

"Saddle Horse: Photographs by Lisa Cohen" opens at the gallery at Still River Editions

"Stolen Moment"
© Lisa Cohen
"Saddle Horse: Photographs by Lisa Cohen" opens October 25 at the Gallery at Still River Editions with an opening reception from 2 pm - 4 pm. The opening and exhibit are free and open to the public.

The exhibit reflects Lisa Cohen's experiences photographing the Great American Horse Drive in Colorado, an annual event during which 800 working horses are driven 60 miles over two days. These horses live free much like the wild mustangs do over the winter months, and then spend more clement seasons working on ranches. It is a unique opportunity, given both the animals and the landscape.

Cohen noticed some of the same animals over the four times she returned to the event, and photographed them as they sought each other out, as in "Stolen Moment" at left.

Not all of the images are as restful--she also captures the thundering movement of the herd, which creates a sense of exhilaration.

The Gallery at Still River Editions is located at 128 East Liberty St., Danbury, Connecticut. Regular gallery hours are 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday. The exhibit was printed by Master Printmaker Mark Savoia.

Facebook invite for the opening

Two Directions at Kehler Liddell Gallery with Edith Borax-Morrison and John Harris

"Color Coded"
© Edith Borax-Morrison
"Two Directions" at Kehler Liddell Gallery features the work of Edith Borax-Morrison (drawings) and John Harris (paintings). The exhibit runs from October 16 through November 16, 2014. There is an opening reception on Sunday, October 26 from 3 pm - 6 pm.

Borax-Morrison's detailed abstract drawings and Harris's paintings of water surfaces and reflections complement each other by suggesting natural rhythms, iterations, and changes on both micro and macro levels.

Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven, Connecticut.

Link to a video produced by Kehler Liddell with Edith Borax-Morrison talking about her work for a prior exhibit.

"Missing Links" at the Institute Library, curated by Catherine Vanaria

"Robespierre Unleashed"
© Andrea Zimmermann
Twelve area artists are featured in this unusual group exhibition at the Institute Library in New Haven that explores the meaning of an anonymous antique photo album. It is curated by photographer Catherine Vanaria of New Fairfield. Vanaria is Assistant Professor of Art, and Chair of the Art Department at Western Connecticut State University as well as co-owner of Still River Editions and Connecticut Photographics.

The exhibit runs from October 18 through November 29, 2014 and there is an opening reception on Saturday, October 18 from 12 pm - 2 pm. The Institute Library is located at 847 Chapel St., New Haven, CT.

A page from the "found" photo album
According to Vanaria’s curatorial statement, ”The artists and writers participating in Missing Links were asked to create their own stories and interpretations based on an anonymous early-20th century photo album found at a flea market. The unidentified materials, separated from their original context, have become a springboard for new narratives.”

The individual works created by the artists and writers use diverse media to get their ideas across, and the end result blurs the lines between photography, sculpture, painting, collage, installation, writing, and sound.

The artists are: Chris Durante (Redding), Jim Felice (Danbury), Gene Gort (West Hartford), Brigid Guertin (Danbury), Lys Guillorn (Shelton), Diane Zaleta Hassan (Danbury), Stacey Kolbig (New Fairfield), Victor Pasquale (Mount Kisco, NY), Lori Robeau (Torrington), Elyse Shapiro (Norwalk), Catherine Vanaria (New Fairfield), and Andrea Zimmermann (Newtown). 


Ben Larrabee one night pop-up show, "The Artist's Muse", Thursday, Oct. 9 at Southport Galleries

© Ben Larrabee
Darien photographer and Still River Editions client Ben Larrabee will be hosting a one-night pop-up show called "The Artist's Muse" featuring Larrabee's remarkable photographs of his wife and muse Trudie on Thursday October 9 from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Southport Galleries, 330 Pequot Ave., Southport, CT.

The exhibit and party celebrate a collection of nude studies taken over seventeen years.

From his website:  "The story of the artist and his muse is a long tradition in the arts. Some of Ben’s photography heroes such as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston and Harry Callahan were all inspired to photograph their wives. Ben’s images of Trudie carry on the tradition of that lineage. They tell the story of their artist/muse relationship."

See Ben Larrabee's blog post on the collaborative nature of the artist/muse relationship "Receiving the Gifts of the Muse, Nantucket".

James Grashow: "Corrugated Worlds" premiere exhibition at WCSU's VPAC Gallery opens Oct 2, 2014


James Grashow, known for his amazing large-scale cardboard sculptures and woodcut prints, is featured in a solo exhibition at the Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut University's Westside Campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT from October 2 through December 7, 2014.

There is a gala opening reception on October 2, 2014 from 6 pm - 8 pm. It is free and open to the public.

In 2012, Grashow's "Corrugated Fountain" was exhibited at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT.

Regular gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 12 noon - 4 pm, Sat.-Sun. 1 pm - 4 pm.

Joe McNally exhibit at Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe, Oct. - Nov. 2014

"Girl in Doorway, Mumbai, 1999"
© Joe McNally
World-renowned, award-winning photographer, photojournalist, and photographic educator Joe McNally is featured in a solo print exhibition from October 3 through November 23, 2014 at Monroe Gallery of Photography, 112 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe., NM.  This retrospective of McNally's 30+ year career is his first solo exhibition.

There is an opening reception on Thursday, October 3 from 5 pm - 7 pm.

McNally was the last staff photographer in the history of LIFE magazine, and he has been an ongoing contributor to National Geographic. He has shot cover stories for TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, New York and The New York Times Sunday Magazine.

McNally has a reputation for going to remarkable lengths (and heights) in order to get remarkable shots.  All daring aside, his work is wide-ranging, clever, technically masterful, and quite often moving.

A Monroe Gallery blog post gives further details about both McNally's career and the exhibition.

McNally, and gallerists Sid and Michelle Monroe will be doing a live Q&A Google+ Hangout on Monday, September 29, 10:30 am Eastern time.  

Grand Opening Gala WCSU's new Visual & Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Sept. 28

WCSU's Visual & Performing Arts Center is hosting an opening gala on Sunday, September 28, 2014 from 1:30 pm - 4 pm. The new, cutting-edge arts facility is located at the university's Westside Campus. It houses the art, theater and music departments of Western Connecticut State University and includes performance spaces and theaters, art studios, a darkroom, technology labs, a recording studio, classrooms and offices.

Catherine Vanaria, co-owner Connecticut Photographics and Still River Editions, who is an Assistant Professor of Art at Western Connecticut State University, was recently named Chair of the Art Department and extends the invitation to community to check out the offerings at the new facility.

According to the website, the gala "will feature the facility’s performance, exhibition and studio spaces being fully utilized by students, faculty and staff — creating a true “behind the scenes” look at the building in action."

The Westside Campus is located at 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT.

A map showing the Visual & Performing Arts Center on the Westside campus

Trailer Box Gallery: "Beware of the Year 7000, Enter if You Dare"

In the exhibit "Beware of the Year 7000, Enter if You Dare [...] installation artists Janice Mauro and Joanne Pagano Weber ask the question, if corporations are people, too, what if they lose their humanity?"

The exhibition is at Trailer Box Gallery from September 27 to November 1, 2014. Trailer Box Gallery is located at 15 Great Pasture Rd., Unit 15, Danbury.

The exhibition release continues, "It's the second melting of the polar icecap.  The power of the few dictate the blueprint of a resurgent planet depleted once again.  All resources are up for grabs as the human race divides along biological/robotic fault lines.  While multitudes transition becoming semi-human mechanisms under the control of an artificial brain, two artists continue their work in hiding, corresponding by the only thing they have left - their creativity.

Art lovers, thinkers, prophets, or gamers, look no further.

This exhibit will be shown in conjunction with a sister show at City Lights Gallery, 37 Markle Court, Downtown Bridgeport, Ct, opening September 25 - October 22."

Call for submissions: Koenig FrameWorks' annual "Small Works: Inside the Box" exhibition

Koenig FrameWorks' wildly popular annual exhibition "Small Works: Inside the Box" is seeking submissions. Art must be ready-to-hang and must fit within a 12"x12" square including framing material. Work must be dropped off between Saturday, October 4 and Monday, October 20, 2014. The exhibition takes place Saturday, November 8 through Thursday, December 24, 2014.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday, November 8 from 1 pm - 4 pm.

Please see the prospectus for complete application rules and details.

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

"Elements" at Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT

"Water"
© William de la Mare
Clients William de la Mare and Karen Neems are among those exhibiting in the Loft Artists Association Juried Exhibition "Elements", juried by Sophia Gevas. De la Mare's photograph, "Water" (shown at left) won Best in Show. Also exhibiting is Donna Callighan, whose work was included in the "Orange: CT ASMP" show at the Gallery at Still River Editions in 2013.

The full list of artists and accepted pieces may be viewed here.

The exhibit opened on September 12, 2014 and runs through October 19, 2014. The Loft Artists Association is located at 575 Pacific St., Stamford, CT.


Newtown Arts Festival, September 13 and 14, 2014 in Newtown, CT


The third annual Newtown Arts Festival takes place between 10 am - 6 pm on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2014. It takes place at Fairfield Hills, Trades Lane, Newtown, CT.

The full events schedule may be found here.

Client Tara Tomaselli is among the exhibitors, and SCAN artist and client Adele Moros will be doing a Watercolor Demo and Workshop at 1 pm on Sunday.

Iconic local banjo pioneer Roger Sprung will be among the musical performers, and will take the stage at 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm on Sunday.