Grace Scharr McEnaney: Journeys in Watercolor at The Smithy in New Preston, CT

© Grace Scharr McEnaney

Grace Scharr McEnaney’s “Journeys in Watercolor” will be at The Smithy Market & Loft Gallery, 10 Main St., New Preston, CT from January 11 through February 9, 2020

Grace Scharr McEnaney is a contemporary watercolor painter living and working in Connecticut. Her work ranges from representational depictions of stone structures, still life, and florals to more recently, imaginary abstract studies. Whether representational or expressionistic, in each of her paintings, Grace strives to reveal the powerful essence and energy found in all things. Prior to becoming a fine artist, she spent several decades working in both technical and garden illustration, industrial advertising, as well as book jacket design.

Grace has degrees from Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, University of Connecticut and The New York School of Interior Design. Since beginning to show her work in 2006, she has won awards in watercolor from The New Britain Museum of Amercan Art member's show, The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and The Connecticut Watercolor Society, among others. She is a signature member of The Connecticut Watercolor Society and in 2013 became a juried artist signature member of Connecticut Women Artists. In November 2016, Grace earned artist signature status from The North East Watercolor Society. Grace is currently a watercolor instructor at The Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, Arts Escape, Southbury, CT and privately in Newtown, CT. She also sits on the Board of Directors of The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York.

The Carriage Barn Arts Center's 40th Annual Photography Show, 2020

© Lisa Laible

The Carriage Barn Arts Center's 40th Annual Photography Show takes place January 11 through February 13, with an opening reception Saturday, January 11 from 4 pm - 6 pm.  There is a suggested donation of $10 for guests and non-members. The exhibition was juried by and features Stephen Wilkes.

Among the 50+ exhibiting photographers are some clients of Still River Editions: Marcy Juran, Lisa Laible, William Frucht, and Karen Neems.

The Carriage Barn Arts Center is located at Waveny Park, 681 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT.

Small [and large] Works show at Art & Frame of Newtown

Art & Frame of Newtown is hosting a juried exhibition of small and large works from November 23, 2019 - January 25, 2020 with an opening reception on Saturday, December 7 from 5 pm - 7 pm feauturing live music by the Edukated Fleas.

Art & Frame of Newtown is located at 77 Newtown Rd., Newtown, Connecticut.

"Then, What If?" and "Expanded Vocabularies" at Five Points Gallery, Torrington

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Five Points Gallery in Torrington is hosting two concurrent exhibitions “Then, What If?” in the TDP Gallery and “Expanded Vocabularies” in East & West Galleries from October 31 through November 30, 2019. There will be an opening reception on November 1, 2019, and an artists’ panel discussion on November 15 at 6:30 pm. There will also be a special video screening event and Q&A for “Then, What If?” on Saturday, November 9th at 6:30 pm led by curators Gene Gort and Ken Steen.

“Then, What If?” is presented by NewMusicNewMediaNewEngland, a program curated by Gene Gort and Ken Steen. From Five Points’ website:
"‘THEN, WHAT IF?’, like ‘What If?’, has three iterations; a video screening event, an installation for gallery presentation and a website. For the screening event, to engage in the random activity, audience members select one number each from a video- and audio-designated list as they enter the venue. These numbers determine the evening's program of 60 works resulting in a 60-minute screening. For the gallery installation, a computer with media projection and stereo sound is loaded with all the files and the user selects random pairings or specific pairings for playback. The website, designed and programmed by Tim Lawless, similarly has a random generator scripted into the site and visitors can randomize the pairings or determine the pairings specifically as well. The project has been curated from an international call for entries and includes seasoned veterans with young producers.” The entire list of video and sound artists may be viewed on Five Points’ website (linked above).

The project may also be interacted with on nmnmne.org.

“Rooting Around” © Emily Albee

“‘Expanded Vocabularies’ features the recent artwork of 12 artist members of The Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford Launchpad. The work featured in this exhibition is a fresh selection of work that has been produced over the past two years on the second floor of the Water Street gallery. Artists have been diligent in developing their vocabulary while being part of a nurturing and supportive artist community with shared space conducive for growth and experimentation. The work ranges in content from fashion to photography and explores themes such as memory, personal history, self portraiture, sustainability, the body and the rawness of materiality to name a few.” Full list of artists on Five Points’ website (linked above.)

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

"Autumn's Approach" at Art & Frame of Newtown

“Cosmic Quarry” © Elisabeth Levy

Art & Frame of Newtown’s autumn-themed juried group exhibition “Autumn’s Approach” opens with a reception Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 5 pm - 7 pm with live music by Kat, Matt & Tor trio, hors d’oeuvres, wine & beer. The show is on view through November 16, 2019.

Art & Frame of Newtown is located at 77 Main St., Newtown, CT.

2019 Art Faculty Exhibition at WCSU

Thursday, October 24, the 2019 Art Faculty Exhibition at WCSU opens with a reception from 6 pm - 8 pm at the Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT. The exhibition will be on view through December 24, 2019.

Associate Professor of Art, Chair of the Art Department (and co-owner of Still River Editions) Catherine Vanaria is among those exhibiting.

“Channel Surfing VI” © Catherine Vanaria

From WCSU’s website: “This exhibition is an opportunity for students and the community to learn from the artwork of the full-time and adjunct faculty members who teach in the Department of Art. The talent and breadth of work presented in this exhibition provide a reminder of the creativity and diversity represented within the department. Faculty participants in the exhibtion will include David Boyajian, Riley Brewster, Leslie Cober-Gentry, Bruce Dunbar, Stacey Kolbig, Jurg Lanzrein, Sabrina Marques, Colleen McGuire, Francis Patnaude, Lori Robeau, Ken Scaglia, Elyse Shapiro, David Skora, Clintel Steed, Jack Tom, Catherine Vanaria, Chad Wallace and Erin Walrath and Terry Wells.”

Michael Friedman's "Exposed! Music Legends 1969-1973" at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Michael Friedman’s exhibition “Exposed! Music Legends 1969-1973” is on view at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum beginning on October 23, 2019 with an opening reception 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm featuring a Q&A with the artist at 7 pm. The exhibition will be on view through early 2020.

From their website: “A remarkable collection of never-before-seen, candid, black and white photos of iconic musicians and performers, including The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, The Band, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Todd Rundgren will be on display in the Rock Hall’s Main Exhibit Hall. Michael will sit down with a Rock Hall curator in the Foster Theater to talk about his fascinating career and story. Prior to the discussion, there will be a reception in the exhibit space to view the collection of photos.”

Friedman was an avid photographer when he worked in the music business in the 60’s and 70’s as a manager and producer.

Master Printmaker Mark Savoia of Still River Editions made the archival digital prints for the exhibition.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located at 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd, Cleveland, OH.

WCSU is "Covering Blue Note" in exhibition

The exhibition “Covering Blue Note” is on view from October 10 - 16, 2019 in the Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University. Reception and performance Thursday, October 10 from 6 pm - 8 pm (free, ticketed).

”Covering Blue Note” is a collaborative multi-disciplinary project, performance, and exhibition simultaneously combining live music, a multi-photographer photo session, and multiple graphic design stations. Leveraging the speed and flexibility of digital technology, a process that took weeks in the past will happen in real-time during the gallery opening. Drawing on the iconic Blue Note jazz label’s sound and look, a jazz quartet will present an “open rehearsal” in the gallery while multiple photographers shoot the session ala famed Blue Note co-owner and photographer Francis Wolf. An in-house photo editor will download the photographs, select the most interesting ones and send them to three graphic design work stations. Using the iconic work of designer Reid Miles as a model, individual graphic designers will create 12x12 album sized artwork for both electronic display, printing, and exhibition. Sponsored by the WCSU Alumni Association

The Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center is located at 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, CT.

Mark Savoia in 2019 Open Photo Exhibit, MA, plus shows in RI and TX

“The Rapture” © Mark Savoia

Still River Editions’ co-owner and Master Printmaker Mark Savoia is one of the photographers featured in the 2019 Open Photo Exhibit at Cambridge Art Association. The exhibition takes place from October 3 - 31, 2019 at University Place Gallery 127 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA, and was juried by Karen Haas. There is an opening reception on Thursday, October 3 from 6 - 8 pm.

Savoia also has pieces featured in RI Center for Photographic Arts’ 7th International Open Call, Neal Rantoul Juror, September 19 through October 11, 2019, in Providence, RI and Texas Photographic Society’s Urban Landscape Exhibition at The Silos at Sawyer Yards in Houston, TX, juried by Jamey Stillings which runs from through October 26, 2019 through January 4, 2020.

Nancy Bronson in "Dreams" at Rene Soto Gallery in Norwalk

“Reflection” © Nancy Bronson

Nancy Bronson’s photographs “Reflection” and “Sleeping Teen” were juried into the group exhibition “Dreams” at Rene Soto Gallery, 1 Wall St., Norwalk, Connecticut. The exhibition runs from October 12 through November 10, 2019 with an opening reception on Saturday, October 12th from 6 pm - 9 pm. The photographs were printed at Still River Editions by Master Printmaker Mark Savoia.

Recently Bronson’s photograph “Late Light on Dirty Window” was shown at the Carriage Barn Arts Center’s 39th Annual Juried Photography Show curated by Susan Carlson and Claartje van Dijk of the International Center of Photography in New York. That same print is currently in the Loft Artists Association Gallery in Stamford as part of their Annual Tri-State Juried Exhibit, The Shape of Memories. The juror was art historian and curator Arianne Faber Kolb.

Our amazing eyes (and brain) - seeing colors

The eyes (and brain) make complicated calculations millions of times per second. One of these is the perception of colors. Unless you have protanopia (color blindness) we all see colors slightly different. This can change throughout the duration of a day many times. Fatigue, bright light, low light, looking at a certain color object for a length of time, computer/smartphone use, and so on are factors.

But when we look at something under different light, like daylight (5000K) vs tungsten (2700K), our brain “auto corrects” to a somewhat neutral compromise. This can be good or bad.

When looking at color prints under different color temperature lighting, certain colors in a print may look slightly different. Our eyes can only do so much to compensate, sort of a general compensation.

To the left is a photo showing the same object (M&Ms on a plate) under different color temperature lighting. Your eyes, if you were looking at each separately, would do it’s calculation to make things look “normal”. But it’s also possible the red M&Ms will look quite different.

Food for thought.

"A Life in Balance: Caroline Harman" at Washington Art Association

© Caroline Harman

Caroline Harman’s solo exhibition “A Life in Balance” opens at Washington Art Association on Saturday, July 13, 2019. The exhibition runs through August 24. The exhibition features recent paintings and works on paper/mylar. In addition, Harman is making available prints of her work made by Master Printmaker Mark Savoia of Still River Editions.

From her artist statement on the WAA website: “Nature speaks in patterns, and I have worked to perfect a language of color and geometry that can respond to the boundless stimuli and increasing instability all around us. Through art, I try to explore how living organisms, and the complex systems within which they exist, adapt to random events and adverse conditions. An optimist by nature, my earlier work was devoted to the ideal of resiliency and the hope of survival. Lately, however, the paintings and drawings are leading me in a new direction – one that is less ordered and stable, tilting toward a tipping point that feels more imminent with each passing day.”

Washington Art Association is located at 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza, Washington Depot Connecticut. Open Tues. - Sat, 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 2 pm.

"Vietnam: The Real War, Photographs from the Associated Press" at Huntsville Museum of Art

U.S. Marines move through a landing zone, December 1969 (©AP Photo)

The exhibition “Vietnam: The Real War, Photographs from the Associated Press” is on view at the Grisham Gallery at Huntsville Museum of Art from June 9 through October 6, 2019. There is a ticketed presentation and preview reception on Thursday, June 6, 2019.

Still River Editions’ Master Printmaker Mark Savoia printed the exhibition.

From the museum’s website: “To cover the Vietnam War, The Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the greatest photographic legacies of the 20th century. This collection tells the story of a divisive war that left a deep and lasting impression on American life.

From Malcolm Browne’s photograph of the burning monk and Nick Ut’s picture of a 9-year-old running from a napalm attack to Eddie Adams’ photograph of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, Vietnam: The Real War contains images that both recorded and changed history.

This exhibition was organized by the Huntsville Museum of Art and The Associated Press.”

The museum is located at 300 Church St. South, Huntsville, AL.

Gallery installation photos courtesy of Huntsville Museum of Art. Click through to view other images.

The Lost Negatives of Michael Friedman at Bedford Square Open House, Westport

Friedman Gallery Pop-Up in Westport invites visitors to Bedford Square Open House on Thursday, May 9 from 6 pm - 8 pm. There will also be an opening for John Paul O’Grodnick’s work at Newton Roux Gallery, Savannah Bee Company will be featuring ceramic artist Rachel Press, and there will be music by Caravan on Church Lane in Westport.

Friedman was an avid photographer when he worked in the music business in the 60’s and 70’s as a manager and producer.   He had the opportunity to befriend, work with, and photograph, legendary musical artists including Janis Joplin, The Band, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, James Cotton, Todd Rundgren & the Rolling Stones. Lost in storage, the negatives for these incredible photos of legendary musicians were discovered in Michael Friedman’s attic this past year. 

Mark Savoia, Master Printmaker and co-owner of Still River Editions, is the printer of Michael Friedman’s photographs.

Frances Ashforth in "Time and Place" at Flinn Gallery

© Frances Ashforth, "Blue Line 1", Unique waterbase monotype, 22" x 22", 2017

Monoprints by Frances Ashforth are featured in the exhibition “Time and Place: Works on Paper” at the Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut from May 9 - June 19, 2019. Other artists included in the group exhibition are Lori Glavin, Justin Kim and Shona Macdonald. The exhibition was curated by Fereshteh Priou and Ruth Sutcliffe. Frances Ashforth and Lori Glavin will be giving an artist talk on Sunday, June 2 at 2 pm, and Justin Kim and Shona MacDonald will be giving an artist talk on Sunday, June 9th at 2 pm.

There is an opening reception on Thursday, May 9, 2019 from 6 pm - 8 pm. Flinn Gallery is located at the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., 2nd Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut.

SCAN - 49th Annual Juried Show at Art & Frame

A previous SCAN exhibition © SCAN

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will present its 49th Annual Juried Spring Art Show and Sale at Art & Frame, 77 Main Street (Rt. 25), in Newtown from Saturday, May 4th—18th. Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 5-7PM, with the Awards Presentation taking place at 6 PM. The public is invited to the reception, as well as the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served during the reception

Jurors for selection and awards are nationally known artists Bivenne Harvey Staiger, Peter Seltzer, and Susan Grisell. The annual Larry Newquist Award for Excellence/Best in Show prize for $600 and numerous other prizes (totaling $2,000) will be given for outstanding work at the show reception,

Hours of the show are Monday—Saturday, from 10AM—6PM. Art & Frame is located at 77 Main St., Newtown, CT.

“2 0 2 0” Exhibition at Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven

Photograph “Stars & Bars” © Paul Berger

The group exhibition “2 0 2 0” takes place at Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT from April 25 through May 26, 2019. Among the artists exhibiting are Paul Berger of Newtown, Phyllis Crowley of New Haven, and Catherine Vanaria of New Fairfield who have exhibited at The Gallery at Still River Editions. There is an opening reception on Sunday, April 28 from 3 pm - 6 pm (with a panel discussion on “Dialogue in a Time of Discord” at 3 pm and moderated by Leah Andelsmith of The Arts Paper).

From the gallery website - “2 0 2 0 – What do these numbers call to mind? Impeccable eyesight? Fully knowledgeable hindsight? A prophetic projection of foresight? Or perhaps a particular year in the near future that looms large in the mind's eye? Forty-seven artists respond.” 

Participating artists are: Ana Henriques, Anne Doris-Eisner, Barbara Phoenix, Beef Young, Brit J. Oie, Cathy Vanaria, Dan Gries, Daniel Eugene, David Kuehler, Diane Chandler, Douglas Deveny, Elizabeth Helling, Eric March, Hank Paper, Hilary Opperman, Holly Whiting, Howard Margules, Janet Warner, Jeanne Ciravolo, Jessica Zamachaj, Joan Jacobson-Zamore, Julie Fraenkel, Kate Henderson, Kim Weston, Lisa Toto, Marjorie Wolfe, Mark Battista, Mark St. Mary, Marsha Borden, Marta Machabeli, Martha Savage, Michael Quirk, Molly Gambardella, Nathan Flis, Paul Berger, Penrhyn E. Cook, Phyllis Crowley, Ricardo Dominguez, Robert Bienstock, R.F Wilton, Roy Money, Steven Wade, Tom Edwards, Werner Sun, William Canosa, Yaron Rosner, Zoe Matthiessen

Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven in the neighborhood of Westville.

Jim Malloy at Geary Gallery of Darien - "Abstract Expressions"

“Flight of Fancy #3” © Jim Malloy

Jim Malloy of New Fairfield is the featured artist in the exhibition “Abstract Expressions” at Geary Gallery of Darien from May 1 - 31, 2019.

Jim Malloy is a national award-winning author, songwriter and gold record recipient who now expresses his creative ideas with the medium of acrylic paint. His artwork is known for its raw style, vibrant colors and bold, abstract style.

Geary Gallery is located at 576 Boston Post Road in Darien, Connecticut.

Information on Giclee Printing and Pricing for Artist Limited Editions

Artbusiness.com has an excellent article by Alan Bamberger that explains the significance of giclee printing, limited editions, documentation for editions, and selling giclee prints called “Giclee Printing and Pricing for Artist Limited Editions” that we think will be of interest to our artists and readers.

Spencer Eldridge - "EMPIRE/Terrascapes" exhibition at Pound Ridge Library

“Empire” © Spencer Eldridge

Spencer Eldridge’s “joyfully apocalyptic” new series “Terrascapes” will be on view in the gallery at The Pound Ridge Library from March 7- April 20th, 2019. The library is located at 271 Westchester Ave, Pound Ridge, New York. An opening reception will take place in the gallery from 5-7pm Thursday, March 7th. Free and open to the public. Children are welcome.

From the release: “From the point of view of nature, these paintings depict the detritus left behind by humans in a world overwhelmed and reclaimed by nature. More than anything they imply the times, hurtling toward an impossible future with abandon.”