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.

We now have USB sticks!

In addition to offering clients’ files on CD / DVD or via email download link, we offer low-cost, reusable USB sticks. The 4 GB sticks are only $5 and come in very handy if your files are huge, or you don’t have a CD/DVD drive.

Art in the Windows 2020 in New Canaan

Art in the Windows, the Carriage Barn Arts Center’s annual arts event, features a digital gallery this year, as well as art appearing in the windows of shops in New Canaan, Connecticut. The exhibition runs through July 4, 2020.

Among the artists, are some who are currently exhibiting work in The Gallery at Still River Editions’ postcard exhibition “Wish you Were Here.” Those artists are Jim Malloy, Cristina Sarno, Nancy Breakstone.

Karen Neems, who has previously exhibited at Still River Editions, is also included in the exhibition.

Still River Editions now offers Cruse scanning of artwork

Cruse scanners are the world’s leader in contact-free large format scanners. They are a vital resource for many museums, libraries, universities, and historical societies; a key digitizing tool for preserving artworks and large documents for future generations.

With our Cruse scanner, we can scan artwork up to 36”x48” in a single scan, or up to 70”x72” scanned in sections and digitally stitched. It will accept works up to 6 ½” deep. The artwork lays on a moving table face up with nothing touching the top surface. It uses a unique lighting system that virtually eliminates reflections, especially on high gloss works. It also has the option to change the lighting to emphasize or reduce surface textures.

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"Wish You Were Here" opens Saturday June 13th at The Gallery at Still River Editions as part of State of Connecticut’s Open House Day

“Morning Meditation” © Joy Bush

The Gallery at Still River Editions has participated in Open House Day since the gallery was re-dedciated in 2011. Usually it is our biggest opening of the year, with 50-100 people coming through during the day. This year, things are a little different because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and instead we are putting the entire postcard exhibition “Wish You Were Here” online, beginning at 10 am Eastern on our website.

The exhibition “Wish You Were Here” features 106 artists from around Connecticut and around the United States who answered the call for submissions asking for images taken from March 1 - May 31, 2020.

Other venues across the state will be participating in Open House Day with arts, culture, history, nature, and other events that are all online, many of which are free. Event listings are available on the state’s CTVisit website.

We hope you’ll take a look at ‘Wish You Were Here”, and/or make a note to visit us in person beginning June 22nd, when we are opening the physical gallery. Gallery hours will be 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday. We suggest that you call ahead at 203-791-1474. We can only allow 1-2 people from the same household at once due to space and safety constraints. Masks are required for entry, and we have hand sanitizer available for your use. Bathrooms are not available to the public.

WCSU Virtual Senior Portfolio Exhibition 2020

From Lori Robeau at the WCSU Department of Art: “The Senior Portfolio exhibition is the capstone experience of four years of study by Bachelor’s of Art candidates in Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, and Studio Arts. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a physical exhibition in the Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center is not possible. Therefore we have created a virtual exhibition in place of a physical one. All are invited to visit the exhibition, explore the students' individual pages, and tour the virtual galleries. On view through August.”

Graphic Design:
Sara Cabrera Jonathan DeMarco Amaris Diaz Adrian Franzino Jose Garcia Munia Hossain Nicole Ilagan Marin Keefe Matthew Landusky Rashonda Lee Bianca Nguyen Allison Novella Alysan Pages Daniel Paglialunga Jessica Paternoster Angie Perez Francis Serra Bhadrangi Soni Nowshin Tabassum Alessandra Turano

Illustration:
Janelle Chandler Colleen Feenan Mariam Haidar Paige Kissinger Ashton Sneed Kurt Vinci

Photography:
Jacalyn Doerwald Steven Oyarvide Daniela Pontaza-Santander

Studio Arts:
Arts Erik David-Lukas Alyssa Del Giorno Eleftherios Farina Hannah Lauth Joseph LoStocco Ellie Moon”

"Three Generations" goes virtual

The Gallery at Still River Editions now presents “Three Generations: The Virtual Exhibition” featuring paintings by Vito Gesualdi, prints and a sculpture by David Gesualdi, and paintings by Daisy Gesualdi.

Until we can safely have people in the gallery once again, we have decided to bring the exhibition directly to viewers in a slideshow on our website. The show opened in January, and is extended through the end of May, 2020.

If you have questions about the artwork, or would like to leave comments for the artists, please contact Lys Guillorn, Gallery Director.

"Configuring the Figure: “Paintings & Drawings by Karen Bonanno” at Five Points Annex Gallery

© Karen Bonanno

Karen Bonanno is featured in a solo exhibition titled “Configuring the Figure: Paintings & Drawings by Karen Bonanno” at Five Points Annex Gallery, 17 Water St., Torrington, CT. The exhibition runs from March 12 - March 22, 2020 with an artist reception on Friday, March 13, from 6 pm - 8 pm, and a closing party on Sunday, March 22, from 2 pm - 4 pm. Regular gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm.

From the gallery’s website: “Configuring the Figure is a study of how multiple forms relate to one another, the space around them and to the format of the work itself. These imagined figures are formed with intent using expressive brushwork and bold colors, often appearing in ambiguous atmospheric spaces, creating an emboldened narrative that is both solid and present.
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I am most interested in the figure, whether it be in an interior, exterior or an undefined atmospheric space. Through expressive mark making and color choice, the figure is formed and solidified in its environment. Not so much capturing a likeness of a particular person but rather a gesture and mood that contributes to the narrative of the painting. My main influences are the artists of the Bay Area Figurative movement including David Park, Richard Deibenkorn and Elmer Bischoff as well as Cezanne, Bonnard and Matisse.”

Silvermine School of Art Annual Faculty Exhibition 2020

Each year, the Silvermine School of Art showcases current works by their “distinguished artist/teachers and represents every style and media including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewelry and silversmithing.” This year’s faculty exhibition runs from February 26 - March 21, 2020.

Among those exhibiting are David Gesualdi (whose prints are included in the exhibition “Three Generations” at The Gallery at Still River Editions through the end of May 2020), and Elyse Shapiro, who has shown photographs at The Gallery at Still River Editions.

There is an opening reception on Sunday, March 1 from 2 pm - 4 pm. Silvermine Galleries is located at 1037 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan, CT.

Hello Gorgeous: The Photos at The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center

Adrienne Aurichio will be giving a talk titled “Hello Gorgeous: The Photos” at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in NYC on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 6:30 pm, presenting the photographs Bill Eppridge made of Barbra Streisand. The talk is free and takes place at 10 East 66th Street New York, NY.

From Temple Emanu-El’s website: “Imagine being with Streisand as she shopped in a thrift store, rifled through outfits in her apartment, met David Merrick when he offered her the starring role in Broadway’s Funny Girl, or swooned over the latest styles in Paris with Marlene Dietrich and Coco Chanel.

Award-winning Life magazine photographer Bill Eppridge was—and he captured those moments in a series of stunning candid photographs that document her life and career. Adrienne Aurichio, Eppridge’s wife, edited those images into the magnificent book Becoming Barbra, and she will share those images and the stories behind them in a photographic tour of Barbra Streisand’s life.”

Art Faculty Lecture Series at WCSU: Bruce Dunbar, February 11, 2020

© Bruce Dunbar

The WCSU Faculty Lecture Series presents Bruce Dunbar, Adjunct Professor, Photography on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 6:00 pm. The lecture takes place at the Visual & Performing Arts Center at WCSU, Room 144, 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, Connecticut. The event is free, and open to the public. A limited number of seats are available., and advance tickets may be obtained by Eventbrite here.

From WCSU’s Facebook event: “Born in Stratford, CT, Bruce Dunbar received his BS from Boston University and his MA in Photography from New York University. He has also studied at the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT and the Photographers Workplace in East Norwalk, CT. Currently, he teaches black and white photography, digital photography, and several workshops in various aspects of photography at the Silvermine School of Art.

Mr. Dunbar is also an adjunct professor of Photography at Western Connecticut State University. He has conducted workshops for the Art Explorer Program at Weir Farm National Historic Trust in Wilton, CT, an artist member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists since 1997, and active with the arts group Lamia Ink! based in New York City.

Mr. Dunbar's photographs and mixed media photography have been exhibited in numerous group and solo shows in Connecticut and New York City. His work with combining photography and mixed media is an attempt at capturing an impression, an inescapable essence of what once was, the invisible force through which matter changes- the state of flux in which all organic matter is caught.”

Katie Bassett's "Time" opens at Art & Frame of Newtown

© Katie Bassett

"Time" is an exhibition new works by Katie Bassett which will be on view at Art & Frame of Newtown from February 8 through March 21st, 2020. There is an artist reception on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 from 5-7pm with live music by Calamity Hill (featuring members of Sans Cherubs), hors d'oeuvres, wine & beer.

From Art & Frame’s materials: “‘Time’ is an exploration of materials, time and memories. Katie's passion for sculptural forms, unconventional material use and abstractions is evident in this new body of work. Her works are forward and raw, evoking images of the figure and textures derivative of nature. Heavily textured, dyed and sewn, Katie's works reflect imagery and emotions that are deeply personal and ardent. Katie is a graduate of Western Connecticut's BFA and MFA program. She currently resides in Bethel , CT with her husband and young daughter. She is a crunchy mom, avid recycler, and plant hobbyist.”

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

"FreeForm: Exploring the Creative Process" - Leslie Giuliani and Roxy Savage at the Gallery at the Visual & Performing Art Center at WCSU

“FreeForm: Exploring the Creative Process” is an exhibition of work by Leslie Giuliani and Roxy Savage taking place at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University from Thursday, January 30th through March 8th 2020. The VPAC is located at 43 Lake Ave Ext, Danbury, CT 06811, and the gallery is on the 2nd floor.

There is an opening reception from 6 pm to 8 pm on January 30th. It is free, but requested that attendees register via Eventbrite.

From WCSU’s website: ‘This exhibition will demonstrate how the artists inspire each other, and how their personal interests and technological means determine and influence the artwork they make,’ Giuliani observed in her artist statement. “The works in this show will feature individually created projects as well as collaborative pieces, focusing on each artist’s unique vision and love of play. Play and experimentation are essential elements to each artist’s practice'.

Giuliani and Savage met in a print shop more than a decade ago and developed a friendship based in part on their encouragement of each other to explore artistic media and techniques previously unfamiliar to them. Savage, a master printmaker, inspired Giuliani to begin making prints as part of her creative work. Giuliani taught Savage in the use of encaustic wax techniques and the incorporation of sewing into her creative process.”