Local Exhibitions and Events
On view at the Lyme Art Association: Ship to Shore on view April 19 – May 30
On view at The Zahn Gallery in the Middlesex Health Shoreline Medical Center, presents It’s All About Color featuring work from the innovative textile artists of Sisters In Cloth. Many of these women, who represent the Connecticut Shoreline from West Haven to Westbrook, have worked and exhibited together since 2000. On view February 5 through May 3.
River Valley Artists is holding a “French Evocations” Opening Reception together with Amelie Michel featuring French inspired art, cheese, wine and table linens on Friday, April 19 from 5 to 7 at Amelie Michel’s warehouse, 33 Deep River Rd in Centerbrook.
Workshops/Demonstrations/Classes
Starting in February 2024, Elected Member and former CAS President, Liz Egan, will begin giving classes and workshops to small groups of 8 or less. Click here for information about Fundamentals of Drawing.
In March, the Hamden Art League will host Marian Wittink who will speak and demonstrate, “Abstraction and Collage”. On April 9 at 7:00 pm is a demo by Jennifer Davies entitled “Magical Transformations, Japanese Fibers in Contemporary Art”, and on May 14 at 7:00 pm is a demo by Margot Rocklen on “Japanese Block Printing”.
The Lyme Art Association is offering a series of workshops. Click here for more information.
How To
If you’re having trouble converting a photo from your phone into a jpg, follow the downloadable instructions here. Additionally, here’s a helpful article
Call to Artists
The 3rd Annual Clinton Arts Festival is being held at the Abraham Pierson School, 75 E. Main St, Clinton, on Saturday, June 22nd from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, with a rain date of Sunday, June 23rd. The price of a 10’x10’ booth area is $40. If interested, please fill out the form with examples of your work to be juried.
Artist Marketplace
Guerilla Pochade Box, never used. Paid $150, asking $75, OBO. Contact Deborah McDonald, deborahpaints@dgrecoart-ctgmail-com
Tent for Outdoor Exhibitions, contact Terry Bogan, [email protected]
Blogs Worth Reading
Red Dot Blog is a weekly blog by Xanadu Gallery. This week’s article is about storing your artwork.
Oil painters might be interested in this video of an intimate look at colormaking at Gamblin and real conversations with the people behind the paint.
Oil Painters of America has interesting blogs well worth reading, particularly for representational painters. Here is an article about design and composition for landscape painters.
Fine ArtViews Newsletter (FASO )also has an article about pricing your art on your website. The gist of it is that price transparency is key for new buyers. Source: https://www.hiscox.co.uk/sites/uk/files/documents/2018-04/Hiscox-online-art-trade-report–2018.pdf
Fine Arts Views has a 3 part series on pricing your art by Tina Garrett: https://fineartviews.com/blog/159448/pricing-your-artwork-part-1-where-to-start
Plein Air Painting
The Hamden Art League has announced their summer plein air paint out schedule here.