Friday Night Openings

The Broad Street Gallery is showing Jackrabbit, the earthy Art of Jack Reed.  Completing his fellowship at Trinity College, Jack explained how he determines that a tree is dead, yet standing, and how he removes the bark to create his canvas.  Lots of moss was also added to the exhibit to complete the woodsy setting.  The show will hang until ???

Jack Reed

The Charter Oak Center is hosting ArtSparks, an exhibition of Art by senior citizens with intellectual disabilities.  When we arrived, most of the artists had already left, so Albert will have to represent them all.

Albert

The Goldfarb Learning Center at Congregation Beth Israel had a reception for the opening of an exhibit of photographs by Molly McGuire.  This is part of an ongoing exhibition of Art there.

Molly McGuire talking about her photographs

The Farmington Valley Art Center in Avon held their May Open Studios as well as an opening for the Art on the Line show.  Here are some of the participants.

Fran Huffnagle

Laura Krag

Betty Wood Gardiner

Melissa Croghan

Robin McCall

Mike Dennan

Mallorie Ostrowitz

Downtown Art

Even though the skies were gray, threatening to unleash rain that would destroy their work, artists of all ages descended upon Old State House Square to paint the pavement as part of the United Arts Week.  Artist Tao LaBoissiere drew a huge picture of Hartford, in chalk, and then, armed with paint and brush or roller, the assembled colored it in.  Or at least close.

Artist Tao LaBossiere

It was Opening night for Balam Soto's Spirit of the Jaguar show at the Pump House Gallery in Bushnell Park.  Balam's work is somehow suited to the intimate space.  This show is also multi-media and interactive.  Control the show with (as I call it) The Electronic Etch-a-Sketch.  The exhibit will remain until May 26th.

Balam Soto with Sun Diptych II

Balam with control box

Art at The Loomis Chaffee School

Almost like getting lost in your neighborhood, Leila Daw offers a different look at the land we live in with her new show, better to travel than to arrive... in the Mercy Gallery at the Richmond Art Center of The Loomis Chaffee School.  The exhibit remains through June 11.

Leila Daw with **** (Four Star) Site

Ms Daw explaining a piece

Outside the Mercy Gallery was an exhibition by the school Seniors.  Here are a few of the participants:

Laura Inglehart

Donnie Colliins

Maxine Lammers

Finally, I discovered a small exhibit of Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder.  Wonderful sculptress, student and colleague of Daniel Chester French, and wife of the headmaster at The Loomis Chaffee School.  Her monumental work is everywhere from Washington's Lincoln Memorial to Bushnell Park.

Batchelder's Spirit of Victory from her 1927 Spanish-American War memorial

CT + 6 at West Hartford Art League

The galleries were buzzing on Sunday afternoon at the West Hartford Art League opening for the CT+6 exhibition.  Here are some of the participants:

Marie Hammer

Ann Rosebrooks

Carol Davidson

Carol Ganick

Ed Kurz

Erin Menatian

Frances Miller

Gretchen Wohlgemuth

Hedi Minow-Pike

Inez Fallace

Janet Veenema

Jill Pasenen

Jo McGinnis

Joan Jardine

Katrina Mojzaro

Kelly Taylor

Lori Rembelski

Marianne Melchionde

Martha Bradley

Patrick McNamara & Paul Oberst

Sandy Welch

Simsbury Open Studios

What a wonderful day for cruising around Simsbury looking at Art.  Attendance was light this year.  Too bad for all those who missed seeing some very nice Art.  I think there's nothing like knowing the place where Art is made.  Definitely adds a dimension to the work.  Here are most of the participants:

April Aldighieri

Justine Coleman

Pam Albertsen

Jacie Jakubowski

Catherine Elliott

Deborah Leonard

Lori Racicot-Burrous

Vicente Garcia

Anne Melvin

Ruth Jaconbson

Claudia Ludovici

Rita Bond

Helen Galick