Art Notes
This summer, more than 600 museums in all 50 states are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 31, 2010, through Labor Day, September 6, 2010 to show their appreciation for those who are serving this nation.
The Wadsworth Atheneum is providing scholarships for Hartford High School Students interested in pursuing fine arts at the collegiate level. Application deadline is Friday, May 28.
Join Colin McEnroe – host of WNPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show and an alum of The Hartt School – for Hartt & Soul, to be held at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center in Hartford on Wednesday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m.
The New Britain Museum of American Art features the exhibit NEW/NOW Elana Herog through July 25th. By attaching found textiles—often shredded bedspreads and other fabrics—to walls using thousands of judiciously placed metal staples, the artist creates patterns of color and form that look like three-dimensional colored lines. It is as if the lines have come alive and have weight and substance. Herzog’s creations are further dramatized because once she has affixed the textiles to the walls, she proceeds to rip away some of the parts and thus there is the evidence left exposed where the fasteners once were. Her work is part performance because the creative phase is punctuated by the ebb and flow of application, the yin and yang of her creative process.
HANDS-ON FUN FOR ALL AGES, Every Sunday at the Florence Griswold Museum from 1 to 5 PM
Every Sunday visitors are encouraged to try their hand painting plein air, in the open air, just like the Lyme Art Colony artists. Painters are given brushes, palette, paint, canvas, and a smock and are sent to paint down by the river or in Miss Florence's garden. All ages and skill levels welcome. There are also hands-on art projects, books, games and puzzles to enjoy. A great way to spend the day. Complete your day with scavener hunts and visit the historic artist studio.
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