Greater New Haven Regional Arts Calendar

A new exhibition to be installed at the Schwarzman Center,  “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,”  will illuminate ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. The exhibition puts back at the center of local storytelling people who have always been central to local history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.

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The show will include nearly one hundred images of Yale’s earliest Black students from the 1800s and early 1900s, many of whom had deep New Haven connections. The Schwarzman exhibition will also feature compelling reproductions of photographs of New Haveners who were custodians of Yale. The Luke, Grimes, Creed, Park, and Bassett families, among the many people key to founding and sustaining Yale, will be heralded in the show.

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“Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven” will showcase the proposal, made and thwarted in 1831, to build a Black college in New Haven. It will also highlight the successful efforts of Black students in the 1960s to establish the Afro-American Cultural Center and Afro-American Studies at Yale.

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This exhibition brings forth knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for many centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget. It extends the work of the Yale and Slavery Research Project and follows from the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery,” at the New Haven Museum from February 16, 2024 – March 1, 2025.

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The exhibition team includes David Jon Walker ’23 MFA, lead designer, and Michael Morand ’87 ’93 M.Div., lead curator, with Timeica Bethel ’11, Rob Brown, Jennifer Coggins, Tubyez Cropper, Mohamed Diallo ’26, Regina Mason, Hope McGrath, Carlynne Robinson, and Charles Warner, Jr.

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The 6-Square Jam Art Exhibit & Sale is a community-wide, all-inclusive art show in which everyone, no matter your level of artistic skill, is invited and welcome to participate.

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We invite entries that are 6 inches by 6 inches square (no more than 2 inches thick). Work in any medium you like. Submissions accepted April 1-April 30. See complete rules, instructions and entry form at westvilleartwalk.org under the start your art tab or email criticaldave@frontiernet.net with 6-Square in the subject line.

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This exhibit opens May 6 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. It is part of the Westville Artwalk and is an annual fundraiser for WVRA (Westville Village Renaissance Alliance).

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Explore your creativity, make art and, most of all, have fun.

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🎨 Unlock Your Child’s Creativity at The Giggling Pig! 🖌️

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Looking for the perfect art class for your child? The Giggling Pig offers engaging, age-appropriate programs designed to nurture creativity, build skills, and encourage self-expression in a fun and supportive environment!

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✨ Beginner Class (Ages 4-6) – 1 Hour

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Introduce your little artist to the fundamentals of art! Through guided instruction, kids explore blending, composition, and different techniques while having fun and developing their unique style.

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🎭 Intermediate Class (Ages 7-9) – 1.5 Hours

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A deeper dive into creativity! Students work more independently, experimenting with clay, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, and more. They’ll learn composition, values, and color theory while creating detailed artwork.

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📅 Classes held weekly—pre-registration required! Weekly attendance is encouraged but not required.

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💰 Class packs available for savings opportunities!

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Join us at The Giggling Pig, where imagination comes to life! 🌟

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📍 Reserve your child’s spot today!

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Imports & Domestics Car Show Join us for an exciting day of horsepower, custom builds, and car culture at the Imports & Domestics Car Show! Whether you're into JDM, American muscle, European exotics, or classic restorations, there’s something for everyone. Expect stunning show cars, music, and a great community of car enthusiasts. Don’t miss out on awards, and a chance to showcase your ride! Come rev up the fun and celebrate all things automotive! 🚗💨

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General Show Parking: $10, V.I.P Parking: $15 (This is limited to a community held competition)

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 Mark Your Calendars!  April 12th, 13th, 18th & 19th! First trolley car leaves to find the Easter Bunny at 11am, last car at 3pm.

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Dive into a whimsical world where the magic of Easter meets the charm of vintage trolleys! Join us at the  Shore Line Trolley Museum  and witness the Easter Bunny hopping aboard for an unforgettable journey along the historic tracks.

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Don’t miss this egg-citing opportunity to celebrate Easter in a unique and memorable way! Whether you’re a trolley enthusiast, a family looking for holiday fun, or simply seeking a delightful experience, there’s something for everyone at the Shore Line Trolley Museum this Easter season.

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Scenic Trolley Rides:  Explore the picturesque landscapes on a vintage trolley ride.

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Photo Opportunities:  Capture unforgettable moments against the backdrop of blooming spring.

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Door Prize Drawing:  Enter for a chance to win Spring and Easter Baskets – a delightful surprise for lucky attendees!

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Scavenger Hunt:  Kids, embark on an exciting scavenger hunt and claim a special prize upon completion!

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This isn’t your grandma’s Easter Egg Hunt—unless your grandma is a thrill-seeker who climbs trees for candy! 🌳🐰

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Join us for an Easter Egg Hunt in the Trees, where the Easter Bunny has taken things to the next level—literally. He’s ditching the bushes and hiding eggs way up high!

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Your mission? Spot the eggs with your eyes as you climb and score a sweet treat at the end. Just remember, the hunt is free, but you’ll need a climbing ticket—because these Easter Bunny went all out hiding these eggs in the trees! 🚀🥚

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Happens on the following Dates:

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Apr 11, 2025, 3:00pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 13, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 14, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 15, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 16, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 17, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 18, 2025, 10:00am to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 19, 2025, 10:00am to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 20, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from March 27 - May 7 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m. View event site for full details.

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Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, contemporary Bulgarian artist Svetlozar Parmakov is deeply familiar with its visual lexicon. Through his virtuosic, free-style draftsmanship he both references and reimagines Orthodox iconography, reclaiming its significance for a modern-day viewer. Parmakov applies his signature, free-style technique of hand-engraving and hand-coloring unglazed porcelain, a fine white ceramic material, to creating religious icons, paintings, and decorative vessels, all rendered with intricate detail and shimmering in muted silvers and golds.

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In addition to the titular painting, Noah’s Garden, the exhibition features icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints such as St. George and St. Nicholas, paintings of natural scenes as well as bowls, platters, and vases with elaborate, allover geometric and vegetal patterns. Intimate in scale and meant to be appreciated up close, even handled, the works on view engage the senses, solicit sustained attention, and invite reflection. The delicately outlined and interlocking forms, together with the resplendent hues, recall stained-glass windows, but also a broader cross-cultural history of East-West artistic influences and exchange.

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Parmakov’s art transcends time and technology further to draw on his homeland’s rich cultural heritage. His porcelain creations reactivate the magnificent ceramic production that flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries CE around the first two Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav located in the northeastern part of the country, where Parmakov spends his summers and fires his works. Besides their use for architectural ornamentation and luxury tableware, ceramics were utilized in the local icon painting tradition with ceramic icons ranging in size, shape, subject matter, and purpose. Through his choice of material and imagery, Parmakov recovers the splendor and impact of Bulgaria’s medieval decorative ceramic arts which have reached us largely in fragmentary state and gives us ways to encounter them whole again.

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Artist’s Statement:

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An enchanted world of porcelain, replete with filigree and fantasy. A dynamic, luminous space of plants, animals, and ornamental designs, all permeated by God’s presence. Works of art created through a unique process in a distinctive style, glowing in silver, gold, and platinum.

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I would define my style as “decorative realism.” Ornamentation is foundational for my work, and I constantly expand and enrich my repertoire of decorative motifs. I seek to show that the ceramic medium transcends the applied arts, that it exists in the realm of the fine arts and that it can serve a spiritual purpose. I would be happy if the light with which my works are suffused touched the viewers’ souls.

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-Svetlozar Parmakov, January 2025

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Liliana Milkova.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday,March 26 at 5 p.m.

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We are excited to announce that the ISM will be linking its exhibitions to the Smartify app. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, or you can access content through the Smartify webpage at  app.smartify.org. The Smartify app will allow you to directly scan artworks that are on display, as well as QR codes that are placed around the exhibition, to receive more information. You will also be able to save your favorite artworks and share them to social media.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Photo: Svetlozar Parmakov at work on Noah’s Garden (porcelain, 2025). Photo credit: Svetlozar Parmakov.

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Photographer Phyllis Crowley asks CAN YOU FREE A MIND? in this new exhibit at City Gallery. Her latest collection of work will be on view from April 4 - April 27, with a Reception and Artist Talk on Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The artist will also be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27 to meet with visitors and answer questions. City

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Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are

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Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more, contact City

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Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

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Welcome our latest exhibition, A Breath, A Pause, An Eternity, a Collapse featuring the oil paintings of Lillian Bayley Hoover in the Workshop Gallery on view until April 27, 2025 in The Workshop Gallery, Building 3 of Ball & Socket Arts.

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Regular Gallery Hours from 12-4 pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

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Artist Statement:

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My creative practice begins with encounters in the landscape, often bearing witness to human interventions there. Themes include human claims over the land, as well as the relationship between the built environment and what is considered by many to be “wild.” This work reflects an active landscape: a living participant in the events of our time, as well as a record of time itself. These paintings often look like photo collages, as competing visual languages and surfaces evoke the interruptions or barriers that mediate our connection with nature. On occasion, portions of the picture plane appear to be torn away or excised, drawn elements are partially obscured behind layers of clear gesso, or the surface is built up to create a subtle bas-relief before paint is applied. The result suggests an unstable world in which an alternate scene may be concealed behind the painted image. 

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These paintings probe the impact of human activity on "nature," what the record etched onto our planet's surface reveals, the ongoing processes by which planetary and biological systems shape one another, and how humanity's brief presence will reverberate into the future. My goal is to create accessible visual narratives that locate our moment within the broader context of “deep time,” encouraging viewers to consider our place in these larger systems and whether our estrangement from the natural world might arise from not considering ourselves within this framework. 

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This somewhat melancholy work serves as witness to a fraught moment in time. Part meditation, part metaphor, part elegy, these paintings channel the joy and despair which characterize our species’ precarity. In the face of humanity’s uncertain future, I hope this work will foster connection and fellowship for those who cherish our living earth.

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About the Artist:

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Lillian Bayley Hoover's work is in public collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro, NC), and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Grant, the Bethesda Urban Partnership's Trawick Award, multiple grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, a travel grant from Philadelphia’s Center for Emerging Visual Artists, and fellowships to attend residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Monson Arts Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her work has been featured on the cover of New American Paintings. She has had solo exhibitions at MoCA Arlington (Arlington, VA), Goya Contemporary (Baltimore, MD), BlackRock Center for the Arts (Germantown, MD), and VisArts (Rockville, MD), among other venues. Hoover holds an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and a BFA from University of North Carolina Asheville. She teaches at Towson University.

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https://lillianhoover.com/home.html

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Image features: this simple learning, by Lilliian Bayley Hoover

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Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents Good Morning/Good Night, an exploration of the beauty found in the transitions between day and night. From the soft glow of morning light to the mysteries of evening, this show highlights how light and shadow shift throughout the day, inspiring both contemplation and creativity. The exhibition opened on March 21 and runs through May 3 at Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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This exhibition features both new and returning artists whose work captures the interplay of light and darkness. Among the featured painters is Beth Pite, whose dynamic, color-infused pastels vibrate with movement and energy. Barbara Rossitto explores the interplay between realism and abstraction in her evocative pieces; she works in oil, watercolor and pastel with a variety of subjects, mainly representational.

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Joining is also Dianne Gorrick, an award-winning artist known for her luminous depictions of the ever changing light of clouds as they move from night to day. Other painters showcasing their unique interpretations of this theme include Vivian Zoë, an artist and arts educator with a varied background who shows colorful works in oil, while Tatiana Ferraro presents a new watercolor mountainous landscape. Diane Rubacha offers new relief prints, and Ned Farrell, a painter and calligrapher, shows several celestial works in oil and mixed media. Sean Carney is an award-winning artist with a unique style that specializes in painting with Minwax wood stain and a Dremel.

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Tom Swimm returns to Spectrum. Born and raised on the East Coast, he resettled in Southern California and was inspired by the landscape of Laguna. His work is recognizable for its exceptional use of light and color. With numerous exhibits and awards and several illustrated children’s books to his credit, his painting methods have been included in several art instruction books. Lori Neumann, a versatile artist from Connecticut, specializes in oils, acrylics, and pastels. Educated at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, she is known for her plein air paintings using a palette knife, capturing rural New England landscapes and farm animals at dawn and dusk.

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Laurel Hoynoski, a Connecticut-based artist, is new to Spectrum Gallery and primarily works with oils,

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focusing on birds, landscapes, and still life. Mary Alice Landry, an artist deeply connected with nature,

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creates vibrant paintings depicting wildlife and landscapes, ranging from abstract realism to whimsy. A staunch advocate for both wild and domestic animal rights, she actively participates in conservation

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efforts and animal welfare. Jean Watson, also new to the Gallery, paints landscapes, seascapes, still life, birds, flowers, and animals using oils, pastels and cold wax.

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Mark Bavolack, who had a fulfilling career in commercial printing and color retouching, embraced painting as a creative outlet several years back. He has a passion for color and beauty and continually seeks to expand his skills through the experiences of others, using the canvas to express his artistic vision. Nita Vitaliano works primarily in acrylics to create landscapes, seascapes, and florals, with a recent focus on birch trees. Kim McGennis, a multifaceted artist and educator, has dedicated her life to exploring and expressing the interconnectedness of humanity through art and explores painting, drawing, photography, and unique hand-painted furniture. She has created numerous mini-paintings for the show.

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Other favorite Spectrum painters and mixed media artists include Rosemary Gates, Molly Waite Lund, Linda McCarthy, Maria Johnson, Jena Maki, Jeanette Delmore, Carol Courtney, Sabely Peralta and Christian Kunze. Eileen Clark, also a sea glass jeweler who has now turned to mixed media showcases for the show a stunning crystal, pebbles and gemstone piece called, Luminous. Don Carter and Dora Dylanne-Reyes who have a unique vision again present several graphic design pieces of birds interacting with and enjoying desserts!

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Among the photographers exhibiting in Good Morning/Good Night is Bryn Souza, an award-winning photographer who has exhibited throughout New England. Although her primary focus is landscape photography, she is also an experienced pet photographer with her work featured on MarthaStewart.com, Today.com, and USA Today. Also new to Spectrum is Geneva Renegar, renowned for her vivid portrayals of the state’s landscapes, from shoreline vistas to historic dairy farms. Known for her early morning “Sunrise Sequence”sessions, she has been featured in exclusive exhibits throughout Connecticut, with her work also in the International Traveling Exhibition “Water, Water, Everywhere” highlighting the significance of water as a dwindling resource.

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Robert Thomas, a returning favorite photographer at Spectrum, is known for his ability to capture dramatic landscapes and fleeting light in exquisite compositions. Jake Barba returns with a new work on metal. His preferred subject matters range from landscapes to wildlife and travel photography to astrophotography. Dianne Roberts also presents a unique composition called Window that captures a sunset through an interior window. George Fellner, a fine art photographer, returns to Spectrum Gallery to unveil new work including a stunning aurora borealis image and a church in Iceland located on a small piece of land in the middle of a large body of water. And Luke Giroux presents his latest photographic interpretation of a location at sunrise and sunset.

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Other talented photographers in this exhibit include David Zeleznik, an underwater and nature photographer based in Essex presenting lunar and solar images. Carole Drong, new to Spectrum,is a versatile photographer and graphic designer whose compelling photographs have been featured in calendars, magazines, and brochures. Gary Connolly, also new to the Gallery, is an award-winning photographer, who captures for the Good Morning/Good Night show a powerful image of a total solar eclipse. And Donna Spencer drawn to photography for its expressive potential in capturing animals, flowers, and natural scenes presents a primarily black and white waterscape for the show.

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Visitors will also find an exciting collection of fine artisans’ works, including handmade jewelry, glass, pottery, textiles, and home décor available at the Spectrum Artisans Store. These include clothing and fabric artisans Dale Gardner-Fox and Anna Mastropolo; potter Hannah Leckman, and ceramicist Niko Scharer. Roger Harvey, new to Spectrum is a wood turner, who crafts his pieces on a lathe using primarily local wood destined for disposal. He specializes in spalted wood, which features unique patterns created by fungal activity during the early stages of decay.

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Carol Hawes rekindled her passion for art after retirement, exploring air-dried clay and watercolor, to create mini-sculptures of pets, birds and other animals. Marianne Dietz offers whimsical collages of bunnies and flowers; Diana Eastwood shows memorable paper folding art books. Kate Street presents innovative mixed-media home décor items created with resin, mica pigments, shells, beads, gold leaf, and paint. Leigh Graham, a lifelong fiber artist from Western Connecticut, creates dramatic textile and bead embroidery jewelry. Her beadwork, characterized by vibrant colors and intricate textures, features unique jewelry designs that never repeat.

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Elaine Sych presents her intricate fabric bags and playful seasonal critters, while Maureen Maalouf offers painted seasonal glassware. Lynelle Abel, a pressed flower artist, shows several botanical prints and keepsakes encased in glass and ready to hang. Michelle Beauford is a fiber artist who specializes in crocheted items, a skill she learned as a young child from her mother. She creates a variety of shawls, wraps, baby blankets, and more in bright color palettes. Sharon Lee Mullen-Reynolds, a former art teacher, crafts Frida Kaholo-inspired spring headbands. Maryann Flick presents new seasonal-stained glass work, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Linda Saucier and Lisa Fatone offer striking handcrafted jewelry, with Fatone also showcasing mini-paintings in acrylic on wood panel.

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Innovative jewelry design is well represented by Beth Terhaar, Joanna Biskupski, Gloria Nilsson, Sandra Huber, Kristie Foss, and Barbara Hernandez-Froehlich who offers new jewelry pieces, rosaries, and charms.

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Join Anne Vivian for a unique, uplifting, and multidimensional experience! Not your traditional gallery reading, Anne will channel both individual and collective messages and frequencies from Angels, Guides, Ascended Masters, Planetary Consciousness, Spirit Animals, and Star Beings.Anne is a counselor, coach, psychic, and host of the "Integrative Mystic" podcast on mindbodyspirit.fm. Find out more about her at [creativepsychestudio.com](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativepsychestudio.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR14y9At7mbcC7nWOqtbl3Wts2L5IRSTAXmNYWBk0Hza7olF1DenKFdlE4YaemVjbjt5UMObXNeNh89AXVg&h=AT2b2r2YJQJks6LOr4WSKvrvlYrPJg3osSqPzSaBFXznhtqbJlVjTtCURgJl0fEHk1cLvnCgjmERCeuX8DuEM6wTexwq5Ap9WW7eYFpVRqTCsUj9F77s-6YPH4A5YL5WU9z5lG6uwlsHOSE0CSa4bqg& tn =q&c[0]=AT00X3nVKHa0b0WCRAVJcQReeKhVfOHK6PtJ7Q6LddHH8Afb63ZmaobNAuVGdHN735If_wVHzxYqDbcBTFRGknThdEut-y6DS6W9pxoRmxblSRMnbMutg13LKjOEVP9oXORpFM8i8agngtXZhAtMtxdjVLUU6ngt30UUgw "https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativepsychestudio.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR14y9At7mbcC7nWOqtbl3Wts2L5IRSTAXmNYWBk0Hza7olF1DenKFdlE4Y_aem_Vjbjt5UMObXN_eNh89AXVg&h=AT2b2r2YJQJks6LOr4WSKvrvlYrPJg3osSqPzSaBFXznh_tqbJlVjTtCURgJl0fEHk1cLvnCgj_mERCeuX8DuEM6_wTexwq5Ap9WW7eYFpVRqTCsUj9F77s-6YPH4A5YL5WU9z5lG6uwlsHOSE0CSa4bqg&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT00X3nVKHa0b0WCRAVJcQReeKhVfOHK6PtJ7Q6LddHH8Afb63ZmaobNAuVGdHN735If_wVHzxYqDbcBTFRGknThdEut-y6DS6W9pxoRmxblSRMnbMutg13LKjOEVP9oXORpFM8i8agngtXZhAtMtxdjVLUU6ngt30UUgw") $35 before 4/5 , $40 after, preregistration required by 4/18. No walk-ins please.  

Spaces are limited!

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Instructed by Annie Sailer

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39 Putnam Ave, Hamden CT

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Introducing The “We Got Something To Say” Interactive Art & Fashion Show. From Remnants of Conflict to SUBLIME Expressions. In collaboration with CLo The SUBLIME and Gains Entertainment & Multimedia, SUBLIME by CLo debuts the “Remnants of Conflict” Collection—transforming upcycled military garments, once tied to war and imperialism, into statements of resilience, reflection, and beauty. Exploring transformation and renewal while giving new life to materials that once served a different purpose.

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From 2:30 PM – 7:30 PM at New Haven City Hall, this free interactive art and fashion show is a space for creativity, community, and dialogue. More than just a runway, it’s an immersive experience where art and fashion meet social consciousness, urging us to reimagine how we engage with our communities and build solidarity with our neighbors. In times of uncertainty, connection, and collective action are necessary for the oppressed to thrive. Featuring electrifying performances, interactive community art, informational vendors, and live artistry, this event invites you to be an active participant where art, fashion, activism, and community connection come together to address the future.

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🎤 Open Mic & Patch Party 🎨

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Join us for a night of self-expression, creativity, and community! Bring your own patches and jackets to customize your look while enjoying an open mic featuring poetry, music, and storytelling.

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🗓 Saturday, April 19, 2025

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📍 151 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06510

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⏰ 6:00pm-10:00pm

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Express yourself on the mic, swap or sew patches, and connect with others in a space where art and voice come together.

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| 🎨 DIY patch station | 🎤 Open mic sign-up on arrival

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Come for the art, stay for the vibes!

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Tickets:

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$20 In-Advance

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$25 Day-Of-Sale

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Jamie McLean Band creates a musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, middle Americana roots, Delta blues and New York City swagger. Jamie McLean Band is a triple threat. The group’s energetic and captivating live show is undeniable. McLean’s fiery guitar has joined the ranks of Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John and more on stages from from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze real emotion. And his top line songwriting chops have crafted profound, honest and heartfelt songs that will keep you singing along, dancing along and feeling like the song was written about you.  

Jamie McLean Band is touring behind a fantastic new album “One Step Forward” on Harmonized Records. The album was recorded at the legendary Grand Street Studios in Brooklyn NY and features the band’s strongest and most mainstream songwriting to date. It also marks the return of original JMB member Jon Solo on keyboards! “Summer of Who Knows When” is an immediate summer anthem. “Calendar Girl” and “New York Penny Lane” are musical love letters. And the band kicks into full gear on “Too Little Too Late” and “I Believe In Love”!  

The live show is where Jamie McLean Band excels and the band has shared the stage with the likes of Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Trombone Shorty, Los Lobos, Blues Traveler, Marc Broussard and many more. Jamie Mclean Band has appeared at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Mountain Jam, Targhee Fest, Okeechobee Fest, Ottawa Blues Fest, Quebec City Summer Fest, and Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam to name a few. McLean has also enjoyed the sponsorship of Gibson Guitars, Fuchs Amplifiers, D’Addario Strings, Blue Microphones, John Varvatos and Esquire Magazine.  

Don’t miss their amazing live set when they roll into a town near you!  

Press:  

Jamie McLean has soaked up quite a bit of America's musical DNA. McLean provides a fascinating cross-section of sounds that merge the yearning and romanticism of Tom Petty, the air-tight instrumental proficiency of Nashville and the rugged independent streak of alt-country. - Guitar World Magazine  

”McLean and company ooze drops of southern roots rock, blues, R&B, funk and soul out of every note... the rock & roll swagger of the Rolling Stones combined with the songwriting prowess of Tom Petty.”- Jambase  

“Jamie McLean Band is completely original and completely fabulous... The live version of this band is a three- dimensional experience not to be missed” – Hittin The Note  

“A honkin' collection of Southern-style blues rock, Americana, and soul.... as bawdy as anything the Black Crowes tried to snag from The Faces or The Stones circa  

'Sticky Fingers' and 'Exile on Main Street' and as groovy and gutsy as Bowie's 'Young Americans.'" - Charleston City Paper

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Taps at Yale is thrilled to announce “Tappy Birthday: A

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30th Anniversary Show,” scheduled for Saturday, April 19th, 2025, at 6 PM and 9 PM in the Off-Broadway Theater.

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This special performance invites all Taps at Yale alumni to New Haven to celebrate the organization’s 30th birthday alongside current Taps company members. Interested alumni are welcome to join Taps’ 2024-2025 company on stage for the Shim Sham and other pieces. A welcome reception will also be hosted in the theater between performances.

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General Admission Standing Room Only

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CASTLE RAT

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Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify

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COMA HOLE

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Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify

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PINTO GRAHAM 

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Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify

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A new exhibition to be installed at the Schwarzman Center,  “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,”  will illuminate ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. The exhibition puts back at the center of local storytelling people who have always been central to local history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.

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The show will include nearly one hundred images of Yale’s earliest Black students from the 1800s and early 1900s, many of whom had deep New Haven connections. The Schwarzman exhibition will also feature compelling reproductions of photographs of New Haveners who were custodians of Yale. The Luke, Grimes, Creed, Park, and Bassett families, among the many people key to founding and sustaining Yale, will be heralded in the show.

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“Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven” will showcase the proposal, made and thwarted in 1831, to build a Black college in New Haven. It will also highlight the successful efforts of Black students in the 1960s to establish the Afro-American Cultural Center and Afro-American Studies at Yale.

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This exhibition brings forth knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for many centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget. It extends the work of the Yale and Slavery Research Project and follows from the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery,” at the New Haven Museum from February 16, 2024 – March 1, 2025.

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The exhibition team includes David Jon Walker ’23 MFA, lead designer, and Michael Morand ’87 ’93 M.Div., lead curator, with Timeica Bethel ’11, Rob Brown, Jennifer Coggins, Tubyez Cropper, Mohamed Diallo ’26, Regina Mason, Hope McGrath, Carlynne Robinson, and Charles Warner, Jr.

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The 6-Square Jam Art Exhibit & Sale is a community-wide, all-inclusive art show in which everyone, no matter your level of artistic skill, is invited and welcome to participate.

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We invite entries that are 6 inches by 6 inches square (no more than 2 inches thick). Work in any medium you like. Submissions accepted April 1-April 30. See complete rules, instructions and entry form at westvilleartwalk.org under the start your art tab or email criticaldave@frontiernet.net with 6-Square in the subject line.

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This exhibit opens May 6 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. It is part of the Westville Artwalk and is an annual fundraiser for WVRA (Westville Village Renaissance Alliance).

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Explore your creativity, make art and, most of all, have fun.

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Kickstart your Sundays the right way at Dockside Brewery! Join us for breakfast at the bar or enjoy our delicious offerings to-go via UberEats, DoorDash, & GrubHub from 10am-12:30pm! Indulge in mouthwatering breakfast flatbreads, scrumptious sandwiches, & fresh avocado toast. Don’t miss out!

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This isn’t your grandma’s Easter Egg Hunt—unless your grandma is a thrill-seeker who climbs trees for candy! 🌳🐰

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Join us for an Easter Egg Hunt in the Trees, where the Easter Bunny has taken things to the next level—literally. He’s ditching the bushes and hiding eggs way up high!

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Your mission? Spot the eggs with your eyes as you climb and score a sweet treat at the end. Just remember, the hunt is free, but you’ll need a climbing ticket—because these Easter Bunny went all out hiding these eggs in the trees! 🚀🥚

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Happens on the following Dates:

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Apr 11, 2025, 3:00pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 13, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 14, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 15, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 16, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 17, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 18, 2025, 10:00am to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 19, 2025, 10:00am to 8:00pm Timezone: EDT

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Apr 20, 2025, 10:00am to 6:00pm Timezone: EDT

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from March 27 - May 7 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m. View event site for full details.

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Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, contemporary Bulgarian artist Svetlozar Parmakov is deeply familiar with its visual lexicon. Through his virtuosic, free-style draftsmanship he both references and reimagines Orthodox iconography, reclaiming its significance for a modern-day viewer. Parmakov applies his signature, free-style technique of hand-engraving and hand-coloring unglazed porcelain, a fine white ceramic material, to creating religious icons, paintings, and decorative vessels, all rendered with intricate detail and shimmering in muted silvers and golds.

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In addition to the titular painting, Noah’s Garden, the exhibition features icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints such as St. George and St. Nicholas, paintings of natural scenes as well as bowls, platters, and vases with elaborate, allover geometric and vegetal patterns. Intimate in scale and meant to be appreciated up close, even handled, the works on view engage the senses, solicit sustained attention, and invite reflection. The delicately outlined and interlocking forms, together with the resplendent hues, recall stained-glass windows, but also a broader cross-cultural history of East-West artistic influences and exchange.

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Parmakov’s art transcends time and technology further to draw on his homeland’s rich cultural heritage. His porcelain creations reactivate the magnificent ceramic production that flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries CE around the first two Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav located in the northeastern part of the country, where Parmakov spends his summers and fires his works. Besides their use for architectural ornamentation and luxury tableware, ceramics were utilized in the local icon painting tradition with ceramic icons ranging in size, shape, subject matter, and purpose. Through his choice of material and imagery, Parmakov recovers the splendor and impact of Bulgaria’s medieval decorative ceramic arts which have reached us largely in fragmentary state and gives us ways to encounter them whole again.

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Artist’s Statement:

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An enchanted world of porcelain, replete with filigree and fantasy. A dynamic, luminous space of plants, animals, and ornamental designs, all permeated by God’s presence. Works of art created through a unique process in a distinctive style, glowing in silver, gold, and platinum.

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I would define my style as “decorative realism.” Ornamentation is foundational for my work, and I constantly expand and enrich my repertoire of decorative motifs. I seek to show that the ceramic medium transcends the applied arts, that it exists in the realm of the fine arts and that it can serve a spiritual purpose. I would be happy if the light with which my works are suffused touched the viewers’ souls.

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-Svetlozar Parmakov, January 2025

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Liliana Milkova.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday,March 26 at 5 p.m.

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We are excited to announce that the ISM will be linking its exhibitions to the Smartify app. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, or you can access content through the Smartify webpage at  app.smartify.org. The Smartify app will allow you to directly scan artworks that are on display, as well as QR codes that are placed around the exhibition, to receive more information. You will also be able to save your favorite artworks and share them to social media.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Photo: Svetlozar Parmakov at work on Noah’s Garden (porcelain, 2025). Photo credit: Svetlozar Parmakov.

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Photographer Phyllis Crowley asks CAN YOU FREE A MIND? in this new exhibit at City Gallery. Her latest collection of work will be on view from April 4 - April 27, with a Reception and Artist Talk on Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The artist will also be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27 to meet with visitors and answer questions. City

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Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are

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Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more, contact City

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Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

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Welcome our latest exhibition, A Breath, A Pause, An Eternity, a Collapse featuring the oil paintings of Lillian Bayley Hoover in the Workshop Gallery on view until April 27, 2025 in The Workshop Gallery, Building 3 of Ball & Socket Arts.

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Regular Gallery Hours from 12-4 pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

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Artist Statement:

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My creative practice begins with encounters in the landscape, often bearing witness to human interventions there. Themes include human claims over the land, as well as the relationship between the built environment and what is considered by many to be “wild.” This work reflects an active landscape: a living participant in the events of our time, as well as a record of time itself. These paintings often look like photo collages, as competing visual languages and surfaces evoke the interruptions or barriers that mediate our connection with nature. On occasion, portions of the picture plane appear to be torn away or excised, drawn elements are partially obscured behind layers of clear gesso, or the surface is built up to create a subtle bas-relief before paint is applied. The result suggests an unstable world in which an alternate scene may be concealed behind the painted image. 

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These paintings probe the impact of human activity on "nature," what the record etched onto our planet's surface reveals, the ongoing processes by which planetary and biological systems shape one another, and how humanity's brief presence will reverberate into the future. My goal is to create accessible visual narratives that locate our moment within the broader context of “deep time,” encouraging viewers to consider our place in these larger systems and whether our estrangement from the natural world might arise from not considering ourselves within this framework. 

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This somewhat melancholy work serves as witness to a fraught moment in time. Part meditation, part metaphor, part elegy, these paintings channel the joy and despair which characterize our species’ precarity. In the face of humanity’s uncertain future, I hope this work will foster connection and fellowship for those who cherish our living earth.

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About the Artist:

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Lillian Bayley Hoover's work is in public collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro, NC), and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Grant, the Bethesda Urban Partnership's Trawick Award, multiple grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, a travel grant from Philadelphia’s Center for Emerging Visual Artists, and fellowships to attend residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Monson Arts Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her work has been featured on the cover of New American Paintings. She has had solo exhibitions at MoCA Arlington (Arlington, VA), Goya Contemporary (Baltimore, MD), BlackRock Center for the Arts (Germantown, MD), and VisArts (Rockville, MD), among other venues. Hoover holds an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and a BFA from University of North Carolina Asheville. She teaches at Towson University.

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https://lillianhoover.com/home.html

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Image features: this simple learning, by Lilliian Bayley Hoover

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Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents Good Morning/Good Night, an exploration of the beauty found in the transitions between day and night. From the soft glow of morning light to the mysteries of evening, this show highlights how light and shadow shift throughout the day, inspiring both contemplation and creativity. The exhibition opened on March 21 and runs through May 3 at Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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This exhibition features both new and returning artists whose work captures the interplay of light and darkness. Among the featured painters is Beth Pite, whose dynamic, color-infused pastels vibrate with movement and energy. Barbara Rossitto explores the interplay between realism and abstraction in her evocative pieces; she works in oil, watercolor and pastel with a variety of subjects, mainly representational.

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Joining is also Dianne Gorrick, an award-winning artist known for her luminous depictions of the ever changing light of clouds as they move from night to day. Other painters showcasing their unique interpretations of this theme include Vivian Zoë, an artist and arts educator with a varied background who shows colorful works in oil, while Tatiana Ferraro presents a new watercolor mountainous landscape. Diane Rubacha offers new relief prints, and Ned Farrell, a painter and calligrapher, shows several celestial works in oil and mixed media. Sean Carney is an award-winning artist with a unique style that specializes in painting with Minwax wood stain and a Dremel.

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Tom Swimm returns to Spectrum. Born and raised on the East Coast, he resettled in Southern California and was inspired by the landscape of Laguna. His work is recognizable for its exceptional use of light and color. With numerous exhibits and awards and several illustrated children’s books to his credit, his painting methods have been included in several art instruction books. Lori Neumann, a versatile artist from Connecticut, specializes in oils, acrylics, and pastels. Educated at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, she is known for her plein air paintings using a palette knife, capturing rural New England landscapes and farm animals at dawn and dusk.

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Laurel Hoynoski, a Connecticut-based artist, is new to Spectrum Gallery and primarily works with oils,

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focusing on birds, landscapes, and still life. Mary Alice Landry, an artist deeply connected with nature,

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creates vibrant paintings depicting wildlife and landscapes, ranging from abstract realism to whimsy. A staunch advocate for both wild and domestic animal rights, she actively participates in conservation

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efforts and animal welfare. Jean Watson, also new to the Gallery, paints landscapes, seascapes, still life, birds, flowers, and animals using oils, pastels and cold wax.

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Mark Bavolack, who had a fulfilling career in commercial printing and color retouching, embraced painting as a creative outlet several years back. He has a passion for color and beauty and continually seeks to expand his skills through the experiences of others, using the canvas to express his artistic vision. Nita Vitaliano works primarily in acrylics to create landscapes, seascapes, and florals, with a recent focus on birch trees. Kim McGennis, a multifaceted artist and educator, has dedicated her life to exploring and expressing the interconnectedness of humanity through art and explores painting, drawing, photography, and unique hand-painted furniture. She has created numerous mini-paintings for the show.

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Other favorite Spectrum painters and mixed media artists include Rosemary Gates, Molly Waite Lund, Linda McCarthy, Maria Johnson, Jena Maki, Jeanette Delmore, Carol Courtney, Sabely Peralta and Christian Kunze. Eileen Clark, also a sea glass jeweler who has now turned to mixed media showcases for the show a stunning crystal, pebbles and gemstone piece called, Luminous. Don Carter and Dora Dylanne-Reyes who have a unique vision again present several graphic design pieces of birds interacting with and enjoying desserts!

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Among the photographers exhibiting in Good Morning/Good Night is Bryn Souza, an award-winning photographer who has exhibited throughout New England. Although her primary focus is landscape photography, she is also an experienced pet photographer with her work featured on MarthaStewart.com, Today.com, and USA Today. Also new to Spectrum is Geneva Renegar, renowned for her vivid portrayals of the state’s landscapes, from shoreline vistas to historic dairy farms. Known for her early morning “Sunrise Sequence”sessions, she has been featured in exclusive exhibits throughout Connecticut, with her work also in the International Traveling Exhibition “Water, Water, Everywhere” highlighting the significance of water as a dwindling resource.

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Robert Thomas, a returning favorite photographer at Spectrum, is known for his ability to capture dramatic landscapes and fleeting light in exquisite compositions. Jake Barba returns with a new work on metal. His preferred subject matters range from landscapes to wildlife and travel photography to astrophotography. Dianne Roberts also presents a unique composition called Window that captures a sunset through an interior window. George Fellner, a fine art photographer, returns to Spectrum Gallery to unveil new work including a stunning aurora borealis image and a church in Iceland located on a small piece of land in the middle of a large body of water. And Luke Giroux presents his latest photographic interpretation of a location at sunrise and sunset.

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Other talented photographers in this exhibit include David Zeleznik, an underwater and nature photographer based in Essex presenting lunar and solar images. Carole Drong, new to Spectrum,is a versatile photographer and graphic designer whose compelling photographs have been featured in calendars, magazines, and brochures. Gary Connolly, also new to the Gallery, is an award-winning photographer, who captures for the Good Morning/Good Night show a powerful image of a total solar eclipse. And Donna Spencer drawn to photography for its expressive potential in capturing animals, flowers, and natural scenes presents a primarily black and white waterscape for the show.

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Visitors will also find an exciting collection of fine artisans’ works, including handmade jewelry, glass, pottery, textiles, and home décor available at the Spectrum Artisans Store. These include clothing and fabric artisans Dale Gardner-Fox and Anna Mastropolo; potter Hannah Leckman, and ceramicist Niko Scharer. Roger Harvey, new to Spectrum is a wood turner, who crafts his pieces on a lathe using primarily local wood destined for disposal. He specializes in spalted wood, which features unique patterns created by fungal activity during the early stages of decay.

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Carol Hawes rekindled her passion for art after retirement, exploring air-dried clay and watercolor, to create mini-sculptures of pets, birds and other animals. Marianne Dietz offers whimsical collages of bunnies and flowers; Diana Eastwood shows memorable paper folding art books. Kate Street presents innovative mixed-media home décor items created with resin, mica pigments, shells, beads, gold leaf, and paint. Leigh Graham, a lifelong fiber artist from Western Connecticut, creates dramatic textile and bead embroidery jewelry. Her beadwork, characterized by vibrant colors and intricate textures, features unique jewelry designs that never repeat.

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Elaine Sych presents her intricate fabric bags and playful seasonal critters, while Maureen Maalouf offers painted seasonal glassware. Lynelle Abel, a pressed flower artist, shows several botanical prints and keepsakes encased in glass and ready to hang. Michelle Beauford is a fiber artist who specializes in crocheted items, a skill she learned as a young child from her mother. She creates a variety of shawls, wraps, baby blankets, and more in bright color palettes. Sharon Lee Mullen-Reynolds, a former art teacher, crafts Frida Kaholo-inspired spring headbands. Maryann Flick presents new seasonal-stained glass work, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Linda Saucier and Lisa Fatone offer striking handcrafted jewelry, with Fatone also showcasing mini-paintings in acrylic on wood panel.

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Innovative jewelry design is well represented by Beth Terhaar, Joanna Biskupski, Gloria Nilsson, Sandra Huber, Kristie Foss, and Barbara Hernandez-Froehlich who offers new jewelry pieces, rosaries, and charms.

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Join our volunteer museum educators for an in-depth tour of the museum’s iconic building, designed by modernist architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974). 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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For more information, please visit: https://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-programs/docent-tour-architecture-ycba-1.

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Puff N Paint With ZBAE

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Puff N Paint With ZBAE

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Come join us for a fun and creative evening at Milford! Get your creative juices flowing while enjoying some good vibes and painting with ZBAE. Whether you're a seasoned artist or a beginner, this event is perfect for anyone looking to unwind and express themselves through art. Don't miss out on this unique experience! Seats are limited Last Show WAS SOLD OUT ! Dont Miss Out

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🎤🎶 Sunday Night Karaoke at Dockside Brewery! 🍻

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Unleash your inner rockstar every Sunday from 7-10 PM at Dockside Brewery! Whether you're a shower singer or a stage pro, grab the mic, sip on a cold brew, and belt out your favorite tunes with friends.

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Great drinks, good vibes, and unforgettable performances—see you Sunday! 🎶🍻🎤

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A new exhibition to be installed at the Schwarzman Center,  “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,”  will illuminate ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. The exhibition puts back at the center of local storytelling people who have always been central to local history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.

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The show will include nearly one hundred images of Yale’s earliest Black students from the 1800s and early 1900s, many of whom had deep New Haven connections. The Schwarzman exhibition will also feature compelling reproductions of photographs of New Haveners who were custodians of Yale. The Luke, Grimes, Creed, Park, and Bassett families, among the many people key to founding and sustaining Yale, will be heralded in the show.

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“Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven” will showcase the proposal, made and thwarted in 1831, to build a Black college in New Haven. It will also highlight the successful efforts of Black students in the 1960s to establish the Afro-American Cultural Center and Afro-American Studies at Yale.

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This exhibition brings forth knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for many centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget. It extends the work of the Yale and Slavery Research Project and follows from the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery,” at the New Haven Museum from February 16, 2024 – March 1, 2025.

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The exhibition team includes David Jon Walker ’23 MFA, lead designer, and Michael Morand ’87 ’93 M.Div., lead curator, with Timeica Bethel ’11, Rob Brown, Jennifer Coggins, Tubyez Cropper, Mohamed Diallo ’26, Regina Mason, Hope McGrath, Carlynne Robinson, and Charles Warner, Jr.

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The 6-Square Jam Art Exhibit & Sale is a community-wide, all-inclusive art show in which everyone, no matter your level of artistic skill, is invited and welcome to participate.

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We invite entries that are 6 inches by 6 inches square (no more than 2 inches thick). Work in any medium you like. Submissions accepted April 1-April 30. See complete rules, instructions and entry form at westvilleartwalk.org under the start your art tab or email criticaldave@frontiernet.net with 6-Square in the subject line.

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This exhibit opens May 6 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. It is part of the Westville Artwalk and is an annual fundraiser for WVRA (Westville Village Renaissance Alliance).

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Explore your creativity, make art and, most of all, have fun.

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New and experienced students will focus on making pottery on the wheel. Start by using methods of wedging, centering, hand and finger positioning for raising a vessel, and positioning one's body for dealing with a mass of clay on the wheel. Demonstrations will cover the importance of trimming techniques and various forming processes. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only. Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from March 27 - May 7 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m. View event site for full details.

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Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, contemporary Bulgarian artist Svetlozar Parmakov is deeply familiar with its visual lexicon. Through his virtuosic, free-style draftsmanship he both references and reimagines Orthodox iconography, reclaiming its significance for a modern-day viewer. Parmakov applies his signature, free-style technique of hand-engraving and hand-coloring unglazed porcelain, a fine white ceramic material, to creating religious icons, paintings, and decorative vessels, all rendered with intricate detail and shimmering in muted silvers and golds.

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In addition to the titular painting, Noah’s Garden, the exhibition features icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints such as St. George and St. Nicholas, paintings of natural scenes as well as bowls, platters, and vases with elaborate, allover geometric and vegetal patterns. Intimate in scale and meant to be appreciated up close, even handled, the works on view engage the senses, solicit sustained attention, and invite reflection. The delicately outlined and interlocking forms, together with the resplendent hues, recall stained-glass windows, but also a broader cross-cultural history of East-West artistic influences and exchange.

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Parmakov’s art transcends time and technology further to draw on his homeland’s rich cultural heritage. His porcelain creations reactivate the magnificent ceramic production that flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries CE around the first two Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav located in the northeastern part of the country, where Parmakov spends his summers and fires his works. Besides their use for architectural ornamentation and luxury tableware, ceramics were utilized in the local icon painting tradition with ceramic icons ranging in size, shape, subject matter, and purpose. Through his choice of material and imagery, Parmakov recovers the splendor and impact of Bulgaria’s medieval decorative ceramic arts which have reached us largely in fragmentary state and gives us ways to encounter them whole again.

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Artist’s Statement:

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An enchanted world of porcelain, replete with filigree and fantasy. A dynamic, luminous space of plants, animals, and ornamental designs, all permeated by God’s presence. Works of art created through a unique process in a distinctive style, glowing in silver, gold, and platinum.

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I would define my style as “decorative realism.” Ornamentation is foundational for my work, and I constantly expand and enrich my repertoire of decorative motifs. I seek to show that the ceramic medium transcends the applied arts, that it exists in the realm of the fine arts and that it can serve a spiritual purpose. I would be happy if the light with which my works are suffused touched the viewers’ souls.

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-Svetlozar Parmakov, January 2025

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Liliana Milkova.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday,March 26 at 5 p.m.

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We are excited to announce that the ISM will be linking its exhibitions to the Smartify app. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, or you can access content through the Smartify webpage at  app.smartify.org. The Smartify app will allow you to directly scan artworks that are on display, as well as QR codes that are placed around the exhibition, to receive more information. You will also be able to save your favorite artworks and share them to social media.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Photo: Svetlozar Parmakov at work on Noah’s Garden (porcelain, 2025). Photo credit: Svetlozar Parmakov.

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Photographer Phyllis Crowley asks CAN YOU FREE A MIND? in this new exhibit at City Gallery. Her latest collection of work will be on view from April 4 - April 27, with a Reception and Artist Talk on Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The artist will also be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27 to meet with visitors and answer questions. City

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Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are

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Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more, contact City

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Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

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🍻Happy Hour Alert! 🚨 Join us at Dockside Brewery, Mon-Fri 3-6PM at the bar for deals that will make your wallet smile! 💸

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Kick off the week in style with Martini Mondays—every Monday, all day! Indulge in martini flights or sip on any of our handcrafted martinis while soaking in the waterfront vibes.

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Because Mondays are better with martinis! 🍸✨ See you at Dockside!

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 Student Poster Session: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

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Recognizing STDs CE Course: 6:00-8:00 pm

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Fee: $40 (+ Eventbrite processing fee); See below for applicable discount codes

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This Student Poster Session and Cultural Competence CE for Dental Hygienists is an educational and engaging event where students showcase their public health research through posters and dental hygienists learn about cultural competence through a CE Course about how to talk to patients about STDs, identify STD-associated oral lesions, and refer for evaluation. Join us at Bartels Hall, Campus Center, 2nd floor for an evening filled with knowledge sharing and networking opportunities. Don't miss out on this unique chance to expand your skills and connect with fellow professionals. See you there!

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Poster Session Topics

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1. Detection of Oral Cancer: Are Dental Hygienists Meeting the Standard of Care?

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1. Impact of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) on Children’s Health

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1. Eighty Years of Community Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts, Not the Fiction

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1. The Impact of 60 Years of Head Start on the Development of Children

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1. School-Based Sealant Programs’ Impact on Middle School Students’ Oral Health

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1. Assessment of The Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program

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1. Impact of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Underserved

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Communities

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1. Role of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Lives of Vulnerable

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Populations

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1. Oral Health Surveillance in the United States and Its Impact on Public Health

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Title: Difficult Conversations about STDs: Identifying, Discussing, and Referring from the Dental Practice

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Time: 6:00 pm -8:00 pm

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Course Description: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most common communicable diseases in the U.S. Incidence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis is on the rise. This course will serve to educate attendees about the oral signs and symptoms of STDs/STI’s, propose ideas for having difficult but necessary conversations about STIs/STDs with patients/clients, and introduce them to resources we created through our public health/oral health collaborative.

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The Course Objectives are:

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1. Recall trends in the incidence and prevalence rates of STDs/STIs in the U.S.;

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1. Analyze oral lesions for potential association with STDs/STIs.; and,

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1. List culturally appropriate strategies to discuss STDs./STIs with patients.

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Presenter Bio:

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Professor Marie Paulis, RDH, MSDH is presenting research she conducted with Dr. Karl Minges, Ph.D., and that was funded by a grant awarded by the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Marie has been a dental hygienist for over 30 years and a dental hygiene educator for 20 years. Her clinical and educational experiences include general practice, periodontal practice, and public health. Currently, Marie is the Dental Hygiene Program Director at the University of New Haven and teaches the local anesthesia course and lab for students and RDH’s, Introduction to Dental Hygiene I and II. Marie was awarded the Dean’s Award for Service (2020) and for Research (2024). Marie has presented for various professional organizations, including the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments, and the American Dental Education Association. She has published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene, Access Magazine, and Dentistry IQ.

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Cost and Discounts:

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• The cost of this event for General Admission is $40 and includes the posters and CE Course. If you cannot make it until 6:00, you may view the posters at Intermission.
• Graduates of UNH , please use discount code UNHGRAD for a $10 discount!
• Members of the Sigma Phi Alpha Hono r Society, please use diccount code SigmaPhiAlphaMember for a $15 discount!
• University Faculty please use promo code Faculty for free admission. 

Explore and develop designs for relief, intaglio, and monotype printmaking in this hands-on course.

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Class time will focus on creating original designs and concepts as students experiment with print plate substrates, including Corian®, Tetra-Pak®, vinyl records, and various recycled and found materials. Examples of different print styles will be shared to illustrate these techniques.

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This course is suitable for beginners and advanced students alike.

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Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

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Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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🔥 Skip the swiping—come meet real, local singles in person! 🔥

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If you’re tired of the same old routine, this is your chance to mix things up, meet new people, and have fun putting yourself out there! Our speed dating events make it easy and natural to spark connections—without the pressure of a full date.

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🍸 The night starts with a casual mingle & mixer —grab yourself a drink to loosen up those nerves (no longer included, but still encouraged) and chat before the dating rounds begin.

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💬 Not great at starting conversations?  No worries! Because we’ve got you covered with icebreaker questions to kick off each round. Plus, there’s a lovely, high-energy host there to hype you up, keep the energy high, and ease any nerves!

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✨ As the night progresses, remember the room might be buzzing with loud and exciting chats! So while it might be a bit hard to hear your date... Embrace the noise! Because it's part of the fun and lively atmosphere that Sips & Sparks fosters at each event.

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And as the bell rings to signal the end of each round, you’ll rotate to meet someone new in an atmosphere filled with positive energy and excitement. You’ll get to meet everyone in the room in a fun, relaxed way.

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⏳ Arrive 15–30 minutes early to settle in! We start right on time, and late arrivals may not be accommodated.

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💖 How it works:  

✔️ After each speed date round, you’ll select friend, date, or none on a simple matching system.  

✔️ If there’s a mutual match, we’ll send you each other’s contact info the next day!  

✔️ No smartphone? No problem—we’ve got paper match forms too.

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✨ Remember: This event is all about active listening, learning, and exploring connections. While many people do meet someone special, the key to enjoying this experience is letting go of expectations and focusing on meeting new people, discovering common interests, and seeing where things go.

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It’s about building confidence, sharpening your social skills, and being open to the possibility of a new friendship or even a romantic connection —but don’t go in expecting one.

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What you can expect is to take actionable steps  toward meeting new people, because you definitely won’t find your match staying home alone. 💪

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📲 Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@sipsandsparks) for event updates, sneak peeks, and surprise promo codes! 🎉

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Disclaimers: The age range specified for this event is intended as a general guideline and recommendation. We will not turn away any participant based on age or gender and will not be verifying such information at the event. Note that we do not perform background checks on any participants. Similarly to most other dating platforms, it is your responsibility to perform your own due diligence on any individuals you choose to meet with. Our primary goal is to create an inclusive, comfortable, and enjoyable environment for all attendees. Sips and Sparks reserves the right to postpone or cancel any event that does not have enough participants registered. Although this rarely occurs, if it does, you would be given the option to either receive a refund or transfer your ticket to a different event.

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Notice: Some of our venues do not have elevators. If you require such accommodations, please contact us at contact@sipsandsparks.org before purchasing your ticket so we can verify whether or not this will be available at that particular location.

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Release of Liability: By participating in this event, attendees agree to release and hold harmless Sips and Sparks LLC, its employees, representatives, venues, and partners, from any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, or expenses arising from or related to any accidents, incidents, injuries, or property damage that may occur during or after the event. Attendance at the event and pursuing individuals met at the event is done at each individual's own risk.

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Photo/Media Release: By attending this event, attendees grant Sips and Sparks LLC the right to capture and use their image and likeness in future promotional and advertising materials, without further notification or compensation.

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Refund Policy: Because there is limited space at the venue and limited time for rounds, please notify the hosts at least 1 week in advance if you cannot attend to guarantee a refund. Within 1 week of the event, we will only issue a refund if we are able to fill your spot. (Note that Eventbrite processing fees are always non-refundable!) Please e-mail us for a refund credit at contact@sipsandsparks.org.

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MakeHaven and Spruce Coffee are teaming up for a free monthly workshop! Join us at Spruce Coffee (952 State Street) April 21 at 7:00 PM to learn to make your very own origami mobile. Supplies and instruction will be provided, we hope to see you there!

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• Where?  Spruce Coffee, 952 State Street, New Haven, CT, 06511
• When?  Monday, April 21, 7:00 PM
• What to bring?  Yourself! A positive attitude! Maybe your friends!
• Does this cost money?  No!

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You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:

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https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=483&reset=1&reset=1

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Scroll to the bottom of the page and complete the information under Register (gray box) and hit submit. You will receive an acknowledgement by email. Questions? Email info@makehaven.org

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General Admission Standing Room Only

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DEADLANDS

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DEADLANDS are a New York-based band infusing fresh and unexpected energy into traditional post-hardcore. Founding member and frontwoman Kasey Karlsen is used to laying her cards face up on the table, as she has been writing about her toxic relationships, friendships, hardships, and current events basically all topics that are near and dear to her heart — since she was in high school. She also draws over million followers across platforms, thanks to her compelling content. CJ Arey, professionally known as "NO SHADE," creates melodies for the guitar and bass while simultaneously inputting his own flare of trap and cinematic references into the production of the music. In 2024, the band headlined shows across the United States while making stops to perform at Louder Than Life, Aftershock, and Blue Ridge Festivals. Deadlands are working on more music for 2025, with tour plans on the horizon. Fans of bands like Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, Escape the Fate, Falling in Reverse, Wage War, and Bring Me The Horizon will be magnetically drawn to DEADLANDS.

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Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify

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DYSTOPICA

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Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify

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ELESEER

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Links: Official Website | Instagram | Spotify

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A new exhibition to be installed at the Schwarzman Center,  “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,”  will illuminate ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. The exhibition puts back at the center of local storytelling people who have always been central to local history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.

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The show will include nearly one hundred images of Yale’s earliest Black students from the 1800s and early 1900s, many of whom had deep New Haven connections. The Schwarzman exhibition will also feature compelling reproductions of photographs of New Haveners who were custodians of Yale. The Luke, Grimes, Creed, Park, and Bassett families, among the many people key to founding and sustaining Yale, will be heralded in the show.

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“Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven” will showcase the proposal, made and thwarted in 1831, to build a Black college in New Haven. It will also highlight the successful efforts of Black students in the 1960s to establish the Afro-American Cultural Center and Afro-American Studies at Yale.

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This exhibition brings forth knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for many centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget. It extends the work of the Yale and Slavery Research Project and follows from the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery,” at the New Haven Museum from February 16, 2024 – March 1, 2025.

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The exhibition team includes David Jon Walker ’23 MFA, lead designer, and Michael Morand ’87 ’93 M.Div., lead curator, with Timeica Bethel ’11, Rob Brown, Jennifer Coggins, Tubyez Cropper, Mohamed Diallo ’26, Regina Mason, Hope McGrath, Carlynne Robinson, and Charles Warner, Jr.

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The 6-Square Jam Art Exhibit & Sale is a community-wide, all-inclusive art show in which everyone, no matter your level of artistic skill, is invited and welcome to participate.

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We invite entries that are 6 inches by 6 inches square (no more than 2 inches thick). Work in any medium you like. Submissions accepted April 1-April 30. See complete rules, instructions and entry form at westvilleartwalk.org under the start your art tab or email criticaldave@frontiernet.net with 6-Square in the subject line.

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This exhibit opens May 6 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. It is part of the Westville Artwalk and is an annual fundraiser for WVRA (Westville Village Renaissance Alliance).

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Explore your creativity, make art and, most of all, have fun.

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Develop your pottery skills as you focus on wheel-throwing techniques in stoneware and porcelain.

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Lessons will cover both functional and decorative pottery with emphasis on classical forms as we know them. Students will be shown how to apply glazes and/or oxide washes to achieve desired results, such as combining glaze colors and the application of wood ash to create unexpected effects on their work. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

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Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27 and firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

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Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Learn basic metalsmithing for making jewelry, developing new skills, or strengthen existing ones. Weekly demonstrations introduce tools and techniques required for working with nonferrous sheet metal and wire. Demonstrations may include sawing, filing, cold-connecting, soldering, surface embellishment, forging, shaping, fold forming, finishing, and patina coloring.

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The tuition for this class includes a fee of $40 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from March 27 - May 7 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m. View event site for full details.

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Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, contemporary Bulgarian artist Svetlozar Parmakov is deeply familiar with its visual lexicon. Through his virtuosic, free-style draftsmanship he both references and reimagines Orthodox iconography, reclaiming its significance for a modern-day viewer. Parmakov applies his signature, free-style technique of hand-engraving and hand-coloring unglazed porcelain, a fine white ceramic material, to creating religious icons, paintings, and decorative vessels, all rendered with intricate detail and shimmering in muted silvers and golds.

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In addition to the titular painting, Noah’s Garden, the exhibition features icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints such as St. George and St. Nicholas, paintings of natural scenes as well as bowls, platters, and vases with elaborate, allover geometric and vegetal patterns. Intimate in scale and meant to be appreciated up close, even handled, the works on view engage the senses, solicit sustained attention, and invite reflection. The delicately outlined and interlocking forms, together with the resplendent hues, recall stained-glass windows, but also a broader cross-cultural history of East-West artistic influences and exchange.

​

Parmakov’s art transcends time and technology further to draw on his homeland’s rich cultural heritage. His porcelain creations reactivate the magnificent ceramic production that flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries CE around the first two Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav located in the northeastern part of the country, where Parmakov spends his summers and fires his works. Besides their use for architectural ornamentation and luxury tableware, ceramics were utilized in the local icon painting tradition with ceramic icons ranging in size, shape, subject matter, and purpose. Through his choice of material and imagery, Parmakov recovers the splendor and impact of Bulgaria’s medieval decorative ceramic arts which have reached us largely in fragmentary state and gives us ways to encounter them whole again.

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Artist’s Statement:

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An enchanted world of porcelain, replete with filigree and fantasy. A dynamic, luminous space of plants, animals, and ornamental designs, all permeated by God’s presence. Works of art created through a unique process in a distinctive style, glowing in silver, gold, and platinum.

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I would define my style as “decorative realism.” Ornamentation is foundational for my work, and I constantly expand and enrich my repertoire of decorative motifs. I seek to show that the ceramic medium transcends the applied arts, that it exists in the realm of the fine arts and that it can serve a spiritual purpose. I would be happy if the light with which my works are suffused touched the viewers’ souls.

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-Svetlozar Parmakov, January 2025

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Liliana Milkova.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday,March 26 at 5 p.m.

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We are excited to announce that the ISM will be linking its exhibitions to the Smartify app. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, or you can access content through the Smartify webpage at  app.smartify.org. The Smartify app will allow you to directly scan artworks that are on display, as well as QR codes that are placed around the exhibition, to receive more information. You will also be able to save your favorite artworks and share them to social media.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Photo: Svetlozar Parmakov at work on Noah’s Garden (porcelain, 2025). Photo credit: Svetlozar Parmakov.

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Photographer Phyllis Crowley asks CAN YOU FREE A MIND? in this new exhibit at City Gallery. Her latest collection of work will be on view from April 4 - April 27, with a Reception and Artist Talk on Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The artist will also be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27 to meet with visitors and answer questions. City

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Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are

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Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more, contact City

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Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

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This is a fun and very creative class where you learn to set up a workstation to create colored, painted paper sheets using gel plates, stencils and markers. Experiment with masking techniques using gauze, acrylics, and metallic paints, etc. After creating a variety of prints, choose your “Best and Brightest” as well as a few quieter designs. The instructor will help you work on layout design to create compositional unity before gluing. Then learn to prepare your support and to adhere each print. Finally, use gloss, satin or matte medium as a final sealer.  You will have prints left to create more compositions on your own. Material list available upon registration.

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Regina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli, colors, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world, never realistic, injecting her own narratives, metaphors, and icons.  Regina works instinctually, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer, make a connection, bringing their own experiences to the work.

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Regina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), The New Art Center in Newton – MA, South Shore Art Center – MA, West Hartford Art League, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven, CT, Yale University and The British Art Museum.

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Regina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art.

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Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.

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Free and open to the public.

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View Yale Consort event page

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Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.

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Yale Consort, a newly formed professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.

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Contact: Clifton Massey

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Instructed by Annie Sailer

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39 Putnam Avenue

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Hamden, CT 06517

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An Earth Day celebration of gardens and pollinators! Milkweed seedling giveaway, garden swap, seed starting, model beehive, crafts, community garden representatives, live music with guitarist Cliff Schloss & more This program is generously funded with support from the Greater New Haven Green Fund.

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Are you looking to improve your throwing skills? Seeking to center your clay and yourself? Do you need a hand with hand building?

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This class offers an opportunity to work towards your goals in clay and further your individual projects with differentiated instruction.

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Wear clothes that can get dirty and closed toe shoes.

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Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only. Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

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Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

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If you are fascinated with little things and have a love of detail, making miniature books is for you!

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Students will make a variety of same sized books in miniature with a paper box to hold them. Bindings will include 3 soft cover pamphlet variations, a hardcover pamphlet, and a hardcover exposed sewing with pages precut from discarded books. After this class you may be inspired to make larger and more complicated books!

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Intermediate students may substitute more complex book structures or continue work on individual projects.

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Enrollment in this class includes one 3 hour monitored open bench session a week.

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Tuition for this class includes a fee of $8 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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Join Good Vibes Yoga Studio creatrix Deonna Thomas on a spiritual journey to learn to heal familial wounds and reclaim your power. Beginning with an inner child meditation, aromatherapy enhanced breathwork, and sound healing that will call forth your inner child and bring awareness of the childhood trauma that is stuck in the body and mind. Spending time to journal and write a letter to the little you that still resides in the present day adult self, giving the support that you needed in the past through encouraging and compassionate words. Moving that stuck energy through a grounding yogic practice as Deonna guides you through movement supported by reiki. Slowing down to allow for rest and integration in a Soul soothing savasana. Closing this experience by sharing what arises with kindred Spirits in a supportive community, learning how to set boundaries and implement skills to shift your thinking, and the importance of forgiveness in order to deepen and heal your present day familial relationships.

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Beginner to advanced yogis are welcome.

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Self Care Investment: $44

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To reserve your spot ahead of time prepayment can be made via Eventbrite or Venmo to @GoodVibesYogaStudio. (Pay via Venmo to avoid Eventbrite processing fees!)

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Cash or Venmo accepted the day of class.

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Please RSVP a minimum of two hours before class time.

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To join the magic please contact us via Facebook Messenger, email GoodVibesYogaStudioCT@gmail.com, or call/text 203-824-1929.

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 Embark on a creative journey into the world of stained glass with our beginner-friendly workshop. Learn the renowned "Tiffany" method, encompassing designing, cutting, grinding, foiling, and soldering techniques to craft your own unique glass panel. This hands-on class is tailored for beginners, offering step-by-step guidance to ensure everyone masters the essential skills. By the end of the workshop, each participant will proudly take home their completed stained glass creation.

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What to Expect:

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Explore the fundamentals of stained glass using the "Tiffany" method. Learn to design, cut, grind, foil, and solder glass pieces into a cohesive panel. Receive expert guidance and demonstrations throughout the entire process.

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Skills You'll Acquire:

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Master the art of precision cutting and grinding glass. 

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Gain proficiency in foiling and soldering techniques.

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Understand design principles specific to stained glass.

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What's Provided:

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All necessary materials and tools, including a variety of glass types and colors.

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Expert instruction and support from experienced stained glass artists.

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Who Should Attend:

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Ideal for beginners curious about stained glass artistry.

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Perfect for anyone interested in learning a traditional craft technique.

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No prior experience required—all skill levels welcome.

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***THIS IS A 6 SESSION WORKSHOP, MEETING ON TUESDAYS IN APRIL & MAY:***

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                APRIL 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 & MAY 6

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Instructor: Timothy Cowan

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Workshop Ticket Fee:

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Standard Ticket: $194.00

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Makehaven Members: $165.00

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You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:

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https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=419&reset=1

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Scroll to the bottom of the page and complete the information under Register (gray box) and hit submit. You will receive an acknowledgement by email. Questions? Email info@makehaven.org

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A new exhibition to be installed at the Schwarzman Center,  “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,”  will illuminate ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. The exhibition puts back at the center of local storytelling people who have always been central to local history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.

​

The show will include nearly one hundred images of Yale’s earliest Black students from the 1800s and early 1900s, many of whom had deep New Haven connections. The Schwarzman exhibition will also feature compelling reproductions of photographs of New Haveners who were custodians of Yale. The Luke, Grimes, Creed, Park, and Bassett families, among the many people key to founding and sustaining Yale, will be heralded in the show.

​

“Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven” will showcase the proposal, made and thwarted in 1831, to build a Black college in New Haven. It will also highlight the successful efforts of Black students in the 1960s to establish the Afro-American Cultural Center and Afro-American Studies at Yale.

​

This exhibition brings forth knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for many centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget. It extends the work of the Yale and Slavery Research Project and follows from the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery,” at the New Haven Museum from February 16, 2024 – March 1, 2025.

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The exhibition team includes David Jon Walker ’23 MFA, lead designer, and Michael Morand ’87 ’93 M.Div., lead curator, with Timeica Bethel ’11, Rob Brown, Jennifer Coggins, Tubyez Cropper, Mohamed Diallo ’26, Regina Mason, Hope McGrath, Carlynne Robinson, and Charles Warner, Jr.

​

The 6-Square Jam Art Exhibit & Sale is a community-wide, all-inclusive art show in which everyone, no matter your level of artistic skill, is invited and welcome to participate.

​

We invite entries that are 6 inches by 6 inches square (no more than 2 inches thick). Work in any medium you like. Submissions accepted April 1-April 30. See complete rules, instructions and entry form at westvilleartwalk.org under the start your art tab or email criticaldave@frontiernet.net with 6-Square in the subject line.

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This exhibit opens May 6 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. It is part of the Westville Artwalk and is an annual fundraiser for WVRA (Westville Village Renaissance Alliance).

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Explore your creativity, make art and, most of all, have fun.

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March 22 – September 7, 2025 | Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission EXCEPT Friday, April 18 (Good Friday); Saturday, April 19 (Holy Saturday); Sunday, April 20 (Easter); Saturday, June 7; and Friday, July 4 (Independence Day).

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Separated by 2,781 miles and on two different continents, Iraqi and Nigerian Christians share similar stories of persecution. From 2014-2018, portions of Northern Iraq were under the control of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and many religious minorities, including Christians, experienced persecution and violence as a result. In the northern and central portions of Nigeria, violence towards Christians and other minority groups has also increased in recent years at the hands of Boko Haram and other groups. 

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The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center is honored to share the stories of those displaced in Iraq and Nigeria through Among the Persecuted and Displaced — a collection of photographs taken by Stephen Rasche. The Knights of Columbus has sponsored some of Rasche’s work in both countries, bringing to light the atrocities inflicted on those persecuted for their faith.

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Learn more: https://www.michaelmcgivneycenter.org/exhibits/among-the-persecuted-and-displaced/

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Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission EXCEPT Friday, April 18 (Good Friday); Saturday, April 19 (Holy Saturday); Sunday, April 20 (Easter); Saturday, June 7; Friday, July 4 (Independence Day); Thurday, November 27 (Thanksgiving); Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve); and Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day).

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Many crèches, the three-dimensional representation of the Nativity scene, feature a diversity of settings and stable designs — the most common of which is an open-front wood structure. However, many artisans model their crèches after buildings and landscapes that are native to their homelands.

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This exhibit includes a variety of crèches that showcase different examples of stables and mangers. In addition, it also highlights a handful of works whose settings have been customized for the figures they contain. One of these is the Neapolitan, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, by Cantone and Costabile of Naples, Italy. In addition, a brand-new crèche will be featured in this exhibit: The Nativity at New Haven's St. Mary’s Church, designed by US-based Navidad Nativities, Inc., with figures made in Italy by Original Heide.

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You decide – explore multiple printmaking techniques and processes or deepen your practice in one area. Use etching, drypoint, woodcut, linocut, monotype, transfer prints, paper lithography, polymer plate lithography, collagraph, silk aquatint, transfer prints, or Chine-collé. Learn new techniques or connect printmaking to other artistic media.

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Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

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The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from March 27 - May 7 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m. View event site for full details.

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Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, contemporary Bulgarian artist Svetlozar Parmakov is deeply familiar with its visual lexicon. Through his virtuosic, free-style draftsmanship he both references and reimagines Orthodox iconography, reclaiming its significance for a modern-day viewer. Parmakov applies his signature, free-style technique of hand-engraving and hand-coloring unglazed porcelain, a fine white ceramic material, to creating religious icons, paintings, and decorative vessels, all rendered with intricate detail and shimmering in muted silvers and golds.

​

In addition to the titular painting, Noah’s Garden, the exhibition features icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints such as St. George and St. Nicholas, paintings of natural scenes as well as bowls, platters, and vases with elaborate, allover geometric and vegetal patterns. Intimate in scale and meant to be appreciated up close, even handled, the works on view engage the senses, solicit sustained attention, and invite reflection. The delicately outlined and interlocking forms, together with the resplendent hues, recall stained-glass windows, but also a broader cross-cultural history of East-West artistic influences and exchange.

​

Parmakov’s art transcends time and technology further to draw on his homeland’s rich cultural heritage. His porcelain creations reactivate the magnificent ceramic production that flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries CE around the first two Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav located in the northeastern part of the country, where Parmakov spends his summers and fires his works. Besides their use for architectural ornamentation and luxury tableware, ceramics were utilized in the local icon painting tradition with ceramic icons ranging in size, shape, subject matter, and purpose. Through his choice of material and imagery, Parmakov recovers the splendor and impact of Bulgaria’s medieval decorative ceramic arts which have reached us largely in fragmentary state and gives us ways to encounter them whole again.

​

Artist’s Statement:

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An enchanted world of porcelain, replete with filigree and fantasy. A dynamic, luminous space of plants, animals, and ornamental designs, all permeated by God’s presence. Works of art created through a unique process in a distinctive style, glowing in silver, gold, and platinum.

​

I would define my style as “decorative realism.” Ornamentation is foundational for my work, and I constantly expand and enrich my repertoire of decorative motifs. I seek to show that the ceramic medium transcends the applied arts, that it exists in the realm of the fine arts and that it can serve a spiritual purpose. I would be happy if the light with which my works are suffused touched the viewers’ souls.

​

-Svetlozar Parmakov, January 2025

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Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Liliana Milkova.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday,March 26 at 5 p.m.

​

We are excited to announce that the ISM will be linking its exhibitions to the Smartify app. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, or you can access content through the Smartify webpage at  app.smartify.org. The Smartify app will allow you to directly scan artworks that are on display, as well as QR codes that are placed around the exhibition, to receive more information. You will also be able to save your favorite artworks and share them to social media.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Photo: Svetlozar Parmakov at work on Noah’s Garden (porcelain, 2025). Photo credit: Svetlozar Parmakov.

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Photographer Phyllis Crowley asks CAN YOU FREE A MIND? in this new exhibit at City Gallery. Her latest collection of work will be on view from April 4 - April 27, with a Reception and Artist Talk on Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The artist will also be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27 to meet with visitors and answer questions. City

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Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are

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Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more, contact City

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Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

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Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents Good Morning/Good Night, an exploration of the beauty found in the transitions between day and night. From the soft glow of morning light to the mysteries of evening, this show highlights how light and shadow shift throughout the day, inspiring both contemplation and creativity. The exhibition opened on March 21 and runs through May 3 at Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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This exhibition features both new and returning artists whose work captures the interplay of light and darkness. Among the featured painters is Beth Pite, whose dynamic, color-infused pastels vibrate with movement and energy. Barbara Rossitto explores the interplay between realism and abstraction in her evocative pieces; she works in oil, watercolor and pastel with a variety of subjects, mainly representational.

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Joining is also Dianne Gorrick, an award-winning artist known for her luminous depictions of the ever changing light of clouds as they move from night to day. Other painters showcasing their unique interpretations of this theme include Vivian Zoë, an artist and arts educator with a varied background who shows colorful works in oil, while Tatiana Ferraro presents a new watercolor mountainous landscape. Diane Rubacha offers new relief prints, and Ned Farrell, a painter and calligrapher, shows several celestial works in oil and mixed media. Sean Carney is an award-winning artist with a unique style that specializes in painting with Minwax wood stain and a Dremel.

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Tom Swimm returns to Spectrum. Born and raised on the East Coast, he resettled in Southern California and was inspired by the landscape of Laguna. His work is recognizable for its exceptional use of light and color. With numerous exhibits and awards and several illustrated children’s books to his credit, his painting methods have been included in several art instruction books. Lori Neumann, a versatile artist from Connecticut, specializes in oils, acrylics, and pastels. Educated at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, she is known for her plein air paintings using a palette knife, capturing rural New England landscapes and farm animals at dawn and dusk.

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Laurel Hoynoski, a Connecticut-based artist, is new to Spectrum Gallery and primarily works with oils,

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focusing on birds, landscapes, and still life. Mary Alice Landry, an artist deeply connected with nature,

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creates vibrant paintings depicting wildlife and landscapes, ranging from abstract realism to whimsy. A staunch advocate for both wild and domestic animal rights, she actively participates in conservation

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efforts and animal welfare. Jean Watson, also new to the Gallery, paints landscapes, seascapes, still life, birds, flowers, and animals using oils, pastels and cold wax.

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Mark Bavolack, who had a fulfilling career in commercial printing and color retouching, embraced painting as a creative outlet several years back. He has a passion for color and beauty and continually seeks to expand his skills through the experiences of others, using the canvas to express his artistic vision. Nita Vitaliano works primarily in acrylics to create landscapes, seascapes, and florals, with a recent focus on birch trees. Kim McGennis, a multifaceted artist and educator, has dedicated her life to exploring and expressing the interconnectedness of humanity through art and explores painting, drawing, photography, and unique hand-painted furniture. She has created numerous mini-paintings for the show.

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Other favorite Spectrum painters and mixed media artists include Rosemary Gates, Molly Waite Lund, Linda McCarthy, Maria Johnson, Jena Maki, Jeanette Delmore, Carol Courtney, Sabely Peralta and Christian Kunze. Eileen Clark, also a sea glass jeweler who has now turned to mixed media showcases for the show a stunning crystal, pebbles and gemstone piece called, Luminous. Don Carter and Dora Dylanne-Reyes who have a unique vision again present several graphic design pieces of birds interacting with and enjoying desserts!

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Among the photographers exhibiting in Good Morning/Good Night is Bryn Souza, an award-winning photographer who has exhibited throughout New England. Although her primary focus is landscape photography, she is also an experienced pet photographer with her work featured on MarthaStewart.com, Today.com, and USA Today. Also new to Spectrum is Geneva Renegar, renowned for her vivid portrayals of the state’s landscapes, from shoreline vistas to historic dairy farms. Known for her early morning “Sunrise Sequence”sessions, she has been featured in exclusive exhibits throughout Connecticut, with her work also in the International Traveling Exhibition “Water, Water, Everywhere” highlighting the significance of water as a dwindling resource.

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Robert Thomas, a returning favorite photographer at Spectrum, is known for his ability to capture dramatic landscapes and fleeting light in exquisite compositions. Jake Barba returns with a new work on metal. His preferred subject matters range from landscapes to wildlife and travel photography to astrophotography. Dianne Roberts also presents a unique composition called Window that captures a sunset through an interior window. George Fellner, a fine art photographer, returns to Spectrum Gallery to unveil new work including a stunning aurora borealis image and a church in Iceland located on a small piece of land in the middle of a large body of water. And Luke Giroux presents his latest photographic interpretation of a location at sunrise and sunset.

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Other talented photographers in this exhibit include David Zeleznik, an underwater and nature photographer based in Essex presenting lunar and solar images. Carole Drong, new to Spectrum,is a versatile photographer and graphic designer whose compelling photographs have been featured in calendars, magazines, and brochures. Gary Connolly, also new to the Gallery, is an award-winning photographer, who captures for the Good Morning/Good Night show a powerful image of a total solar eclipse. And Donna Spencer drawn to photography for its expressive potential in capturing animals, flowers, and natural scenes presents a primarily black and white waterscape for the show.

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Visitors will also find an exciting collection of fine artisans’ works, including handmade jewelry, glass, pottery, textiles, and home décor available at the Spectrum Artisans Store. These include clothing and fabric artisans Dale Gardner-Fox and Anna Mastropolo; potter Hannah Leckman, and ceramicist Niko Scharer. Roger Harvey, new to Spectrum is a wood turner, who crafts his pieces on a lathe using primarily local wood destined for disposal. He specializes in spalted wood, which features unique patterns created by fungal activity during the early stages of decay.

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Carol Hawes rekindled her passion for art after retirement, exploring air-dried clay and watercolor, to create mini-sculptures of pets, birds and other animals. Marianne Dietz offers whimsical collages of bunnies and flowers; Diana Eastwood shows memorable paper folding art books. Kate Street presents innovative mixed-media home décor items created with resin, mica pigments, shells, beads, gold leaf, and paint. Leigh Graham, a lifelong fiber artist from Western Connecticut, creates dramatic textile and bead embroidery jewelry. Her beadwork, characterized by vibrant colors and intricate textures, features unique jewelry designs that never repeat.

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Elaine Sych presents her intricate fabric bags and playful seasonal critters, while Maureen Maalouf offers painted seasonal glassware. Lynelle Abel, a pressed flower artist, shows several botanical prints and keepsakes encased in glass and ready to hang. Michelle Beauford is a fiber artist who specializes in crocheted items, a skill she learned as a young child from her mother. She creates a variety of shawls, wraps, baby blankets, and more in bright color palettes. Sharon Lee Mullen-Reynolds, a former art teacher, crafts Frida Kaholo-inspired spring headbands. Maryann Flick presents new seasonal-stained glass work, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Linda Saucier and Lisa Fatone offer striking handcrafted jewelry, with Fatone also showcasing mini-paintings in acrylic on wood panel.

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Innovative jewelry design is well represented by Beth Terhaar, Joanna Biskupski, Gloria Nilsson, Sandra Huber, Kristie Foss, and Barbara Hernandez-Froehlich who offers new jewelry pieces, rosaries, and charms.

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This is a fun and very creative class where you learn to set up a workstation to create colored, painted paper sheets using gel plates, stencils and markers. Experiment with masking techniques using gauze, acrylics, and metallic paints, etc. After creating a variety of prints, choose your “Best and Brightest” as well as a few quieter designs. The instructor will help you work on layout design to create compositional unity before gluing. Then learn to prepare your support and to adhere each print. Finally, use gloss, satin or matte medium as a final sealer.  You will have prints left to create more compositions on your own.

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Regina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli, colors, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world, never realistic, injecting her own narratives, metaphors, and icons.  Regina works instinctually, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer, make a connection, bringing their own experiences to the work.

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Regina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), The New Art Center in Newton – MA, South Shore Art Center – MA, West Hartford Art League, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven, CT, Yale University and The British Art Museum.

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Regina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art.

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Create an artist book using the concept of home as inspiration.

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The book can explore a real or imagined home, the structure and architecture of a house, housing-related political issues, a psychological space, or anywhere your creativity leads.

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Participants will be guided in designing pages—whether blank or filled with text, collage, painting, or drawing—before assembling them into a book that physically resembles a house.

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Exercises will help generate content, and a tour of a university artists’ book collection will offer further inspiration.

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A small amount of work outside of sessions may be needed to complete the book.

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Throughout the process, all fundamental bookbinding skills will be taught.

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No experience is necessary.

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Enrollment in this class includes one 3 hour monitored open bench session a week.

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Shoreline Arts Alliance is hosting its 41st Annual Future Choices program, a Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition for High School Students in a new location with a new addition to the exhibit. This year’s juried art show will take place Flat Rock Gallery located at 314 Flat Rock Place in Westbrook, Suites F135 and F140 from March 28 – April 11 and April 16 – April 27. A new addition to this year’s art show will be a special exhibit of artwork submitted by art educators in our 24-town region.

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Join me for the opening of  MOTHER BROWN, GOLD FIELDS, AND WILD HONEY , my exhibition showcasing two decades of my groundbreaking wet clay performance practice. This immersive exhibition features an extensive collection of my performance prints, videos, and behind-the-scenes footage, offering a rare glimpse into my creative process behind these physically and emotionally intense works.

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Date: April 23, 2025

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Location: Golf Cove (336 State St, North Haven, CT)

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Time:

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Session 1 - 3:30pm

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Session 2 - 6:00pm

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Join us for our new event, Virtual Golf & Games at Golf Cove’s Virtual Golf & Multisport Arcade  for an evening filled with thrilling games, laughter and unforgettable fun!

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Join as individual players or join as a team with others! 3 ways to join in the fun:

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1.  Patron:  Socialize and play a variety of table games, pool or more! Note: Does not include virtual games.

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1.  Virtual Golfer:   Love golf? Spend two hours on the golf simulator!

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1.  Virtual Player:   Explore ALL of the games that Golf Cove has to offer, including: Golf, Field Goal Frenzy (Football), Quarterbacks, Zombie Dodgeball and more!

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Copy and paste the following link to register:

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News & Events - Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Haven

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Sponsor packages are available to support this event and other initiatives.  Sponsor packages are designed to fit all budget levels and can be customized.  Email Jennifer Ricker at jricker@bgcgnh.org for more information.

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To celebrate the Yale Center for British Art’s new exhibition J. M. W. Turner: Romance and Reality—and the artist’s 250th birthday—Lucinda Lax, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, will explore the riches of the museum’s Turner holdings, the most comprehensive in North America.

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Following the trajectory of Turner’s entire career, the exhibition includes some of his most renowned works, such as Dort, or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed (1818) and Staffa, Fingal’s Cave (exhibited 1832), as well as drawings, prints, and sketches that provide an intimate glimpse into his artistic process. This lively and accessible talk will reveal how the Center’s collection offers a full view of his creative evolution, allowing us to gain vivid insights into his unique and uncompromising vision.

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Filmmaker Gorman Bechard and editor Faith Marek have been

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arguing about music and music documentaries since the day

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they first met. She loves classic rock and old school

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hip-hop, he loves indie guitar bands and sad girl music.

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They both love David Bowie and Prince. They have a combined

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many decades of listening and watching, and with the Secret

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Music Documentary Society they bring their knowledge,

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passion, and sarcastic barbs along, with a collection of

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hand-selected favorite films, to the movie and music buffs

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at Best Video.

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Join us on the 4th Thursday of every month for a great

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film that you probably haven’t seen, perhaps even by an

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artist you don’t necessarily like. But we promise you will

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be entertained!

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Add to that pizza from Modern Apizza, and a beer from New

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England Brewing Company (or another beverage of your choice,

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if you prefer), and it’s a night out you just can’t miss.

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🚀 Introducing Scale Mastermind: Connecticut’s Premier Entrepreneur Network! 🚀

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Step into a room filled with CEOs, business owners, and high-achieving entrepreneurs ready to elevate their success. Scale Mastermind isn’t just about networking—it’s about growth, strategy, and results.

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🔹 Master the Five-Star Service Framework 🔹 Perfect Your Sales & Customer Success Strategies 🔹 Lead High-Performance Teams with Effective Communication

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No matter your industry or business size, Scale Mastermind gives you the tools, connections, and mindset to scale faster and smarter. This is the game-changer you've been waiting for. Are you ready to take your business to the next level?

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💡 Join Scale Mastermind today and start unlocking your full potential!

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 Soy candle making in patterned vessels at Paradise Hills Vineyard in Wallingford!

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Come join us for a fun and creative afternoon at Paradise Hills Vineyard  

Learn how to make your own soy candles in beautiful patterned vessels. This hands-on workshop will guide you through the process of creating unique colorful candles that you can take home and enjoy. Whether you're a candle-making pro or a complete beginner, this event is perfect for anyone looking to unleash their creativity. Don't miss out on this opportunity to craft your own personalized candles. Choose from over 150 different scents. Two vessels per person that burn over 25 hours each. Decorative supplies, color and so much more included! Please, no outside drinks but feel free to bring snacks! Wine available at the bar upon arrival and are not included. questions: contact Laurie creativegirlstudios@gmail.com

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Join us for a fun and creative evening at Sip & Paint! Enjoy a relaxing atmosphere as you sip on your favorite drink and unleash your inner artist by hand-painting your own beautiful wine glass. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced painter, this event is perfect for all skill levels!

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🎨 What’s Included?

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✅ Two Wine Glasses  

✅ All Painting Supplies  

✅ Step-by-Step Guidance from Art Studio of Connecticut Instructor - Julie Scalora

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📌 Event Highlights:

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✨ Guided painting session with unique designs  

✨ Fun, social atmosphere – great for friends, date night, or solo creativity  

✨ Take home your hand-painted wine glass  

✨ Photo opportunities & social media sharing

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📢 Additional Notes:

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• Dress Comfortably : Aprons will be provided, but wear something you don’t mind getting a little paint on!
• Arrive Early : Seating is first-come, first-served.
• No Experience Needed : Just bring your creativity and a good vibe!

Veteran book arts expert Gisela Noack brings her many years of skill and experience in restoration and conservation to students working on their own advanced bookbinding or restoration projects.

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Enrollment in this class includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session per week.

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This class will take place in a studio accessed by a flight of stairs. For any accommodations please send a confidential email to registrar@creativeartsworkshop.org

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Veteran book arts expert Gisela Noack brings her many years of skill and experience in restoration and conservation to students working on their own advanced bookbinding or restoration projects. Enrollment in this class includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session per week. This class will take place in a studio accessed by a flight of stairs. For any accommodations please send a confidential email to registrar@creativeartsworkshop.org

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After nearly two decades at the helm of Woolsey Hall, Maestro William Boughton conducts his final concert as the Music Director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Carlos Simon’s “ Holy Dance ” opens the program with its evocation of “joyous dancing, spontaneous shouting, and soulful singing” found in the worship services of predominantly Black churches. Former Yale Symphony Orchestra cellist Henry Shapard returns as the soloist in Elgar’s rhapsodic and haunting Cello Concerto , written as a response to the devastation of World War I. Maestro Boughton concludes the season and his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestra with Holst’s  The Planets , the interstellar masterpiece that finds its legacy in the music of countless sci-film films and its enthrallment of generations of listeners with its evocation of the celestial bodies: cosmic and dramatic in scale, transcendent and picturesque in its portrayal of the beyond.

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Carlos Simon - "Holy Dance" from Four Black American Dances

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Sir Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto

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Gustav Holst - The Planets

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The 24/25 Woolsey Series is generously supported by the Daniel Feller ’74 Yale Symphony Endowment Fund in Honor of John Mauceri (Music Director 1968-74).

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Join us at Old Heidelberg Bar inside Graduate by Hilton New Haven every Wednesday at 7:30 PM for Big Boy Trivia! Get your game faces on and be ready to compete!

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A new exhibition to be installed at the Schwarzman Center,  “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,”  will illuminate ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. The exhibition puts back at the center of local storytelling people who have always been central to local history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.

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The show will include nearly one hundred images of Yale’s earliest Black students from the 1800s and early 1900s, many of whom had deep New Haven connections. The Schwarzman exhibition will also feature compelling reproductions of photographs of New Haveners who were custodians of Yale. The Luke, Grimes, Creed, Park, and Bassett families, among the many people key to founding and sustaining Yale, will be heralded in the show.

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“Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven” will showcase the proposal, made and thwarted in 1831, to build a Black college in New Haven. It will also highlight the successful efforts of Black students in the 1960s to establish the Afro-American Cultural Center and Afro-American Studies at Yale.

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This exhibition brings forth knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for many centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget. It extends the work of the Yale and Slavery Research Project and follows from the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery,” at the New Haven Museum from February 16, 2024 – March 1, 2025.

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The exhibition team includes David Jon Walker ’23 MFA, lead designer, and Michael Morand ’87 ’93 M.Div., lead curator, with Timeica Bethel ’11, Rob Brown, Jennifer Coggins, Tubyez Cropper, Mohamed Diallo ’26, Regina Mason, Hope McGrath, Carlynne Robinson, and Charles Warner, Jr.

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The 6-Square Jam Art Exhibit & Sale is a community-wide, all-inclusive art show in which everyone, no matter your level of artistic skill, is invited and welcome to participate.

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We invite entries that are 6 inches by 6 inches square (no more than 2 inches thick). Work in any medium you like. Submissions accepted April 1-April 30. See complete rules, instructions and entry form at westvilleartwalk.org under the start your art tab or email criticaldave@frontiernet.net with 6-Square in the subject line.

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This exhibit opens May 6 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. It is part of the Westville Artwalk and is an annual fundraiser for WVRA (Westville Village Renaissance Alliance).

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Explore your creativity, make art and, most of all, have fun.

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March 22 – September 7, 2025 | Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission EXCEPT Friday, April 18 (Good Friday); Saturday, April 19 (Holy Saturday); Sunday, April 20 (Easter); Saturday, June 7; and Friday, July 4 (Independence Day).

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Separated by 2,781 miles and on two different continents, Iraqi and Nigerian Christians share similar stories of persecution. From 2014-2018, portions of Northern Iraq were under the control of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and many religious minorities, including Christians, experienced persecution and violence as a result. In the northern and central portions of Nigeria, violence towards Christians and other minority groups has also increased in recent years at the hands of Boko Haram and other groups. 

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The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center is honored to share the stories of those displaced in Iraq and Nigeria through Among the Persecuted and Displaced — a collection of photographs taken by Stephen Rasche. The Knights of Columbus has sponsored some of Rasche’s work in both countries, bringing to light the atrocities inflicted on those persecuted for their faith.

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Learn more: https://www.michaelmcgivneycenter.org/exhibits/among-the-persecuted-and-displaced/

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Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission EXCEPT Friday, April 18 (Good Friday); Saturday, April 19 (Holy Saturday); Sunday, April 20 (Easter); Saturday, June 7; Friday, July 4 (Independence Day); Thurday, November 27 (Thanksgiving); Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve); and Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day).

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Many crèches, the three-dimensional representation of the Nativity scene, feature a diversity of settings and stable designs — the most common of which is an open-front wood structure. However, many artisans model their crèches after buildings and landscapes that are native to their homelands.

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This exhibit includes a variety of crèches that showcase different examples of stables and mangers. In addition, it also highlights a handful of works whose settings have been customized for the figures they contain. One of these is the Neapolitan, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, by Cantone and Costabile of Naples, Italy. In addition, a brand-new crèche will be featured in this exhibit: The Nativity at New Haven's St. Mary’s Church, designed by US-based Navidad Nativities, Inc., with figures made in Italy by Original Heide.

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Chair seated exercise class for seniors. Relax the mind, body and soul through gentle chair seated exercise using the breath via zoom.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from March 27 - May 7 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m. View event site for full details.

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Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, contemporary Bulgarian artist Svetlozar Parmakov is deeply familiar with its visual lexicon. Through his virtuosic, free-style draftsmanship he both references and reimagines Orthodox iconography, reclaiming its significance for a modern-day viewer. Parmakov applies his signature, free-style technique of hand-engraving and hand-coloring unglazed porcelain, a fine white ceramic material, to creating religious icons, paintings, and decorative vessels, all rendered with intricate detail and shimmering in muted silvers and golds.

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In addition to the titular painting, Noah’s Garden, the exhibition features icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints such as St. George and St. Nicholas, paintings of natural scenes as well as bowls, platters, and vases with elaborate, allover geometric and vegetal patterns. Intimate in scale and meant to be appreciated up close, even handled, the works on view engage the senses, solicit sustained attention, and invite reflection. The delicately outlined and interlocking forms, together with the resplendent hues, recall stained-glass windows, but also a broader cross-cultural history of East-West artistic influences and exchange.

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Parmakov’s art transcends time and technology further to draw on his homeland’s rich cultural heritage. His porcelain creations reactivate the magnificent ceramic production that flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries CE around the first two Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav located in the northeastern part of the country, where Parmakov spends his summers and fires his works. Besides their use for architectural ornamentation and luxury tableware, ceramics were utilized in the local icon painting tradition with ceramic icons ranging in size, shape, subject matter, and purpose. Through his choice of material and imagery, Parmakov recovers the splendor and impact of Bulgaria’s medieval decorative ceramic arts which have reached us largely in fragmentary state and gives us ways to encounter them whole again.

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Artist’s Statement:

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An enchanted world of porcelain, replete with filigree and fantasy. A dynamic, luminous space of plants, animals, and ornamental designs, all permeated by God’s presence. Works of art created through a unique process in a distinctive style, glowing in silver, gold, and platinum.

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I would define my style as “decorative realism.” Ornamentation is foundational for my work, and I constantly expand and enrich my repertoire of decorative motifs. I seek to show that the ceramic medium transcends the applied arts, that it exists in the realm of the fine arts and that it can serve a spiritual purpose. I would be happy if the light with which my works are suffused touched the viewers’ souls.

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-Svetlozar Parmakov, January 2025

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Liliana Milkova.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday,March 26 at 5 p.m.

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We are excited to announce that the ISM will be linking its exhibitions to the Smartify app. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, or you can access content through the Smartify webpage at  app.smartify.org. The Smartify app will allow you to directly scan artworks that are on display, as well as QR codes that are placed around the exhibition, to receive more information. You will also be able to save your favorite artworks and share them to social media.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Photo: Svetlozar Parmakov at work on Noah’s Garden (porcelain, 2025). Photo credit: Svetlozar Parmakov.

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Photographer Phyllis Crowley asks CAN YOU FREE A MIND? in this new exhibit at City Gallery. Her latest collection of work will be on view from April 4 - April 27, with a Reception and Artist Talk on Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The artist will also be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27 to meet with visitors and answer questions. City

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Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are

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Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more, contact City

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Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

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Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents Good Morning/Good Night, an exploration of the beauty found in the transitions between day and night. From the soft glow of morning light to the mysteries of evening, this show highlights how light and shadow shift throughout the day, inspiring both contemplation and creativity. The exhibition opened on March 21 and runs through May 3 at Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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This exhibition features both new and returning artists whose work captures the interplay of light and darkness. Among the featured painters is Beth Pite, whose dynamic, color-infused pastels vibrate with movement and energy. Barbara Rossitto explores the interplay between realism and abstraction in her evocative pieces; she works in oil, watercolor and pastel with a variety of subjects, mainly representational.

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Joining is also Dianne Gorrick, an award-winning artist known for her luminous depictions of the ever changing light of clouds as they move from night to day. Other painters showcasing their unique interpretations of this theme include Vivian Zoë, an artist and arts educator with a varied background who shows colorful works in oil, while Tatiana Ferraro presents a new watercolor mountainous landscape. Diane Rubacha offers new relief prints, and Ned Farrell, a painter and calligrapher, shows several celestial works in oil and mixed media. Sean Carney is an award-winning artist with a unique style that specializes in painting with Minwax wood stain and a Dremel.

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Tom Swimm returns to Spectrum. Born and raised on the East Coast, he resettled in Southern California and was inspired by the landscape of Laguna. His work is recognizable for its exceptional use of light and color. With numerous exhibits and awards and several illustrated children’s books to his credit, his painting methods have been included in several art instruction books. Lori Neumann, a versatile artist from Connecticut, specializes in oils, acrylics, and pastels. Educated at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, she is known for her plein air paintings using a palette knife, capturing rural New England landscapes and farm animals at dawn and dusk.

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Laurel Hoynoski, a Connecticut-based artist, is new to Spectrum Gallery and primarily works with oils,

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focusing on birds, landscapes, and still life. Mary Alice Landry, an artist deeply connected with nature,

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creates vibrant paintings depicting wildlife and landscapes, ranging from abstract realism to whimsy. A staunch advocate for both wild and domestic animal rights, she actively participates in conservation

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efforts and animal welfare. Jean Watson, also new to the Gallery, paints landscapes, seascapes, still life, birds, flowers, and animals using oils, pastels and cold wax.

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Mark Bavolack, who had a fulfilling career in commercial printing and color retouching, embraced painting as a creative outlet several years back. He has a passion for color and beauty and continually seeks to expand his skills through the experiences of others, using the canvas to express his artistic vision. Nita Vitaliano works primarily in acrylics to create landscapes, seascapes, and florals, with a recent focus on birch trees. Kim McGennis, a multifaceted artist and educator, has dedicated her life to exploring and expressing the interconnectedness of humanity through art and explores painting, drawing, photography, and unique hand-painted furniture. She has created numerous mini-paintings for the show.

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Other favorite Spectrum painters and mixed media artists include Rosemary Gates, Molly Waite Lund, Linda McCarthy, Maria Johnson, Jena Maki, Jeanette Delmore, Carol Courtney, Sabely Peralta and Christian Kunze. Eileen Clark, also a sea glass jeweler who has now turned to mixed media showcases for the show a stunning crystal, pebbles and gemstone piece called, Luminous. Don Carter and Dora Dylanne-Reyes who have a unique vision again present several graphic design pieces of birds interacting with and enjoying desserts!

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Among the photographers exhibiting in Good Morning/Good Night is Bryn Souza, an award-winning photographer who has exhibited throughout New England. Although her primary focus is landscape photography, she is also an experienced pet photographer with her work featured on MarthaStewart.com, Today.com, and USA Today. Also new to Spectrum is Geneva Renegar, renowned for her vivid portrayals of the state’s landscapes, from shoreline vistas to historic dairy farms. Known for her early morning “Sunrise Sequence”sessions, she has been featured in exclusive exhibits throughout Connecticut, with her work also in the International Traveling Exhibition “Water, Water, Everywhere” highlighting the significance of water as a dwindling resource.

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Robert Thomas, a returning favorite photographer at Spectrum, is known for his ability to capture dramatic landscapes and fleeting light in exquisite compositions. Jake Barba returns with a new work on metal. His preferred subject matters range from landscapes to wildlife and travel photography to astrophotography. Dianne Roberts also presents a unique composition called Window that captures a sunset through an interior window. George Fellner, a fine art photographer, returns to Spectrum Gallery to unveil new work including a stunning aurora borealis image and a church in Iceland located on a small piece of land in the middle of a large body of water. And Luke Giroux presents his latest photographic interpretation of a location at sunrise and sunset.

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Other talented photographers in this exhibit include David Zeleznik, an underwater and nature photographer based in Essex presenting lunar and solar images. Carole Drong, new to Spectrum,is a versatile photographer and graphic designer whose compelling photographs have been featured in calendars, magazines, and brochures. Gary Connolly, also new to the Gallery, is an award-winning photographer, who captures for the Good Morning/Good Night show a powerful image of a total solar eclipse. And Donna Spencer drawn to photography for its expressive potential in capturing animals, flowers, and natural scenes presents a primarily black and white waterscape for the show.

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Visitors will also find an exciting collection of fine artisans’ works, including handmade jewelry, glass, pottery, textiles, and home décor available at the Spectrum Artisans Store. These include clothing and fabric artisans Dale Gardner-Fox and Anna Mastropolo; potter Hannah Leckman, and ceramicist Niko Scharer. Roger Harvey, new to Spectrum is a wood turner, who crafts his pieces on a lathe using primarily local wood destined for disposal. He specializes in spalted wood, which features unique patterns created by fungal activity during the early stages of decay.

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Carol Hawes rekindled her passion for art after retirement, exploring air-dried clay and watercolor, to create mini-sculptures of pets, birds and other animals. Marianne Dietz offers whimsical collages of bunnies and flowers; Diana Eastwood shows memorable paper folding art books. Kate Street presents innovative mixed-media home décor items created with resin, mica pigments, shells, beads, gold leaf, and paint. Leigh Graham, a lifelong fiber artist from Western Connecticut, creates dramatic textile and bead embroidery jewelry. Her beadwork, characterized by vibrant colors and intricate textures, features unique jewelry designs that never repeat.

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Elaine Sych presents her intricate fabric bags and playful seasonal critters, while Maureen Maalouf offers painted seasonal glassware. Lynelle Abel, a pressed flower artist, shows several botanical prints and keepsakes encased in glass and ready to hang. Michelle Beauford is a fiber artist who specializes in crocheted items, a skill she learned as a young child from her mother. She creates a variety of shawls, wraps, baby blankets, and more in bright color palettes. Sharon Lee Mullen-Reynolds, a former art teacher, crafts Frida Kaholo-inspired spring headbands. Maryann Flick presents new seasonal-stained glass work, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Linda Saucier and Lisa Fatone offer striking handcrafted jewelry, with Fatone also showcasing mini-paintings in acrylic on wood panel.

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Innovative jewelry design is well represented by Beth Terhaar, Joanna Biskupski, Gloria Nilsson, Sandra Huber, Kristie Foss, and Barbara Hernandez-Froehlich who offers new jewelry pieces, rosaries, and charms.

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Instructed by Annie Sailer

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