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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🍻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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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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The artists of Gallery One are pleased to present the Artistic License exhibition as they celebrate creativity and freedom of expression. Whether it be a painting, photograph, collage or sculpture, the artists push the boundaries of subject and technique to deliver powerful visual narratives. The show is on view at the Gallery at the Guilford Art Center from March 14 through April 6 with an opening reception on Sunday, March 16 from 2pm to 4pm. 

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Exhibiting artists include: Ann Knickerbocker (Old Saybrook), Brian McClear (West Hartford), Diana Rogers (Clinton), Jill Vaughn (Ivoryton), Karen Israel (West Hartford), Michael Fanelli (Clinton), Rick Silberberg (Ivoryton), Rosemary Cotnoir (Westbrook), T. Willie Raney (Ivoryton), Victor Filepp (New London), and guest artists Judith Barbour Osborne (Chester) and David Acheson (Ivoryton).

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“How fortunate we are as artists to have the freedom of artistic license to explore, experiment, provoke or challenge. As I add layers to my work, I feel as if I have permission to open door after door, after door,” said T. Willie Raney.

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"To have artistic license we only need the courage to throw out the conventions that restrict imagination and go beyond the chatter,” said Jill Vaughn. “What inspires us and feeds our soul? Maybe it is an artist's fresh look at what is already in front of us."

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The Guilford Art Center is located at 411 Church Street in Guilford, CT. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. For more information, visit www.galleryonect.com or contact us at galleryonect@gmail.com.

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 LAURA BARR | HERE AND THERE

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Painting / Mixed Media

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February 28-March 24, 2025 (Extended to April 7, 2025)

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Bio

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Laura Barr‘s work is distinguished by rich color, simplified form and light made material. Barr works in series, primarily in oil on canvas. She studied at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition to her BFA, she also holds a BA in Art History from Tufts University and studied at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.

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Her work has been exhibited at Gallery Naga, Boston, MA, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, and other galleries in the northeast, including Kehler Liddell Gallery and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT, and The Paul Mellon Art Center, Wallingford, CT. She is affiliated with 3 Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, is an Associate Artist Member, Lyme Art Association, is a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, and is an Elected Member, Connecticut Women Artists. Awards include Second Honorable Mention, New England Landscape, Lyme Art Association, 2023, New Haven Paint and Clay Club Active Member Memorial Award Honoring Emily Bett, 2023 and the Gantner Gallery Award, Essex Art Association, 2019. Her work is in many collections including Yale-New Haven Health Services, New Haven, CT, and The Shapiro Center for Writing, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

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 Spring into Art at Susan Powell Fine Art

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March 7 – April 26, 2025

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Celebrate the changing season with Spring into Art, a breathtaking exhibition featuring works by twenty-five award-winning artists. This vibrant collection explores light in fresh and dynamic ways, offering unique perspectives across a variety of subjects, including  landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, florals, and figurative works.

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With each brushstroke, these talented artists push creative boundaries—refining, exploring, and redefining beauty in exciting new ways. Whether you're drawn to serene coastal scenes, rich floral compositions, or masterful figurative works, Spring into Art offers something for every art lover.

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Participating artists include  Thomas Adkins, Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Paul Batch, Paul Beebe, Zufar Bikbov, Kelly Birkenruth, Grace DeVito, David Dunlop, Laurie Flaherty, Vincent Giarrano, Brittany Haynes, Eric Jacobsen, Susan Jositas, Jim Laurino, Sarah Stifler Lucas, Jonathan McPhillips, Leonard Mizerek, Larry Preston, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Shauna Shane, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland, Laura Westlake, and Christopher Zhang.

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The exhibition is on view through  April 26, 2025. Visit us at  Susan Powell Fine Art , open  Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM , or by appointment.

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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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Imagine a future you are excited to live in, that you can’t wait to get to. If it’s difficult, you’re not alone. Dystopic visions of the future dominate popular culture, but what if we empower each other with hope by letting ourselves dream? That’s why Yale Planetary Solutions is launching Sci X Sci-Fi, a new conversation between world builders and those discovering, innovating, and inventing.

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The series will open with our first creator-in-residence, journalist and science fiction author Annalee Newitz. The fireside discussion with Annalee and Carl Zimmer, Yale lecturer and New York Times writer, will center on visions of a future world where societal structures are more equitable, and solutions to environmental problems have been found. A short reading by Annalee will be followed by a discussion between the speakers. Grab a raffle ticket to be entered to win a free copy of Annalee's book, The Terraformers, and RSVP to join us for light refreshments after the talk.

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Why science fiction? Hope and optimism. Sci-Fi can depict anything from apocalyptic scenarios to utopian futures and everything in between. This event series welcomes an exploration of the full spectrum, with a focus on conceivable pathways to a more desirable tomorrow. By articulating the innovations and actions that would be necessary to realize a sustainable, resilient, thriving, prosperous future, we can inspire the science, technology, policies, communications, and behavior changes required to get there.

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Through creative outlets like fiction, which depicts what could be, new ideas that at first seem fantastical can begin to take shape. When shared widely, dreams begin to seem more realistic, and they can lead to new ways of solving planetary challenges with practical solutions.

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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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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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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The artists of Gallery One are pleased to present the Artistic License exhibition as they celebrate creativity and freedom of expression. Whether it be a painting, photograph, collage or sculpture, the artists push the boundaries of subject and technique to deliver powerful visual narratives. The show is on view at the Gallery at the Guilford Art Center from March 14 through April 6 with an opening reception on Sunday, March 16 from 2pm to 4pm. 

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Exhibiting artists include: Ann Knickerbocker (Old Saybrook), Brian McClear (West Hartford), Diana Rogers (Clinton), Jill Vaughn (Ivoryton), Karen Israel (West Hartford), Michael Fanelli (Clinton), Rick Silberberg (Ivoryton), Rosemary Cotnoir (Westbrook), T. Willie Raney (Ivoryton), Victor Filepp (New London), and guest artists Judith Barbour Osborne (Chester) and David Acheson (Ivoryton).

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“How fortunate we are as artists to have the freedom of artistic license to explore, experiment, provoke or challenge. As I add layers to my work, I feel as if I have permission to open door after door, after door,” said T. Willie Raney.

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"To have artistic license we only need the courage to throw out the conventions that restrict imagination and go beyond the chatter,” said Jill Vaughn. “What inspires us and feeds our soul? Maybe it is an artist's fresh look at what is already in front of us."

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The Guilford Art Center is located at 411 Church Street in Guilford, CT. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. For more information, visit www.galleryonect.com or contact us at galleryonect@gmail.com.

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Mark your calendars! We're kicking off something sweet ! 🍪

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🎉 Introducing Cookie39's Free Cookie of the Month 🎉

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The first 39 people to visit Cookie39 on the 1st day of each month in 2025 will receive a FREE Cookie of the Month. Doors open daily at 11am sharp. First come, first served.

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Monthly flavors to be announced on Instagram @cookiethirtynine.

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Made from scratch daily, baked fresh, and served warm. Tell all of your cookie-loving friends, spread the word, and don’t miss out! 🍪✨

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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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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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 LAURA BARR | HERE AND THERE

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Painting / Mixed Media

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February 28-March 24, 2025 (Extended to April 7, 2025)

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Bio

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Laura Barr‘s work is distinguished by rich color, simplified form and light made material. Barr works in series, primarily in oil on canvas. She studied at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition to her BFA, she also holds a BA in Art History from Tufts University and studied at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.

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Her work has been exhibited at Gallery Naga, Boston, MA, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, and other galleries in the northeast, including Kehler Liddell Gallery and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT, and The Paul Mellon Art Center, Wallingford, CT. She is affiliated with 3 Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, is an Associate Artist Member, Lyme Art Association, is a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, and is an Elected Member, Connecticut Women Artists. Awards include Second Honorable Mention, New England Landscape, Lyme Art Association, 2023, New Haven Paint and Clay Club Active Member Memorial Award Honoring Emily Bett, 2023 and the Gantner Gallery Award, Essex Art Association, 2019. Her work is in many collections including Yale-New Haven Health Services, New Haven, CT, and The Shapiro Center for Writing, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

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 Spring into Art at Susan Powell Fine Art

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March 7 – April 26, 2025

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Celebrate the changing season with Spring into Art, a breathtaking exhibition featuring works by twenty-five award-winning artists. This vibrant collection explores light in fresh and dynamic ways, offering unique perspectives across a variety of subjects, including  landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, florals, and figurative works.

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With each brushstroke, these talented artists push creative boundaries—refining, exploring, and redefining beauty in exciting new ways. Whether you're drawn to serene coastal scenes, rich floral compositions, or masterful figurative works, Spring into Art offers something for every art lover.

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Participating artists include  Thomas Adkins, Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Paul Batch, Paul Beebe, Zufar Bikbov, Kelly Birkenruth, Grace DeVito, David Dunlop, Laurie Flaherty, Vincent Giarrano, Brittany Haynes, Eric Jacobsen, Susan Jositas, Jim Laurino, Sarah Stifler Lucas, Jonathan McPhillips, Leonard Mizerek, Larry Preston, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Shauna Shane, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland, Laura Westlake, and Christopher Zhang.

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The exhibition is on view through  April 26, 2025. Visit us at  Susan Powell Fine Art , open  Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM , or by appointment.

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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.

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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.

​

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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Celebrate the power of poetry with Martín Espada, an award-winning poet and advocate for social justice, at Southern Connecticut State University. This keynote and book signing highlight Espada’s work and the transformative role of Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology in shaping cultural dialogue.

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Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at Southern Connecticut State University for an inspiring keynote address and book signing with the renowned poet and social justice advocate, Martín Espada. As an award-winning poet, essayist, translator, and attorney, Espada’s work celebrates the resilience of the working class and the power of reclaiming historical narratives.

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This event is part of the ongoing series focused on Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology, highlighting the significance of poetry in advancing cultural understanding and social equity.

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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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Cézanne arrived in Paris as an educated 22 year old from a well-to-do family in Aix-en-Provence, passionate about art, with an erratic, contrary temperament. There, he was privately taught, having arrived just as his contemporaries (later called “Impressionists”) Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, and Claude Monet were trying unsuccessfully to be accepted by the official Salon juries. Cézanne went his own way, scornful of Modernist convention. He studied older art in the Musée du Louvre; his heroes were nonconformist artists of the previous generation, chiefly Gustave Courbet and Eugène Delacroix. The kindly Camille Pissarro attracted him to the suburban countryside and to painting out of doors. During the 1870s, Cézanne developed his distinctive kind of Impressionism, applying it to still life and portraiture as well as landscape.  

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Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund and the John Walsh Lecture and Education Fund. 

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Attend in person in the Gallery’s Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Lecture Hall or virtually on Zoom. No registration required for in-person attendance. The doors to the lecture hall open at 12:30 pm. Space is limited. 

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Registration required for virtual attendance; to register, visit https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n9I83GRmSaOD8i-5zLItXQ. On Zoom, closed captions will be available in English. All lectures will be filmed and archived to the Gallery’s YouTube channel.  

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Learn more about the lecture series.

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Book Bunk in Nairobi, Kenya is reimagining and renovating public libraries into sites of heritage, public art, and learning.  

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Join Book Bunk’s Co-founder  Wanjiru Koinange  for an inspiring discussion on how Kenya’s colonial-era libraries are being transformed into vibrant, inclusive spaces for creativity, knowledge, and community. 

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Light refreshments will be served.

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Learn more about the speaker: 

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Wanjiru Koinange co-founded Book Bunk with Angela Wachuka in 2017, an independent non-profit organization that renovates and manages some of Nairobi’s iconic public libraries. Wanjiru is a writer, and entrepreneur from Nairobi, Kenya. Her debut novel, The Havoc of Choice, was a national bestseller from 2020 to 2022 in both Kenya and the UK. The novel chronicles events surrounding Kenya’s 2007 general election and has been described as “one of the best accounts of the new Africa in years.”

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Join us for a captivating journey through the world of photography, where moments are not just frozen in time but come alive right in your hands. Learn to tell your stories through image making. Gain a mentor, free camera equipment and more.

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Take control of the camera you possess. Learn how to sustain yourself as a fine art photographer & commercial photographer. Learn to shoot like the pros.

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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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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Step into a world where history meets harmony at the Bluegrass Jam at the Museum! Dive deep into the heart of American bluegrass music, as the Shore Line Trolley Museum transforms into a vibrant stage for an evening of musical enchantment.

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On the first Tuesday of each month, as the clock strikes 6:00pm, witness a musical rendezvous that celebrates the soulful rhythms and spirited tunes of bluegrass. Whether you're a seasoned musician or someone who simply loves the melodies, there's a spot for you in this musical extravaganza. Come with friends, family, or venture solo – all are welcome!

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Set against the backdrop of the Shore Line Trolley Museum's historic charm, attendees will be treated to the mesmerizing sounds of bluegrass, surrounded by the timeless allure of vintage trolleys. It's not just a concert; it's a journey through time, where every note echoes the legacy of a cherished American musical tradition.

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Bring along your curiosity and immerse yourself in an evening of musical brilliance. Whether you're strumming along or swaying to the rhythms, Bluegrass Jam at the Museum promises memories that will linger long after the last chord is played.

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While the event itself is a gift to music lovers, we kindly suggest a donation of any amount to support the Shore Line Trolley Museum's continued dedication to preserving history and promoting the arts.

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Mark your calendars, spread the word, and let's make history together at Bluegrass Jam at the Museum. A night of melodies, memories, and magic awaits!

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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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Come kick off the annual Environmental Film Festival at Yale with us through a special community screening at Best Video Limited in Hamden, CT, on Tuesday, April 1, 7-9 PM. We'll be screening the award-winning documentary “First We Bombed New Mexico” by Lois Lipman. The film is about the world’s first nuclear bomb detonated in New Mexico and the price paid by the communities living there. A Q&A will follow.

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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.

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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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Join us as we celebrate 5 incredible years at DOCKSIDE BREWERY! 🎉 We're throwing the ultimate anniversary party with live tunes, $5 house beers, delicious food, and amazing people! 🍻🎤 Let’s make this milestone unforgettable!

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The artists of Gallery One are pleased to present the Artistic License exhibition as they celebrate creativity and freedom of expression. Whether it be a painting, photograph, collage or sculpture, the artists push the boundaries of subject and technique to deliver powerful visual narratives. The show is on view at the Gallery at the Guilford Art Center from March 14 through April 6 with an opening reception on Sunday, March 16 from 2pm to 4pm. 

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Exhibiting artists include: Ann Knickerbocker (Old Saybrook), Brian McClear (West Hartford), Diana Rogers (Clinton), Jill Vaughn (Ivoryton), Karen Israel (West Hartford), Michael Fanelli (Clinton), Rick Silberberg (Ivoryton), Rosemary Cotnoir (Westbrook), T. Willie Raney (Ivoryton), Victor Filepp (New London), and guest artists Judith Barbour Osborne (Chester) and David Acheson (Ivoryton).

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“How fortunate we are as artists to have the freedom of artistic license to explore, experiment, provoke or challenge. As I add layers to my work, I feel as if I have permission to open door after door, after door,” said T. Willie Raney.

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"To have artistic license we only need the courage to throw out the conventions that restrict imagination and go beyond the chatter,” said Jill Vaughn. “What inspires us and feeds our soul? Maybe it is an artist's fresh look at what is already in front of us."

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The Guilford Art Center is located at 411 Church Street in Guilford, CT. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. For more information, visit www.galleryonect.com or contact us at galleryonect@gmail.com.

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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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 LAURA BARR | HERE AND THERE

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Painting / Mixed Media

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February 28-March 24, 2025 (Extended to April 7, 2025)

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Bio

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Laura Barr‘s work is distinguished by rich color, simplified form and light made material. Barr works in series, primarily in oil on canvas. She studied at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition to her BFA, she also holds a BA in Art History from Tufts University and studied at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.

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Her work has been exhibited at Gallery Naga, Boston, MA, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, and other galleries in the northeast, including Kehler Liddell Gallery and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT, and The Paul Mellon Art Center, Wallingford, CT. She is affiliated with 3 Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, is an Associate Artist Member, Lyme Art Association, is a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, and is an Elected Member, Connecticut Women Artists. Awards include Second Honorable Mention, New England Landscape, Lyme Art Association, 2023, New Haven Paint and Clay Club Active Member Memorial Award Honoring Emily Bett, 2023 and the Gantner Gallery Award, Essex Art Association, 2019. Her work is in many collections including Yale-New Haven Health Services, New Haven, CT, and The Shapiro Center for Writing, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

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 Spring into Art at Susan Powell Fine Art

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March 7 – April 26, 2025

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Celebrate the changing season with Spring into Art, a breathtaking exhibition featuring works by twenty-five award-winning artists. This vibrant collection explores light in fresh and dynamic ways, offering unique perspectives across a variety of subjects, including  landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, florals, and figurative works.

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With each brushstroke, these talented artists push creative boundaries—refining, exploring, and redefining beauty in exciting new ways. Whether you're drawn to serene coastal scenes, rich floral compositions, or masterful figurative works, Spring into Art offers something for every art lover.

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Participating artists include  Thomas Adkins, Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Paul Batch, Paul Beebe, Zufar Bikbov, Kelly Birkenruth, Grace DeVito, David Dunlop, Laurie Flaherty, Vincent Giarrano, Brittany Haynes, Eric Jacobsen, Susan Jositas, Jim Laurino, Sarah Stifler Lucas, Jonathan McPhillips, Leonard Mizerek, Larry Preston, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Shauna Shane, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland, Laura Westlake, and Christopher Zhang.

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The exhibition is on view through  April 26, 2025. Visit us at  Susan Powell Fine Art , open  Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM , or by appointment.

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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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Join Artsplace and the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce for our official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. We're celebrating our new location at 493 West Main Street, right in the heart of Cheshire. This is a free event beginning at 12pm on Wednesday, April 2nd. Lite bites will be served!

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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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During the 1870s and ’80s, Cézanne divided his time between Paris and his native Provence, where he eventually resettled. There he began to paint the landscape motifs—views of rocky pine forests, a quarry, the Mediterranean coast, a half-ruined château, the valley beneath Mont Sainte-Victoire—in the distinctive style for which he is known. He showed his work little and had hardly any success commercially, but he attracted admirers among critics and writers. His still-life compositions became more audacious and his portraits more subtle. 

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Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund and the John Walsh Lecture and Education Fund. 

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Attend in person in the Gallery’s Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Lecture Hall or virtually on Zoom. No registration required for in-person attendance. The doors to the lecture hall open at 12:30 pm. Space is limited. 

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Registration required for virtual attendance; to register, visit https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n9I83GRmSaOD8i-5zLItXQ. On Zoom, closed captions will be available in English. All lectures will be filmed and archived to the Gallery’s YouTube channel.  

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Learn more about the lecture series.

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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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On April 2nd we will be dedicating our new permanent installation, the Artsplace Memorial Hall, which features artwork from beloved former students. Join us after our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to honor our friends and family.

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Gel Plate Printing uses a gelatin based plate with paint to create amazing textures with ease. These prints can be stand alone monotype prints or collaged and layered with other prints.

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Students will first learn how to make a gel plate matrix that they can keep and bring home for future use. Additional instructions will cover creating and layering colors and textures on the plate to build images, making stamps and stencils, and combining gel prints with other techniques such as paper lithography, chine-collé and collage.

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This class is a great introduction to printmaking for the beginner and advanced students will surely learn new tips and techniques.

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

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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 Open Mic Nites

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Where Artistic Expression Thrives

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Second Wednesday of each month

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Performers sign-ups start at 6pm

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Performances begin at 7pm

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Use circular needles to knit a hat in the round.

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We will be covering fundamental skills including casting on, knitting in the round, fixing mistakes like dropped stitches, casting off, and blocking your work. If you can knit a hat, you can knit almost anything! This is the perfect class for beginners and those looking to refresh their knitting skills.

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On Wednesday, April 2, Horizons at Foote will host Raise Every Voice: Paint a Picture, our largest community gathering and fundraiser of the year. Accomplished artists from diverse backgrounds will engage in a conversation on equity in the arts and art education. Join us to be part of our "community canvas" art piece!

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Our panel includes:

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• Kwadwo Adae, New Haven based, Ghanian-American visual artist and muralist.
• Faustin Adeniran, contemporary artist from Lagos, Nigeria working in New Haven.
• Jasmine Nikole, award-winning artist, Foote School alumni, and Horizons at Foote art teacher.
• nico w. okoro, independent arts consultant, curator, educator, and writer, will moderate the conversation.

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Join Adam for an inspiring gathering with members of the local woodworking community! At this meetup, we'll come together to brainstorm, share projects, and exchange ideas in a welcoming and collaborative environment.

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What to Expect:

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Creativity and camaraderie as we connect with fellow woodworkers. Whether you're a seasoned woodworker or just starting out, everyone is welcome to join the conversation, share their projects, and gain inspiration from others. Bring along your latest project, ideas, and questions as we engage in lively discussions and brainstorming sessions.

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Goals of the Meetup:

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The primary goal of this meetup is to foster a sense of community within the woodworking world and to facilitate the sharing of creative ideas. By coming together, we aim to inspire one another, offer support and encouragement, and strengthen the bonds within our local woodworking community.

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Whether you're looking for feedback on a project, seeking inspiration for your next woodworking endeavor, or simply eager to connect with like-minded individuals, this meetup is the perfect opportunity to engage with the woodworking community and ignite your passion for craftsmanship.

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Come join us as we celebrate the art of woodworking and embark on a journey of creativity, collaboration, and connection. 

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What to Bring:

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Snacks/BYOB to share, photos of your project or the project if it’s portable, or just yourself.

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Instructor: Adam Work

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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=309&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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Join trailblazing architect Seun Oduwole, Co-founder/ Director of Living Object and Principal Architect at SI.SA, for a discussion on the curatorial and architectural vision behind the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History.

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This landmark institution reclaims and reimagines Yoruba history and culture. Learn about the significance of this site in preserving cultural heritage in Nigeria. 

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Learn more about the speaker: 

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Seun Oduwole is a Co-Founder and Director of Living Objects in Lagos, Nigeria. He is an architect and designer with 20 years’ experience spanning three continents, delivering cultural, commercial, retail and interior design projects. He has been the prime mover behind the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos. Seun lectures at the University of Lagos and Central St. Martins, London. He has been featured in the Architectural Digest, Arch Daily, Dezeen, Architecture of Sub-Saharan Africa and Made by Design, a Netflix documentary showcasing key creatives on the African continent. 

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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.

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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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Create a small mosaic wall hanging with Mexican Smalti, a beautiful handmade glass which comes in a wide variety of rich and vibrant colors. 

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Students will learn how to cut Smalti using nippers or a hammer and hardie (chisel), arrange the pieces to create an image of their choosing, and attach the Smalti using the direct method with Wellbond glue.

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This class is suitable for both beginners and experienced mosaic artists.

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Tuition for this class includes a fee of $50 for materials provided by CAW.

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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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 Emily Mager Band

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03 Apr

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07:00

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Join us for live music!

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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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Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn the fundamental skills and techniques behind the art of bonsai while enjoying a night out with friends! Our teachers will introduce core concepts and guide your experience as you pot, prune, and design your very own bonsai tree! Our Guarantee: These tiny trees are so hardy we guarantee you can keep yours alive, or we’ll replace it.

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This workshop will be hosted at Valor Wines. Located in North Haven Connecticut, we are a family owned and operated micro winery with generations of experience in wine making. This nurtured passion allows us to make unique and distinctive wines using grapes from all over the world. It was a long fight to start one of the first micro wineries in CT, and we were excited to finally open our doors in September 2021. Our passion for wine making blends respect for tradition with boundless curiosity for what is possible. We believe knowing your roots can uncork the potential to think outside the bottle. Making us uniquely situated to create one of a kind small batch wines which will invoke both familiar comfort and striking intrigue. Come visit us in our state of the art facility, where industrial meets medieval romance.

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Under 21 policy: Please contact Valor Wines for details regarding underage entry

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For more about Bonsai Bar and what to expect at our classes, visit our website at: https://bonsaibar.com/products/valor-wines

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The artists of Gallery One are pleased to present the Artistic License exhibition as they celebrate creativity and freedom of expression. Whether it be a painting, photograph, collage or sculpture, the artists push the boundaries of subject and technique to deliver powerful visual narratives. The show is on view at the Gallery at the Guilford Art Center from March 14 through April 6 with an opening reception on Sunday, March 16 from 2pm to 4pm. 

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Exhibiting artists include: Ann Knickerbocker (Old Saybrook), Brian McClear (West Hartford), Diana Rogers (Clinton), Jill Vaughn (Ivoryton), Karen Israel (West Hartford), Michael Fanelli (Clinton), Rick Silberberg (Ivoryton), Rosemary Cotnoir (Westbrook), T. Willie Raney (Ivoryton), Victor Filepp (New London), and guest artists Judith Barbour Osborne (Chester) and David Acheson (Ivoryton).

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“How fortunate we are as artists to have the freedom of artistic license to explore, experiment, provoke or challenge. As I add layers to my work, I feel as if I have permission to open door after door, after door,” said T. Willie Raney.

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"To have artistic license we only need the courage to throw out the conventions that restrict imagination and go beyond the chatter,” said Jill Vaughn. “What inspires us and feeds our soul? Maybe it is an artist's fresh look at what is already in front of us."

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The Guilford Art Center is located at 411 Church Street in Guilford, CT. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. For more information, visit www.galleryonect.com or contact us at galleryonect@gmail.com.

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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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 LAURA BARR | HERE AND THERE

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Painting / Mixed Media

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February 28-March 24, 2025 (Extended to April 7, 2025)

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Bio

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Laura Barr‘s work is distinguished by rich color, simplified form and light made material. Barr works in series, primarily in oil on canvas. She studied at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition to her BFA, she also holds a BA in Art History from Tufts University and studied at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.

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Her work has been exhibited at Gallery Naga, Boston, MA, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, and other galleries in the northeast, including Kehler Liddell Gallery and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT, and The Paul Mellon Art Center, Wallingford, CT. She is affiliated with 3 Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, is an Associate Artist Member, Lyme Art Association, is a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, and is an Elected Member, Connecticut Women Artists. Awards include Second Honorable Mention, New England Landscape, Lyme Art Association, 2023, New Haven Paint and Clay Club Active Member Memorial Award Honoring Emily Bett, 2023 and the Gantner Gallery Award, Essex Art Association, 2019. Her work is in many collections including Yale-New Haven Health Services, New Haven, CT, and The Shapiro Center for Writing, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

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 Spring into Art at Susan Powell Fine Art

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March 7 – April 26, 2025

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Celebrate the changing season with Spring into Art, a breathtaking exhibition featuring works by twenty-five award-winning artists. This vibrant collection explores light in fresh and dynamic ways, offering unique perspectives across a variety of subjects, including  landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, florals, and figurative works.

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With each brushstroke, these talented artists push creative boundaries—refining, exploring, and redefining beauty in exciting new ways. Whether you're drawn to serene coastal scenes, rich floral compositions, or masterful figurative works, Spring into Art offers something for every art lover.

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Participating artists include  Thomas Adkins, Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Paul Batch, Paul Beebe, Zufar Bikbov, Kelly Birkenruth, Grace DeVito, David Dunlop, Laurie Flaherty, Vincent Giarrano, Brittany Haynes, Eric Jacobsen, Susan Jositas, Jim Laurino, Sarah Stifler Lucas, Jonathan McPhillips, Leonard Mizerek, Larry Preston, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Shauna Shane, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland, Laura Westlake, and Christopher Zhang.

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The exhibition is on view through  April 26, 2025. Visit us at  Susan Powell Fine Art , open  Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM , or by appointment.

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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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Instructed by Annie Sailer

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39 Putnam Ave, Floor 2, Hamden, CT

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From the 1890s until his death in 1906, Cézanne continued to live a solitary and hugely productive life. He painted Provençal scenes in an ever-broader, summarizing style, aided by studies in watercolor. He returned to ambitious figural subjects that had occupied him intermittently for years: groups of nude bathers in landscapes, local men playing cards, even subjects from classical antiquity. His last portraits, almost all of local people, are full of sober empathy. Solo exhibitions in Paris in 1895 and 1907 finally revealed to the public, and to younger artists, the greatness of his work. Pablo Picasso remarked that, thereafter, “Cézanne’s influence gradually flooded everything.” Henri Matisse called him “father of us all.” 

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Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund and the John Walsh Lecture and Education Fund. 

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Attend in person in the Gallery’s Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Lecture Hall or virtually on Zoom. No registration required for in-person attendance. The doors to the lecture hall open at 12:30 pm. Space is limited. 

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Registration required for virtual attendance; to register, visit https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n9I83GRmSaOD8i-5zLItXQ. On Zoom, closed captions will be available in English. All lectures will be filmed and archived to the Gallery’s YouTube channel.  

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Learn more about the lecture series.

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 A conversation with leaders in West Africa who are building and redefining art institutions

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Join Oyindamola (Fakeye) Faithful and  El Hadji Malick Ndiaye  as they discuss how the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria, and the Théodore Monod Museum of African Art in Dakar, Senegal are showcasing and preserving artistic heritage.

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Learn more about the speakers: 

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Oyindamola (Fakeye) Faithful is the Executive & Artistic Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria. She co-founded the Video Art Network Lagos in 2009 at the Centre for Contemporary Art. Oyindamola is a Company Director for Res Artis, the worldwide professional body for artists residencies. S Oyindamola has worked on various exhibitions and projects including the Lagos Biennial II (2019) ‘How to Build a Lagoon With Just a Bottle of Wine’ alongside Tosin Oshinowo and Antawan Byrd. She was the creative producer for ‘Moving Between,’ a 360 degree VR experience of the Kofar-Mata dye pit, a cultural and historical site in Kano, Nigeria. 

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El Hadji Malick Ndiaye is Head of Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN) Cheikh Anta Diop University, and the Curator of the Théodore Monod Museum of African Art in Senegal. Malick was the Artistic Director of the 14th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art (2022) and co-curator of the exhibition Picasso à Dakar, 1972-2022 (Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar 2022). His publications focus on contemporary art, African museum institutions, and cultural policies. He holds a doctorate in Art History from Université Rennes II. He is also a graduate of the National Institute of Heritage (Paris) and a former fellow of the National Institute of Art History (Paris).

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Join us for a captivating journey through the world of photography, where moments are not just frozen in time but come alive right in your hands. Learn to tell your stories through image making. Gain a mentor, free camera equipment and more.

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Take control of the camera you possess. Learn how to sustain yourself as a fine art photographer & commercial photographer. Learn to shoot like the pros.

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Join us for a captivating journey through the world of photography, where moments are not just frozen in time but come alive right in your hands. Learn to tell your stories through image making. Gain a mentor, free camera equipment and more.

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Take control of the camera you possess. Learn how to sustain yourself as a fine art photographer & commercial photographer. Learn to shoot like the pros.

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Imagine a future you are excited to live in, that you can't wait to get to. If it's difficult, you're not alone. Dystopic visions of the future dominate popular culture, but what if we empower each other with hope by letting ourselves dream? That's why Yale Planetary Solutions is launching Sci X Sci-Fi, a new conversation between those crafting visions and building worlds with those innovating and inventing.

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Science fiction author and science journalist Annalee Newitz will lead a panel discussion on what it will take to create a thriving, sustainable future for all – in cities new and old – and pathways for technology and creativity to combine to make that vision a reality. This event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the New Haven Free Public Library and conclude the first edition of the Yale Planetary Solutions Sci X Sci-Fi series and will be followed by light refreshments.

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Register here.

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Learn more about Sci X Sci-Fi and see the full schedule: https://planetarysolutions.yale.edu/news/imagine-write-invent-and-build-sustainable-future-sci-x-sci-fi-march-31-april-3

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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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🎨 Advanced & Junior Advanced (Ages 8-16) – 2 Hours

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Designed for pre-teens and teens, this class allows students to explore their artistic passions at their own pace. From composition and shading to blending and detailed projects, this class is perfect for young artists looking to grow.

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📅 Classes held weekly—pre-registration required! Weekly attendance 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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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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Registration is now open for Spring Programs at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown! Beginning March 22, weekly classes in theater, dance, circus, and visual arts will be offered for toddlers to 20 year olds.

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Saturday Classes with Meg Berritta begin on March 22 and serve children from 15 months to eight years old. Classes include Acrobabies (ages 15 months - 3 years with caregiver; 9:15 - 9:55 am); Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6, 10 - 10:45 am), Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6, 10:55 - 11:40 am), Circobatics (ages 5 - 8, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm), and Cirque+ (ages 7 to 12, 12:35 - 1:30pm)

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After-School classes for ages 6 - 14 begin March 24 and will run for eight weeks this spring, culminating in a “Share Week” May 19 - 22. Most classes run 4:50 -5:50 pm.

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Stage One classes for ages 6 - 8 include Creative Movement on Mondays, Circus I on Tuesdays, Slapstick Theater on Wednesdays and Story Theater from Around the World on Thursdays.

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Stage Two classes for ages 9 - 11 include Intro to Scene Study on Mondays, Circus II on Tuesdays, Exploring Characters Through Theater Improv on Wednesdays, and Musical Theater (ages 9 to 14) on Thursdays

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Stage Three classes for ages 12 - 14 include Comic Acting on Mondays (4:30 - 6pm), Intro to Scenic Design on Wednesdays (4:30 - 6pm), and Musical Theater on Thursdays (ages 9 to 14, 4:50 - 5:50 pm.) 

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Middletown Public School students may complement their class experience with Oddbridge, an extended day program which provides transport from Middletown schools to the Playhouse, a snack, and supervised arts activities, games and homework help before classes start. Oddbridge extends throughout the school year, providing special programs and field trips on early dismissal days or days when regular Oddfellows’ classes are not in session.

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Our regular season will conclude with a special Oddbridge Mini Production, Robin Hood and the Sherwood Circus. This is a  2 week theater adventure for kids ages 6 to 14, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts). Rehearsals will run May 27 - June 5 , Monday through Friday, 4:30 - 6 pm (8 days), with performances Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 7 pm.

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For more details on times, tuition and class descriptions, please go to www.oddfellows.org. If you have specific questions, email info@oddfellows.org or call (860) 347-6143. Financial Aid is available for all programs. It is Playhouse policy that the arts should be available to every young person regardless of ability to pay - no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest performing arts program for young people. Oddfellows programs are made possible with support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts; Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; City of Middletown; The Fund for Greater Hartford; American Savings Foundation; State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Youth Violence Prevention); Middletown Youth Services Bureau; Community Foundation of Middlesex County; Liberty Bank Foundation; Middletown Health Department; Middlesex United Way; CHEFA Nonprofit Grant; and many generous individual donors.

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In The Dance, photographer Joel Furtek presents photos of wildlife, motorsports, rowing, and aviation to explore the rhythms around us. He plays with scale and sampling to highlight the relationships between movement and rest, power and calm, potential and kinetic energy. Vivid color and stark contrast run throughout the exhibit.

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The artist’s opening reception with refreshments will be held from 5-7PM on Thursday, April 3 at the New Haven Lawn Club; the exhibit is open to the public from 9AM-5PM seven days a week through June 15.

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 Space is limited so reserve your spot today!

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Discover the timeless art of Ukrainian egg decorating at our Pysanky Workshop, hosted in the historic setting of The Shore Line Trolley Museum!

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Pysanky, the traditional craft of decorating eggs with intricate wax-resist patterns, is a celebration of heritage, creativity, and storytelling. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the history and symbolism of pysanky, as well as techniques to craft their own beautiful, keepsake eggs.

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Suitable for ages 12 and up, and led by an experienced instructor, the session is designed for both beginners and those looking to refine their skills.

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Bring 2 clean, uncooked eggs! All other materials will be provided, dyes, kistka (stylus), and beeswax. Enjoy a fun, creative afternoon while surrounded by the unique charm of the trolley museum’s historic exhibits! 

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Whether you're new to pysanky or a seasoned artist, this workshop is a wonderful way to celebrate tradition and creativity while connecting with the museum's rich history. We can’t wait to see you there!

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Come read your poem or a favorite, sing a song, play a tune …the mic is yours!

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Poets, -Artists-Singers-Songwriters-Acoustic or stand up performances! welcome to our Open Mic held on the First Thursday of each month at the Scranton Library in Madison 108 Boston Post Road in Madison, CT.

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What’s the difference between cement and concrete? What do all of the letters mean on the bags of mortar? Why are my bricks cracking after they’ve been just been repointed?

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Join New Haven Preservation Trust and MakeHaven for this workshop which is intended to introduce homeowners and DIYers to basic concepts of masonry repair for older buildings including selection of appropriate tools, products, and methods for the job. Attendees will gain confidence in tackling simple projects around the house – or evaluating the credentials of a professional masonry firm hired for more complex work. A variety of examples featuring rubble stone, brick, and block construction methods will guide discussion. 

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This program is intended for a general audience with no prior knowledge or experience needed. Thanks to a partnership with MakeHaven and the New Haven Preservation Trust, this will be a free event!

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Please kindly RSVP so that we can provide enough seating in the upstairs classroom. In the event that you register and are unable to attend this session, please notify administration@nhpt.org as soon as possible so that we can make your spot available to somebody else.

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Instructor: Oliver Gaffney

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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=397&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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Internationally renowned historian, writer, filmmaker, playwright, and activist Dr. Marcus Rediker will present, “Rethinking the Amistad Story” at the New Haven Museum (NHM), on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Reception at 5:30 pm., program at 6 p.m. Registration is required for the free program and available here. The program will stream live on Facebook and later be shared on the NHM YouTube channel.

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This is a rare local opportunity to meet the historian whose work transformed the understanding of the Amistad revolt and was central to the recent re-interpretation of the permanent New Haven Museum exhibit, “Amistad: Retold,” which opened in 2024. Rediker will discuss who the African rebels were, how they waged the uprising, and what the ordeal meant to them. He will explore the legacies of the Amistad Revolt as a powerful example of resistance to oppression that was, as he says, a “deeply human affair about real people, under real circumstances, making life-and-death decisions in real time.” 

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The local history of Amistad will also be discussed: what happened in the interactions between the Amistad Africans and the mostly white abolitionists in the New Haven jail; how the two groups together built a local and diverse social movement to support the legal battle; and how groups like the Amistad Committee subsequently kept the history of the event alive in popular memory. 

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