My Heart is Bloodied For You By Mahsa Attaran
February 13 - March 15, 2026
Located in The Workshop Gallery, Building 3.
Opening Reception: February 13 from 4-7 pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, February 22 from 4-5 pm
The Gossiping Aunties: Sunday, March 1 from 2-3 pm (limited space available, please register in advance)
Regular Gallery Hours from 12-4 pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Free on-site parking available. 493 West Main Street, Building 3, Cheshire, CT.
This exhibition emerges from love for Iran and from the urgency of witnessing its present history. As an Iranian woman living in exile, Mahsa Attaran’s practice is shaped by ongoing state violence, gendered oppression, and the massacre of civilians, nearly 50,000 people, during the ongoing revolution. Her work responds to this moment as both testimony and refusal of silence.
Working as an Iranian woman in exile , Attaran moves across photography, video, language, and handmade forms, centering women’s lives, domestic spaces, and forms of care as sites of political meaning. Her practice critiques violence enabled and normalized by patriarchal power structures, religious authoritarianism, and the laws of an extreme Islamist regime, while honoring the resilience of Iranian women, men, and children living under these conditions.
Attaran’s work asks viewers—particularly Western audiences—to confront the lived experience of life under state-enforced Sharia law, where rights are understood yet systematically denied. Rejecting ideological narratives, her practice centers the pursuit of dignity, safety, and self-determination amid ongoing political violence.
Rooted in devotion to her homeland and its people, Attaran’s critique arises from love. Through her practice, she asks viewers to witness, to sit with discomfort, and to recognize this violence as it continues to unfold.
Mahsa Attaran is an Iranian-born visual artist, photographer, and educator whose work explores culture, gender, and belonging through memory, exile, and domestic archives. Working across photography, video, installation, and conceptual wearables, she often uses the archive to preserve and reframe women’s histories. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Iranian Artists Forum, Iranian Art Museum, Windsor Art Center, and Hartford Theatreworks, and has been featured in Hyperallergic.
As an Iranian woman in exile, Attaran is committed to witnessing and refusing silence in the face of political violence and human rights abuses. She also leads workshops and talks that encourage critical engagement with social justice, memory, and responsibility.
Attaran holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Connecticut and teaches on the Visual Arts faculty at The Loomis Chaffee School
My Heart is Bloodied For You By Mahsa Attaran
Celebrate the beauty of winter through painting!
Students will learn easy ways to use color and texture to create glowing, snowy worlds on canvas. This friendly class inspires creativity and helps each child tell their own winter story.
This class welcomes all experience levels, from first-time painters to budding young artists who already love to create.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for materials provided by CAW.
Winter Wonderland Acrylic Painting
Explore, learn, and practice drawing exercises and techniques in a supportive environment. Increase visual perception, skills and confidence, and develop your unique style. Work with drawing pencils, charcoal, pastels, watercolor and ink/pens. Weekly demos and exercises include mark-making, line, value, form, texture and shading. Subjects include animals, everyday objects, portraits, nature, as well as students’ interests. We draw from observation, references and imagination. All materials provided. Join us!
For returning students, the class will include both new projects and some review.
The tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Saturday Sketching
This beginner drawing class is designed for anyone who enjoys drawing.
Students will explore various drawing materials and perspectives, experimenting with line, positive and negative shapes, depth, and volume. They’ll also learn techniques to create light and shadow effects on objects in different settings.
The tuition for this class includes a fee of $10 for basic materials provided by CAW. Please see recommended student material list below.
Introduction to Drawing
VALENTINE'S DAY TOUR & POUR ❤️🍺
Whether you're planning a fun Valentine's date, a Galentine's hang, or just something different to do on a Saturday - step behind the scenes and learn how your favorite local, East Rock brews are made!
Join us for an exclusive Brewery Tour
📅 Saturday, February 14th at 2 PM
🎟️ $15 per person day of | 21+ Event
What to expect:
🍺 Full pour of your choice – grab a beer before the tour and sip as you explore
🏭 Behind-the-scenes tour – learn about our brewing process, our story, and the history of East Rock (Goatville!)
⏳ 45-minute experience – fun, relaxed, and full of beer knowledge
⏰ Please arrive 15 minutes early, we start at 2 PM sharp!
📩 Reserve your spot: Email info@eastrockbeer.com or ask a manager in the Beer Hall. Spots are limited, don't miss out!
Brewery Tour & Pour Saturday, February 14th
Overcome the mysteries of the sewing machine and discover how fun and easy it can be! Learn the basics of machine sewing including threading, operating, and troubleshooting.
Practice using the machine and then move on to simple projects for yourself or for gift-giving. Participants will learn a variety of machine sewing methods including piecing, applique, quilting, and freehand. Potential projects include art pieces, wall hangings, patchwork, quilt patterns, bags, a zippered pouch, table runner, or pillow cover. Tips for altering clothes can also be covered. Previous students are welcome to attend and work on more advanced projects.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $15 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Let’s Get Sewing
A sharp, Tony Award-winning comedy where sibling rivalries, fading dreams and a surprise visit from a movie star collide in a chaotic, humourous fashion.
Written by Christopher Durang,
Directed by Richard Mancini
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays – February 06-21
Fri/Sat at 7:30 pm || Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike An Eastbound Theatre Production
New Haven’s hottest BYOB comedy show is back at the Sandbox on Saturday, February 14th, with 2 shows for your pleasure this Valentine’s Day! Limited 2 for 1 tickets are available!
Straight Up Comedy Valentine’s Day Edition
North America's largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner theatre show is now playing in New Haven, CT! Solve a hilarious true crime murder mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!
Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.
Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show.
Happens on the following Dates:
- Feb 7, 2026, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- Feb 13, 2026, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- Feb 14, 2026, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- Feb 21, 2026, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - New Haven, CT
Moonstruck in Paris
Yale Opera presents a new production of Puccini’s beloved La bohème. Met Opera conductor J. David Jackson returns to lead the Yale Philharmonia and talented cast in this timeless story of young artists in love.
Fall in love again with this cherished opera, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
La bohème
An Eastbound Theatre Production
A sharp, Tony Award-winning comedy where sibling rivalries, fading dreams and a surprise visit from a movie star collide in a chaotic, humourous fashion.
Written by Christopher Durang,
Directed by Richard Mancini
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays – February 06-21
Fri/Sat at 7:30 pm || Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Welcome to Emo Night Brooklyn, a late-night, DJ-driven dance party blasting the best emo and pop punk jams that raised us, ruined us, and somehow still define us. We’re taking over Space Ballroom in Hamden on February 14, 2026 for a night of screaming every word, moshing with strangers, and feeling absolutely everything.
This is not a quiet night out. Expect wall-to-wall emo and pop punk anthems, deep cuts, and songs you still know by heart even if you pretend you’ve “moved on.” From the tracks that got you through your worst years to the ones that still hit a little too hard, Emo Night Brooklyn is all about losing your voice, finding your people, and reliving the music that made us who we are. And yeah sometimes special guests and your favorite artists even jump in to join the chaos.
Come ready to scream, mosh, dance, cry in the corner (no judgment), and throw yourself into the pit with all your favorite people. Tell the DJs what you want to hear and we promise we listen better than your ex. It’s loud, it’s emotional, and it’s the kind of night that reminds you it was never just a phase.
So get ready, Hamden. Lace up your boots, warm up your vocal cords, and meet us in the pit at Space Ballroom on February 14, 2026. Emo Night Brooklyn is calling — and yes, we need every soul.
Emo Night Brooklyn
This isn’t just a singles party... It's a real opportunity to make real connections.
Attendees have the opportunity to be seen in a real-world setting, allowing for a more natural understanding of chemistry and alignment — both within the room and for potential future curated introductions.
What to expect:
...Enjoy live music with lots of local singles
...Casual, no-pressure icebreakers to spark conversation
...A welcoming, social atmosphere
...The chance for connections beyond the event itself
Why have one first date on Valentine’s Day when you can meet a whole room of eligible singles in one night?
Check-in starts at 7pm + our mixer event runs from 7:30–9:30 PM, but stick around after and keep the momentum going as Elicit's DJ plays all night and conversations continue naturally.
Mixer attendees tend to be 28–50ish but this is an open-aged event. You’ll find your people. Don’t overthink it.
Note: Meeting the Jillin' It team in-person allows us to better understand your energy and presence, which may lead to future introductions to our private matchmaking clients. (Attendance does not guarantee a match, but being in the room matters.)
To maintain a man/woman ratio, we reserve the right to refund tickets if needed.
REFUND POLICY: All ticket sales are final! NO REFUNDS! NO TRANSFERS to future events. You may transfer your ticket to another person with 48 hours notice previous to event. NO EXCEPTIONS.
****Ticket purchase is good for this event ONLY.****
Get your ticket now. You never know who you'll meet...
Looking for a PROMO CODE? Join the Jillin' It LoVe CluB for member only savings, access to reserved tickets and perks, member only monthly events, prefered database status to be considered as a match for Jill’s VIP Matchmaking clients and so much more. Learn more and join the Jillin' It Love Club today!
For more info for singles head to www.Jillinit.com
Valentine's Day Singles Party
No typical sand or slides at this playground!
CAW’s playground has colored sand, wood, clay, tempera and watercolor paints, markers, tissue paper and more items than we have space to list here. Students will use all these supplies to create projects including masks, paper dolls, animals, birds, insects, portraits, and imaginary creatures.
How will they do all this? By cutting, folding, stomping, splashing, blending, texturing, painting, and coloring (after they mix their own unique colors).
Bet you wish you could stay too!
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for materials provided by CAW.
Art Playground
Underneath New Haven’s leafy canopy, secret societies shape destinies while scholars guard treasures behind veiled doors. These streets pulse with stories most people never hear.
This self-guided audio tour uncovers hidden chapters and unexpected corners. Walk the same squares that sparked rebellions, wander halls lined with forbidden manuscripts, and unlock mysteries most visitors rush past.
What legacy hid among the gravestones that once covered the Green? Which forbidden collection in the Beinecke Library triggered a national scandal? Whose fingerprints linger on a secret shelf in Sterling Memorial, sealed for decades?
Trace power struggles and poetic whispers as you stride between libraries and epic public spaces. Let drama tug you through marble arches and sun-dappled lawns until New Haven feels changed beneath your feet.
Ready to listen closer and see what others overlook? Begin your journey where the stories begin-right in the heart of the city.
AudaTours New Haven Audio Tour: Ivy League Legends and Timeless Treasures
Guilford Art League’s Winter Show is now on exhibit in the Menunkatuck Room at Nathanael Greene Community Center (32 Church Street, Guilford). In total, there are 48 pieces of art in the show including paintings, pastels, monoprints, mixed media, and collage, featuring dynamic abstract compositions, layered assemblage, bucolic local scenery and more. Each piece is an engaging feast for the eyes. Stop by simply to enjoy the creativity or to look for a special piece for that empty spot on your wall. Artwork will be on display until April 8.
Featured artists include Nicki Arciodinda Bonanno, Lisa Arnold, Philp Backus, Marsha Borden, Denise Casey, Eileen Clark, Jolie Collins, Steffen Cretella, Raffael Dilauro, Carole Dubiell, Lily Forbush, Arthur Guagliumi, Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Sheila Kaczmarek, Wendi Kohli, Suzanne Kriger, Maureen Lopes, Joanne Martignoni, Sharon Morgio, Lauren Murphy, Scott Paterson, Chris Penry, Beverly Schirmeier, James Voos, Mark Weaver, Vickie Williams, Jeanette Wimmer, and Marian Wittink.
The Guilford Art League was founded in 1947 by a small group of local artists. The objective of the art league is to promote and stimulate interest in the visual arts. Members and associates of the Guilford Art League are a participating and interactive group of artists who learn and benefit from their association with one another. For more information about its members, visit www.guilfordartleague.org.
Guilford Art League Winter Show
In this seven-week studio course, students will explore the art of printmaking through a focused challenge: creating works strictly within a 12” x 12” format. Participants may work in relief, intaglio, monotype, or monoprint, using primarily water-based inks (other solutions are permitted).
Through guided instruction and experimentation, students will develop original designs and concepts that reflect current trends and innovations in contemporary printmaking—all within the creative boundaries of the one-square-foot format. The square format, historically uncommon until the rise of abstraction, presents unique compositional and expressive challenges that foster precision, visual order, and formal structure.
This course is designed to support the creation of final works suitable for submission to The Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s Footprint International Competition 2026. All skill levels are welcome.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $10 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Bound by the Square: Modern Printmaking in 12″x12″
Dive into a lively exploration of watercolor, where color, movement, and spontaneity take center stage.
Discover inventive ways to build striking abstract patterns and rich textures through guided experimentation and a playful, process-driven approach. Whether you’re just beginning or already deep into your artistic journey, this upbeat session offers fresh techniques and creative sparks to energize your practice.
Watercolor Meditation
Students are invited to move beyond observation and explore an object’s inner life, structure, and essence.
Instead of simply rendering what is seen on the surface, participants will imagine what lies beneath — the internal rhythms, hidden forms, and unseen energy that give an object its character. Through a process of analysis and invention, students will deconstruct and reconstruct familiar forms, transforming them into expressive, abstracted drawings that blur the line between representation and imagination.
Students are encouraged to move beyond their “normal” drawing mediums and explore mixing mediums and collage.
Drawing from the Inside Out
Yes, kids can safely sew on a machine! Learn all about how the machine works and then get sewing with simple projects like a pin cushion and small bags. Students will also learn hand stitching utilizing embroidery threat and felt to create cute animals like a teddy bear, dogs and cats. Embellish your project with fun buttons, sequins, bling, and fancy stitches.
Choice of projects will include small pillows, bags, stuffed animals and more. You’ll be speeding along in no time!
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Sew Easy for Young People
Creativity meets skill-building for young artists!
Young artists discover the basics of drawing and painting through playful, hands-on projects that make learning exciting. Using pencils, pastels, watercolor, and paint, they’ll explore composition, color, line, and value while developing strong observational skills and artistic confidence. Each activity builds coordination and creativity. Together, students will learn to see the world like an artist.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Drawing & Painting: Foundations for Young Artists
Ever wanted to create animations like The Amazing World of Gumball (2011), Steven Universe (2013), or The Owl House (2020)? This class teaches the skills you need to start bringing your own animations to life. Begin with exercises that introduce you to the program and key animation concepts, then use the second half of the class to create your own original animated short. Build on the skills you’ve learned in previous classes and bring your ideas to the screen! By the end, you’ll have a great foundation to keep animating.
This class is great for those that have some prior experience but it is also accessible to those that may be just beginning their animating journey. iPads will be provided or you may bring your own!
The Amazing World of Animation
Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents, Signs of Love, a 7-week show celebrating love – in the sense of romantic love, as well as through other shared connections between people, animals, and the world around us. Discover new fine art, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and other unexpected pieces by emerging and established artists who represent these ideas in both subtle and bold, as well as personal and universal interpretations. Join us for an Open Reception, Friday, January 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm to enjoy the fine art, crafts, wine, and refreshments, and throughout the Open House Weekend, Saturday, January 24 from 1 to 6 pm and Sunday, January 25 from 1 to 5 pm. The exhibit runs through March 14. As always, Spectrum’s Artisans Store offers new pottery, glass, fiber, home décor, jewelry, clothing, and accessories, as well as children's books and toys. Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut. Gallery and Store hours are Wednesday through Saturday (12-6 pm) and Sunday (12-5 pm). For more information about gallery exhibits, and classes and workshops for adults, teens, and children, call (860) 767-0742 and visit spectrumartgallery.org. Shop online 24/7 at SpectrumAnytime.com with shipping available throughout the US. Follow Spectrum social media at facebook.com/spectrumartgallery, instagram.com/spectrumartgallery, x.com/spectrum_ct, and youtube.com/@spectrumgallery6211
Signs of Love
Join us for an afternoon celebrating creativity, community, and self-publishing!
Meet local zinesters and browse an amazing selection of zines featuring comics, poetry, art, and more.
Sunday, February 15
Noon–5PM
Witch Bitch Thrift
105 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT
Come support local artists, discover new voices, and fall in love with zines all over again
New Haven Zine Scene Valentine's Zine Fair
My Heart is Bloodied For You By Mahsa Attaran
February 13 - March 15, 2026
Located in The Workshop Gallery, Building 3.
Opening Reception: February 13 from 4-7 pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, February 22 from 4-5 pm
The Gossiping Aunties: Sunday, March 1 from 2-3 pm (limited space available, please register in advance)
Regular Gallery Hours from 12-4 pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Free on-site parking available. 493 West Main Street, Building 3, Cheshire, CT.
This exhibition emerges from love for Iran and from the urgency of witnessing its present history. As an Iranian woman living in exile, Mahsa Attaran’s practice is shaped by ongoing state violence, gendered oppression, and the massacre of civilians, nearly 50,000 people, during the ongoing revolution. Her work responds to this moment as both testimony and refusal of silence.
Working as an Iranian woman in exile , Attaran moves across photography, video, language, and handmade forms, centering women’s lives, domestic spaces, and forms of care as sites of political meaning. Her practice critiques violence enabled and normalized by patriarchal power structures, religious authoritarianism, and the laws of an extreme Islamist regime, while honoring the resilience of Iranian women, men, and children living under these conditions.
Attaran’s work asks viewers—particularly Western audiences—to confront the lived experience of life under state-enforced Sharia law, where rights are understood yet systematically denied. Rejecting ideological narratives, her practice centers the pursuit of dignity, safety, and self-determination amid ongoing political violence.
Rooted in devotion to her homeland and its people, Attaran’s critique arises from love. Through her practice, she asks viewers to witness, to sit with discomfort, and to recognize this violence as it continues to unfold.
Mahsa Attaran is an Iranian-born visual artist, photographer, and educator whose work explores culture, gender, and belonging through memory, exile, and domestic archives. Working across photography, video, installation, and conceptual wearables, she often uses the archive to preserve and reframe women’s histories. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Iranian Artists Forum, Iranian Art Museum, Windsor Art Center, and Hartford Theatreworks, and has been featured in Hyperallergic.
As an Iranian woman in exile, Attaran is committed to witnessing and refusing silence in the face of political violence and human rights abuses. She also leads workshops and talks that encourage critical engagement with social justice, memory, and responsibility.
Attaran holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Connecticut and teaches on the Visual Arts faculty at The Loomis Chaffee School
My Heart is Bloodied For You By Mahsa Attaran
Overcome the mysteries of the sewing machine and discover how fun and easy it can be! Learn the basics of machine sewing including threading, operating, and troubleshooting.
Practice using the machine and then move on to simple projects for yourself or for gift-giving. Participants will learn a variety of machine sewing methods including piecing, applique, quilting, and freehand. Potential projects include art pieces, wall hangings, patchwork, quilt patterns, bags, a zippered pouch, table runner, or pillow cover. Tips for altering clothes can also be covered. Previous students are welcome to attend and work on more advanced projects.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $15 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Let’s Get Sewing
Creativity grows with confidence!
Students will build on their drawing and painting skills through fun, hands-on projects that spark imagination and self-expression. Using pencils, pastels, watercolor, and paint, they’ll explore color, composition, texture, and perspective in exciting new ways. Along the way, students strengthen technical skills, try out fresh techniques, and discover even more confidence in their artistic voice.
Perfect for anyone who has already taken a drawing class at CAW or elsewhere and wants to keep growing as an artist!
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Drawing & Painting: Beyond the Basics
Opening Reception
Opening Reception for COLOR ZING! Paintings by Cynthia Cooper
Inviting 1st -5th graders to join our Spring Play “The Quest, a Fairy Tale with Attitude”
SYNOPSIS: Something is terribly wrong with Grandma! She’s very sick and weak, but luckily for her, recovery is just a quest away! The teacher at the exclusive Fantasy Academy challenges her fairy tale character students to embark on a quest to gather three hard-to-obtain items and cure Grandma. Of course, every good fairy tale has a villain, and the best one of all is the big bad wolf, Huff-n-Puff! If Grandma is in good health, Huff-n-Puff’s plot to snatch the basket of goodies away from Little Red with a Hood might fail! He must keep Grandma feeble by finding the three items before the students do. The fairy tale students fight off the wolf and his sidekick, Tag-Along Troll, and continuously seek the audience’s assistance throughout their journey. Naturally, in the end, their quest is successful, and Grandma is better than ever!
Open to children 1st - 5th grade. All children registering will be cast in the show. There is no formal audition process. Actors will have unofficial Auditions on the first day of rehearsals. This will be a more relaxed, group-based atmosphere with the goal of matching actors with the parts that are best for them.
Rehearsals start on January 11th and are Sundays 1:30 - 3:30 pm and Tuesdays 4 - 6 pm with performances on March 27th, 28th, and 29th. Tech week will include extra rehearsals from 3/23 - 3/26.
When you register - you can pay now or select invoice me to pay later. Payments are due on January 11th. You can avoid credit card charges by paying by check or cash. If you are paying by check or cash select invoice me and bring payment to rehearsal. If you need financial assistance or a payment plan, please send an email to robyn@madisonartsbarn.org prior to registering!
The Quest - A Fairy Tale With Attitude
Moonstruck in Paris
Yale Opera presents a new production of Puccini’s beloved La bohème. Met Opera conductor J. David Jackson returns to lead the Yale Philharmonia and talented cast in this timeless story of young artists in love.
Fall in love again with this cherished opera, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
La bohème
An Eastbound Theatre Production
A sharp, Tony Award-winning comedy where sibling rivalries, fading dreams and a surprise visit from a movie star collide in a chaotic, humourous fashion.
Written by Christopher Durang,
Directed by Richard Mancini
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays – February 06-21
Fri/Sat at 7:30 pm || Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Guilford Art Center is delighted to announce the new gallery exhibition, Local Color 7: Circular Thinking , featuring fiber art created by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA-CT). It kicks off with a free Opening Reception, open to the community, on Sunday, February 1, from 2-4pm. The show will be displayed in the GAC gallery daily through Feb 28. The gallery is open 7 days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm; free admission.
This exhibition of fiber art by members of SAQA-CT is designed to explore the varieties of meanings, images, and experiences evoked by the circle. The circle can be appreciated as a shape, a symbol, a concept or a metaphor. This exhibition seeks to celebrate diverse explorations of this image that has permeated cultures across the world and across time.
“Guilford Art Center is delighted to present this exhibition celebrating the creativity of these fiber artists. We are all part of an interconnected circle, as this show highlights, inspiring and encouraging creative engagement from local and regional artists” says Maureen Belden, Executive Director, Guilford Art Center.
Betty Busby, an independent SAQA Juried Artist and the Chairperson of SAQA’s Exhibitions Committee, was selected to jury this exhibition. She is a published fiber artist and teacher and maintains a busy exhibit schedule nationally and internationally. She considered each of the 72 entries from regional artists and has selected 36 pieces for the final collection.
The gallery is open 7 days a week, free entry: Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm.
Location:
Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street (Route 77)
Guilford, CT 06437
For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.
About Guilford Art Center
The Guilford Art Center is a non-profit school, shop and gallery established to nurture and support excellence in the arts. Through classes for adults and children, gallery programs, a shop of contemporary crafts, and special events, the Center fulfills its mission to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the arts, to experience their cultural and historical diversity, and to appreciate the process and product of creative work.
About SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
Over the past 35 years, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.
With our exhibitions, resources, publications, and membership opportunities, we seek to increase the public's appreciation for the art quilt and to support our members in their artistic and professional growth.
Art Quilts Take Shape Around ‘Circular Thinking’ at Guilford Art Center’s Newest Gallery Exhibit
Join our volunteer museum educators for an in-depth tour of the museum’s iconic building, designed by modernist architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974).
Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk.
View our full calendar of events at: https://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-programs
Tour of the Architecture of the YCBA
Explora el YCBA a través de una visita guiada conversacional en español dirigida por uno de nuestros profesores graduados de la galería. Las visitas conectan temáticamente obras de nuestra colección permanente y de exposiciones especiales.
Las visitas guiadas se reúnen en la entrada junto al mostrador de Mesa de Bienvenida.
Visita Guiada en Español
Step into the forge and learn the fundamentals of blacksmithing using the power of induction heat. In this hands-on class, you’ll shape heated steel into a custom piece of your own design—choose between a decorative wand or a functional BBQ fork.
What to Expect:
- Learn how to cut, taper, twist, bend, and shape steel using traditional forging techniques
- Get an introduction to the science and process of induction heating
- Design and create a piece with guidance from an experienced instructor
- All materials and reference images will be provided
Class Details:
- Limited to 4 participants to ensure individual attention
- No experience needed—perfect for beginners
- All tools, materials, and safety gear included
What to Bring:
- Closed-toe shoes
- Long pants (jeans or work pants; no leggings or synthetic fabrics)
- A breathable, natural-fiber shirt (avoid synthetics, as the forge gets hot)
Whether you’re new to blacksmithing or looking to build on your skills, this workshop is a great place to start. You’ll leave with a finished project and a deeper understanding of the forging process.
Instructor: Ken Cotrona
Workshop Ticket Fee:
Standard Ticket: $135.00
MakeHaven Members: $115.00
You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:
https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=749&reset=1
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
Introduction to Induction: Forging & Blacksmithing Basics
A sharp, Tony Award-winning comedy where sibling rivalries, fading dreams and a surprise visit from a movie star collide in a chaotic, humourous fashion.
Written by Christopher Durang,
Directed by Richard Mancini
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays – February 06-21
Fri/Sat at 7:30 pm || Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike An Eastbound Theatre Production
Calling all manga and anime fans! Join host Jeremy for a meetup where we can talk, trade, and watch anime and manga. Plus gather in the kitchen to create a manga-inspired snack!
This month's meetup with feature a cook together making musubi and watching Sprited Away.
Instructor: Jeremy Stenbak
You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:
https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=778&reset=1
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
Senshi Sunday: Manga Meetup & Cook Together: Musubi!
Trivia at Bobbi’s runs about 90 minutes and is played over five rounds. The game features a slideshow format with image-based and puzzle categories, making it engaging, easy to follow, and accessible for players with hearing difficulties.
Questions span history, science, music, film, television, geography, and more, creating a well-rounded game that appeals to players of all experience levels and interests.
A strong emphasis is placed on teamwork, with categories designed to encourage group thinking and collaboration. Bobbi’s puzzle rounds are especially popular, known for their creativity and memorable “A-ha!” moments.
Trivia at Bobbi’s is always free to play, with prizes and bragging rights for the top-scoring teams. All are welcome!
Bobbi's
51 Broadway
New Haven, CT 06511
Sunday Trivia Nights at Bobbi’s
Saint Thomas More welcomes Gloria Purvis, a nationally recognized Catholic author, commentator, and host of "The Gloria Purvis Podcast." A leading voice on life issues, religious liberty, and racial justice, Purvis brings a faith-filled, intellectually rigorous perspective to today’s cultural questions. Her lecture, "Is Racial Justice Harmful?," examines human dignity, Black history, and Christian witness, inviting reflection on justice, its cost, and its demands in the light of our Catholic faith. Lecture with reception to follow. Registration required.
Is Racial Justice Harmful? with Gloria Purvis
Underneath New Haven’s leafy canopy, secret societies shape destinies while scholars guard treasures behind veiled doors. These streets pulse with stories most people never hear.
This self-guided audio tour uncovers hidden chapters and unexpected corners. Walk the same squares that sparked rebellions, wander halls lined with forbidden manuscripts, and unlock mysteries most visitors rush past.
What legacy hid among the gravestones that once covered the Green? Which forbidden collection in the Beinecke Library triggered a national scandal? Whose fingerprints linger on a secret shelf in Sterling Memorial, sealed for decades?
Trace power struggles and poetic whispers as you stride between libraries and epic public spaces. Let drama tug you through marble arches and sun-dappled lawns until New Haven feels changed beneath your feet.
Ready to listen closer and see what others overlook? Begin your journey where the stories begin-right in the heart of the city.
AudaTours New Haven Audio Tour: Ivy League Legends and Timeless Treasures
In Pegasus Gallery and The Niche:
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence”
February 9 – March 20, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, February 12, 4:30-6:30pm at Pegasus Gallery.
The evocative imagery of Nancy L. Greco’s drawings occupy ethereal spaces where dreamlike myths and fleeting memories shape a realm of endless potential. Human and animal forms are prominent themes that appear contained by and yet freely float within surreal, natural and architectural settings. Dynamic juxtapositions and unexpected perspectives untether her representational imagery from traditional contexts and invite the viewer to explore the elusive nature of memory - fragmented, incomplete but undeniably vivid.
Greco’s drawings, prints, and paintings have been exhibited internationally throughout her 50+ year career. She holds an M.F.A., from The Ohio State University (Columbus) and an M.A. and B.A. in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University. See more of Greco’s work on her website at: www.nancylgreco.com
Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall.
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. when classes are in session. Spring Recess (March 16-20) hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Niche is in Founders Hall, across from the Enrollment Services Office.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
https://ctstate.edu/art-galleries/#middlesex[MW1]
CT State Community College Middlesex
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence” at CT State Middlesex
Guilford Art League’s Winter Show is now on exhibit in the Menunkatuck Room at Nathanael Greene Community Center (32 Church Street, Guilford). In total, there are 48 pieces of art in the show including paintings, pastels, monoprints, mixed media, and collage, featuring dynamic abstract compositions, layered assemblage, bucolic local scenery and more. Each piece is an engaging feast for the eyes. Stop by simply to enjoy the creativity or to look for a special piece for that empty spot on your wall. Artwork will be on display until April 8.
Featured artists include Nicki Arciodinda Bonanno, Lisa Arnold, Philp Backus, Marsha Borden, Denise Casey, Eileen Clark, Jolie Collins, Steffen Cretella, Raffael Dilauro, Carole Dubiell, Lily Forbush, Arthur Guagliumi, Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Sheila Kaczmarek, Wendi Kohli, Suzanne Kriger, Maureen Lopes, Joanne Martignoni, Sharon Morgio, Lauren Murphy, Scott Paterson, Chris Penry, Beverly Schirmeier, James Voos, Mark Weaver, Vickie Williams, Jeanette Wimmer, and Marian Wittink.
The Guilford Art League was founded in 1947 by a small group of local artists. The objective of the art league is to promote and stimulate interest in the visual arts. Members and associates of the Guilford Art League are a participating and interactive group of artists who learn and benefit from their association with one another. For more information about its members, visit www.guilfordartleague.org.
Guilford Art League Winter Show
The Clinton Art Society (CAS) is pleased to launch the 2026 exhibition season with the Winter Juried Members Exhibition on view from January 26 through April 23, 2026. The opening reception is Thursday, January 29 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and is free and open to the public.
“Wintertime is the perfect season to experience the light, color and warmth of art,” said Robin Hammeal-Urban, CAS President. “We are honored to have Laura Leonard as our esteemed juror. We invite the community to visit the show and discover our accomplished local and regional artists who work in a vast array of styles and media,” she added.
The exhibition is at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall, 54 E. Main Street in Clinton, CT and is open during regular Town Hall hours.
CAS is a vibrant arts community with members from across the state and region working in all fine art media. The organization sponsors exhibitions, plein air events, and educational sessions. New members are always welcome. For more information, contact CAS at casclinton@gmail.com or visit clintonartsocietyct.org.
Monday through Wednesday, 9am to 4pm
Thursday, 9am to 7pm
Friday, 9am to 12pm
Winter Juried Members Exhibition
Guilford Art Center is delighted to announce the new gallery exhibition, Local Color 7: Circular Thinking , featuring fiber art created by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA-CT). It kicks off with a free Opening Reception, open to the community, on Sunday, February 1, from 2-4pm. The show will be displayed in the GAC gallery daily through Feb 28. The gallery is open 7 days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm; free admission.
This exhibition of fiber art by members of SAQA-CT is designed to explore the varieties of meanings, images, and experiences evoked by the circle. The circle can be appreciated as a shape, a symbol, a concept or a metaphor. This exhibition seeks to celebrate diverse explorations of this image that has permeated cultures across the world and across time.
“Guilford Art Center is delighted to present this exhibition celebrating the creativity of these fiber artists. We are all part of an interconnected circle, as this show highlights, inspiring and encouraging creative engagement from local and regional artists” says Maureen Belden, Executive Director, Guilford Art Center.
Betty Busby, an independent SAQA Juried Artist and the Chairperson of SAQA’s Exhibitions Committee, was selected to jury this exhibition. She is a published fiber artist and teacher and maintains a busy exhibit schedule nationally and internationally. She considered each of the 72 entries from regional artists and has selected 36 pieces for the final collection.
The gallery is open 7 days a week, free entry: Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm.
Location:
Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street (Route 77)
Guilford, CT 06437
For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.
About Guilford Art Center
The Guilford Art Center is a non-profit school, shop and gallery established to nurture and support excellence in the arts. Through classes for adults and children, gallery programs, a shop of contemporary crafts, and special events, the Center fulfills its mission to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the arts, to experience their cultural and historical diversity, and to appreciate the process and product of creative work.
About SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
Over the past 35 years, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.
With our exhibitions, resources, publications, and membership opportunities, we seek to increase the public's appreciation for the art quilt and to support our members in their artistic and professional growth.
Art Quilts Take Shape Around ‘Circular Thinking’ at Guilford Art Center’s Newest Gallery Exhibit
This fast paced class is all about making a hard cover accordion book on the theme of library or your love of books. You might make a book that holds lists of favorite books you have read, books you wish to read, your favorite libraries, or whatever else you can think of!
There will be demonstrations and instruction on a variety of ways of using the accordion fold in a book format: as a panel, as individual pages, as a board book and as a book spine. After creating samples, students will be guided in choosing a format for displaying old school library pockets and their removable cards and adding text or images if desired. You might even use reclaimed book covers to finish your book. Students will leave with samples of accordion books and a completed artist book of your own!
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
Accordion Book: Love Your Library
Get ready to sketch the world around you! In this fun and inspiring class, students will learn how to turn everyday moments into colorful works of art using markers. Whether it's a favorite toy, a family pet, or a scene from the park, young artists will be encouraged to observe their environment and express what they see through drawing. Students will learn: • How to sketch quickly and confidently • Marker techniques for shading, texture, and blending • How to create scenes that tell a story • Developing their own creative style Great for both beginners and experienced young sketchers! All levels welcome. Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for materials provided by CAW.
Drawing with Markers
🤩OPEN MIC NIGHT is held in our all indoor Game Garden every Monday (excluding private event bookings).Whether you're in the mood to tell a story, sing a song, or do some stand up, the mic will be open! Get in early to grab a drink, sign-ups begin at 5 PM🎤
INDUSTRY NIGHT will take place in the Beer Hall every Monday 6-9 PM! Service industry workers can enjoy $5 full-pours all night long. Come grab a stein and toast to some well deserved down time 🍻
Must be 21+
OPEN MIC & INDUSTRY NIGHT at East Rock Brewing Co.
Explore the joy of painting in this beginner-friendly class. Students will learn fundamental painting techniques, including brushwork, color mixing, and layering. You’ll be guided through observational exercises designed to build both confidence and skill. Students may choose to work in either oil or acrylic paint.
CAW does not supply paint, brushes, or canvas. Please see the list below for what students need to bring.
Introduction to Painting
Learn how to create digital artwork using Procreate on the iPad.
We’ll cover the essentials—drawing, color, layering, and brush techniques—while exploring how digital tools can enhance your creative process. Procreate’s intuitive features make it easy to blend traditional art skills with modern flexibility.
Designed for beginners or anyone curious about digital art, this class offers a step-by-step approach to building skills and confidence with Procreate.
The Basics of Digital Drawing
Explore the art of block printing with linoleum.
The instructor will demonstrate the process for carving and printing a 4” x 6” linoleum block, as well as a variety of inking and printing processes. Students will focus on developing original designs and concepts to prepare a linoleum block to ink, create a series, and print the results.
All printing will be done with water-soluble inks.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW. Linoleum Blocks and paper will be provided for the first two classes; students will need to purchase their own paper and blocks after the second session.
Exploring Linoleum Block Printing
Explore the art of block printing with linoleum.
The instructor will demonstrate the process for carving and printing a 4” x 6” linoleum block, as well as a variety of inking and printing processes. Students will focus on developing original designs and concepts to prepare a linoleum block to ink, create a series, and print the results.
All printing will be done with water-soluble inks.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW. Linoleum Blocks and paper will be provided for the first two classes; students will need to purchase their own paper and blocks after the second session.
Exploring Linoleum Block Printing
Underneath New Haven’s leafy canopy, secret societies shape destinies while scholars guard treasures behind veiled doors. These streets pulse with stories most people never hear.
This self-guided audio tour uncovers hidden chapters and unexpected corners. Walk the same squares that sparked rebellions, wander halls lined with forbidden manuscripts, and unlock mysteries most visitors rush past.
What legacy hid among the gravestones that once covered the Green? Which forbidden collection in the Beinecke Library triggered a national scandal? Whose fingerprints linger on a secret shelf in Sterling Memorial, sealed for decades?
Trace power struggles and poetic whispers as you stride between libraries and epic public spaces. Let drama tug you through marble arches and sun-dappled lawns until New Haven feels changed beneath your feet.
Ready to listen closer and see what others overlook? Begin your journey where the stories begin-right in the heart of the city.
AudaTours New Haven Audio Tour: Ivy League Legends and Timeless Treasures
In Pegasus Gallery and The Niche:
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence”
February 9 – March 20, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, February 12, 4:30-6:30pm at Pegasus Gallery.
The evocative imagery of Nancy L. Greco’s drawings occupy ethereal spaces where dreamlike myths and fleeting memories shape a realm of endless potential. Human and animal forms are prominent themes that appear contained by and yet freely float within surreal, natural and architectural settings. Dynamic juxtapositions and unexpected perspectives untether her representational imagery from traditional contexts and invite the viewer to explore the elusive nature of memory - fragmented, incomplete but undeniably vivid.
Greco’s drawings, prints, and paintings have been exhibited internationally throughout her 50+ year career. She holds an M.F.A., from The Ohio State University (Columbus) and an M.A. and B.A. in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University. See more of Greco’s work on her website at: www.nancylgreco.com
Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall.
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. when classes are in session. Spring Recess (March 16-20) hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Niche is in Founders Hall, across from the Enrollment Services Office.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
https://ctstate.edu/art-galleries/#middlesex[MW1]
CT State Community College Middlesex
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence” at CT State Middlesex
Guilford Art League’s Winter Show is now on exhibit in the Menunkatuck Room at Nathanael Greene Community Center (32 Church Street, Guilford). In total, there are 48 pieces of art in the show including paintings, pastels, monoprints, mixed media, and collage, featuring dynamic abstract compositions, layered assemblage, bucolic local scenery and more. Each piece is an engaging feast for the eyes. Stop by simply to enjoy the creativity or to look for a special piece for that empty spot on your wall. Artwork will be on display until April 8.
Featured artists include Nicki Arciodinda Bonanno, Lisa Arnold, Philp Backus, Marsha Borden, Denise Casey, Eileen Clark, Jolie Collins, Steffen Cretella, Raffael Dilauro, Carole Dubiell, Lily Forbush, Arthur Guagliumi, Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Sheila Kaczmarek, Wendi Kohli, Suzanne Kriger, Maureen Lopes, Joanne Martignoni, Sharon Morgio, Lauren Murphy, Scott Paterson, Chris Penry, Beverly Schirmeier, James Voos, Mark Weaver, Vickie Williams, Jeanette Wimmer, and Marian Wittink.
The Guilford Art League was founded in 1947 by a small group of local artists. The objective of the art league is to promote and stimulate interest in the visual arts. Members and associates of the Guilford Art League are a participating and interactive group of artists who learn and benefit from their association with one another. For more information about its members, visit www.guilfordartleague.org.
Guilford Art League Winter Show
The Clinton Art Society (CAS) is pleased to launch the 2026 exhibition season with the Winter Juried Members Exhibition on view from January 26 through April 23, 2026. The opening reception is Thursday, January 29 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and is free and open to the public.
“Wintertime is the perfect season to experience the light, color and warmth of art,” said Robin Hammeal-Urban, CAS President. “We are honored to have Laura Leonard as our esteemed juror. We invite the community to visit the show and discover our accomplished local and regional artists who work in a vast array of styles and media,” she added.
The exhibition is at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall, 54 E. Main Street in Clinton, CT and is open during regular Town Hall hours.
CAS is a vibrant arts community with members from across the state and region working in all fine art media. The organization sponsors exhibitions, plein air events, and educational sessions. New members are always welcome. For more information, contact CAS at casclinton@gmail.com or visit clintonartsocietyct.org.
Monday through Wednesday, 9am to 4pm
Thursday, 9am to 7pm
Friday, 9am to 12pm
Winter Juried Members Exhibition
Develop your pottery skills as you focus on wheel-throwing techniques in stoneware and porcelain.
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.
Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27 and firing fees are $3.50/pound. Payable by credit card, cash or check.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.
Intermediate and Advanced Pottery
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.
The tuition for this class includes a fee of $40 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Metalsmithing/Jewelry
uYAKu: Sonido Líquido, an exhibition curated by ISM fellow Felipe Ledesma Núñez, will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from February 5 - March 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m.
uYAKu: Sonido Líquido presents an exploration of the acoustics and metaphysics of water and clay through a set of whistling bottles, created after the discovery of the only known archival record of their use.
Double-chamber whistling bottles are among the most mysterious of archaeological artifacts. Inside, they contain intricate acoustic mechanisms capable of producing sound on their own, revealing a technical and spiritual knowledge that remains only partially understood. Although thousands of these vessels have been found, their purpose remains a mystery.
This exhibition presents the only known historical record of their use: a seventeenth-century manuscript describing a whistling bottle in the form of a woman, venerated by a community in the Andean highlands. This vessel was not merely a ritual object; it embodied an ancestral progenitor, an Andean mother whose voice was audibly present.
Inspired by this ancestral figure, the exhibition brings together sound sculptures created by contemporary Latin American artists that reactivate the acoustic vitality of these ancient technologies. The works engage with the resonant past, exploring how clay, air, and water remain carriers of memory.
Featuring works by Felipe Ledesma, Genaro López, Daniel Mesones, and Samuel Tejeda.
Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the ISM and the Yale Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies.
Installation: Ellis Berwick
All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this exhibit on Wednesday, February 4 at 5 p.m.
Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza
uYaKu: Sonido Líquido
Guilford Art Center is delighted to announce the new gallery exhibition, Local Color 7: Circular Thinking , featuring fiber art created by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA-CT). It kicks off with a free Opening Reception, open to the community, on Sunday, February 1, from 2-4pm. The show will be displayed in the GAC gallery daily through Feb 28. The gallery is open 7 days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm; free admission.
This exhibition of fiber art by members of SAQA-CT is designed to explore the varieties of meanings, images, and experiences evoked by the circle. The circle can be appreciated as a shape, a symbol, a concept or a metaphor. This exhibition seeks to celebrate diverse explorations of this image that has permeated cultures across the world and across time.
“Guilford Art Center is delighted to present this exhibition celebrating the creativity of these fiber artists. We are all part of an interconnected circle, as this show highlights, inspiring and encouraging creative engagement from local and regional artists” says Maureen Belden, Executive Director, Guilford Art Center.
Betty Busby, an independent SAQA Juried Artist and the Chairperson of SAQA’s Exhibitions Committee, was selected to jury this exhibition. She is a published fiber artist and teacher and maintains a busy exhibit schedule nationally and internationally. She considered each of the 72 entries from regional artists and has selected 36 pieces for the final collection.
The gallery is open 7 days a week, free entry: Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm.
Location:
Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street (Route 77)
Guilford, CT 06437
For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.
About Guilford Art Center
The Guilford Art Center is a non-profit school, shop and gallery established to nurture and support excellence in the arts. Through classes for adults and children, gallery programs, a shop of contemporary crafts, and special events, the Center fulfills its mission to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the arts, to experience their cultural and historical diversity, and to appreciate the process and product of creative work.
About SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
Over the past 35 years, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.
With our exhibitions, resources, publications, and membership opportunities, we seek to increase the public's appreciation for the art quilt and to support our members in their artistic and professional growth.
Art Quilts Take Shape Around ‘Circular Thinking’ at Guilford Art Center’s Newest Gallery Exhibit
Using the theme of Architecture, via collage and mixed media, participants work on a stretched canvas or canvas panel as their substrate. Everyone delves into the fun of using paints, gel prints, stamping, stencils, integrated with the use of handmade papers printed or painted, old vintage script or text using coffee or tea to stain. Together through the visuals shown of a variety of types of dwellings each of you will choose the type of structures and composition for your piece. Participants can choose abstract high rises using simple basics shapes, city or townscapes or with staining, texturing gels make a rustic cabin, or farm, etc. There will be lots of ideas exchanged and personalized instruction.
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.
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.
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.
Dates: Tuesdays, 1/27; 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24
Time: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $140 per person
On Zoom - Dwellings Mixed Media Class
Inviting 1st -5th graders to join our Spring Play “The Quest, a Fairy Tale with Attitude”
SYNOPSIS: Something is terribly wrong with Grandma! She’s very sick and weak, but luckily for her, recovery is just a quest away! The teacher at the exclusive Fantasy Academy challenges her fairy tale character students to embark on a quest to gather three hard-to-obtain items and cure Grandma. Of course, every good fairy tale has a villain, and the best one of all is the big bad wolf, Huff-n-Puff! If Grandma is in good health, Huff-n-Puff’s plot to snatch the basket of goodies away from Little Red with a Hood might fail! He must keep Grandma feeble by finding the three items before the students do. The fairy tale students fight off the wolf and his sidekick, Tag-Along Troll, and continuously seek the audience’s assistance throughout their journey. Naturally, in the end, their quest is successful, and Grandma is better than ever!
Open to children 1st - 5th grade. All children registering will be cast in the show. There is no formal audition process. Actors will have unofficial Auditions on the first day of rehearsals. This will be a more relaxed, group-based atmosphere with the goal of matching actors with the parts that are best for them.
Rehearsals start on January 11th and are Sundays 1:30 - 3:30 pm and Tuesdays 4 - 6 pm with performances on March 27th, 28th, and 29th. Tech week will include extra rehearsals from 3/23 - 3/26.
When you register - you can pay now or select invoice me to pay later. Payments are due on January 11th. You can avoid credit card charges by paying by check or cash. If you are paying by check or cash select invoice me and bring payment to rehearsal. If you need financial assistance or a payment plan, please send an email to robyn@madisonartsbarn.org prior to registering!
The Quest - A Fairy Tale With Attitude
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
Yale Consort, a professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.
Contact: Clifton Massey
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Deepen your understanding of traditional photographic processes while refining darkroom techniques. Explore toning, medium and large format photography, and alternative processes such as cyanotype and palladium printing. Emphasis is placed on developing a cohesive body of work through regular critiques and group discussions, fostering both technical growth and conceptual clarity. Most classes will be divided between demonstration, discussion and critique and lab time. The class also includes an optional Friday evening open darkroom practice session where students can work on and refine the techniques discussed in class. Tuition for this class includes a fee of $40 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Intermediate and Advanced Black and White Analog Film Photography
Join us to draw or paint from a nude model. The 3-hour session includes mixed-length poses. These are monitored “open drawing” sessions; there is no instruction.
Students must register at least 48 hours in advance.
School Policies
Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee.
Working from a Live Model
Learn to make accordion books in a variety of styles while exploring the basics of bookbinding.
Each week, students will learn a new variation on the accordion fold. Demonstrations and instruction will cover multiple ways the accordion structure can function in book form—such as a continuous panel, individual pages, a board book format, or even a book spine. Techniques for attaching pages with sewing, glue, or tape will be introduced. Collage materials, postcards, and vintage library pockets and cards will be available for incorporation into projects.
By the end of the program, students will have created a collection of accordion books. Those with more experience may choose to spend the session developing a more complex accordion book on a personally selected theme, with guidance available throughout.
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
Beginning Bookbinding: The Accordion Book
Open Mic Surgery is a freeform poetry open mic held at Never Ending Books (Volume Two) on State Street. The weekly event offers a welcoming space where writers of all backgrounds can connect, read their own work, share poems by others, or simply listen and enjoy. Expect an eclectic mix of poetry and spoken word in a supportive, low-pressure setting filled with a wide range of creative voices.
Open Mic Surgery: A poetry open mic
Join Elm City Swing & Blues at our weekly lesson and social dance! We are building on swing dance concepts taught at our beginner crash course, specifically 6-count swing. This is a progressive series, so we encourage people to register for the entire 4 week series (1/27, 2/3, 2/10. 2/17), but drop-ins are welcome.
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
Schedule:
*** NOTE NEW START TIME***
7 - 8pm lesson
8 - 10pm social dance
Sliding scale pricing (please pay what you can)
Lesson: $10-20
Dance only: $5-10
Elm City Swing & Blues: Intro to Swing Dance
Join us for a very special Valentine's Day event on our regular Tuesday dance!
Reminisce on the nostalgia of 80s media and snacks, and relive the 80s era of young love with us. We will have special themed treats, Valentine's, and maybe a few romantic songs thrown in. Dig into your closet and come dressed in your best 80s outfits!
***NOTE*** This runs directly after the lesson for our Intro to Swing Series, of which you can find the Facebook event and details for on our page.
PRICE: sliding scale $5-10
ECSB presents: Total Eclipse of the Heart 80s Themed Valentines Dance
Underneath New Haven’s leafy canopy, secret societies shape destinies while scholars guard treasures behind veiled doors. These streets pulse with stories most people never hear.
This self-guided audio tour uncovers hidden chapters and unexpected corners. Walk the same squares that sparked rebellions, wander halls lined with forbidden manuscripts, and unlock mysteries most visitors rush past.
What legacy hid among the gravestones that once covered the Green? Which forbidden collection in the Beinecke Library triggered a national scandal? Whose fingerprints linger on a secret shelf in Sterling Memorial, sealed for decades?
Trace power struggles and poetic whispers as you stride between libraries and epic public spaces. Let drama tug you through marble arches and sun-dappled lawns until New Haven feels changed beneath your feet.
Ready to listen closer and see what others overlook? Begin your journey where the stories begin-right in the heart of the city.
AudaTours New Haven Audio Tour: Ivy League Legends and Timeless Treasures
In Pegasus Gallery and The Niche:
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence”
February 9 – March 20, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, February 12, 4:30-6:30pm at Pegasus Gallery.
The evocative imagery of Nancy L. Greco’s drawings occupy ethereal spaces where dreamlike myths and fleeting memories shape a realm of endless potential. Human and animal forms are prominent themes that appear contained by and yet freely float within surreal, natural and architectural settings. Dynamic juxtapositions and unexpected perspectives untether her representational imagery from traditional contexts and invite the viewer to explore the elusive nature of memory - fragmented, incomplete but undeniably vivid.
Greco’s drawings, prints, and paintings have been exhibited internationally throughout her 50+ year career. She holds an M.F.A., from The Ohio State University (Columbus) and an M.A. and B.A. in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University. See more of Greco’s work on her website at: www.nancylgreco.com
Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall.
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. when classes are in session. Spring Recess (March 16-20) hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Niche is in Founders Hall, across from the Enrollment Services Office.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
https://ctstate.edu/art-galleries/#middlesex[MW1]
CT State Community College Middlesex
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence” at CT State Middlesex
Guilford Art League’s Winter Show is now on exhibit in the Menunkatuck Room at Nathanael Greene Community Center (32 Church Street, Guilford). In total, there are 48 pieces of art in the show including paintings, pastels, monoprints, mixed media, and collage, featuring dynamic abstract compositions, layered assemblage, bucolic local scenery and more. Each piece is an engaging feast for the eyes. Stop by simply to enjoy the creativity or to look for a special piece for that empty spot on your wall. Artwork will be on display until April 8.
Featured artists include Nicki Arciodinda Bonanno, Lisa Arnold, Philp Backus, Marsha Borden, Denise Casey, Eileen Clark, Jolie Collins, Steffen Cretella, Raffael Dilauro, Carole Dubiell, Lily Forbush, Arthur Guagliumi, Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Sheila Kaczmarek, Wendi Kohli, Suzanne Kriger, Maureen Lopes, Joanne Martignoni, Sharon Morgio, Lauren Murphy, Scott Paterson, Chris Penry, Beverly Schirmeier, James Voos, Mark Weaver, Vickie Williams, Jeanette Wimmer, and Marian Wittink.
The Guilford Art League was founded in 1947 by a small group of local artists. The objective of the art league is to promote and stimulate interest in the visual arts. Members and associates of the Guilford Art League are a participating and interactive group of artists who learn and benefit from their association with one another. For more information about its members, visit www.guilfordartleague.org.
Guilford Art League Winter Show
The Clinton Art Society (CAS) is pleased to launch the 2026 exhibition season with the Winter Juried Members Exhibition on view from January 26 through April 23, 2026. The opening reception is Thursday, January 29 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and is free and open to the public.
“Wintertime is the perfect season to experience the light, color and warmth of art,” said Robin Hammeal-Urban, CAS President. “We are honored to have Laura Leonard as our esteemed juror. We invite the community to visit the show and discover our accomplished local and regional artists who work in a vast array of styles and media,” she added.
The exhibition is at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall, 54 E. Main Street in Clinton, CT and is open during regular Town Hall hours.
CAS is a vibrant arts community with members from across the state and region working in all fine art media. The organization sponsors exhibitions, plein air events, and educational sessions. New members are always welcome. For more information, contact CAS at casclinton@gmail.com or visit clintonartsocietyct.org.
Monday through Wednesday, 9am to 4pm
Thursday, 9am to 7pm
Friday, 9am to 12pm
Winter Juried Members Exhibition
Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.
Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Firing fees are $3.50/pound. Payable by credit card, cash or check.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.
All levels Pottery A
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.
Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.
The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Intermediate and Advanced Printmaking
uYAKu: Sonido Líquido, an exhibition curated by ISM fellow Felipe Ledesma Núñez, will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from February 5 - March 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m.
uYAKu: Sonido Líquido presents an exploration of the acoustics and metaphysics of water and clay through a set of whistling bottles, created after the discovery of the only known archival record of their use.
Double-chamber whistling bottles are among the most mysterious of archaeological artifacts. Inside, they contain intricate acoustic mechanisms capable of producing sound on their own, revealing a technical and spiritual knowledge that remains only partially understood. Although thousands of these vessels have been found, their purpose remains a mystery.
This exhibition presents the only known historical record of their use: a seventeenth-century manuscript describing a whistling bottle in the form of a woman, venerated by a community in the Andean highlands. This vessel was not merely a ritual object; it embodied an ancestral progenitor, an Andean mother whose voice was audibly present.
Inspired by this ancestral figure, the exhibition brings together sound sculptures created by contemporary Latin American artists that reactivate the acoustic vitality of these ancient technologies. The works engage with the resonant past, exploring how clay, air, and water remain carriers of memory.
Featuring works by Felipe Ledesma, Genaro López, Daniel Mesones, and Samuel Tejeda.
Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the ISM and the Yale Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies.
Installation: Ellis Berwick
All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this exhibit on Wednesday, February 4 at 5 p.m.
Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza
uYaKu: Sonido Líquido
Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents, Signs of Love, a 7-week show celebrating love – in the sense of romantic love, as well as through other shared connections between people, animals, and the world around us. Discover new fine art, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and other unexpected pieces by emerging and established artists who represent these ideas in both subtle and bold, as well as personal and universal interpretations. Join us for an Open Reception, Friday, January 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm to enjoy the fine art, crafts, wine, and refreshments, and throughout the Open House Weekend, Saturday, January 24 from 1 to 6 pm and Sunday, January 25 from 1 to 5 pm. The exhibit runs through March 14. As always, Spectrum’s Artisans Store offers new pottery, glass, fiber, home décor, jewelry, clothing, and accessories, as well as children's books and toys. Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut. Gallery and Store hours are Wednesday through Saturday (12-6 pm) and Sunday (12-5 pm). For more information about gallery exhibits, and classes and workshops for adults, teens, and children, call (860) 767-0742 and visit spectrumartgallery.org. Shop online 24/7 at SpectrumAnytime.com with shipping available throughout the US. Follow Spectrum social media at facebook.com/spectrumartgallery, instagram.com/spectrumartgallery, x.com/spectrum_ct, and youtube.com/@spectrumgallery6211
Signs of Love
Guilford Art Center is delighted to announce the new gallery exhibition, Local Color 7: Circular Thinking , featuring fiber art created by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA-CT). It kicks off with a free Opening Reception, open to the community, on Sunday, February 1, from 2-4pm. The show will be displayed in the GAC gallery daily through Feb 28. The gallery is open 7 days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm; free admission.
This exhibition of fiber art by members of SAQA-CT is designed to explore the varieties of meanings, images, and experiences evoked by the circle. The circle can be appreciated as a shape, a symbol, a concept or a metaphor. This exhibition seeks to celebrate diverse explorations of this image that has permeated cultures across the world and across time.
“Guilford Art Center is delighted to present this exhibition celebrating the creativity of these fiber artists. We are all part of an interconnected circle, as this show highlights, inspiring and encouraging creative engagement from local and regional artists” says Maureen Belden, Executive Director, Guilford Art Center.
Betty Busby, an independent SAQA Juried Artist and the Chairperson of SAQA’s Exhibitions Committee, was selected to jury this exhibition. She is a published fiber artist and teacher and maintains a busy exhibit schedule nationally and internationally. She considered each of the 72 entries from regional artists and has selected 36 pieces for the final collection.
The gallery is open 7 days a week, free entry: Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm.
Location:
Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street (Route 77)
Guilford, CT 06437
For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.
About Guilford Art Center
The Guilford Art Center is a non-profit school, shop and gallery established to nurture and support excellence in the arts. Through classes for adults and children, gallery programs, a shop of contemporary crafts, and special events, the Center fulfills its mission to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the arts, to experience their cultural and historical diversity, and to appreciate the process and product of creative work.
About SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
Over the past 35 years, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.
With our exhibitions, resources, publications, and membership opportunities, we seek to increase the public's appreciation for the art quilt and to support our members in their artistic and professional growth.
Art Quilts Take Shape Around ‘Circular Thinking’ at Guilford Art Center’s Newest Gallery Exhibit
Using the theme of Architecture, via collage and mixed media, participants work on a stretched canvas or canvas panel as their substrate. Everyone delves into the fun of using paints, gel prints, stamping, stencils, integrated with the use of handmade papers printed or painted, old vintage script or text using coffee or tea to stain. Together through the visuals shown of a variety of types of dwellings each of you will choose the type of structures and composition for your piece. Participants can choose, abstract high rises using simple basics shapes, city or townscapes or with staining, texturing gels make a rustic cabin, or farm, etc. There will be lots of ideas exchanged and personalized instruction.
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.
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.
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.
Dates: Wednesdays, 1/28; 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25
Time: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $160 with a $25 material fee paid to the instructor.
In Gallery - Mixed Media Class
When Texas lawmakers seek to review a list of books, librarians find themselves on the frontlines of a national battle. Across the U.S., librarians face the impact of uniting against library collection standards that include restrictions on race-related and LGBTQIA+ content. Drawing on historical context, The Librarians explores the broader implications for education and public life.
Please join us for complimentary pizza, viewing of the film and conversation following the film.
THIS EVENT IS FREE but please RSVP so we will know how many people are attending - registration is suggested but not required. Seating is first come, first served.
The Shubert Theatre will debut the new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running community screening series that has brought people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. Patrons will have the opportunity to view the films before they air on television on INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS’s award-winning documentary anthology series.
PBS Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening | The Librarians (FREE!)
Explore essential drawing skills in an approachable, supportive setting.
With guided practice and traditional techniques, students will learn how to observe more closely and turn those observations into expressive, confident sketches.
Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for materials provided by CAW.
Introduction to Drawing: Working from a Still Life
Learn the basics of preparing and operating a loom. Participants will weave a sampler piece combining a wide range of useful weaves. Beginning students will complete one or two simple projects of their choice by the end of this term. Intermediate and advanced students will weave projects with more complex structures using multi-harness looms.
Beginning students have a materials fee of $18 payable to the instructor.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.
Floor Loom Weaving
Looking for a fun group activity while visiting New Haven? Join us in the Beer Hall at East Rock Brewing Co. for our signature trivia on Wednesday nights! FREE ENTRY | 21
Our trivia ranges from General Trivia to Specialty Trivia including: 90s Music Trivia (1/28), Behind the Bar Trivia (3/25), Animated Movie Trivia (6/3) and so much more! Get in early to grab some local, German-inspired beer and a table. 5 rounds with a double or nothing finale! Prizes go to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM, Sign Ups begin at 6 PM
Plan ahead with your trip into New Haven, our trivia and events schedule can be found in our website link below!
Wednesday Night Trivia at East Rock Brewing Co. New Haven
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
The tuition for this class includes a fee of $5 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Advanced Hand Bookbinding
Join the Underground Brewers homebrew club for a meeting at MakeHaven – feel free to bring homebrew for feedback!
Meetings usually consist of doing group BJCP style blind judging of the beers ciders or meads people have brought, and an educational presentation or activity. This month we are going to discuss yeast banking.
For bringing homebrew for feedback: 2x 12oz or similar is good.
Anyone interested in brewing or judging beer cider or mead is encouraged to attend, you don’t need to be a member of the club or MakeHaven! Please RSVP.
Instructor: Mara Heneks
You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:
https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=812&reset=1
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
Underground Brewers Meetup
Underneath New Haven’s leafy canopy, secret societies shape destinies while scholars guard treasures behind veiled doors. These streets pulse with stories most people never hear.
This self-guided audio tour uncovers hidden chapters and unexpected corners. Walk the same squares that sparked rebellions, wander halls lined with forbidden manuscripts, and unlock mysteries most visitors rush past.
What legacy hid among the gravestones that once covered the Green? Which forbidden collection in the Beinecke Library triggered a national scandal? Whose fingerprints linger on a secret shelf in Sterling Memorial, sealed for decades?
Trace power struggles and poetic whispers as you stride between libraries and epic public spaces. Let drama tug you through marble arches and sun-dappled lawns until New Haven feels changed beneath your feet.
Ready to listen closer and see what others overlook? Begin your journey where the stories begin-right in the heart of the city.
AudaTours New Haven Audio Tour: Ivy League Legends and Timeless Treasures
In Pegasus Gallery and The Niche:
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence”
February 9 – March 20, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, February 12, 4:30-6:30pm at Pegasus Gallery.
The evocative imagery of Nancy L. Greco’s drawings occupy ethereal spaces where dreamlike myths and fleeting memories shape a realm of endless potential. Human and animal forms are prominent themes that appear contained by and yet freely float within surreal, natural and architectural settings. Dynamic juxtapositions and unexpected perspectives untether her representational imagery from traditional contexts and invite the viewer to explore the elusive nature of memory - fragmented, incomplete but undeniably vivid.
Greco’s drawings, prints, and paintings have been exhibited internationally throughout her 50+ year career. She holds an M.F.A., from The Ohio State University (Columbus) and an M.A. and B.A. in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University. See more of Greco’s work on her website at: www.nancylgreco.com
Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall.
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. when classes are in session. Spring Recess (March 16-20) hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Niche is in Founders Hall, across from the Enrollment Services Office.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
https://ctstate.edu/art-galleries/#middlesex[MW1]
CT State Community College Middlesex
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Nancy L. Greco: “Recurrence” at CT State Middlesex
Guilford Art League’s Winter Show is now on exhibit in the Menunkatuck Room at Nathanael Greene Community Center (32 Church Street, Guilford). In total, there are 48 pieces of art in the show including paintings, pastels, monoprints, mixed media, and collage, featuring dynamic abstract compositions, layered assemblage, bucolic local scenery and more. Each piece is an engaging feast for the eyes. Stop by simply to enjoy the creativity or to look for a special piece for that empty spot on your wall. Artwork will be on display until April 8.
Featured artists include Nicki Arciodinda Bonanno, Lisa Arnold, Philp Backus, Marsha Borden, Denise Casey, Eileen Clark, Jolie Collins, Steffen Cretella, Raffael Dilauro, Carole Dubiell, Lily Forbush, Arthur Guagliumi, Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Sheila Kaczmarek, Wendi Kohli, Suzanne Kriger, Maureen Lopes, Joanne Martignoni, Sharon Morgio, Lauren Murphy, Scott Paterson, Chris Penry, Beverly Schirmeier, James Voos, Mark Weaver, Vickie Williams, Jeanette Wimmer, and Marian Wittink.
The Guilford Art League was founded in 1947 by a small group of local artists. The objective of the art league is to promote and stimulate interest in the visual arts. Members and associates of the Guilford Art League are a participating and interactive group of artists who learn and benefit from their association with one another. For more information about its members, visit www.guilfordartleague.org.
Guilford Art League Winter Show
The Clinton Art Society (CAS) is pleased to launch the 2026 exhibition season with the Winter Juried Members Exhibition on view from January 26 through April 23, 2026. The opening reception is Thursday, January 29 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and is free and open to the public.
“Wintertime is the perfect season to experience the light, color and warmth of art,” said Robin Hammeal-Urban, CAS President. “We are honored to have Laura Leonard as our esteemed juror. We invite the community to visit the show and discover our accomplished local and regional artists who work in a vast array of styles and media,” she added.
The exhibition is at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall, 54 E. Main Street in Clinton, CT and is open during regular Town Hall hours.
CAS is a vibrant arts community with members from across the state and region working in all fine art media. The organization sponsors exhibitions, plein air events, and educational sessions. New members are always welcome. For more information, contact CAS at casclinton@gmail.com or visit clintonartsocietyct.org.
Monday through Wednesday, 9am to 4pm
Thursday, 9am to 7pm
Friday, 9am to 12pm
Winter Juried Members Exhibition
Chair seated exercise class for seniors. Relax the mind, body and soul through gentle chair seated exercise using the breath via zoom.
Chair seated exercise
Learn the various approaches to creating metal sculptures, including welding (oxyacetylene and MIG), brazing, cutting (torch and plasma cutter), hammering, and more.
Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.
Students should wear 100% cotton long sleeves, jeans or work pants, and closed-toe boots. No synthetic mesh, plastic, or cloth.
The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $40.
All Levels Metal Sculpture
uYAKu: Sonido Líquido, an exhibition curated by ISM fellow Felipe Ledesma Núñez, will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from February 5 - March 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m.
uYAKu: Sonido Líquido presents an exploration of the acoustics and metaphysics of water and clay through a set of whistling bottles, created after the discovery of the only known archival record of their use.
Double-chamber whistling bottles are among the most mysterious of archaeological artifacts. Inside, they contain intricate acoustic mechanisms capable of producing sound on their own, revealing a technical and spiritual knowledge that remains only partially understood. Although thousands of these vessels have been found, their purpose remains a mystery.
This exhibition presents the only known historical record of their use: a seventeenth-century manuscript describing a whistling bottle in the form of a woman, venerated by a community in the Andean highlands. This vessel was not merely a ritual object; it embodied an ancestral progenitor, an Andean mother whose voice was audibly present.
Inspired by this ancestral figure, the exhibition brings together sound sculptures created by contemporary Latin American artists that reactivate the acoustic vitality of these ancient technologies. The works engage with the resonant past, exploring how clay, air, and water remain carriers of memory.
Featuring works by Felipe Ledesma, Genaro López, Daniel Mesones, and Samuel Tejeda.
Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the ISM and the Yale Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies.
Installation: Ellis Berwick
All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this exhibit on Wednesday, February 4 at 5 p.m.
Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza
uYaKu: Sonido Líquido
Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents, Signs of Love, a 7-week show celebrating love – in the sense of romantic love, as well as through other shared connections between people, animals, and the world around us. Discover new fine art, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and other unexpected pieces by emerging and established artists who represent these ideas in both subtle and bold, as well as personal and universal interpretations. Join us for an Open Reception, Friday, January 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm to enjoy the fine art, crafts, wine, and refreshments, and throughout the Open House Weekend, Saturday, January 24 from 1 to 6 pm and Sunday, January 25 from 1 to 5 pm. The exhibit runs through March 14. As always, Spectrum’s Artisans Store offers new pottery, glass, fiber, home décor, jewelry, clothing, and accessories, as well as children's books and toys. Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook, Connecticut. Gallery and Store hours are Wednesday through Saturday (12-6 pm) and Sunday (12-5 pm). For more information about gallery exhibits, and classes and workshops for adults, teens, and children, call (860) 767-0742 and visit spectrumartgallery.org. Shop online 24/7 at SpectrumAnytime.com with shipping available throughout the US. Follow Spectrum social media at facebook.com/spectrumartgallery, instagram.com/spectrumartgallery, x.com/spectrum_ct, and youtube.com/@spectrumgallery6211
Signs of Love
Guilford Art Center is delighted to announce the new gallery exhibition, Local Color 7: Circular Thinking , featuring fiber art created by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA-CT). It kicks off with a free Opening Reception, open to the community, on Sunday, February 1, from 2-4pm. The show will be displayed in the GAC gallery daily through Feb 28. The gallery is open 7 days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm; free admission.
This exhibition of fiber art by members of SAQA-CT is designed to explore the varieties of meanings, images, and experiences evoked by the circle. The circle can be appreciated as a shape, a symbol, a concept or a metaphor. This exhibition seeks to celebrate diverse explorations of this image that has permeated cultures across the world and across time.
“Guilford Art Center is delighted to present this exhibition celebrating the creativity of these fiber artists. We are all part of an interconnected circle, as this show highlights, inspiring and encouraging creative engagement from local and regional artists” says Maureen Belden, Executive Director, Guilford Art Center.
Betty Busby, an independent SAQA Juried Artist and the Chairperson of SAQA’s Exhibitions Committee, was selected to jury this exhibition. She is a published fiber artist and teacher and maintains a busy exhibit schedule nationally and internationally. She considered each of the 72 entries from regional artists and has selected 36 pieces for the final collection.
The gallery is open 7 days a week, free entry: Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm.
Location:
Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street (Route 77)
Guilford, CT 06437
For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.
About Guilford Art Center
The Guilford Art Center is a non-profit school, shop and gallery established to nurture and support excellence in the arts. Through classes for adults and children, gallery programs, a shop of contemporary crafts, and special events, the Center fulfills its mission to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the arts, to experience their cultural and historical diversity, and to appreciate the process and product of creative work.
About SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
Over the past 35 years, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.
With our exhibitions, resources, publications, and membership opportunities, we seek to increase the public's appreciation for the art quilt and to support our members in their artistic and professional growth.
Art Quilts Take Shape Around ‘Circular Thinking’ at Guilford Art Center’s Newest Gallery Exhibit
This class is designed for students with some experience using colored pencil and have basic concepts of botanical illustration. This course will focus on drawing a complete botanical study over the four-week session. Students will plan and draw each component of the study week by week resulting in a frame-able work of art. The teacher will provide the oversized paper, tracing paper for sketches and the flower subject. Material list available upon registration.
Nancy Bentivegna is a botanical artist who received her training at the New York Botanical Gardens through the Botanical Art and Illustration Program. After completing the program in 2010, she relocated to Boston. For the past eleven years she has been teaching a variety of botanical art classes in Boston and the greater Boston area. These courses are based on the instruction she received at the NYBG and include colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink and watercolor pencil.
Nancy prefers to work in watercolor pencil combined with colored pencil for depth and detail. She does custom pieces for clients both in the Boston area and New York. She recently relocated to Essex and will be offering classes at the Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook.
Botanical Study in Colored Pencil
Gallery+Exploring Black Histories is a participatory program tracing Black diasporic journeys through objects in the Yale University Art Gallery to highlight how communities reimagine traditions across continents. Join us for conversation, music, a studio workshop, and refreshments.
Gallery+ is an ongoing series of collaborations that invites responses to the Gallery’s collection through special programs and performances.
Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.
Gallery+Exploring Black Histories
Learn the versatile and popular craft of silkscreen/serigraph printmaking.
Students will transfer photo images (photography, drawing, painting, or multimedia art) to the printing screens and print onto paper, fabric, or wood panel. Image separations (digital and hand) to print images with more than one color as well as learning how to register multiple colors for printing will be discussed.
Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.
The tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Silkscreen/Serigraph Printmaking
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.
The tuition for this class includes a fee of $40 for basic materials provided by CAW.
Metalsmithing/Jewelry
Use circular needles to knit a hat in the round.
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.
Learn to Knit a Hat in the Round
The Shubert Theatre puts the spotlight on New Haven's local talent in our all-new Elm City's Cabaret. Patrons will be seated at tables to enjoy an evening of performance in an intimate setting.
Now in its fourth year, the Shubert Theatre launched Elm City's Finest to recognize the diverse artists within our city. Talent from nearly every artistic form—music, dance, spoken word, visual art—has been celebrated on our stage. As we continue to showcase artists, each Elm City’s Finest event will focus on an artistic discipline.
Elm City's Finest: Singer-Songwriters
Big Head Todd and The Monsters: Winter Tour 2026
Thursday February 19,, 2025
@ College Street Music Hall
6:30PM Doors / All Ages
Tickets on sale NOW: https://found.ee/bhtm219nhv
Premier Concerts and Manic Presents:
BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS
In this life, very few friendships withstand the test of time. Naturally, people go their separate ways and chase their own dreams. As rare as it may be for friendships to last a lifetime, it might be even rarer for a band to stick together for the long haul. For close to four decades, the members of Big Head Todd and The Monsters—Todd Park Mohr [vocals, guitar, keys, sax, harmonica], Brian Nevin [drums], Rob Squires [bass, vocals], and Jeremy Lawton [keyboards, lap pedal/steel guitar, vocals]—have continued to both throw down in the studio and light up stages worldwide. Rallying around a core vision, the platinum-selling Colorado quartet kick out the kind of blues-drenched rock ‘n’ roll bangers that make you want to rev the engine a little louder, sing along like no one’s looking, and live a little freer.
This holds true on their 12th full-length offering, Her Way Out.
“To me, my band means four people who listen to each other, work hard, and share a goal,” Todd observes. “The goal has to do with reaching out to people, catching their ears, and sharing a story we hope they relate to. Our fans have given us an incredible 40-year career, and we hope they’ve gotten great songs and performances in return.”
They’ve most definitely delivered on both fronts…
As the story goes, Todd, Brian, and Rob unlocked their musical partnership during high school when they started jamming in the early eighties. Fast forward to 1986, they adopted the moniker Big Head Todd and The Monsters. BHTM released 2 successful independent records on their own BIG Records, Another Mayberry (1989) and Midnight Radio (1990) before drawing the attention of music industry titans and signing with Irving Azoff, Chuck Morris, and Frank Barsalona in 1992. They broke nationally with the platinum-certified staple Sister Sweetly (1993) which yielded four top 10 rock radio hits. They continued to progress with Strategem [1994] and Beautiful World [1997] which yielded several more rock radio hits including Boom Boom featuring John Lee Hooker. The band is continually touring and recording and has continued to put out albums that have received critical acclaim from both fans and press.
Among other milestones, their music literally reached the heavens when they played “Blue Sky” live at NASA Mission Control, delivering a celestial wakeup for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They’ve toured and recorded with many rock and blues legends including B.B. King, Neil Young, The Allman Brothers, Hubert Sumlin, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Dave Matthews Band, The Eagles and their personal favorite Robert Plant. Not to mention, they attained hometown hero status by headlining Red Rocks Amphitheatre 35 times in addition to earning induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
Her Way Out came to life organically. For two years, they hosted “Monster’s Music Monthly,” serving up either a new song or a new version of a classic online. Working out of Jeremy’s home studio, they parlayed this momentum into their latest LP.
“It had been almost seven years since our last album release, but we wanted to put the same energy of ‘Monster’s Music Monthly’ into a full-length,” Todd notes. “We have a very distinct personality as a band. I write to the sensibilities of each member, because they’re going to have to dig playing it. We’re a benevolent democracy. If one guy isn’t connecting with a certain song, that song is out. As an uncomplicated rock band, we like to do things that are ‘proper’—loud guitars, drums, big bass, and well-placed organ, keys, and lap steel. We road-tested every song on the record before recording a lick. All of that helped us dial in the arrangements, ditch tunes that didn’t work, and grow a strong sense of what our individual parts should be.”
In this respect, the single and title track “Her Way Out” packs a concentrated and catchy punch. Anchored by a steady beat, the rough and tumble riff kicks up dust as soulful vocals ignite an irresistible refrain, “She found her way out, her way out—and it was me.”
“It’s driven by the idea that relationships are frail,” he elaborates. “Sometimes, they are something one wants freedom from. A real-life circumstance drives this story. Something was said when a person had too much to drink. The relationship ended with words, but the drinker could never know what he said and the woman refused to tell him.”
Ass-kicking guitar surges through “Thunderbird” as strains of organ coat a raucous refrain with a lyrical tip-of-the-hat to the Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas classic American Graffiti.
He goes on, “‘Thunderbird’ is a collection of one-liners from the film knit together with a beat poet vibe. It has an AC/DC-like guitar riff and a cinematic-style vocal. It’s all about drag racing and love never caught.”
Elsewhere, Big Head Todd and The Monsters nod to Annie Oakley with “Don’t Kill Me Tonight.” Then, there’s “King Kong.” A hulking groove lumbers beneath the frontman’s bluesy intonation as a piano solo bleeds into a skyscraper-scaling guitar lead.
“It’s inspired by a large movie poster in my basement of King Kong on top of the Empire State Building,” Todd reveals. “I’m drawn to these iconic contemporary heroes who are also monsters. They are complicated because they destroy so much, yet are sympathetic to children and fall in love with human women. These ‘Titans’, as they are called, are often monsters of our own making. It’s exciting to perform live.”
In the end, the future looks as bright as ever for these longtime friends.
“We work very hard at being a great band,” Todd leaves off. “We’re also a group that cares for each other. We’ve been together for almost 40 years. Our audience has made it all possible, and we’re grateful and determined to keep playing.”
Official Website: https://www.bigheadtodd.com
