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Mother and daughter artists cultivate creativity

 February 21, 2012

In the spacious, sun-soaked studio built off the back of Sarah Stifler Lucas' Stonington home, you'll often find a scene of peaceful creativity.

Lucas will be painting at her easel - maybe a scene of a local cafe. Her daughter, Anna Lucas,...

Young at Art kicks off Saturday

 February 21, 2012

There are those in the Codger Community who might suggest that anytime you've got a gathering of 600 young people, well, trouble is brewing. Not so - at least where Young at Art is concerned. An exhibition of artwork by, yes, more than 600...

Lyme Academy sculptor completes 9-11 Memoria Project

 February 12, 2012

Stephen Shaheen, a Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts professor, was studying in Italy on Sept. 11, 2001, when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center.

Mark Patnode casts New London in a fresh light

 February 11, 2012

Instead of ceding to the gray skies of a dour New England winter, artist Mark Patnode infuses his canvas with color that illuminates New London in those slivers of time when the city's features glow.

Hats part of Black History Month highlights in New London

 February 10, 2012

"Hat's Off," an exhibit honoring black history, is on view at New London Public Library during February.

Exploring styles and movements at Flo Gris

 February 7, 2012

It's true that fine art over the ages has been clustered with "...isms," from Realism and Neo-classicism to Impressionism and Tonalism to Romanticism and Cavemen-Drawing-On-Cave-Walls-ism.

Cultural, collegial collaboration in LNVA exhibit

 February 5, 2012

Locally showcasing diverse works of contemporary art from countries where Romance languages are spoken is an ongoing mission of the Latin Network for the Visual Arts. Connecticut College in New London recently signed on as the newest...

Mark Patnode art featured at TSETSE Gallery

 February 4, 2012

The exhibition "A Live Retrospective of Mark Patnode" opens with a reception from 5 to 8 tonight at the TSETSE Gallery in New London. The show explores the shifts and changes in Patnode's work over time. The retrospective runs...

War of 1812 exhibit opens at Lyman Allyn July 6

 January 31, 2012

The Connecticut Humanities Council has announced a $45,000 grant award to provide funds for a bicentennial exhibit on the War of 1812 and its effects on Connecticut and the region. Scheduled to open just after Independence Day weekend at...

Images of the 'Exquisite'

 January 31, 2012

"Exquisite" is a perfectly gorgeous sounding word with an appropriate definition of "flawless" or "beautiful." But it was ruined for many of us by the villain Egghead on the "Batman" television series. Played by Vincent Price, he pronounced the...

Hygienic hosts Young Artists

 January 26, 2012

They may be on the youthful side, but that doesn't mean the painters and sketchers and sculptors who populate the Hygienic's Young Artists show don't have big-time talent.

You'll realize as much if you go to the opening celebration, which...

Exhibit celebrates the good all around us

 January 24, 2012

Take a break from watching the complete "Saw" video collection and don't read anything about crime/drug epidemics in our urban centers. Instead, let's think GOOD. In that spirit, why not investigate a new show, "Opening to Good - An...

SAA seeks high school artists for annual show

 January 23, 2012

The Shoreline Arts Alliance will hold its 29th annual juried exhibition of student art, "Future Choices 2012," from Feb. 23 through March 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Sill House Gallery of the Lyme Academy...

Explore Connecticut couture at the Benton

 January 17, 2012

Someday in the future, museum honchos and experts in costume design will undoubtedly curate exhibitions based on the outfits of Madonna, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry - and historians and arty folk will flock to see them. Contextually, it's...

YCBA exhibit observes the British Empire through an artist's eye

 January 15, 2012

Enormous narrative paintings peopled with dozens of eclectic characters and unconventional solitary portraits that capture people in intimate moments comprise the 65 oil paintings and a selection of drawings and prints in the Yale Center...

Whalers and Lancers head out of the classroom and into the gallery

 January 14, 2012

They may be high school students, but they're exhibiting their art in a professional venue and extending their art education beyond the canvas or kiln.

LAA presents 20th associate artist show

 January 10, 2012

There's a great deal of prestige in being an associate artist at the Lyme Art Association. These are not Post-It note phone-call doodles or pen sketches on cocktail napkins, after all. The Lyme Art Association is a treasure; a regional...

Tour Italy with FloGris director

 January 8, 2012

From May 10 to 19, the Florence Griswold Museum offers "The Art and Architecture of the Italian Masters," a guided barge tour of Northern Italy from Mantua to Venice. Guests on the eight-night voyage will travel on the "Ave Marie," a...

Explore Steve Cryan’s ‘Tugs and Trains'

 January 8, 2012

Steve Cryan will discuss his model train exhibit "Tugs & Trains: Further Adventures" on Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex. Cryan's talk will include stories of commercial transportation in the Connecticut...

Calling all artists: Occupy Hygienic

 January 7, 2012

Visual artists are invited to submit work to the 33rd Salon des Indépendants to be held at the Hygienic Art Galleries in downtown New London. Hanging begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, and runs until 6 p.m. The show officially...

Titanic artifacts headed to auction

 January 3, 2012

The owner of the largest trove of artifacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck.

Hygienic showcases New London, Waterford student art

 January 3, 2012

For the sixth year, Hygienic Art, Inc., is opening its doors to New London and Waterford youths for what has become the annual "Whalers + Lancers Student Art Show." Students from New London and Waterford High Schools put their art on...

Celebrate with Westerly's cooperative gallery as it turns 20

 December 26, 2011

The Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly will turn 20 next year and celebrate with a yearlong series of special events. To kick off the celebration, Coop artists will share their secrets in "Beneath the Surface," the gallery's...

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