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SUMMARY:Arts in Action
DESCRIPTION:– Join us –\nSaturday\, September 30\, 2023\n6 – 8 PM\n– at –\nFive Points Arts Center\nAn evening of food\, drink\, music and artists in action to benefit Five Points \n  \nReserve your tickets HERE \nIf you cannot attend but would like to make a donation to this fundraising event\, DONATE HERE
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/arts-in-action/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230923T120000
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SUMMARY:Precious Metal Clay Jewelry
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Barbara Getsinger-Kelemencky \nDate: Saturday\, September 23\, 2023 \nTime: 12PM – 5PM \nAges: 12+ \nMember: $135 \nNon-Member: $150 \nGet introduced to the world of Precious Metal Clay and learn to make beautiful sterling silver jewelry utilizing this innovative clay based metal. No experience required! \nTo register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/precious-metal-clay-jewelry/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230923T100000
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SUMMARY:Anatomy of a Cloud
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Mary-Beth Sasso \nDate: Saturday September 23\, 2023 \nTime: 10AM – 4PM \nMember: $90.00 \nNon-Member: $100.00 \nAges: 14 and up\, all levels of experience welcome! \nHave you ever looked at the mesmerizing clouds in the sky and felt the urge to paint them? Creating clouds with pastels may seem simple\, but it can be challenging. This workshop\, led by pastelist Mary Beth Sasso will guide you through the process and help you master this art form quickly. We’ll explore the intricate details between colors\, the meaning of edges\, shapes\, and textures\, light temperature\, the importance of values\, and the effects of atmospheric perspective. \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/anatomy-of-a-cloud/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230917T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230917T153000
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CREATED:20230613T142433Z
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SUMMARY:Gel Plate Printing with Heather Neilson
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Heather Neilson \nDate: Sunday\, September 17\, 2023 \nTime: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM \nAges: 17 and up \nMember: $157.50 \nNon-Member: $175.00 \nThis Nature-Inspired Gel Plate Printing Workshop will have you connecting with nature and your creativity through the satisfying and fun process of gel plate printing. Using a variety of leaves and natural materials\, Heather will guide you in using a gel plate\, acrylic paint and a variety of tools and techniques to create beautiful prints that can be used as final art works\, collages\, cards and other mixed media projects. \nTO REGISTER: CLICK HERE
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/gel-plate-printing-with-heather-neilson/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T130000
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SUMMARY:Mixed Media Portrait
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Jenna Gonzales \nDate: Saturday\, September 16\, 2023 \nTime: 10AM – 1PM \nAges: 16 – Adult \nMembers: $67.50 \nNon-Members: $75.00 \nDiscover the basic techniques of mixed-media collage during this expressive and exploratory class that will guide you through creating a work of art rich with texture and colorful layers. \nYou’ll explore working with supplies such as patterned papers\, paints\, texture mediums\, and stamps while you create a unique and meaningful artwork on an 8”x10” canvas. \nMixed-media collage is a highly intuitive art form with lots of room for creative curiosity. It’s beginner-friendly as well as useful for the more experienced art maker. \n  \nTO REGISTER: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/mixed-media-portrait/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T120000
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SUMMARY:September Plein Air Painting with Janet Iffland
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Janet Iffland \nDate: Saturday\, September 16\, 2023 \nTime: 9AM – 12PM \nMember: $63.00 \nNon-Member: $70.00 \n\nJanet Iffland will be offering a monthly Saturday Morning Plein Air Class from late summer to fall. This September weekend date will be the second in a series of three. Janet will start class by explaining plein air concepts\, the setup of palette\, color choices and layout\, brushes\, canvas choices and mediums. The class will include a 30 minute demonstration. Participants will work independently with individualized critique. Janet Iffland’s class is great for both participants with no experience to those who have been in the “field” for some time. \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/september-plein-air-painting-with-janet-iffland/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T100000
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SUMMARY:Monotypes Printed With or Without a Press
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Tony Kirk \nDates: Sundays\, September 10 and September 17\, 2023 \nTime: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM \nAges: 14 and up \nMembers: $108.00 \nNon-Members: $120.00 \nThis workshop will occur over two consecutive Sundays where students will learn how print by hand and with a press. Throughout history\, artists such as Maurice Prendergast hand burnished Japanese paper in order to transfer their inked image without a press. The instructor will also show artists how to set up the press for printing and how to adjust the pressure to ensure a good print. During the September 17th follow-up workshop the instructor will demonstrate how one can add an extra layer of ink in perfect registration to a previously printed monotype. \nTo register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/monotypes-printed-with-or-without-a-press/2023-09-10/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T100000
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SUMMARY:Cyanotypes in Color
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Dan Baird-Miller \nDate: Sunday\, September 10\, 2023 \nTime: 10AM – 4PM \nAges: 14 And Up  \nMembers: $157.50 \nNon-Members: $175.00 \n  \nIn this experimental workshop\, we will be working with non-traditional papers. By using different colored papers\, we will explore how the blue of a cyanotype changes depending on what material is used. We will use some non traditional paper types (non watercolor paper) and experiment with the results. \nIf you are curious about a paper type\, you are welcome to bring in your own supplies\, or use the materials we will have on hand. Natural fiber works best for cyanotypes. We will fail or succeed together! \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/cyanotypes-in-color/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T200000
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SUMMARY:Build Upon the Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 9\, 2023\n6 – 8 PM\nFive Points Arts Center\nPlease join us for a fun evening with former classmates at your old UConn campus. Bring your stories\, enjoy drinks and appetizers\, tour the building renovations\, improvements and updates that make Five Points a premier arts center\, and be part of the plans for the future. \nMany students and staff have returned to see their former college again and share tales of life that unfolded in these classrooms. To commemorate this legacy\, we invite all UConn Torrington students\, staff\, administration\, friends and families the opportunity to be the first to leave their imprints by taking a seat in the auditorium and naming it! \nThirty premier seats will be available for $300 each\, the remaining seats are available for $100. \nRSVP: 860.618.2167 / slynch@fivepointsarts.org
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/build-upon-the-legacy-2/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T200000
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SUMMARY:Build Upon the Legacy
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to Build Upon the Legacy\, Saturday\, September 9\, 2023\,   6-8 PM at your former Alma Mater The UConn Torrington Regional Campus\, now Five Points Arts Center.\nBack to SchoolPlease join us for a fun evening with former classmates\, at your old UConn campus! Bring your stories\, enjoy drinks and appetizers\, tour the building renovations\, improvements\, and updates that make Five Points a premier arts center\, and be part of the plans for the future! \nHave a SeatMany students and staff have returned to see their former college again and share tales of life that unfolded in these classrooms.  To commemorate this legacy\, we invite all UConn Torrington students\, staff\, and administration the opportunity to be the first to leave their imprint by taking a seat in the auditorium and naming it! Thirty premier seats will be available for $300 each which includes the metal nameplate.  The remaining seats are available for $100. \n\n860.618.2167 slynch@fivepointsarts.org     fivepointsarts.org
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/build-upon-the-legacy/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T170000
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SUMMARY:Champagne Closing Reception - Photography Degree Zero: The Black Swans Of Ellen Carey
DESCRIPTION:There will be a Champagne Closing Reception for “Photography Degree Zero: The Black Swans Of Ellen Carey” at the Five Points Annex Gallery on Saturday\, August 26\, 1-5 PM. Visit for the last chance to meet the artist and see this work in person. \n\n\n\n\nEllen Carey (b.1952 USA) is an educator\, independent scholar\, guest curator\, photographer and lens-based artist\, whose unique experimental work (1974-2018) spans several decades.\n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Carey’s work has been the subject of 55 one-person exhibitions in museums\, alternative spaces\, university\, college and commercial galleries (1978-2018) – highlights: Dings\, Shadows and Pulls\, Amon Carter Museum of American Art (ACMAA); Photography Degree Zero Matrix#153 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; Mourning Wall Real Art Ways; femme brut(e) Lyman Allyn Art Museum; Struck by Light Saint Joseph University; Ellen Carey: Survey ICP/NY; upcoming retrospective titled Struck by Light: The Experimental Photography of Ellen Carey\, Burchfield – Penney Art Center (BPAC)\, received funding (30K) from Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (NY\, NY) for 2020. \nHer work seen in hundreds of group exhibitions (1974-2020) in museums\, alternative spaces\, university and college galleries\, non-profits and commercial venues; highlighted in permanent collections of over 60 photography and art museums: The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (AKAG)\, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (ACMAA)\, George Eastman Museum (GEM)\, Museum at the Chicago Art Institute\, Fogg Museum at Harvard University\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA)\, Norton Museum of Art\, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)\, Whitney Museum of American Art\, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, Yale University Art Gallery while corporate collections include: Banana Republic and JP Morgan Chase Collection; noted private include: The LeWitt Foundation and Sir Elton John Collection. Exhibitions\, solo and group\, include: books\, catalogues\, brochures\, artist talks\, reviews\, lectures etc: http://www.ellencareyphotography.com. \n\nThe Five Points Annex Gallery is located at 15 Water Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790 \nPhotography Degree Zero: The Black Swans of Ellen Carey \n \n 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/champagne-closing-reception-photography-degree-zero-the-black-swans-of-ellen-carey/
LOCATION:Five Points Annex Gallery\, 15 Water Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T193000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Talk: Ellen Carey
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ricardo Reyes\, will be in conversation with Ellen Carey about her works featured in her ongoing exhibition at Five Points on Thursday\, August 24 at 6:30 PM. \nFree Registration Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OZHs_qdTIWK_V2GUVyp1w \nAbout Ellen Carey:\nCarey’s abstract and minimal photography purposely challenges our culturally and historically prescribed expectations around the photograph and its picture signs. Using only light\, wherever and whatever it strikes. The work intentionally upends traditional methods of “rendering” a photographic image with unusual approaches and combinations. Employing high-impact pictures of her inventive techniques and innovative methods she uses the photogram method\, made without a camera\, it is created in the darkroom; in color\, with no light (except upon exposure). \nAbout Dr. Ricardo Reyes:\nReyes is the Director of Galleries and Curator of Collections at Lafayette College\, Easton\, PA; he also oversees the activities of the Williams Center Gallery\, Grossman Gallery\, Kirby Art Study Center\, and Art on Campus. \nDr. Reyes (Rico) is an artist\, curator\, and cultural theorist whose 30-year experience has focused on expanding the conversation around art-making and exhibitions to be more inclusive and equitable. His art employs the idioms of performance\, video\, and installation while addressing issues of ethnicity\, sexuality\, and global politics. His curating is focused on elevating the voices of BIPOC and Queer artists; contemporary art from diasporic Filipino communities; photography and cultural regeneration; and has curated exhibitions at the Orange County Museum of Art\, UCLA Fowler Museum; and SF MoMA Artist Gallery. \nRico received his BA in Sculpture from the University of California at Berkeley and his MFA in New Genres from UCLA\, his Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology\, and his Ph.D. from the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths\, University of London.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/virtual-artist-talk-ellen-carey/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T170000
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SUMMARY:Artist Residency: Susan Hackett - Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS – FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC\nIntro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art\, Changing Hearts and Minds – How and Why\n  \nTuesday\, August 15\, and Tuesday\, August 22\,  2-5 PM \nThursday\, August 10\, and Thursday\, August 24\, 3-6 PM \nSaturday\, August 12\, and Saturday\, August 19\,  10-1 PM  \n\nWorkshops will be Hybrid days spent both in the woods and fields surrounding the Five Points Arts Education Center and in the studio. ‘Micro-hike’ the trails sharing two hand-held digital microscopes to collect interesting images and some fallen material to examine under the tabletop ‘scopes.’  \nParticipants will then return to the studio to explore these treasures and select/print the best of these images on 4”x6”  photo paper. (Rain or Shine)  \nBeginner friendly—no photography experience required. Items needed: comfortable walking shoes\, a water bottle\, bug spray\, respect for other forms of life\, and an adventurous spirit. 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/artist-residency-susan-hackett-open-studio-2/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162249
CREATED:20230817T155142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T155410Z
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SUMMARY:Launchpad Open Studios August 19\, 3-5 PM
DESCRIPTION:The Five Points Launchpad Studios will be open to the public on Saturday\, August 19\, 2023 form 3-5 PM. \nVisit to get a chance to see inside artists’ studios and talk with some of our Launchpad members. \nFive Points Gallery and the Five Points Annex Gallery will be open 1-6 PM. The Litchfield Hills Creative Festival will be happening all day on Saturday\, August\, 19\, 2o23. \n  \nhttps://www.artsnwct.org/litchfield-hills-creative-festival
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/launchpad-open-studios-2/
LOCATION:Five Points Launchpad\, 5 Water Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Launchpad
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162249
CREATED:20230817T153941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T154221Z
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SUMMARY:In-person Artist Talk: Friday\, August 18\, 6:30 PM
DESCRIPTION:There will be an In-Person Artist Talk on Friday\, August 18\, 2023\, 6:30 PM at Five Points Gallery. \nFeatured Artists are Dan Baird-Miller\, Christian Crowley\, Casandra Cyr\, Kyrsten Lane\, Ethan Newman\, Sydney Samele\, and Megan Victoria from the Launchpad Biennial Exhibition in the West and TDP Galleries. In the East Gallery\, the featured artist is Peter Brown\, in “Disguises: Put Up Yours Hands”. This talk will be moderated by Judith McElhone\, Founder & Executive Director of Five Points Arts. Join us on Friday\, August 18\, at 6:30 PM at Five Points Gallery. \n  \nFive Points Gallery \n \n 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/in-person-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T170000
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CREATED:20230730T181223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230730T181223Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Residency: Susan Hackett - Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Open Studio Sessions – Free and Open to the Public\nIntro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art\, Changing Hearts and Minds – How and Why\n  \nTuesday\, August 15\, and Tuesday\, August 22\,  2-5 PM \nThursday\, August 10\, and Thursday\, August 24\, 3-6 PM \nSaturday\, August 12\, and Saturday\, August 19\,  10-1 PM  \n\nWorkshops will be Hybrid days spent both in the woods and fields surrounding the Five Points Arts Education Center and in the studio. ‘Micro-hike’ the trails sharing two hand-held digital microscopes to collect interesting images and some fallen material to examine under the tabletop ‘scopes.’  \nParticipants will then return to the studio to explore these treasures and select/print the best of these images on 4”x6”  photo paper. (Rain or Shine)  \nBeginner friendly—no photography experience required. Items needed: comfortable walking shoes\, a water bottle\, bug spray\, respect for other forms of life\, and an adventurous spirit. 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/artist-residency-susan-hackett-open-studio/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T200000
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SUMMARY:Thoughts and Prayers Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:“Thoughts and Prayers”\, a collaborative outdoor installation by Martha Lewis and Margaret Roleke is now on display on the grounds at Five Points Arts Center. This piece made its debut in the fall of 2022 on Governor’s Island\, NYC; Margaret & Martha’s goal is to have Thoughts & Prayers tour the country\, to help incite better conversations about our collective relationship to weapons and violence in the United States. \nThe large\, cruciform structure was built by Roleke who painstakingly threaded\, then wrapped dozens of used shotgun shells around the armature\, to create a colorful\, texturally rich take on the Christian cross. The prayer flags were made by Lewis\, using crowd-sourced tee shirts hand-cut and stenciled with her custom messages. Every flag contains human DNA\, signs of wear\, and a past as the covering on a human torso. They act as fluttering surrogates\, protesting and bearing witness to each weaponized incident. Similarly\, Roleke’s shells\, sourced from various rifle ranges\, bear the marks of human touch and interaction – they are often bent and misshapen by use. Like Lewis’ flags\, they appear in a candy-colored array\, giving the work a polychromatic\, full-spectrum presence\, further evoking the vivid diversity of us\, here in the USA. \nAccompanying the installation is a site\, located in an adjacent tree stump\, where the public can share their own messages about gun control and gun violence. These may be added to future iterations of the project\, shifting the voice of the project to a collective chorus. \n  \nMargaret Roleke is a sculptor and mixed media artist based in Easton\, CT.\, and Brooklyn. Much of her work deals with important social issues including gun violence. She currently has several large-scale outdoor sculptures on view in New England including The Norwalk Art Space\, The Camp Gallery in Westport\, and at AirPort in Kingston\, NY. Roleke’s work has been exhibited widely in galleries and museums. Find out more at www.margaretroleke.com and follow her on Instagram at @margaretroleke \nMartha Willette Lewis is a visual artist whose practice intersects science\, technology\, history\, and human knowledge. Her recent projects tackle such topics as Quantum Physics\, The Climate Crisis\, Politics\, Misogyny\, and Memory. Lewis’s work has been exhibited widely in galleries and museums in the USA and Europe. Lewis has artwork on paper at Central Booking Gallery\, Planthouse Gallery\, and the Pierogi Flatfile\, all in New York. More can be found at www.Marthalewis.com and on Instagram at @marthawillettelewis
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/thoughts-and-prayers-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:August Plein Air Painting with Janet Iffland
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Janet Iffland \nDate: Saturday\, August 12\, 2023 \nTime: 9AM – 12PM \nMember: $63.00 \nNon-Member: $70.00 \n\nJanet Iffland will be offering a monthly Saturday Morning Plein Air Class from late summer to fall. This August weekend date will be the first in a series of three. Janet will start class by explaining plein air concepts\, the setup of palette\, color choices and layout\, brushes\, canvas choices and mediums. The class will include a 30 minute demonstration. Participants will work independently with individualized critique. Janet Iffland’s class is great for both participants with no experience to those who have been in the “field” for some time. \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/august-plein-air-painting-with-janet-iffland/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Intro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art\, Changing Hearts and Minds - How and Why
DESCRIPTION:Join Susan Hackett\, artist in residence at Five Points Arts Center\, for a campus walk and studio exploration. These workshops will be hybrid days spent both in the woods and fields surrounding the Five Points Arts Center and in the studio. ‘Micro-hike’ the trails sharing two hand-held digital microscopes to collect interesting images and some fallen material to examine under the tabletop ‘scopes.’ \nParticipants will then return to the studio to explore these treasures and select/print the best of these images on 4×6″ photo paper. \nThursday\, August 10\, 3-6 PM \nSaturday\, August 12\, 10-1 PM \nTuesday\, August 15\, 2-5 PM \nSaturday\, August 19\, 10-1 PM \nTuesday\, August 22\, 2-5 PM \nThursday\, August 24\, 3-6 PM \n  \nTo register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/intro-to-using-a-digital-microscope-to-create-art-changing-hearts-and-minds-how-and-why/2023-08-10/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Japanese Boro/Sashiko Embroidery
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Barbara Asher \nDate: Saturday\, August 5\, 2023 \nTime: 10AM – 2PM \nMember: $72.00 \nNon-Member: $80.00 \nAges: 15 and up \nThis workshop brings together the qualities of mindfulness and recycling. In this workshop\, participants will be introduced to the Japanese art of Boro/Sashiko. Translated\, boro means “scraps” and sashiko\, “little stabs.” \nThe Art of Boro/Sashiko\, currently a high fashion trend due to the conciousness of reducing waste\, was originally born out of the needs for recycling and frugality of the working class during the Edo period. The garment repair craft was comprised of piecing several layers of torn indigo fabrics in order to give them superior strength and utility. The stitching gave the garment strength and it’s distinctive look. Garments such as this were often passed down from generation to generation creating a living and enduring work of art. \nTO REGISTER: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/japanese-boro-sashiko-embroidery/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Stained-Glass Quilt Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Sarah Segovia \nDate: Saturday\, August 5\, 2023 \nTime: 10AM – 2PM \nAges: 16 and up \nMembers: $72.00 \nNon-Members: $80.00 \nIn this workshop\, students will learn the basic techniques of the copper-foil method of stained-glass to make their own quilt square panel. You will choose from several pattern choices and many glass color and texture options to create your very own unique artwork. In this beginning stained-glass class\, the basic techniques of the copper foil method of stained-glass will be discussed. Participants will learn cutting\, grinding\, foiling and soldering and finishing their very own stained-glass quilt panel. No experience necessary! \nTO REGISTER: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/stained-glass-quilt-workshop/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T180000
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SUMMARY:Photography Degree Zero: The Black Swans of Ellen Carey
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, August 4 from 4-6 PM\, in the Five Points Annex Gallery.\nFive Points Gallery\,  presents a special new exhibition featuring Ellen Carey\, (who was the winner of the 2022 Five Points Small Works Juried Exhibition\, curated by Douglas Hyland). The exhibition will be featured in the Five Points Annex from August 4 through August 26\, 2023. The artist chose this location to cut down on the light exposure on her unique positive and negative exposure photographs. Carey will be exhibiting a variety of works from multiple series including: Photography Degree Zero\, Struck by Light\, & Zerograms. \n  \nEllen Carey – Statement \n“How is this picture made?” followed by “What is this picture of?” are questions asked about my work.  The first addresses process and it is the very process which becomes the subject.  The second finds an image without a subject\, neither portrait\, still life\, or landscape.  My photography purposely challenges our culturally and historically prescribed expectations around the photograph and its picture signs.  The ‘what’ is in front of the lens as its “camera vision” is reversed.  I use only light\, wherever and whatever it strikes.  My work intentionally upends traditional methods of “rendering” a photographic image with unusual approaches and combinations.  This forces a break from the past\, freeing a picture from a hierarchy of things to be captured to a picture that is made. \nIn this context\, abstraction in photography and lens-based art presents a contradiction in terms\, and minimalism presents a further oxymoron.  Well developed in the 20th century in other areas – Abstract Expressionism\, Minimal and Conceptual Art – these tenets are incorporated into my art practice.  The American invention of Polaroid 20 x 24 (circa 1980) complements these breakthroughs in visual thinking with my discovery of the Pull in 1996\, producing a black conical loop\, a parabola\, seen in nature as the tip of a comet. \nA different kind of document\, it is abstract and minimal\, Polaroid instant technology and Polaroid color\, both a new kind of photograph and 20th-century process; it fits under my umbrella concept Photography Degree Zero (1996-2023).  Polaroid is used by many artists and photographers\, such as Ansel Adams\, Marie Cosindas\, Andy Warhol\, Chuck Close\, William Wegman\, and Mary Ellen Mark\, and widely recognized for expanding our picture culture.  I am also a “Polaroid artist” keeping the instant\, peel-apart\, one-of-a-kind negatives\, often exhibiting them with their positives.  Struck by Light (1988-2023) parallels my Polaroid work by investigating experiments that create abstract and minimal photograms\, a 19th-century cameraless method\, also unique. \nBriefly stated\, my work under these twin artistic practices often overlaps in a variety of ways with light and color\, highlighting experimental combinations.  The Polaroid Pulls are dramatic\, high-impact pictures of my inventive techniques and innovative methods.  Struck by Light uses the photogram\, made without a camera\, it is created in the darkroom; in color\, no light (zero again) is allowed to except upon exposure.  An emphatic and evolving commitment to experiments in color unifies both practices\, serving as a conceptual point of departure and leitmotif.  In my Dings & Shadows and the Caesura series\, the referent/object\, seen in traditional photograms\, is removed.  My newer work\, named Zerogram\, links to my Polaroid practice\, highlighting that nothing\, zero\, is between the paper and light.  Light is the indexical in all photography\, light is color\, seen in nature’s rainbow.  Color is an artist’s universe\, color theory — RGBYMC — photography’s planet\, a contextual reference in palette\, underscoring my concepts. \nThe end results include abstract and minimal work as Photography Degree Zero and Struck by Light\, freely interchanging concepts with the other\, from Polaroid and/or photogram\, with a wide variety in palette and form.  My work involves the discourse around contemporary photo-based artwork\, it stands as a testimony to minimalism and abstraction; process within photography; color as subject; forms\, and feelings. \n 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/photography-degree-zero-the-black-swans-of-ellen-carey/
LOCATION:Five Points Annex Gallery\, 15 Water Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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SUMMARY:Summer/Fall Open Figure Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Uninstructed Figure Drawing Sessions\nDates: Wednesday mornings\, August – November \nTime: 10AM – 12:30PM \nAges: 18+ \nCost: $16.00 PER SESSION for Early Registration online (24 hours before session) \n$18 PER SESSION for Drop-in \nPractice your figure drawing skills during this weekly drop-in workshop. Each session will begin with warm up gesture drawings\, and will include a variety of longer poses. No instruction is provided\, and artists will need to bring their own materials. Suggested materials include: charcoal\, graphite\, colored pencils\, pens\, watercolors\, and newsprint or sketchpads. All skill levels are welcome! \n  \nTO REGISTER: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/summer-fall-open-figure-drawing/2023-08-02/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Anthotype Workshop: Forage and Print
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Anne Eder \nDate: Saturday\, July 29\, 2023 \nTime: 10 AM – 4 PM \nMember: $198.00 \nNon-Member: $220.00 \nThe medium of photography is not generally environmentally friendly\, but in this workshop\, participants will explore the wonderful and less toxic world of plant-based printing! Anthotypes are a nineteenth century process first explored by Sir John Herschel\, who also gave us cyanotypes and the word “photography.” There is not much that is more romantic or intriguing than using the natural light sensitivity of plants to create prints and seeing your images emerge from an emulsion of fragrant rose petals or nutritious chard! \nTO REGISTER: CLICK HERE
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/anthotype-workshop-forage-and-print-2/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Drypoint Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Carol Wax \nDates: Saturday and Sunday\, July 29-30\, 2023 \nTimes: 10AM – 4PM \nMembers $225.00 \nNon- Members $250.00 \n\nThe goal of this workshop is to explore a wide range of linear\, tonal\, and textural effects\, possibly using an array of tools and drypoint techniques. Instruction is designed to meet varied artistic styles\, cover the basics for beginners\, and offer new approaches to drypoint that experienced printmakers may not have previously considered.  Individual needs and interests are addressed through one-on-one coaching on the most appropriate uses of these techniques for developing one’s visions. \nDrypoint encompasses a wide range of techniques for incising images directly on copper plates without the use of acid. The ability to work tonally and linearly\, using additive and deductive approaches\, makes drypoint one of the most spontaneous and versatile printmaking mediums.  In this workshop\, participants learn how to use scribes\, roulettes\, stipplers\, gravers\, and other metalsmithing tools to draw richly textured linear and nuanced tonal images. Uses of drypoint and carborundum for creating grounds that may be worked in the mezzotint manner are also covered. Individual attention gives beginners solid introduction\, helps experienced printmakers expand their approach to the medium\, and allows all participants to work at their own pace. \n\nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/drypoint-printmaking/2023-07-29/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230729T140000
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SUMMARY:Experimental Drawing - Drawing Differently
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Mari Skarp-Bogli \nDate: Saturday\, July 29\, 2023 \nTime: 10AM – 2PM \nMember: $90.00 \nNon-Member: $100.00 \nAre you tired of drawing the same subject matter? Would you like to try new drawing mediums using different techniques? During this workshop\, an unusual and carefully curated still-life will be provided to visually delight and inspire creativity. Students will be guided by an instructor well versed in experimental drawing materials and techniques. \n  \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/experimental-drawing-drawing-differently/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230721T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230721T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Five Points Launchpad Biennial
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception Friday\, July 21 from 6-8 PM\n\nWest & TDP Galleries – Launchpad Biennial\nDaniel Baird Miller\, Christian Crowley\, Casandra Cyr\, Kyrsten Lane\, Ethan Newman\, Sydney Samele\, and Megan Victoria. \nThe Five Points Launchpad was formed in partnership with the University of Hartford\, Hartford Art School in an answer to the growing needs of art school graduates\, and to encourage the cross-pollination of ideas. The Launchpad offers participants access to affordable shared studio spaces above Five Points Gallery\, free access to the Five Points Arts Center\, a serious arts community\, mentorships\, and exhibition opportunities.\n \nDaniel Baird-Miller \nUsing a variety of old cameras and film\, Dan creates alternatively processed photographs that combine cyanotype chemistry with hand-drawn details. Centered around his posthumous relationship with his father\, he layers together vague memories\, in an attempt to seek answers. \n  \nChristian Crowley \nCrowley’s large\, abstract\, and energetic mixed-media paintings combine color\, text\, and symbols in an intuitive\, unabashedly\, and thoughtful manner. When talking about his work he simply states\, “I am a vessel for creativity. I don’t like half-measures. I do not want art to be a part of my life… but my life to be a part of art.” \n  \nCasandra Cyr \nCasandra’s ominous pen and ink illustrations speak to the horror and fantasy enthusiast; creating a sense of fear and paranoia in both the subject and atmosphere of the drawings. Her eerie depictions of the fictional monster\, the “long-neck-man”\, are part of an ongoing graphic novel she is working on. \n\nKyrsten Lane \nKyrsten’s mixed media paintings incorporate bold saturated colors\, and organic line-work as a reflection of patterns she observes in nature. Using monochromatic palettes\, Lane’s use of color possesses a quality that can command attention or divert the gaze while her linework creates sculptural illusions. \n  \nEthan Newman \nEthan’s abstract expressionist paintings draw inspiration from his dreams and music influences. These layered gestural works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Newman states\, “I’m interested in these glimpses\, and the feelings surrounding them\, and that is part of what I’m after in my creative process. In my attempt to re-create them\, however\, I often discover something completely new along the way.” \n  \nSydney Samele \nAs a printmaker\, Sydney works between drawing and intricately carved multiple woodblocks to create her prints. She is greatly inspired by mythologies from around the world. While the importance of mythology is not always clear\, these stories are rich in history\, culture\, and perspective. This series more specifically looks at flood mythos and transformations through water. \n\nMegan Victoria \nIn her ongoing Extraterrestrial Series\, Megan draws and paints chimera-like amalgamations that are inspired by the natural world\, including plants\, fungi\, animals\, and human anatomy. As the viewer draws their own narratives and questions around the origin of the figures\, one may wonder if they originate from reality or fantasy.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/opening-reception-five-points-launchpad-biennial/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Peter Brown: Disguises - Put Up Your Hands
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, July 21 from 6-8 PM – Free and Open to the Public \nEast Gallery – Disguises: Put Up Your Hands \nPeter Brown  \nThis series of Pinhole and flatbed scanner images portray perceptions /memories from a past personal traumatic episode in Peter’s life\, an armed home invasion. The characters and scenes depict notions of innocence\, violence\, anger\, dismay\, PTSD\, despair\, vengeance\, violation\, and justice. This menagerie of elements – color negative film\, lensless cameras\, Pinhole lenses\, all come together to form these very personal images. Brown goes on to state\, “And to further push this imagery into the public perceptions as a national debate\, we need to address the growing ease of gun violence\, disparity of wealth and race throughout this country.”
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/opening-reception-for-peter-brown-disguises-put-up-your-hands/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T160000
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SUMMARY:Summer Art Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Session One: July 17-July 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.\nSession Two: July 24-July 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. \nCost:   $450.00 per session (FREE with Scholarship Opportunity) \nCalling Young Artists!! \nThanks to a very generous grant from the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust Fund\, Five Points Arts is excited to offer two sessions of creative fun workshops exploring Printmaking and Alternative Photography for FREE.  One scholarship per participant per session will be offered on a first come first-served basis until June 30\, 2023. After that date\, individuals may apply for a second session. Lunchtime activities will be held daily from 12 noon – 1 p.m. \nPrintmaking: An introduction to wood cut\, linoleum\, monotype and bookmaking processes \nAlternative Photography: An introduction to processes which combine new technology with traditional historic methods \nAll Materials will be supplied by the Five Points Arts Center.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/summer-art-workshops/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230705T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230705T193000
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SUMMARY:July Virtual Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, July 5\, at 6:30 PM\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mcjZqsfrQuCOkEh_QzQu3Q \nLearn more about each of the artists’ processes.\nArtist Panelists: Debra Weisberg\, Paula Higa\, Nikko Sedgwick\, Karen Bonanno\, Camille Eskell\, Jennifer Knaus\, Gerald Saladyga. \nModerated by Dr. Ricardo “Rico” Reyes \nWest Gallery – Holding the Center Still Redux\nDebra Weisberg’s collaged paper works and large-scale floor installation touches on the profound relationship between collapse and renewal. \nTDP Gallery – Family Snapshots\nNikko Sedgwick’s Mixed media work combines painting and photography as a meditation on the passage of time\, morality\, memory\, and interpersonal relationships. \nEast Gallery – A View of Humanity\nKaren Bonanno\, Camille Eskell\, Jennifer Knaus\, Gerald Saladyga\nThis group exhibition bridges a variety of styles of painting and sculpture that highlight the figure as the main subject and speaks to the many viewpoints and representations of identity that make up humanity.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/june-virtual-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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