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SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Talk: Flood 2.0 & Dreaming Animals
DESCRIPTION:Register today for a Free Virtual Artist Talk on Friday\, May 26\, at 6:30 PM EST.  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I__uHfLLSPuZ1M3zhul2ZQ \nThis virtual artist talk will feature artists including Susan Hoffman Fishman\, Leslie Sobel\, and Krisanne Baker who have created a large installation titled “Flood 2.0” in our West Gallery\, based on the threat of a future apocalyptic flood\, and to raise awareness of environmental concerns\, specifically involving water. \nThe talk also features\, Meredith Miller & MJ Millington\, who’ve collaborated on a project called “Dreaming Animals” which combines photography that uses images from the Yale Beinecke Library\, and poetry in an effort to raise awareness of declining animal biodiversity.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/virtual-artist-talk-flood-2-0-dreaming-animals/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Big Ink
DESCRIPTION:Five Points has partnered with BIG INK to bring large scale woodblock printmaking and many other activities to Connecticut’s Northwest corner! \nIn 2014\, Lyell Castonguay and Carand Burnet founded BIG INK to foster a community of people who create large woodblock prints. Now\, ten years later\, they travel all over the country and continue to facilitate workshops nationwide\, to encourage appreciation for woodblock printmaking: one impression at a time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSixteen submissions including three collaborative groups from Northwestern Regional 7 High School and Hartford Art School\, will be participating in BIG INK. Each participant will print up to a 40”x96” carved woodblock on the legendary “Big Tuna” mobile press. \nThis two-day Print Festival is FREE and open to the public and will include other printmaking activities throughout the Art Center. \nFor more information call 860-618-2167 or email nritson@fivepointsarts.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo much happening in one place in one weekend: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuried Print Show \nLecture Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWork by printmakers from all over the country on display at the Art Center. \nDave Williams\, renowned Print Collector\, Saturday at 3:30PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArt Market \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist/vendors selling etchings\, monoprints\, woodcuts\, lithographs\, giclee\, and \ndigital prints and other print-related arts and items \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSilent Auction \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThroughout the weekend. Winners to be announced Sunday at 3:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFood & Entertainment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat dishes available from Meraki\, the Mobile Meltdown and Singing Sliders  \nMusic by Jacques Williams \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDemonstrations \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Joseph\, Fine Art Digital Printing\,and the CT Woodcarvers Association\nas well as other demonstrations throughout the weekend. \n\nFor more information: https://fivepointsarts.org/big-ink/
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/23832/2023-06-03/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T203000
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SUMMARY:Watercolor Without Fear!
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Bridget Grady \nDates: Wednesdays\, June 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, 2023 \nTime: 6PM – 8:30PM \nAges: 16 and up \nMember: $108.00 \nNon-Member: $120.00 \n\nThis workshop will get you jump-started in the medium of watercolor. Learn to go with the flow and learn control at the same time with this slippery medium! This workshop is perfect for the total “I can’t draw a straight line” beginner\, individuals with a creative curiosity looking for a fun and meditative outlet to explore\, or artists who want to play with a new medium and loosen up. \nTO REGISTER: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/watercolor-without-fear/2023-06-07/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T170000
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SUMMARY:TDP Gallery - Nikko Sedgwick
DESCRIPTION:This series of mixed-media works is a meditation on the passage of time\, morality\, memory\, and interpersonal relationships. Sedgwick deconstructs and excavates his images revealing many layers. He melts the photo emulsion using various solvents as a way to paint within the photographs; he then combines various mediums including paint\, ink\, glitter\, and collaged materials to evoke an animation or aura within the image. Sedgwick states\, “Nothing makes our passage through time resonate with as much immediacy than seeing our children\, parents and loved ones being born\, aging and dying around us.” This manifestation of “life” within the images contradicts our conventional notions of a photograph distilling a moment in time.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/tdp-gallery-nikko-sedgwick/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:East Gallery - A View of Humanity
DESCRIPTION:East 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. \n  \nKaren Bonanno’s expressive paintings highlight interactions between the female figure and the empowerment of women. The paintings depict scenes from everyday life\, focusing on interactions between the subject and their environment. Bonanno’s bold color\, gestures\, and mark making represent the strong\, confident\, and iconic female figure. \n  \nCamille Eskell’s Intricate textile sculptures examine cultural and family dynamics in relation to her Iraqi-Jewish heritage\, with themes of vulnerability\, rebirth\, gender relationships\, and social conventions.  Eskell states\, “I tackle the impact of this social and psychological legacy mainly through a feminist lens.” The crafting of each piece is meticulous\, time-consuming\, and process-driven using a range of materials and techniques\, both traditional and contemporary. \n\nJennifer Knaus’ imaginary portraits draw inspiration from surrealist subconscious thought. Her acute attention to detail idealizes notions of beauty and importance that are embellished with humor and absurdity as entire gardens grow from her figures’ heads. \n\nGerald Saladyga’s stylized paintings combine a flattened sense of perspective\, along with the repetition of objects and characters.  Saladyga states\, “It could be said that I “don’t paint” a painting\, but construct it from the bottom of the canvas upwards using various widths of tape to define the prescribed edges and shapes using a particular color scheme until completion.” His paintings also combine contemporary and historic war imagery\, as seen in his painting Two Saints Visit the Ukraine.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/east-gallery-a-view-of-humanity/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T170000
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SUMMARY:West Gallery - Debra Weisberg
DESCRIPTION:The work of Debra Weisberg will be featured in the new exhibit\, Holding the Center Still: Redux. Comprising collaged paper works and a large-scale floor installation\, Weisberg’s richly dense body of work touches on the profound relationship between collapse and renewal. The work exposes the highly vulnerable nature of paper as a transparent and fragile medium that is also surprisingly enduring and sturdy. \nDuring the opening reception and final day of the show\, Brazilian choreographer\, Paula Higa\, will perform an interpretive dance in response to Weisberg’s work on June 9 at 7 pm and July 15 at 5 pm respectively. Higa’s performance adds a human element to the chaotic paper landscape\, connecting the visual and haptic senses to the materiality of the work. \nThis exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council\, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council – Funding is also provided by the University of Vermont\, College of Arts and Sciences.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/west-gallery-debra-weisberg/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Inner Art - Painting from the Inside Out
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Pamela Hochstetter  \nDates: Fridays\, June 9\, 16\, 23\, 30\, 2023 \nTime: 1:30PM – 4:30PM \nMember: $108.00 \nNon-Member: $120.00 \nWhat if someone gave you a pile of materials and permission to make a colorful mess? Allow your 4 year-old creative self to reemerge to simply play. Find yourself in a judgment-free zone. Leave your own inner judges outside the door. Pamela will assist in escorting them if necessary. What could possibly happen? Relaxation? Spontaneity? Joy? If you’re ready to retreat from inner and outer expectations\, give “Expressive Art” a whirl. What do you have to lose? Tension? Fixed ideas? The Blahs? One has nothing more valuable to gain than a window on the view of one’s creative potential! \n  \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/inner-art-painting-from-the-inside-out/2023-06-09/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T130000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Bookbinding
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Christopher Perry \nDates: Saturdays\, June 10\, 17\, 24 \nTime: 10AM – 1PM \nMember: $135.00 \nNon-Member: $150.00 \nThis workshop will be taking place on 3 consecutive Saturdays and will provide an introduction to basic book making. Students will start with simple snake accordions and progress to large format accordians created in hard covers. Japanese stab binding will be explored and by the end of the class have learned signature binding and casing in of hard back books. Participants will learn to plan their projects according to which type of binding they are using; how to properly fold paper; punching the coated signatures in preparation for sewing; the making of the signatures; the different types of gluing used in the book binding process using PVC glue. At the end of the class the students will leave with at least 7 different types of book. \n  \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/introduction-to-bookbinding-2/2023-06-10/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Father's Day Cardmaking at Five Points Art Center
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Noel Croce \nDate: June 10\, 2023 \nTime: 10 AM – 1 PM \nAges: 3 and up \nMember: $4.50 \nNon-Member: $5.00 \nWant to create a fun Father’s Day card for dad? Five Points Arts invites artists age 3 and up for a cardmaking workshop held at the Five Points Art Center. \nAll materials will be supplied by Five Points. \nThe event is a drop-in affair\, but please allow for at least a half hour for the activity. \nTO REGISTER: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/fathers-day-cardmaking-at-five-points-art-center/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T150000
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SUMMARY:Paint Creatively with Photographs
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Souby Boski \nDate: Saturday\, June 17\, 2023 \nTime: 11AM – 3PM \nMembers $ 76.50 \nNon-Members $ 85.00 \nMost artists use source photos in some capacity when they work\, whether to jog their memory of a particular place and time or to record specific visual details to incorporate in later pieces. In this workshop students will learn to paint in a creative\, personal\, and expressive way using reference photographs – freeing them from copying. Learn to dismiss the sense of obligation to show exactly what is depicted in the photo and feel free and inspired to manipulate the composition\, assuring vitality and making the painting your personal creation. \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/paint-creatively-with-photographs/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230623T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230701T200000
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SUMMARY:Annex - Erika Larskaya
DESCRIPTION:PORTALS\nOpening Reception: June 23\, 6-8 PM\nFor her current exhibition\, Portals\, Erika Larskaya presents selected works from various series. Each work shares the common theme of opening to alternate spaces; spaces in parallel existence to this moment. Each painting is its own invitation to explore beyond the surface and enter into an invisible\, subtle\, and unexpressed territory\, where complexity\, impermanence\, and the mental struggle to balance emotional weight are present and where opposites can complement each other in dynamic coexistence.\nErika Larskaya of Torrington Connecticut is an abstract artist working in acrylics and mixed media. She is originally from St. Petersburg\, Russia. Erika brings a passion for experimentation and pushing boundaries to her work which has driven her to expand beyond the conventional. She has evolved her own methodology and technique – driven by her desire to express things that are not seen but rather felt.\n  \nGallery Open: \nFridays 6-8 PM \nSaturdays: 4-8 PM \nSundays 1-4 PM \nand open by appointment \n 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/annex-erika-larskaya/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T160000
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SUMMARY:PAINTING THE ORGANIC STILL LIFE WITH GRACE DEVITO
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Grace DeVito\nDates: Saturday and Sunday\, June 24 & 25\, 2023\nTime: 9 AM – 4 PM\nJoin nationally acclaimed artist Grace DeVito for a 2-day oil painting workshop “Painting the Organic Still Life”. Learn her process of multi layered still life painting by lecture\, demonstration and critiques. Focus will be given to paint application and creating form. Individual instruction will be given throughout the workshop. For Intermediate and advanced painters. There will be various curated set ups to work from or bring your own favorite organic elements. Workshop format: 9:00-12:00 Demo and lecture 12:00-1:00 Lunch break 1:00-4:00 pm. Students paint as Grace gives individual critiques. Day one will cover the block in and first layer. Day two will be focused on refinement. \nRegister: https://fivepointsarts.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/fivepointsarts/event.jsp?event=473&
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/painting-the-organic-still-life-with-grace-devito/2023-06-24/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T160000
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SUMMARY:Coil Basketry
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Arnethia Douglas  \nDate: Saturday\, June 24th\, 2023 \nTime: 9AM – 4PM \nMembers: $54.00  \nNon-Members: $60.00 \nRegistration Close Date: 06/19/23 12PM \nDescription: \nArtists are invited to explore the ancient art of coiled basketry. The art of basket making can be used for the creation of daily utilitarian and decorative forms which could evolve into complex sculptural pieces. Basketry can be a very meditative and calming process; therefore\, an energy exercise will also be introduced at the beginning of class. During this workshop\, participants will be learning the figure eight and mariposa stitch to create a basket 6”x 6″ in class. \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/coil-basketry/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T193100Z
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SUMMARY:Intro to Linocut
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Sydney Samele \nDates: Saturday and Sunday\, June 24 & 25 \nTime: 10AM – 4PM \nMembers: $108.00 \nNon-Members: $120.00 \nRegistration Close Date: 06/19/23 12 PM \nDescription: \nArtists will design a black and white image that will be drawn\, carved\, and printed through an etching press. Students will be taught how to use and maintain their carving tools. They will be guided through preliminary drawings\, mark making\, and printing editions. Participants will complete this workshop with an edition of 4 identical black and white prints. \n  \nTo Register: click here
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/introduction-to-linocut/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230705T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230705T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T193142
CREATED:20230620T185536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T151832Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230717T090000
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:20230721T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230721T200000
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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230729T160000
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T123000
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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T140000
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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:20230805T140000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T120000
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T170000
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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:20230818T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T193000
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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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