Name: Build Upon the Legacy
Start: 2023-09-09T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-09T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Five Points Arts Center

August 2023
Intro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art, Changing Hearts and Minds – How and Why

August 10, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Recurring

Five Points Arts Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United States

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 […]
August Plein Air Painting with Janet Iffland

August 12, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Five Points Arts Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United States

Instructor: Janet Iffland Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023 Time: 9AM - 12PM Member: $63.00 Non-Member: $70.00 Janet 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, […]
Thoughts and Prayers Opening Reception

August 12, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Five Points Arts Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United States

“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 […]
Artist Residency: Susan Hackett – Open Studio

August 15, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Five Points Arts Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United States

Open Studio Sessions - Free and Open to the Public Intro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art, Changing Hearts and Minds - How and Why Tuesday, August 15, and Tuesday, August 22, 2-5 PM Thursday, August 10, and Thursday, August 24, 3-6 PM Saturday, August 12, and Saturday, August 19, 10-1 PM Workshops will be Hybrid days spent […]
In-person Artist Talk: Friday, August 18, 6:30 PM

August 18, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Five Points Gallery 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT, United States

There will be an In-Person Artist Talk on Friday, August 18, 2023, 6:30 PM at Five Points Gallery. Featured 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 […]
Launchpad Open Studios August 19, 3-5 PM

August 19, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Five Points Launchpad 5 Water Street, Torrington, CT, United States

The Five Points Launchpad Studios will be open to the public on Saturday, August 19, 2023 form 3-5 PM. Visit to get a chance to see inside artists' studios and talk with some of our Launchpad members. Five Points Gallery and the Five Points Annex Gallery will be open 1-6 PM. The Litchfield Hills Creative Festival will […]
Artist Residency: Susan Hackett – Open Studio

August 22, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Five Points Arts Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United States

OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS – FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Intro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art, Changing Hearts and Minds – How and Why Tuesday, August 15, and Tuesday, August 22, 2-5 PM Thursday, August 10, and Thursday, August 24, 3-6 PM Saturday, August 12, and Saturday, August 19, 10-1 PM Workshops will be Hybrid days spent […]
Virtual Artist Talk: Ellen Carey

August 24, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

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. Free Registration Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OZHs_qdTIWK_V2GUVyp1w About Ellen Carey: Carey’s abstract and minimal photography purposely challenges our culturally and historically prescribed expectations around the photograph and its picture signs. […]
Champagne Closing Reception – Photography Degree Zero: The Black Swans Of Ellen Carey

August 26, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Five Points Annex Gallery 15 Water Street, Torrington, CT, United States

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. Ellen Carey (b.1952 USA) is an educator, independent scholar, guest curator, […]
September 2023
Build Upon the Legacy

September 9, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Five Points Arts Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United States

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. Back 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, […]

August 2023

Intro to Using a Digital Microscope to Create Art, Changing Hearts and Minds – How and Why

August Plein Air Painting with Janet Iffland

Thoughts and Prayers Opening Reception

Artist Residency: Susan Hackett – Open Studio

In-person Artist Talk: Friday, August 18, 6:30 PM

Launchpad Open Studios August 19, 3-5 PM

Artist Residency: Susan Hackett – Open Studio

Virtual Artist Talk: Ellen Carey

Champagne Closing Reception – Photography Degree Zero: The Black Swans Of Ellen Carey

September 2023

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