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SUMMARY:Native Voices
DESCRIPTION:The Native Voices group exhibition honors the talent\, history\, and voices of Indigenous artists and artists with indigenous lineage from across North America working with various content and media. \nParticipating artists include Nate Begay\, Patrick Collins\, Rebekah Jarvey\, and Jason Montgomery.  \nNate Begay \nUsing his history with graffiti art\, Begay incorporates bright\, bold colors\, often using spray paint markers in his paintings. He blends new styles with old-school imagery and symbols. Begay likes to vary his subject matter and incorporate important Navajo figures and animals into the paintings. Begay uses his artwork as a storytelling and teaching implement to educate viewers on Navajo identity and culture. \nPatrick Collins \nCollins’ intricately drawn pastel portraits use bright colors that reflect the beauty of his culture while capturing the iconic personalities of his subjects. His paintings also emphasize the many issues Native Americans struggle with\, in contemporary society. Collins adds cultural symbols and metal leafing to highlight the stories told through the Anishinaabe (Original People).  \nRebekah Jarvey \nRebekah Jarvey is a self-proclaimed indigenous fashionista. Her Art/Fashion career took off during the pandemic after her Flashy Night & Day mask went viral on social media attracting people and publications from around the world. She mixes traditional tribal heritage with her crafting skills and the fashions of today to create modern\, urban\, and authentic masks and ribbon skirts with her signature hashtag #RibbonDrip. Jarvey’s goal is to convey to the Indigenous community the importance of knowing their families’ customs and traditions.  \nJason Montgomery \nJason’s work engages the cross-section of identity\, cultural hybridization\, post-colonial reconstruction\, and political agency. His writing and visual art bridge the aesthetics and feel of the early cubist collage movement and the Russian abstract movement of the 1920s with living and historical Native/Indigenous Californian and Chicano art traditions. 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/native-voices/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Nayana Lafond: Portraits in RED\, Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Painting Project
DESCRIPTION:Nayana LaFond’s solo exhibition in the East Gallery will feature powerful portraits related to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/People. \nNayana LaFond was the winner of the 2021 Five Points Juried Exhibition\, granting her a solo exhibition in Five Points Gallery. Her winning piece\, Kimberly in RED\, selected by juror Joseph Fucigna\, was part of an ongoing series titled Portraits in RED which catalogs Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/People (MMIWG/P). LaFond states: “I was very aware of the MMIWG/P epidemic and movement to raise awareness about it. I was struck by one Facebook selfie in particular and reached out to request the use of the image for a painting.” Nayana’s Project now features over 70 portraits of real victims\, survivors\, and activists from all over North America. LaFond’s solo exhibition will feature a selection of portraits and their stories. 
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/nayana-lafond-portraits-in-red-missing-murdered-indigenous-people-painting-project/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:John Brown’s  222nd Birthday Party
DESCRIPTION:John Brown’s  222nd Birthday Party   \nMay  9\, 2022 \nFive Points Arts Center \n855 University Drive \nTorrington CT 06790 \n7 to 8:30 PM \nSponsored by the Torrington Historical Society with collaborations from \nCulture for a Cause\, Our Culture is Beautiful\, and Five Points Arts. \, \nSchedule of Events \nIntroduction: Mark McEachern \nTorrington Historical Society    3-4 minutes \nAfrican Drumming:  Angaza  Mwando\,      Our Culture is Beautiful  2-3 minutes \nCulture for a Cause:  Jacque Williams  and Dan Morrison \nJohn Brown is not a terrorist video 10 minutes \nJohn Browns body music video  preview 3-4 minutes \nQuotes from   Harriet Beecher Stowe  by  Karen Moreno  5-10 minutes \nHarriet Tubman – a dramatic presentation by Effie Muwando\,  Our Culture is Beautiful 10-15 minutes \nAfrican Drumming:  Angaza Muwando 5- 10 minutes \nTotal program  ( not including cake and coffee) 56 minutes \nThe time estimate of 56 minutes represents the upper end of each listed range \nTaking into account a few more minutes for introducing the presenters\, the program should not go over one hour.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/john-browns-222nd-birthday-party/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: In Dialogue\, She Spoke Up & Armed\, Alarmed
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, May 13\, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM\n  \nEAST GALLERY \nMargaret Roelke’s work explores sensationalism\, consumerism\, contradictions and the relationships that develop when popular culture mixes with war and religion. The exhibition Armed\, Alarmed is composed of two bodies of work that call for dialogue in urgent response to these concerns. Living near Sandy Hook Elementary School\, the site of a 2012 mass shooting\, Roelke was inspired to create sculptures made out of shotgun shells to raise awareness of gun violence and gun control. Roelke’s cyanotype images in this exhibition are attributed to the violent insurrection at the nation’s capital and the subject of peaceful versus violent protest. A percentage of all Margaret Roelke’s sales will be donated to organizations that work for gun control. \n  \nTDP GALLERY \nLinda Pearlman Karlsberg’s charcoaldrawings of famous women from throughout history acknowledge their contributions to society and encourage the viewer to contemplate a brighter future for all women. Each portrait is paired with a bird; birds symbolize freedom\, expansiveness\, keen vision\, and spirituality. Linda found their symbolism often uncannily mirrored the characteristics of each woman. \n  \nWEST GALLERY \nThe group exhibition In Dialogue features a spectrum of social justice issues such as economics\, politics\, gun and war violence. Participating artists include Jacob Cullers\, Jason Montgomery and Rita Valley \n Jacob Cullers \nThe imagery in Cullers’ mixed media paintings and sculpture refer to acts of violence that have occurred in America by white males. Using color to try to match the violence seems virtually impossible so Cullers often cuts into the paintings to try to convey the trauma. The artist’s use of found materials\, recognizable images and paint encourages the viewer to consider these issues in ways words alone cannot do.  Cullers’ states “I want to show the surface as a symbol of the history and the brutality of the American white male\, through the scope of conceptual painting.”  Cullers served in the United States Air Force and is an Iraq war veteran. \nJason Montgomery \nMontgomery’s work in this series he titled [de]RANGE seeks to draw attention to gun violence during the month of June 2021. These collaged based works act to engage and highlight the facts and potential solutions to the gun violence epidemic in the US. As an artist\, gun owner and a survivor of gun violence JRM fully recognizes the complexity of the issue and how deeply rooted it is in our culture. His writing and visual art bridge the aesthetics and feel of the early cubist collage movement and the Russian abstract movement of the 1920s. \nRita Valley \nValley is a textile-based artist whose work is fueled by her fascination with politics and social issues. Valley hand sews and embroiders bold statements dealing with issues of economics\, income disparity\, body image\, politics. The physical expression and labor in these pieces refer back to “women’s work” even as her subject matter addresses current topics that affect us all.  Bob Keating often collaborates with Valley by designing and forging hardware and accents for her finished work. \n  \nGallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday\, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.\, Sunday\, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.\, and by appointment (860-618-7222). \n  \nThere is no admission charge. \nAll artwork is for sale. \nFive Points exhibitions and educational events are free and open to the public. \nFive Points Respects your masking preferences per CDC guidelines.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/opening-reception-in-dialogue-she-spoke-up-armed-alarmed/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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SUMMARY:Don Gummer's Opening Reception\, May 21st
DESCRIPTION:Don Gummer is an American sculptor. His early work concentrated on table-top and wall-mounted sculpture. In the mid-1980s\, he shifted his focus to significant free-standing works\, often in bronze. In the 1990s\, he added various other materials\, such as stainless steel\, aluminum\, and stained glass. His interest in large outdoor works also led him to an interest in public art. \n\nThere will be an opening reception for Don Gummer’s sculpture at the Five Points Arts Center on Saturday\, May 21\, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm.\n\nFree and Open to all!\n\nMeet the artist and tour the sculpture fields!\n\nThere will also be a book signing\, and documentary playing in the auditorium!\n\nRefreshments will be served.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/don-gummers-sculpture-opening-reception-may-21st/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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