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SUMMARY:DROP IN FIGURE DRAWING
DESCRIPTION:Dates: Wednesdays\, June 1 – August 24 \nTimes: 6 – 8 PM \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. Seating is limited to 12 participants\, and drawing tables and chairs are provided. All skill levels are welcome! \n  \nRegister here: https://fivepointsarts.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/fivepointsarts/event.jsp?event=436&
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/drop-in-figure-drawing-2/2022-06-01/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: In Dialogue\, She Spoke Up & Armed\, Alarmed
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Artist talk on Friday\, June 3\, 6:30 p.m.\, moderated by Matthew Best\nFive Points Gallery \n  \nFREE VIA ZOOM  \nClick here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7dSCp_HJQMWf-JAFCEBQrA  \nModerator: Matthew Best  \nHartford\, CT-based artist Matthew Best received his BFA in Painting from the University Of Hartford Art School and his MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst working primarily in oil paint. He has exhibited in numerous local\, national\, and international shows. Best has taught at various colleges and universities in CT\, MA & VA. \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 charcoal drawings celebrate exceptional women\, who have addressed inequities across society and wrought change through their work\, and encourage viewers to contemplate better possibilities for all our futures. Birds paired with each portrait symbolically embody their spirit. \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 \nJacob 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).
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/artist-talk-in-dialogue-she-spoke-up-armedalarmed/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:MONOTYPES PRINTED BY HAND AND THEN ON THE PRESS
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Name: Tony Kirk \nDate: June 5\, 2022 \nTime: 10:00 – 2:00 \nThis workshop will focus on printing by hand using Japanese paper. Once the print is hand printed\, then we will take the plate to the press and print a strong “ghost” impression. Prendergast’s monotypes were small and printing by hand takes a little effort\, therefore you will make more prints if you keep your image small.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/monotypes-printed-by-hand-and-then-on-the-press/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PLEIN-AIR PAINTING
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Name: Mike Berlinski \nDate(s): June 11th \nTime(s): 10:00 – 4:00 \nWorkshop Description: \nThis workshop will go over the basics of painting outdoors. Including composition\, values and color theory. It will cover the importance of proper observation\, lighting and learning to identify key elements in a landscape. In addition color mixing\, application and personal expression will be discussed. There will be plenty of one on one help for each student. Taught by an accomplished professional plein-air painter.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/the-fundamentals-of-plein-air-painting/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:INTRODUCTION TO BOOKBINDING
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Name: Krista Narciso \nDate: June 20\, 2022 \nTime: 9:30-12:30 \nWorkshop Description \nStudents will be introduced to the basics of bookbinding in this one-day workshop. Various styles of pamphlet binding will be demonstrated\, including simple book structures for making handmade journals and sketchbooks and more decorative sewing patterns that can be used for artists’ books. At the end of the workshop participants will have made their own journal or sketchbook and will be able to continue making books at home.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/introduction-to-bookbinding/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
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SUMMARY:PAINTING THE STILL-LIFE
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Name: Brandon Brownlee \nDate(s): June 20\, 2022 \nTime(s): 9:30-4:30 \nIn this workshop students will walk through the process of recognizing and designing compositions using a large still-life set-up. This workshop will cover the preliminary sketching process as well as the preliminary color study or “poster study” done before a final painting. Geared toward beginners and intermediate/advanced painters\, this workshop will introduce color theory\, drawing\, and both direct (alla prima) and indirect painting methodologies. For advanced painters we will build upon previous knowledge and personal interests.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/painting-the-still-life/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:INTRODUCTION TO TAPESTRY WEAVING
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Name: Sophia DeJesus-Sabella \nDate:  June 22\, 2022 \nTime: 1:00 – 5:00 \nAges: 18+ \nThis workshop will introduce students to the process of tapestry weaving\, starting with building a frame loom and ending with a finished tapestry piece. Students will explore color\, texture\, and image making by working with a variety of tapestry weaving techniques. At the end of the workshop\, participants will have a completed tapestry piece and a frame loom to continue weaving at home.
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/introduction-to-tapestry-weaving/
LOCATION:Five Points Arts Center\, 855 University Drive\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Dendrites Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:West Gallery: Balam Soto & Mary Anne McCarthy \nBalam Soto and Mary Ann McCarthy are both inspired by the Greek word dendrites\, which refers to trees found in nature and also to neurons in the human brain that resemble trees; however\, their approaches to artmaking are vastly different. McCarthy’s intricate silverpoint drawings of nature and trees highlight the everlasting power of traditional art making. Soto’s interactive cube sculpture uses video\, light and the effect of active human presence to celebrate art’s everchanging capacity to influence how we think about ourselves and the world around us. \nJune 24 – July 30\, 2022 \nGallery Open: Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 5PM & Sunday 1PM – 5PM
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/dendrites-exhibition/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Red Sky in Morning Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:East Gallery \nKasey Ramirez – Red Sky In Morning \nKasey Ramirez’s drawings and prints explore the tension between stability and impermanence. Ramirez states\, “In my drawings and prints\, buildings become a stand-in for humans\, a metaphor for man-made efforts to create shelters that are ultimately vulnerable to environmental extremes.” Ramirez’s charcoal drawings depict skeletal structures which contain a sense of rise and collapse\, of construction and disintegration that mirrors the precarious state in which humans find themselves in the twenty-first century. \nJune 24 – July 30\, 2022 \nGallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 5PM & Sunday 1PM – 5PM
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/red-sky-in-morning-exhibition/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
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SUMMARY:Drawn To Code Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:TDP Gallery \nGene Gort – Drawn To Code \nGene Gort utilizes computer programming as a means to produce “drawings”. The images generated from computer code create animations\, data visualizations\, and digital prints. Gort writes\, “I am drawn to the concepts of interactivity\, repetition\, variability\, and unpredictability that the process allows.” The exhibition will feature both digital and printed drawings. In addition\, the exhibition includes an ongoing project titled Weather or Not: Current Conditions\, commissioned by Five Points Arts for permanent installation at the new Art Center and as an online web project. The project utilizes real time weather data collected from a weather tower located on the Art Center property\, which Gort reimagines into a live data visualization. The weather project was made possible by a grant from Thomaston Savings Bank. \nJune 24 – July 30\, 2022 \nGallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 5PM & Sunday 1PM – 5PM
URL:https://fivepointsarts.org/event/drawn-to-code-exhibition/
LOCATION:Five Points Gallery\, 33 Main Street\, Torrington\, CT\, 06790\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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