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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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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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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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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
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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/
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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T160000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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