Five Points Center For The Visual Arts

Members & Prospective Members Evening
2025-08-14 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Members & Prospective Members Evening
Thursday, August 14, 2025
5 – 7 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Free event
Take an opportunity for Five Points Arts Members and their guests to meet other members and explore the Arts Center. Bring a friend, prospective members welcome! Enjoy refreshments and live music in the courtyard by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Mike Cobb.
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Handbuilding Techniques
2025-08-15 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Kathy McFadden
Dates: Thursday – Saturday, August 14, 15 & 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $247.50 / Non-Members: $275

This workshop will focus on pinch, slab and coil handbuilding techniques enriched by demonstrations on sculpting small and large forms designed for indoor and outdoor installation.
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Cyanotype with Botanicals
2025-08-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Fruma Markowitz
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $114.30 / Non-Members: $127

Open to all levels of experience, this workshop explores the process of cyanotype; known for producing rich blue and white prints on paper. Using an assortment of botanical specimens and household objects, you will experiment with mark-making and composition.
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Five Points Gallery Artist Talk
2025-08-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Five Points Gallery, 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
August 22
6:30 – 8 PM
Details to be announced

Five Points Art Book Club
2025-09-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Thursday, September 4, 2025
2-3 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Moderated by: Bill Haygood
FREE and open to the public

Topic: Life of the Artist
Select any book(s) of your choice which are biographical or autobiographical accounts of an artist’s life. All time periods, regions, mediums or levels of renown are welcome.
Join the Five Points Art Book Club and share in thought-provoking and engaging discussion on the visual arts and the creative journey.
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Creative Compositions
2025-09-06 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Thaddeus Kubis
Dates: Saturdays, September 6, 13 & 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $121.50
Non-Members: $135
This workshop will offer a comprehensive introduction to portraiture, still life and landscape photography. With access to professional lighting equipment, learn to manipulate lighting, shadows and compositional elements to create captivating imagery.
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Monthly Critique Session - September
2025-09-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
2 – 3 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Join the Monthly Critique sessions at Five Points Arts Center – Bring in an original work for personal, constructive feedback and discussion with Founder and Executive Director, Judy McElhone
All skill levels and mediums are welcome!
Free and open to the public
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Five Points Gallery Opening Reception
2025-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Five Points Gallery, 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
September 12
6 – 8 PM
Details to be announced

Monthly Open Figure Drawing
2025-09-16 18:00 - 20:30 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Uninstructed (moderated)
Dates: Tuesdays, September 16, October 21 & November 18, 2025
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $13.50 / $16.20 drop-in (per session) / Non-Members: $15 / $18 drop-in (per session)

Practice your figure drawing skills in this monthly uninstructed workshop. Each session will begin with warm up gesture drawings and will include a variety of longer poses. Artists bring their own preferred materials. All skill levels are welcome!
Register by individual session.
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Book Arts: Secrets of the Belgian Binding
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Sydney Samele
Saturday, September 20, 2025
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $108 / Non-Members: $120

The Secret Belgian Binding is a method of bookbinding that uses a primary and a secondary sewing, resulting in a distinct thread pattern on the cover and spine of the finished book. Learn to cut, fold, glue and sew the body of a book.
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Ceramic Slab Construction and Surface Techniques
2025-09-24 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-01 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-08 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Kathy Cady
Wednesdays, September 24, October 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Members: $378 / Non-Members: $420

Learn the fundamentals of slab construction to create bowls, mugs, boxes, and/or tile art. Participants will explore surface techniques such as sgraffito, slip trailing and various glaze applications. An emphasis will be on individual experimentation and expressive conceptual designs.
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Building a Floating Frame
2025-09-27 10:00 - 16:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Victor Leger
Saturday, September 27, 2025
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Members: $108 / Non-Members: $120

Ever wonder how you could turn strips of wood into a beautiful frame for your artwork? Beginning with 5/4” x 4” poplar wood, participants will learn how to create a finished floating frame. Come experience the new David Marks Woodworking Lab at FPAC and start making your own frames!
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Five Points Art Book Club
2025-10-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Thursday, October 2, 2025
2-3 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Moderated by: Bill Haygood
FREE and open to the public

Join the Five Points Art Book Club and share in thought-provoking and engaging discussion on the visual arts and the creative journey.
Topic: Art in the Public Space
Select any book(s) of your choice focusing on art in public outdoor spaces. This may include a singular installation or a collection of works by an artist, a historical perspective or contemporary analysis.
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Immersion in Improvisational Quilting
2025-10-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-04 09:00 - 16:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Catherine Lavoie
Friday & Saturday, October 3 & 4, 2025
6:00 – 8:00 PM Friday, and 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday
Members: $121.50 / Non-Members: $135

Experienced quilters will have the opportunity to create an original piece of art. Meandering, curving strips of colored fabric of various widths can create exciting patterns and textures. Participants will design their own patterns and create the quilt top. The instructor will provide individual consultation throughout the workshop, ending with a demonstration on creating a faced binding and mounting quilted artwork onto stretched canvas.
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Abstract Landscapes
2025-10-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Heather Neilson
Sunday, October 5, 2025
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Members: $90 / Non-Members: $100

Create four beautiful abstract landscapes using fluid acrylics, mediums, layering, and distinctive mark-making techniques. Heather will teach you how to work with GOLDEN fluid paints and mediums to build layers to add depth and complexity to your pieces. You will also learn color principles to apply to your paintings and experiment with mark-making to bring character and texture to your artwork.
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Introduction to the Art of Watercolor
2025-10-07 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-10-14 14:00 - 16:30 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Terry Donsen Feder
Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2025
2:00 – 4:30 PM
Members: $99 / Non-Members: $110

Start to explore the creative potential of painting with watercolor! Learn about mark making, negative space, pigments, transparency, and wet and dry techniques from this highly experienced artist and educator. No experience is necessary, all levels are welcome.
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Five Points Gallery Artist Talk
2025-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Five Points Gallery, 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
October 10
6:30 – 8 PM
Details to be announced

Introduction to Printmaking: Color Relief Printing
2025-10-11 09:30 - 16:30, 2025-10-12 09:30 - 16:30 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Mark Zunino
Saturday & Sunday, October 11 & 12, 2025
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Members: $126 / Non-Members: $140

Learn how to create multi-color prints from a single linoleum block on Five Points Arts Center’s new Vandercook Press. Participants will learn reduction relief printing through a step-by-step process. You will develop an image as the basis for a three-color plus black print. The workshop will cover image preparation, block carving, ink mixing and printing on the Vandercook Press.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
2025-10-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Instructor: Sarah Paolucci
Saturdays, October 11 & 18, 2025
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Members: $108 / Non-Members: $120

This workshop is designed for those new to oil painting who want to build a solid foundation in traditional painting techniques. Participants will learn the essential materials and methods of oil painting, including how to prepare surfaces, use brushes and mediums, and understand the principles of fat-over-lean and underpainting. Through a series of structured exercises, the class will explore value, color mixing, composition and the development of form and space.
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Entangled & Ingested: Lecture, Reception and Collaborative Sewing Event
2025-10-12 14:00 - 17:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Sunday, October 12, 2025
2-5 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Free event
Join Kat Owens as she tells the story of marine animals harmed by plastic pollution.
Following the presentation, a reception with refreshments will be held for the new installation of Dr. Owens’ four life-size, hand-sewn portraits of marine animals. These are part of a series of artworks made entirely from unrecycled plastic marine debris.
A collaborative sewing event will be led by the artist for you to co-create a life-size, 80-foot portrait of a fin whale. All materials are supplied, no experience required!
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Monthly Critique Session - October
2025-10-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, United States
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
2 – 3 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Join the Monthly Critique sessions at Five Points Arts Center – Bring in an original work for personal, constructive feedback and discussion with Founder and Executive Director, Judy McElhone
All skill levels and mediums are welcome!
Free and open to the public
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