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Letter from the Editor For those of you paying attention, you know that The Arts Council has seen changes to its staff in recent months. One of these changes is the departure of Executive Director Cindy Clair, who spent ten years at The Arts Council. Clair was a wonderful advocate for the arts in our region and we wish her the best. Stepping into her role is Martha Murray, as interim executive director. While we conduct a national search for a new director, we are excited to have the leadership of Murray, a New Haven-based attorney, who already has experience leading non-profit organizations through periods of transition, most recently serving as the Interim Executive Director of New Haven’s Institute Library. “I am very pleased to be working with such a capable staff, and I am looking forward to seeing who will be the next leader of this vibrant organization,” Murray told me over the phone. We are now looking closely at our mission, our vision, our work, and our operations and are reimagining The Arts Council of Greater New Haven. If you would like to let the Arts Council know what you value most and how we can best serve the community, please get in touch with Winter Marshall at (203) 7722788 or by email at info@newhavenarts.org. You can also contact The Arts Council board directly at board@newhavenarts.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
For this month’s Arts Paper, Hank Hoffman interviewed jazz musician Allen Lowe, who founded the New Haven Jazz Festival in the 1990s. Lowe has returned to Connecticut after spending twenty—not entirely great— years in Maine. Read his story on page 4 to find out what he’s been up to. See page 5 for the 2016 Arts Award winners! Extended bios will appear in the December Arts Paper. And circle December 2 on your calendars, you won’t want to miss our awards luncheon! I spoke with Harvard grads Maria Giarrizzo-Bartz and Caroline Golschneider about their new development on Audubon Street. The two have co-founded a middle school that will run in the Neighborhood Music School. ATLAS (Academic Theater Lab on Audubon Street) will be theater-centric, which means that instead of integrating art into the core subjects, they will be integrating the core into their arts curriculum. Read more about this progressive school on pages 6 & 7. For our cover story, Lucile Bruce spoke with artists Robert Reynolds and Susan Clinard about art that they have made reflecting on the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Reynolds had his mural, Sandy Hook Flock (see cover), installed at the new Sandy Hook Elementary earlier this fall. Read the story on pages 8 & 9.
On the Cover Branford, Guilford, and Madison will soon be abuzz with the annual Shoreline ArtsTrail, now in its 15th year. Read about it on pages 10 & 11 to find out who the new participating artists are, and what this year’s theme is. We sent new Arts Paper writer, Zac Zander, to the recently opened satellite gallery of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, PEABODY2. The new gallery is located at 1 Broadway in New Haven and is currently showing Identity, Difference, and Understanding: Lessons from Oceania and Southeast Asia, which includes objects that the Peabody has never exhibited. Hear Zander’s reflections on the show on page 12. And as you can surmise from the calendar entries and advertisements in this issue, the holiday season is right around the corner, with shows like Santaland Diaries at the Shubert and the holiday craft sales at Guilford Art Center and Creative Arts Workshop opening this month. Our December issue will include a gift guide for you, our art-savvy readership. Until then!
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Sandy Hook Flock by Robert Reynolds. Read our story on pages 8 & 9 about artwork made reflecting on the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Image courtesy of the artist.
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spreading canvas Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting On view through December 4, 2016 Free and open to the public | 1 877 BRIT ART | britishart.yale.edu Charles Brooking, Shipping in the English Channel (detail), ca. 1755, oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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or jazz musician and musicologist Allen Lowe, “It helps to let go of certain preconceptions.” Interviewed at his Hamden home, Lowe said he likes working with others who “straddle the mainstream/avant-garde world—guys who are pretty strong on the fundamentals of chord changes and harmony but not afraid to lose control of the format.” Lowe was a founder of the New Haven Jazz Festival in the 1990s. As a saxophonist and composer in the 1980s and ‘90s, he recorded and performed with Julius Hemphill, Don Byron, David Murray, Doc Cheatham, Roswell Rudd, Loren Schoenberg, Jimmy Knepper, Randy Sandke and others. His efforts—be they musical or musicological—have been hailed by rock critic Greil Marcus, jazz critic Francis Davis, composer Anthony Braxton, and jazz historian John Szwed. Lowe recently returned to the New Haven area after a two-decade “exile” in what he experienced as the “cultural wasteland” of Portland, Maine. (He titled his 2006 recording “Jews in Hell.”) But while working a day job at an insurance company, Lowe was far from inactive. “In a weird way, it destroyed my musical career, which is not incidental,” Lowe said of the lack of performance opportunities. “But like being an only child, you had to create your own fun. I came up with all these historic projects and started writing different music than I would have otherwise.” In the middle of last decade, Lowe began recording again, often accompanied by such luminaries as pianist Matthew Shipp, guitarist Mark Ribot and trombonist Roswell Rudd. And, immersed in vernacular American music forms, he wrote and compiled historical studies of American pop music (American Pop from Minstrel to Mojo), jazz (That Devilin’ Tune: A Jazz History 1900-1950), the blues (Really the Blues? A Blues History, 1893-1959) and rock ‘n’ roll (God Didn’t Like It: Electric Hillbillies, Singing Preachers, and the Beginning of Rock and Roll, 1950-1970). “A lot of my decisions to write about music are based on the fact that—reading what’s out there—it doesn’t seem right or very good,” said Lowe. His verdict: “It’s not inclusive enough.” The roots of these musics—predominantly African-American, but forged out of the interplay of many traditions and grassroots cultures—are far more complex than is generally acknowledged, according to Lowe. “The key to this is listening to everything you [can] find,” said Lowe. “It almost always ends up contradicting official histories.” “The old cliché is that the blues had a baby and it was rock ‘n’ roll. I don’t agree with that,” said Lowe. “The old cliché used to be that Darwin said people descended
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Allen Lowe at St. John Coltrane Church in San Francisco earlier this fall. Photo courtesy of Mr. Lowe.
from apes. Not true. Darwin said people and apes had a common ancestry. Rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t descend from blues—rock ‘n’ roll and blues have a common ancestry. You have to look at country music, honky-tonk music and Black hillbillies like the Mississippi Sheiks.”
Dawn”—recorded in New York City in the early 1990s as a “modern portrait of Louis Armstrong”—featured avant-garde saxophonist David Murray and trumpeter Doc Cheatham, who had played with Cab Calloway in the 1930s. “The Armstrong project was an attempt
“Throw out the codes by which you play, throw out the patterns, and just play what sounds right...” — Allen Lowe Tongue only partly in cheek, Lowe declared, “Revenge is a great motivation—I want to prove somebody wrong.” It isn’t just his writings that have been spurred by his dissent from received musicological orthodoxy. Lowe has assembled and recorded projects in reaction to what he views as the constraining conservatism of figures like trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and critic Stanley Crouch. His “Mental Strain at
to show you can be very respectful of history but do it in a way that challenges a lot of preconceived ideas,” said Lowe. “I can say we were in the spirit of the music of that time. [In] its time, it was pretty loose and pretty free and a mystery to a lot of people listening to it.” Other endeavors in this spirit include 1992’s “New Tango,” inspired by Astor Piazzolla, and the sprawling three-disc 2011
release “Blues and the Empirical Truth.” The latter recording features over fifty Lowe blues or blues-based compositions and was one of the fruits of his time in Maine. For Lowe, his paired enthusiasms for making music and delving into the history are inseparable. He noted that jazz musicians of the generations active in the 1950s and earlier learned their craft within a certain tradition. But Lowe’s Baby Boomer generation—he was born in 1954—”started out as spectators and fans. A lot of what we did was secondhand, imaginative-based. It’s the classic postmodernist condition of having so much material to deal with and be exposed to.” Growing up in the 1960s, Lowe was exposed to the rock music of the era and the development of the avant-garde in jazz. In the 1970s, “The genres are so fragmented— new music, world music, improvised music, creative music. I listened to all of that.” During that decade, Lowe also got to know numerous aging jazz musicians who had shared bandstands and performed in groups with the likes of Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. Lowe said these relationships were instrumental in informing his insights into music. “To talk to guys who worked with Charlie Parker was a really interesting thing. It had an impact to be in the same rooms as these guys I regard as god-like,” recalled Lowe, referring to musicians such as sax player Dave Schildkraut, pianist Al Haig, bassist Curly Russell and others. “They were so much a part of the music they played. There was no pretense to these guys.” The downtown New York City loft scene of the 1980s also had a big impact on Lowe, listening to players like John Zorn, Don Byron, David Murray, and Julius Hemphill and absorbing the risks they took in arranging. In his composing and playing, Lowe synthesizes this gumbo of influences. “My own work has a more traditional base to it,” he explained. “It’s based on recognizable song forms and chord changes from the blues, or related to hillbilly and country music. And really early gospel, like from the early 1920s—the rough stuff.” Lowe made an analogy to visual art and its dialectic between representational and non-representational art. “Jazz went through some of the same thing,” said Lowe. In his work, he seeks to take the innovations of free jazz and put them “in a differently organized context—turn it into my own kind of personal diary.” One of the strongest influences on his playing was jazz pianist Jaki Byard, “the epitome of a guy who could play both avant-garde and stride music.” “It’s this free-wheeling approach,” explained Lowe. “Throw out the codes by which you play, throw out the patterns, and just play what sounds right and fit them into a new kind of consciousness that still fits the form and the sound and the song.” n
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The 2016 Arts Award Winners annual awards luncheon to take place december 2 amanda may aruani The Arts Council of Greater New Haven is proud to announce the 2016 Arts Award winners. The theme for this year’s awards is Creative Communicators, honoring individuals and groups who engage the arts in new and creative ways. The following six awardees were chosen by jury and will be recognized for meaningfully engaging people, communities, cultures, and populations at our December 2 luncheon at the New Haven Lawn Club. Kwadwo Adae is an artist, muralist, and teacher living in New Haven. After graduating from the University of Rochester, Adae’s first mural was at the Connecticut Children’s Museum in 2001. He has gone on to graduate from NYU with a Master of Arts in Painting, complete residencies in Vermont, Arizona, and Oregon, create collaborative international mural projects in Guatemala and India, show work in more than thirty exhibitions, and open Adae Fine Art Academy.
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Travis Carbonella is a videographer, producer, and storyteller who helps others craft their own narratives. He is gifted in seeing and listening to people, which helps him to accurately document the diverse community that we live in. He is also the co-founder and emcee of Permission to Fail, a series of monthly open-mic performance events. East Street Arts, a social enterprise of Marrakech Inc., is a newly renovated and expanded arts building in the Upper State Street district of New Haven. They are dedicated to fostering the creation of art through artisan training programs, workshops, and community interactions for persons of all abilities. Their artists benefit from earned income opportunities while they show and sell their work in the attached retail and gallery space. David Sepulveda is a journalist, artist, and community activist. Since retiring from teaching fine art in the Stamford
Public School system, Sepulveda has stayed involved in the arts. Even before he retired, he was a contributing arts and culture writer and photographer for the New Haven Independent, a painter, and a champion of all artists in the community. He has been called a real “mover and shaker” in New Haven and has donated his time painting sets for both Collective Consciousness and Bregamos Community Theaters. Margaret Anne Tocharshewsky has been the executive director of the New Haven Museum since February of 2012. A transplant from Queens, New York, Tocharshewsky holds degrees from Columbia and Cornell Universities. She also has more than two decades of experience working with cultural institutions. Under her leadership, the New Haven Museum has attracted a diverse audience and strengthened the education of area students with exhibitions and programs that relate, connect, and inspire.
The C. Newton Schenck III Award for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts In addition to being an accomplished lawyer and partner at Wiggin and Dana law firm, Charles C. Kingsley has long been both a participator in and patron of the arts. His wildlife photography has been exhibited at various locations in New Haven, and he has headed numerous boards in the area, including the New Haven Symphony, Long Wharf Theatre, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, and the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. The December issue of The Arts Paper will include detailed biographical information of the 2016 winners. The Arts Awards are scheduled for Friday, December 2, at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. There will be a social hour beginning at 11 a.m., with the awards program commencing at 11:45 a.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, please call The Arts Council at (203) 772-2788.
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Founders Maria Giarrizzo-Bartz and Caroline Golschneider lead prospective students in a physical acting exercise. Photo by Stephanie Anestis.
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tarting in 2017, New Haven middle schoolers will have a new option of where to attend seventh and eighth grades. ATLAS, Academic Theatre Lab on Audubon Street, will be a theatre-centric school, but is not just for “theatre kids.” The progressive school will run out of the Neighborhood Music School, at 100 Audubon Street in New Haven, and is the brainchild of 2014 Harvard Graduate School of Education alumna Maria Giarrizzo-Bartz. Giarrizzo-Bartz, along with cofounder and fellow Harvard graduate Caroline Golschneider, will be hybrid administrators and teachers for the first year, along with a hired STEM director to teach math and science. They are planning for a cohort of 12-18 students the first year, expanding the number each year, both in the number of students and teaching artists. The school will be run as if the students comprise a theatre company. Each lesson will be seen through the lens of theatre. “The reason we chose theatre as the foundation for our school is because as a discipline it offers multiple pathways into other art forms such as music, dance, visual arts, and writing,” ATLAS founders said on their website, atlasmiddleschool. org. “The theatrical process also lends itself to academic integration. By devising,
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adapting, and performing plays based on classical and modern texts, students read, write, analyze, observe, memorize, problem-solve, collaborate, perspective-take, present, critique, iterate, and reflect. They become experts about texts and subject matter related to their plays. “Instead of just reading a Shakespeare play in English class, ATLAS students engage in all aspects of bringing it from the page to the stage for a real, paying audience. Their studies of the historical time period, political structures, social studies, and geography ultimately serve to enhance their final product. Their work to design and build their sets, costumes, and props requires science, technology, engineering, visual arts, and math. Students also manage the business aspects of their theatre company, which provides an invaluable opportunity to practice the skills necessary for success in the 21st century workforce,” they explained. It’s almost an inverse approach to curriculum. Instead of integrating art into the core subjects, they are integrating the core into their arts curriculum. Figuring out mathematical equations, working together as a team and towards a goal (a theater production), seems much nicer and more real than just working on a math problem just to solve it, doesn’t it? That’s exactly the kind of interest and motivation ATLAS is trying to spark.
“We are not the first to think of education in this way, moving away from separate subjects,” Giarrizzo-Bartz added. “Thematic inquiry and project based learning are buzz words in education right now. Expeditionary Learning (EL) Schools throughout the country are boasting strong student outcomes.” While they’re not the first to come up with the general idea, ATLAS is the only school that they know of that will have the students running their own theatre company. “They will move through their day as a company, which is essential to their learning and their identity as a group,” Golschneider said. “It’s important for them to be able to get comfortable and feel safe to express ideas, especially in middle school when extra social and emotional support is needed.” But it’s not just about self-expressing extroverts. “This is not only a school for those who identify as a theatre kids,” Giarrizzo-Bartz said. “The whole beauty of a theatre company is that there is a place for people of all roles and interests and skills.” Giarrizzo-Bartz has had the idea for ATLAS since she was herself a seventh grader and became part of a musical theater group. “I really felt that theatre that gave me the social and emotional skills I needed, as well as passion and drive. Theatre can help students learn well,” she explained in an inter-
view with The Arts Paper. After undergrad at University of Montana, Giarrizzo-Bartz acted in New York while teaching middle school at East Harlem School for seven years, taking a sabbatical to attend Harvard Graduate School, where she further developed the idea for ATLAS. Both she and cofounder Golschneider have also taught at Neighborhood Music School. “Noah Bloom [Director of Programs & Community Engagement at NMS] and I share a passion for middle school education. I had already developed the full prospectus for ATLAS and they were looking for a good way to use their space and faculty during the day,” Giarrizzo-Bartz explained of how ATLAS found a home at NMS. “I wanted to open a children’s theatre school, and solve some problems I see in education. With ATLAS, I am doing both.” Golschneider attended Yale as an undergrad, and worked in education in the schools in New Haven. It was here that she saw education as a social justice issue. “You can enact change,” she explained. She has been a music teacher in the Connecticut Public School system for the past nine years. She too, took a sabbatical to attend Harvard. She received her Masters in Learning and Teaching and was interested in leadership when she met Giarrizzo-Bartz. “We had the same philosophies and goals ... ATLAS puts all of our philosophies in action,” Golschneider said.
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After conducting a feasibility study last year with stakeholders in the community and an advisory committee, ATLAS is now holding information sessions, workshops, and is accepting applications for the 20172018 school year. “We are now in the recruiting phase,” Giarrizzo-Bartz said. Planned information sessions and experiential workshops are posted on atlasmiddleschool.org. One-on-one sessions can also be set up. The 4-hour experiential workshops are open to 10 to 12-year-olds who would like to see what it would be like to attend ATLAS. They will mostly take place on weekend afternoons. “The workshop will give students the ‘ATLAS experience,’ showing them the way we teach, how we integrate subjects, and who some of their classmates might be. We’ll do a couple of hours of monologue work, design a backdrop for their performance, tinkering with math and science and working as a group. It will give attendees the feel of what it would be like if they decide to apply,” Golschneider explained. Part of their philosophy is to create a diverse school. To achieve this, their tuition is currently projected at $22,800 a year, which Golscheider cites as “significantly less than other independent schools in the area.”
“We are really committed to have our school be diverse,” she continued. “In our model, our students are really learning from each other. We want a wide range of students. We are also in the midst of a development campaign for financial aid and scholarships. We don’t know how much will be able to be raised the first year, but we are very committed to establishing a strong financial aid program for the New Haven population within the next five years.” Admissions will not be based on test scores or be audition-based. Admission will be based on representative student work (a writing sample, math and science sample, and a creative sample that tells ATLAS more about the student). Overall, they are looking for students who engender the “5 C’s”; Curiosity about their world, Commitment to their work, Creativity in their thinking, Confidence in themselves, and Compassion toward all they encounter. “It’s a more holistic application process,” Giarrizzo-Bartz said. “We will also be in communication with the student and family. We want to be sure that our philosophies align.” n Visit atlasmiddleschool.org for more information about ATLAS at NMS, their next info session/workshop, or to apply.
Caroline Golschneider engages students in objective text analysis of a political candidate’s speech. Photo by Stephanie Anestis.
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Sandy Hook Flock (detail) by Robert Reynolds.
lucile bruce “I wanted to keep people from going back in time,” artist Robert Reynolds recalls. “I did not want to be an agent of memory.” He’s talking about the original mural he created for the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It shows a rising flock of birds of muted colors, lifting off, flying upward. The mural hangs on sacred ground. In 2010, twenty children and six adults died there in a school shooting. Eventually the community made the decision to build a new elementary school on the same plot of land and to make the new building and grounds dramatically different from the old. The pressure on everyone involved with the project was immense. New Haven-based architects Svigals + Partners designed the new school. They approached Reynolds about creating a painting for the new building, which draws on elements of nature in its design. “I’ve never come close to a project like
this,” says Reynolds, Stony Creek resident and curatorial director of Reynolds Fine Art, a gallery on Orange Street in New Haven’s Ninth Square. “I’d done other public art projects, but nothing like this.” As he painted, Reynolds thought about the people who died. The painting became his counterpoint to history: the flock of birds points to the future, not the past. The birds depict movement and freedom. There’s a hint of earth in the distance, but only a hint. “My job was to have the viewer go into the painting, up and forward, and not even to consider the past,” he explains. “That was the hardest intellectual aspect of it.” Reynolds has been painting birds for a long time and is an avid birder himself. In creating the work, he first painted six versions, each 4x5 feet. He destroyed the original three. “Then I did another three and liked them,” he said. The architects “picked the most neutral of the three.” The final mural is 8x8 feet, oil on linen,
and hangs in the administrative offices near the front entrance. At the start of the project, Reynolds already knew the town of Sandy Hook and some of the people who live there. He talked with them, he says, “very gently gleaming different things from different people.” Yet he never directly asked anyone he encountered about the incident or the past. Instead he worked intuitively, connecting with the emotional life of the community in the present moment. “I didn’t want to go through a committee,” he states. “Once you do that, everyone has their two cents. It gets watered down. I wanted to do this myself.” For people old enough to remember the history, it’s difficult not think about the school shooting when you look at the painting for the first time. We bring our memories with us when we view art. Sometimes art unlocks memory; this is one of its core functions, allowing us to integrate past and present experiences and give them meaning.
I told Reynolds that when I saw the picture of his mural, the first thing I did was to count the birds. Twenty children had died; were there twenty birds? “Everyone does that,” he concurred. “First they count all the birds. I watch them counting.” The number doesn’t match. And Reynolds stayed away from the color red, avoiding association with violence. Birds like this weren’t on the school grounds that day; the species are imaginary. “I wanted people to become a bird,” he explains, “to transfer past the plane of the painting, the surface or wall. Go past it, into it, and imagine themselves as part of the flock.” I ask Reynolds if he thinks works of art can be agents of healing. “I don’t know how to answer that,” he replies. “I don’t even know what to think about the healing process. It’s totally visceral.” Susan Clinard agrees. A New Haven-based sculptor, Clinard created two
Left: Sandy Hook Flock by Robert Reynolds during installation at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The mural stands 8x8 feet and is a reproduction of the the chosen oil painting. Above: Robert Reynolds, curatorial director and namesake of Reynolds Fine Art in New Haven. Photos courtesy of the artist.
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pieces in response to the Sandy Hook tragedy, both from the shelter of her studio without the demands of a public art commission. Her first depicts the twenty children in an ephemeral boat. It’s a hanging piece, giving the impression of a boat sailing through the sky (not unlike a flock of birds). The second is a sculpture of the women teachers who died. They are sitting in a circle, holding one another’s hands, looking out and up. The piece shows an element of protection, says Clinard, “in the way they are holding one another, creating a blockade and trying to protect.” Reflecting on the boat with children, she says, “It started out as a cathartic thing, just for myself. I have two little children. It was hard for any parent not to put yourself in the shoes of those parents. The piece came from a raw emotional place.” “I think what people responded to immediately in the piece was an image that allowed you to take a deep breath. It offered a peaceful, quiet way to remember. A father who lost his son wrote to me after he and his wife had seen it in an art gallery in Newtown. He wanted to know why I did it, and thanked me because it did offer something quiet and peaceful for the families. For me as an artist, that was powerful.” Clinard has the piece in her studio and occasionally exhibits it in contemplative spaces. For her, the intent is very much about remembering. “It’s a real way of remembering each of those babies,” she says, “which is why I had their names written next to me when I made it.” Reynolds’s mural and Clinard’s sculptures all depict groups: the flock of birds, the children, the teachers. For Reynolds, the mural became “a metaphor for community.”
“The original concept wasn’t about community, but the work evolved,” he says. “All the different types, species, represent all the different people who make up a community and how they can work together as a flock. So many animals do that—flock together. It’s really quite amazing.” “My brush strokes are the same thing,” he reflects. “They are a flock. That was an integral aspect of the work that I didn’t realize until I was halfway through. Being a painter, every once in a while these things come on their own. They get bounced back to us from the object we’re working on. It reflects back information, and sometimes questions. There’s always a dialogue.” The day of the installation was “pretty emotionally unbelievable,” Reynolds recalls. He spent time with four adult survivors who still work in the school. “I could see them enter the painting as they were sitting next to me,” he says. “One of them cried.” Reynolds had the opportunity to talk with them about his intention with the painting, and the metaphor for community. They understood. “They found the flock beautiful,” he says. “It was the biggest responsibility I’ve ever had in any piece of work.” “Art replaces the words when we don’t have the words to explain what we’re feeling,” says Clinard. “It allows us to take a breath, and take in what we are ready to take in, depending on where we are in our healing process. It’s very personal.” It also changes over time. “An older person who has raised their children is not the same as a college student ready to fight for a cause,” she continues. “What we see in a piece of art will change. It has for me, big time.” n
Six: Sandy Hook Memorial, terracotta, by Susan Clinard. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Twenty: Sandy Hook Memorial, paper, wood, and wire, by Susan Clinard. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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arts everywhere
Shoreline ArtsTrail 2016
discover local treasures
Robert Morris
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ust as City-Wide Open studios draws to a close, the ‘Shoreline ArtsTrail 16’ steps in to keep your weekend outings artistic and inspiring. The 15th annual ArtsTrail open studios weekend will take place November 12 and 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Branford, Guilford, and Madison. What began as a somewhat modest group of 10-12 artists in 2001, has grown to 41 for the trail this year. Potters, sculptors, metalsmiths, painters, fiber artists, jewelers, and stone workers are just some of the examples of artists participating. “We like to keep it diversified with different people,” said Steven Plaziak, participating ArtsTrail artist and one of the event’s organizers. “It’s amazing how many really good artists are around the shoreline area in different mediums.” In an interview with The Arts Paper, Plaziak explained that instead of an unlimited number of artists, they aim for a diversity of mediums and an appropriate number to fit on the trail map. “We don’t want it too overwhelming,” he said. “We have 41 artists right now, and that’s about right.” Some artists share studios, resulting in 34 studio locations this year spread
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across “50 miles of scenic shoreline,” according to the ArtsTrail website. Generally, each of the studios will have refreshments and some parking available. Participating Artists Entry to be included in the ArtsTrail is by jury, which takes place online in January and February. They accept about five artists a year, which results in a membership. Artists are then expected to participate in meetings throughout the year and to help distribute ArtsTrail maps. According to Plaziak, there are artists who have been on the trail since the beginning, like watercolor painter B. Joan Hickey, while other artists take time off (for example if they have a lot going on for a year or two). They then get “first dibs” to come back. “A few new artists were juried in this year,” Plaziak said, himself a website/ graphic designer by day and watercolor painter by night. “Oil painters Lisa DeFilippo and Laura Barr, they are just fabulous, Pam Welch, a fiber artist, and we have a guy in Guilford, Robert Morris, a pen and ink artist. He’s amazing. He works with a gallery in Dallas, but he lives right here and he is opening his studio. He uses this silver ink to draw detailed, intricate compositions. Unbe-
lievable work. Paper artist Chris Penry is another new artist. First of all she makes the paper, then she makes—they are almost mini sculptures as paintings and they are really, really amazing. And we’ve had some returning artists like Sandy [Sandra] Kensler. She makes posterized, colorful, intricate paintings, almost Warhol-esque. Everybody is really unique.” Exhibitions There will be two exhibitions tied in with the ArtsTrail as well. One will be at Friends and Company restaurant at 11 Boston Post Road in Madison October 31-December 12. They are planning a reception for Sunday, November 6, from 4-6 p.m. leading up to the ArtsTrail weekend. As it is a functioning restaurant, most of the work represented will be 2D work on the walls. “Friends and Company are great, they’ve been with us since the beginning,” Plaziak said. The second exhibition will take place at the Wall Street Gallery at 91 Wall Street in Madison from November 1-29. There will be an opening reception on Friday, November 4, from 4-7 p.m. More of the 3D artists participating in the ArtsTrail will have a piece represented at this location.
The Map This year the organization has printed 12,000 maps, which chart where the artist studios are, along with sponsor businesses, many of whom offer specials to those traveling the ArtsTrail. Examples include discounted glasses of wine or 10% off, the specifics of each sponsor location can be found on the ArtsTrail website, shorelineartstrail.com. A list of locations where to pick up a map can be found on the website. Maps are also available online in interactive and printable forms. Playing on the idea of a mapped treasure hunt, this year’s theme is “Discover Local Treasures.” With people coming from as far as New York City to experience the Shoreline ArtsTrail, this is truly a great opportunity for Arts Paper readers to get to know artists right in their own backyard! n For more information and to see examples of work of all participating artists, visit shorelineartstrail.com. Visit lead sponsor, the Guilford Art Center’s website at guilfordartcenter.org. Arts Everywhere is a new Arts Paper series that will highlight events and places that take place outside of New Haven, but within the Arts Council’s 15-town region.
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Sandra Kensler
Sid Werthan
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Yale Schola Cantorum
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David Hill, conductor Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem arranged for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington
sunday, november 6 · 5 pm Saint Joseph Church (129 Edwards St., New Haven)
Great Organ Music at Yale
Christophe Mantoux, organ Music of Franck, Vierne, Tournemire, Widor, Messiaen, and Duruflé
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Between This World and That a look at the new exhibit at peabody2
zac zander In celebration of its 150-year anniversary, the Peabody Museum has opened a new exhibition space—PEABODY2—on 1 Broadway in New Haven. Its opening exhibit, Identity, Difference, and Understanding: Lessons from Oceania and Southeast Asia, focuses on highlights from the anthropology collections of Australia and Southeast Pacific. Many of the pieces have never been seen by the public, so for those who frequent the Peabody, you can see even more of their collection at this satellite gallery. The exhibition’s objective is to give us a glimpse into the lives of distant people and what their world was like so long ago, but in the bigger picture, Michael Dove, curator at the Peabody, offers some insights: “[One] of the driving forces behind this exhibit [is] the tensions over how we discuss and represent ethnicity and race that arose on the Yale campus last year, and indeed around the country—and are still with us. Our hope is that this exhibit will encourage constructive conversations about how we think about human ‘difference’. What do we see when we see human difference? The message from this exhibit is that even what seem to be starkly separate and different societies—e.g. New Guinea tribespeople and Europeans or North Americans—are linked in ways that are not immediately obvious. The message is that what we see when we see human difference is as much about us as it is about the ‘other’.” Living in this sort of new world where political views and political correctness are constantly challenged and suppressed voices are becoming stronger, it’s important to look at our past. As Michael Dove asks, what do we see when we see human difference? What is the human experience that we are all living in different ways? Are there actual differences, or is the strong desire to be individual masking empathy for our fellow being? And when looking into these past relics, are we seeing a completely different world, or just one that is askew to where we are now? These questions are ones that are encourage for an exhibit like this. And what makes this space so successful in creating conversation is its size—it’s no bigger than the stores that surround it, so one can drop in for an hour or two. What this also means is that a visitor won’t rush through the gallery, hoping to take in as much content as possible, but instead immerse oneself into the art and text and have a full, wellrounded experience. Some notable pieces are a winged lion from Indonesia and bark paintings from Aborigines. The winged lion in Figure of Winged Lion (Singa) symbolizes “both inhuman emotion and the power of the ruler (royal executioners in Java were formerly called singa negara, or “state lions”).” This stone carving was breathtaking—the still vibrant colors, the attention to details found on the base, and the eerie look the lion holds kept me circling back to catch
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one more glimpse. The bark paintings from Australia were a personal highlight. With natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, the paintings were bizarre yet beautiful. Figures seemed to be living on the canvas with stale expressions, all surrounding a kangaroo that was colored with complex and intricate lines in Mimis and Namarodo Spirits with Kangaroo (1985). In another bark painting, Mimis (Hunting and Gathering) (1988), mimis—spirits—dance and gather a bountiful harvest. In their hand were dilly bags for holding seasonal foods, and in the other hand are digging sticks for obtaining yams or water lily roots. Also depicted in the painting was the hunting of possum and wallaby. The colors of the paintings were simple and organic, and they made a fully realized text. The museum hopes to gain a broader audience in addition to the one regularly seen at its main location on Whitney Avenue. Roger Colten—senior collections manager in the anthropology division of the Peabody—says, “Exhibiting objects in downtown New Haven may reach a broader audience than visitors to the main Peabody Museum building because the ‘P2’ exhibit is closer to the residential colleges and also to the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. This project provides an opportunity to place an exhibit in the center of the university community.” It’s also worth mentioning that, according to Richard Kissel—director of public programs at the Peabody Museum—the Peabody has “more than 13 million objects within its collection.” This means that the Peabody has so much more to show us. For anyone finding themselves in the downtown area, maybe grabbing a bite to eat or catching a show, be sure to explore this exhibit and experience even more of the Peabody’s historic collection before it closes in late May of 2017. PEABODY2 is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 6 p.m. n
Figure of Winged Lion (Singa). Photo by Zac Zander.
Mimis and Namarodo Spirits with Kangaroo (1985). Photo by Zac Zander.
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Left: Fred Armisen will appear at College Street Music Hall on Thursday, November 3 at 8 p.m. Armisen is one of the most diversely talented performers working today with credits that run the gamut from acting, producing, and writing in both comedy and music. He is perhaps best known as the co-creator, co-writer, and co-star of IFC’s Portlandia, alongside Carrie Brownstein. Right: Comedian/actor/author Patton Oswalt will take the stage at College Street Music Hall on Friday, November 4 at 8 p.m. This prolific entertainer’s film and TV credits include his latest (and 6th) comedy special, “Talking for Clapping,” which came out on Netflix in April of this year.
Classes & Workshops Bethesda Lutheran Church 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (585) 200-8903. bethesdanewhaven.org/dance Ballroom Dance Classes Bethesda will offer free ballroom dance classes to the community this fall! Christina Castaneda is an experienced teacher and loves to use dance to build community and promote wellbeing. Singles and couples, with any level of experience, are invited to join weekly sessions through December 20. Tuesdays at 6 p.m. or Saturdays at 11 a.m. Free will donation. Liz Pagano Erector Square, 315 Peck Street, New Haven. (203) 675-1105. lizpagano.com Private Art Instruction for Adults and Children Learn in a working artist’s studio. Artists/home schooled/portfolio prep/special needs. Draw/ paint/print/collage/etc. in a spacious lightfilled studio at Erector Square in New Haven. Relaxed and professional. I can also come to you. Lessons created to suit individual. References available. lizpagano@snet.net. RSCDS at the Whitneyville Cultural Commons 1253 Whitney Avenue, Hamden. (203) 2816591. rscdsnewhaven.org Scottish Country Dancing Enjoy dancing the social dances of Scotland. Come alone or with a friend. All dances taught. Wear soft-soled nonstreet shoes. Every Tuesday evening through December 13, except November 23. $8 per evening. First night free. 7-9:30 p.m. Studio in Bethany 8 Carmel Road, Bethany. (203) 390-0965. abbiesart.com Abstract Painting Workshop Where will your creative impulses lead you? Let’s find out! Join us in a spacious art studio located in a gorgeous, rural setting. This workshop focuses on self-expression and intuition. Explore rhythm, form and movement using line, shape and color. Supportive critiques. All materials included. All
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levels welcome! November 5th, December 3rd. $59/per class, 10% discount if registering for both workshops. 1-4 p.m. Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 695-1215. ctnsi.com Fall & Winter Art Classes We are drawn to nature! Come experience a wide offering of art classes at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Botanical Watercolor, Landscape Painting in Oil, Drawing and Painting Birds, Basic Drawing, Colored Pencil, Drawing from the Peabody Dioramas and more! To register: ctnsi.com, ctnsi.info@gmail.com, (203) 695-1215. Mondays-Sundays 10 a.m.-1 p.m. through December 20.
Dance 3 Thursday Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert Patricelli Theater, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts. A collection of new works presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. November 3-5, 8 p.m. 213 High Street, Middletown. (860) 6853355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/
18 Friday Darrell Jones Hoo-Ha World Music Hall, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts. Choreographer Darrell Jones describes Hoo-Ha (2010) as the release of the oppressed feminine in the male body. For nearly a decade, his artistic research has found its central focus through a dialogue between his postmodern training and the voguing aesthetic. Friday, November 18, 8 p.m., and Saturday, November 19, at 2 and 8 p.m. 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events.
Exhibitions City Gallery 994 State Street, New Haven. (203) 782-2489. city-gallery.org Karen Wheeler: Offerings City Gallery in New Haven presents Offerings, an exhibition of new work by Karen Wheeler during the month of November. Wheeler’s playfully intriguing mixed-media assemblages demonstrate a supremely delicate awareness of line, an elegant complexity, and a joyous spirit. Artist’s Reception: Friday Nov. 11, 5-7 p.m. On view November 3-27, Thursdays 4-7 p.m., Friday-Sunday 12-4 p.m. Free. Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon Street, New Haven. (203) 562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org The 47th Annual Celebration of American Crafts Exhibition and sale of fine crafts from local, state, and regional crafters. Special events will be held throughout the sale. November 26-December 24, Thursdays-Sundays 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa FLYING CARPETS: new paintings by David Schorr Professor of Art David Schorr’s solo exhibition and site-specific installation FLYING CARPETS revisits his childhood days spent playing on his grandmother’s Persian rugs. The exhibition is on display through Sunday, December 11, 2-4 p.m. Opening Reception November 1, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free! Kehler Liddell Gallery Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven. (203) 389-9555. kehlerliddellgallery.com See website for gallery hours. All exhibitions free and open to the public. Who We Were When Mixed-media artist Julie Fraenkel presents Who We Were When, an allegorical look at the phases of life as if stages of mythic dreams. Her solo show is on display through November 13. Donne in Maschere Discover how we camouflage our secrets in Donne in Maschere, a stunning ex-
hibit by Bridgeport photographer Rod Cook. This solo show featuring handmade Venetian-style masks runs through November 13. Deck the Walls Holiday Show Kehler Liddell Gallery presents Deck the Walls, a holiday group show featuring 17 local artists. Works of varying sizes will be on view and for sale in price ranges for all budgets, November 17-December 18; Opening Reception: December 10, 4-7 p.m. Paul Mellon Arts Center Choate Rosemary Hall, 332 Christian Street, Wallingford. (203) 6972398. www.choate.edu/boxoffice Overflow This exhibition features the collaborative and collective work of Martha Lewis, Eva Mantell, Melissa Marks, and Laura Watt. It is a four-way conversation, on paper, about too much. November 3-December 18. It is free and open to the public, daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., when school is in session. An artists’ reception will be held November 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free. PEABODY2 Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1 Broadway, New Haven. (203) 4325050. peabody.yale.edu/events/ Identity, Difference, and Understanding: Lessons from Oceania and SE Asia As part of its sesquicentennial celebration, the Yale Peabody Museum announces the opening of PEABODY2, a satellite gallery. The objective of this exhibition is to suggest new ways of thinking about what ethnographic art has to tell us about distant peoples, times, and places. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-6 p.m. through April 30, 2017. Free. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon Street, 2nd Floor, New Haven. (203) 772-2788. newhavenarts.org All In The 2016 Arts Council members show. November 10-December 30. Reception: Thursday, November 10, 5-7 p.m. On view Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, south en-
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trance, Hamden. (203) 772-2788. newhavenarts.org. Nature Constructed Curated by Debbie Hesse. A multimedia exhibition that examines the complex intersection between art, nature, and culture. On view through January 6, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Free. Valentine H. Zahn Community Gallery 250 Flat Rock Place, Westbrook. (860) 358-6200. galleryoneCT.com The Artists of Gallery One at Valentine H. Zahn Community Gallery On view November 3-January 4. Opening reception Thursday, November 3, 6-8 p.m. Free. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 432-5050. peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/ treasures-peabody-150-years-exploration-di Treasures of the Peabody: 150 Years of Exploration and Discovery It’s the 150th anniversary of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Founded in 1866 with a generous gift from international financier George Peabody, the museum has served as a world leader for 150 years in the collection, preservation, and study of objects that document the diversity and history of both nature and humanity. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 12-5 p.m. through January 8, 2017. $6-$13.
Galas & Fundraisers 18 Friday Art Auction hosted by Greater New Haven Community Chorus Features a wide variety of media and initial bid prices. Conducted by knowledgeable auctioneers from Marlin Art. Event includes hors d’oeuvres, beverages, dessert, entertainment, and a silent auction. Low pressure and fun for all, even inexperienced bidders. Proceeds benefit GNHCC (501c3). Preview of art begins at 6:30 p.m.; Auction begins at 7:30 p.m., Greater New Haven Community Chorus, The Commons Great Room, 75 Washington Avenue, Hamden. (203) 303-4642. gnhcc.org
Kids & Families Music Together Classes First Presbyterian Church 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 691-9759. MusicalFolk.com Musical Folk - Offering Music Together Classes for Children Music Together classes, a fun creative music and movement program for babies through 5-year-olds and the ones who love them! Come sing, dance, and play instruments in an informal and fun setting. Classes are ongoing through the year and are held in New Haven, Hamden, Woodbridge, Cheshire and Branford. Classes held every day (morning, afternoon and weekend classes available). Free demo classes also available. Eleven-week semester is $233 and includes CD and songbook. Each semester is a new collection of music. Four semesters per year - fall, winter, spring and summer! International Festival JCC of Greater New Haven 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. (203) 387-2522. jccnh.org The Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven invites you to explore the countries of the world! International Festival will feature arts and crafts, delicious foods from a variety of cultural traditions, performances, games, and more, brought to us from various participating community groups! The event is free and open to the public. November 6, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Youth Gamelan Ensemble World Music Hall 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble The Youth Gamelan Ensemble was founded as a Center for the Arts program in 2002 by Wesleyan Artist in Residence I.M. Harjito, who guides the group along with University Professor of Music Sumarsam and Director Joseph Getter. The group learns traditional music from Java, Indonesia, and rehearses during both the fall and spring semesters. Fall semester runs through December 8. Saturday morning classes are held from 10-11 a.m. in World Music Hall. Only $30 for a semester of lessons and rehearsals. No prior experience necessary. Open to all children ages 7 to 14.
Whirlwind by Karen Wheeler. City Gallery in New Haven presents Offerings, an exhibition of new work by Karen Wheeler November 3-27 with an artist’s reception Friday, November 11, 5-7 p.m. Image courtesy of the artist.
Music 1 Tuesday Tomek Arnold Happy Hybrid An evening of musical colonialism achieved by means of forgery, ruthless annexation, and works of great American serialists. Presentation will include a fair amount of innocence in admiration of sound with its various forms and shapes. (Elements of discourtesy for tradition may occur.) November 1, 9 p.m. Free! Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/ 2016/11-2016/11012016tomek-arnold.html.
4 Friday Derek Gripper South African musician Derek Gripper conjures anew a centuries-old musical heritage, interpreting kora (21-string harp) compositions for solo classical guitar. He has created a repertoire of arrangements of African music, based on transcriptions of works by Toumani Diabaté, Ali Farka Touré, and others. November 4, 8 p.m. $28 general public; $26 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students; $6 Wesleyan students. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Yale School of Music Fall Opera Scenes A variety of scenes from comic and tragic operas. November 4 & 5, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $10, students $5. Yale School of Music, Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, 98 Wall Street, New Haven. (203) 432-4158. music-tickets.yale.edu/single/ EventDetail.aspx?p=16008.
5 Saturday Music of the Night Pops conductor Chelsea Tipton opens the Pops Series with the greatest show-stoppers from the Great White Way. This program features Connor Bogart, a dynamic young Broadway vocalist whose dazzling voice will enchant on hits from Jersey Boys, Phantom of the Opera, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma, Les Miserables, West Side Story, and more! November 5, 2:30 p.m. $35-49; College students $10; Kids 7-17 go free with the purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. This program will also be presented at Shelton High School November 6. (203) 407-3140. NewHavenSymphony.org.
6 Sunday November’s Hamden Art League Meeting will feature oil painter Grace DeVito. The demonstration, “Achieving Sensitivity in Portraits,” will be about her approach to painting a portrait in oils, using her classical realist skills, and imbuing her love of light and form into her work. November 8. Image courtesy of the Hamden Art League.
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Yale Schola Cantorum | Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem David Hill, conductor, arranged for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington. November 6, 5 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, St.
Joseph Church, 129 Edwards Street, New Haven. (203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar. Tony Lombardozzi Jazz guitarist and Wesleyan private lessons teacher Tony Lombardozzi will have his first concert at The Russell House since 1999. November 6, 3 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Music of the Night Pops conductor Chelsea Tipton opens the Pops Series with the greatest show-stoppers from the Great White Way. This program features Connor Bogart, a dynamic young Broadway vocalist whose dazzling voice will enchant on hits from Jersey Boys, Phantom of the Opera, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma, Les Miserables, West Side Story, and more! November 6, 7:30 p.m. $35-49; College students $10; Kids 7-17 go free with the purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Shelton High School, 120 Meadow Street, Shelton. This program will also be presented at Hamden Middle School November 5. (203) 922-3004. NewHavenSymphony.org. Signs of Life: The Essence of Pink Floyd The group of eight musicians re-create the excitement of a Pink Floyd concert with live music, sound effects, lighting and video. November 6, 8 p.m. Price varies by seat location. Shubert Theatre, 247 College St., New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com.
11 Friday Veteran’s Day Concert Music Haven students and their teachers, the Haven String Quartet, perform a free lunchtime concert for residents in the VA Hospital’s Community Living Center. November 11, 12:30 p.m. Free. Music Haven, VA Healthcare, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven. (203) 7459030. musichavenct.org.
12 Saturday Survey Says! A Concert of Audience Requests We asked. You answered. And so, AO presents Survey Says!, a concert of audience requests. Adele, Hoagy Carmichael, Carole King, Freddie Mercury (yes, Bohemian Rhapsody!) Holly Near, Cris Williamson, plus music from Amistad, Frozen, Star Wars, and more. We were delighted with the results. You will be too. November 12, 7 p.m. $15$30. Tickets online through anotheroctave.org or facebook.com/anotheroctave. Tickets also available at the door. Another Octave: Connecticut Women’s Chorus, Unity Church of Greater Hartford, 919 Ellington Road (Rt. 30), South Windsor. (203) 672-1919. anotheroctave.org.
13 Sunday Yale Camerata Concert Marguerite L. Brooks,
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conductor. November 13, 5 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Church of the Reedemer, 185 Cold Spring Street, New Haven. (203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar.
paintings by David Schorr, is a poet (most recently the acclaimed Left-Handed Poems (Knopf, 2012), a renowned translator of Italian poetry (Giacomo Leopardi and Eugenio Montale) and novelist (Muse (Knopf, 2015)). November 30, 5 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events.
15 Tuesday Music Haven Studio Recitals The promising young violin and viola students of Mr. Gregory and Ms. Annalisa share their talents with the community in an intimate studio recital. November 15, 6 p.m. Free. Music Haven, Casa Otoñal, 135 Sylvan Avenue, New Haven. (203) 745-9030. www.musichavenct.org. Warren Enström Place in Exhaustion Inspired by the French author Georges Perec, the experimental literature movement Oulipo, and performance artists involved in fluxus such as Yoko Ono, Mieko Shiomi, and Ben Vautier, graduate music student Warren Enström will present an attempt at exhausting a place at Wesleyan. November 15, 9 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events.
16 Wednesday Music Haven Studio Recitals The promising young Music 101 students of Mr. Benn share their talents with the community in an intimate studio recital. November 16, 6 p.m. Free. Music Haven, Stetson Library, 200 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven. (203) 745-9030. musichavenct.org.
17 Thursday Music Haven Studio Recitals The promising young cello students of Mr. Philip share their talents with the community in an intimate studio recital. November 17, 6 p.m. Free. Music Haven, Fair Haven Library, 182 Grand Avenue, New Haven. (203) 745-9030. musichavenct.org. Brahms & Mozart Experience the majesty of Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, whose elegant musical lines epitomize the splendor and passion of the Romantic era. The NHSO also celebrates a New Haven community treasure, the Yale School of Music, with music by Yale composition professor Martin Bresnick and a special guest performance by Dean Robert Blocker. November 17, 7:30 p.m. $15-74; College students $10; Kids 7-17 go free with the purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven. (203) 436-4840. NewHavenSymphony.org.
19 Saturday Salomone Rossi: Baroque Music from Jewish Mantova The Yale Voxtet performs with artistic director Nicholas McGegan. November 19, 7:30 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College Street, New Haven. (203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar.
Theater SHA’s The Little Mermaid Sacred Heart Academy presents The Little Mermaid. Based on the animated motion picture, this stage musical is performed by the students of Sacred Heart Academy. November 4-5, Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2&8 p.m. $12.50$27.50. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com. Yale School of Music’s Fall Opera Scenes, a variety of scenes from comic and tragic operas, will take place on November 4&5 at Morse Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Photo courtesy of the Yale School of Music.
nial dinner takes place just across Elm Street from United Church at the Graduate Club. Dinner tickets can be purchased when you purchase concert tickets. 8 p.m. Reserved seating-$35, general admission-$20, student-$5, colonial dinner-$45. Orchestra New England, United Church on the Green, 270 Temple Street, New Haven. (203) 777-4690. orchestranewengland.org/Colonial-Concert-XXXVII.
27 Sunday Russian Voices The St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble returns to present music for male voices. Our audience loves their rich sound and charming performances. Bring a friend! November 27, 4 p.m. Free will donation. Bethesda Music Series, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 787-2346. bethesdanewhaven.org.
Special Events 5 Saturday Griffith and Parrott Annual Open House and Sale Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott announce their Annual Open House and Sale. Working in Connecticut for over 40 years, both have been recognized for a wide range of work in functional stoneware pottery and ceramic sculpture. Robert will show his signature landscape domestic ware and Anita will show her colorful, whimsical earthenware creations. Saturday, November 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, November 6, 12-3 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. 120 Acorn Road, Madison. (203) 245-7837. potteryct.com, ct2potters@ comcast.net.
8 Tuesday Survey Says! A Concert of Audience Requests We asked. You answered. And so AO presents Survey Says!, a concert of audience requests. Adele, Hoagy Carmichael, Carole King, Freddie Mercury (yes, Bohemian Rhapsody!) Holly Near, Cris Williamson- plus music from Amistad, Frozen, Star Wars, and more. We were delighted with the results. You will be too. November 19, 7 p.m. $15$30. Online ticket orders through anotheroctave. org and facebook.com/anotheroctave. Tickets also available at the door. Another Octave: Connecticut Women’s Chorus, Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. (203) 672-1919. anotheroctave.org.
26 Saturday Colonial Concert XXXVII Celebrating 37 years, O.N.E.’s flagship, flash-back entertainment event features wigs, waistcoats, and candlelight! His Excellency, the Honorable “Thomas Jefferson,” Minister to France, visits New Haven with his fascinating collection of personally selected music. Usher in the holiday season with us as we bring Colonial New Haven back to life! A festive pre-concert colo-
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Hamden Art League Meeting with Grace DeVito’s Oil Portrait Demonstration “Achieving Sensitivity in Portraits” Artist Grace DeVito will give a demonstration of her approach to painting a portrait in oils, using her classical realist skills and imbuing her love of light and form into her work, to give a ‘voice’ to her subjects. She has a BFA from the School of Visual Art, NYC and studied with Laurel Stern Boeck. November 8. Refreshments and conversation at 7 p.m., brief business meeting at 7:15 p.m., artist’s program at 7:30 p.m. NOTE: If Miller Library is closed due to inclement weather the meeting will be cancelled. 7-9 p.m. Free and open to the public. 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. (203) 287-1322. hamdenartleague.com.
12 Saturday Shoreline ArtsTrail The Shoreline Arts Trail’s 15th annual Open Studios Weekend, held Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., gathers some of the finest, award-winning artists on the shoreline whose work must reflect mastery of methods and materials, originality of concept, and be handmade by the artist in his/
her studio. During Open Studios Weekend, the colorful “Open Studio” signs point you to all of these artists and studios. For specific locations and more information, pick up a copy of the Shoreline ArtsTrail map, available in libraries, town halls, Connecticut welcome centers, and visitors’ centers in Branford, Guilford, and Madison, as well as at the Guilford Art Center and the various studios. Contact Martha Link Walsh at (203) 481-3505 or visit shorelineartstrail.com. Free. (203) 530-3330.
16 Wednesday Haiku Open Mic Join us for a “Hamden Haiku Happening.” Gather at 6:30 p.m. to sign up for the open mic. Adults and students are welcome to join us for this evening of haiku poetry. Read your own haiku or those of other poets. Sponsored by the Hamden Arts Commission to promote active participation in the arts for all. For information contact mgmhcorno@yahoo.com. November 16, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. (203) 287-2546. hamdenartscommission.org.
Talks & Tours 2 Wednesday Backstage Tour This hour-long tour is the perfect activity for any theater or history enthusiast—you’ll be amazed by the incredible history of the legendary Shubert. Please meet at the main lobby doors. No reservations required. November 2, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com.
5 Saturday Backstage Tour This hour-long tour is the perfect activity for any theater or history enthusiast—you’ll be amazed by the incredible history of the legendary Shubert. Please meet at the main lobby doors. No reservations required. November 5, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com.
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella The Tony Award-winning musical from the creators of The Sound of Music & South Pacific that’s delighting audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations & all the moments you love—the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more! November 11-13. Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 2&7:30 p.m., Sunday 1&6 p.m. Price varies by seat location. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com. Charles Mee’s Summertime Charles Mee’s pulsating romantic comedy Summertime (2000) weaves together elements of William Shakespeare, Molière, René Magritte, and more to tell a story of love about man, a woman, her mother, her boyfriend, her husband, his lover, their friends, and a pizza boy. Directed by Visiting Associate Professor of Theater Kim Weild. November 17–20, 8 p.m., Saturday November 19 matinee at 2 p.m. $8 general public; $5 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students; $4 Wesleyan students. 287 Washington Terrace, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens’ story of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge captures all the warmth, goodwill, and musical memories of the holiday season. This joyful musical features all your favorite Christmas carols. Share this holiday classic with your family! November 18-20. Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 2&7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. Price varies by seat location. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com. The Santaland Diaries This wickedly funny, sarcastic, and decidedly un-politically correct one-manshow by NPR humorist David Sedaris, proves that Christmas brings out the best (and worst) in all of us! November 25-27. Friday & Saturday: reception at 7 p.m., show begins 8 p.m. Sunday: reception at 5 p.m., show begins 6 p.m. $40 includes pre-show holiday party. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com.
10 Thursday Artful Lunch Series with Julia Randall Join the Friends of the Davison Art Center for a presentation by Wesleyan University’s Associate Professor of Art Julia Randall about her favorite works in the Davison Art Center collection. Bring your bag lunch and enjoy homemade cookies and conversation following the talk. November 10, 12:10 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Davison Art Center, Alsop House Dining Room, 301 High Street, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan. edu/cfa/events.
30 Wednesday A Reading by Writer Jonathan Galassi Jonathan Galassi, author of the catalog essay that accompanies the exhibition FLYING CARPETS: new
Travel back in time to 1770s New Haven with Maestro James Sinclair and Orchestra New England November 26 at the 37th annual Colonial Concert at United Church on the Green. Photo by Kate Fletcher courtesy of ONE.
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The Arts Council provides bulletin board listings as a service to our membership and is not responsible for the content or deadlines.
Call For Actors, Singers, Dancers I Luv A Party, Inc., an entertainment & event company, is seeking male and female actors, singers, and dancers for their fall and winter season of corporate and party events. Part time work is available in New Haven, Hartford, and Fairfield counties. You may email us with picture and resume as well as call Nancy Douglass at (203) 4613357 to arrange for an interview/audition. Artists Smithtown Township Arts Council seeks entries for juried fine art exhibition The Fine Art of Illustration at the Mills Pond Gallery. Exhibit Dates January 21-February 19, 2017. Juror: William Low. Open to US artists 18 and older. Prospectus at stacarts.org/exhibits/show/101 or email gallery@ stacarts.org. Mills Pond Gallery, 660 Route 25A, St. James, NY, 11780. (631) 862-6575. $45/3 entries. Cash awards for 1st and 2nd place. Entry deadline December 9, 2016. Artists Guilford Art Center invites fine craft artists to apply to participate in the 60th annual Craft Expo July 14-16, 2017. Works in a variety of media; must be handmade in the US or Canada. See guilfordartcenter.org for info and link to online application. Deadline is January 9, 2017. Artists For Arts Center Killingworth’s 2015–2016 Spectrum Gallery exhibits, including the Gallery Show. Seeking fine artists and artisans in all media. For artist submission, visit spectrumartgallery.org or email barbara@spectrumartgallery.org. Spectrum Gallery and Store, 61 Main St., Centerbrook. Artists The Tiny Gallery: a very big opportunity for very small art. The Tiny Gallery is a premiere space for “micro” exhibitions in the historic Audubon Arts District, located within the lighted display “totem” outside Creative Arts Workshop, at 80 Audubon St., in New Haven. The Tiny Gallery is open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis and should include a written proposal, artist statement, and images of artwork. Call (203) 562-4927x14, email gallery@creativeartsworkshop.org, or visit creativeartsworkshop.org/tiny. Instructors Are you a maker who loves to share your knowledge? If yes, MakeHaven has been looking for you. We are hiring instructors to teach: fabrication, woodworking, 3D printing, sewing, mechanics, brewing, arduino, electronics, cooking and other maker activities. What could you teach us? makehaven.org. Musicians The New Haven Chamber Orchestra has openings for strings for the 2016-2017 season. The orchestra rehearses on Tuesday evenings at the Fair Haven School, 164 Grand Avenue. The orchestra performs three concerts per season. To sit in on a rehearsal or to audition, contact the orchestra via e-mail at info@newhavenchamberorchestra.org. Photographers Are you a fan of photography? A program of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Photo Arts Collective aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and special events. The Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Poets Artspace New Haven invites poets working in all genres of poetry to apply to be considered for our Opening Poems project. Artspace will consider applications on a rolling basis. Through this project, Artspace seeks to commission original poems written in response to one or more images
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and/or works in our exhibitions opening between fall 2016 and spring 2018. Poets both emerging and established, based in New Haven or out-of-state are invited to submit. Learn more: artspacenewhaven.org/opportunities.
through December 24th, with additional discount days of December 29 & 30 and January 3 & 4. Descriptions and application at http://creativeartsworkshop.org/get-involved/ cacvolunteers.
Singers The New Haven Chorale invites you to audition for its 2016-2017 season and become part of a community of passionate singers! The Chorale holds auditions throughout the year by individual appointment with the music director. Singers of all voice parts are encouraged to call the Chorale business office at (203) 776-SONG (7664) or email business@newhavenchorale.org to arrange an audition. Please visit our website at newhavenchorale. org for information including the Chorale’s audition schedule, past and upcoming performances, community activities, and more.
Volunteers The Yale Center for British Art welcomes applications for Information Volunteers. Volunteers make an invaluable contribution by helping to carry out our mission to inform and educate the public about our collections. Following training, volunteers commit to the program for a minimum of one year. Volunteers receive special benefits including private tours and a museum shop discount. If you would like to be part of a committed corps of individuals, possess a love and appreciation of art, and a fondness for interacting with the public. Please email ycba. volunteer@yale.edu or call (203) 432-9491 for more information.
Singers The New Haven Oratorio Choir invites singers of all voice types to audition for a position in the choir. We will be performing Faure’s Requiem and other pieces at our winter concert on December 9. Regular rehearsals are held on Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer in New Haven, on the corner of Whitney Avenue and Cold Spring Street. Please contact Gretchen Pritchard at (203) 624-2520 or membership@nhoratorio.org to schedule an audition. For more information please check out our website nhoratorio.org. Singers The award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus is looking for new members from the Greater New Haven area. We invite women to join us at any of our rehearsals to learn more. We enjoy four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop and other styles, lively performances and wonderful friendships. Rehearsals are every Tuesday from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Spring Glen Church located at 1825 Whitney Avenue in Hamden. Contact Lynn at (203) 623-1276 for more information. silknsounds.org. Singers Come sing with the GNHCC! We are an all-volunteer, non-auditioned, four-part (SATB) chorus with a membership of over 100 voices. The GNHCC December 2016 concert, “Tapestry of Voices,” will feature Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata, Haydn’s Missa Brevis, works by Lauridsen, Runestad, and others. Weekly Thursday evenings, 7-9 p.m. Registration fees are $50 per person per semester ($75 for couple of same household) and must be paid within three weeks of the start of the semester. Greater New Haven Community Chorus, First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 303-4642. www.gnhcc.org. Teachers Teaching positions at Neighborhood Music School. We are always on the lookout for talented and dedicated instrumentalists, vocalists, and dancers to join our exceptional faculty! If you are passionate about teaching, please send your CV/resume, along with a cover letter detailing your teaching interests and expertise to: jobs@ neighborhoodmusicschool.org. Tell us what you value, and why you feel you might be a good fit for NMS. We look forward to hearing from you! Vendors 13th Annual JCC Craft & Gift Fair. Join us as a vendor just in time for the holidays at our popular Craft & Gift Fair on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the JCC of Greater New Haven. This annual event will feature over 70 artisans, crafters, and vendors from all over New England, free admission and plenty of free parking. Gift selections include pottery, home décor, jewelry, glass works, skin care, clothing, and much more! For more information: debbieb@ jccnh.org. Volunteers Creative Arts Workshop seeks volunteers for multiple roles in the Celebration of American Crafts. This exhibition and sale, with additional fun events, enters its 47th year. It runs November 26
Volunteers, Artists, and Board Members Secession Cabal, a New Haven-based group of outsider artists working in theatre, film, visual art, and other mediums seek people for our board, sponsors, volunteers with fundraising experience, and artists in all mediums who agree with our mission and create radical, brave work. Volunteers/board members/ sponsors: Please send a brief introduction. Artists: Please email a letter of interest/introduction with examples of your bravest work. More information at art-secession.org. Volunteers Volunteers are a vital part of Artspace’s operation. Volunteering with Artspace is a great way to support the organization, meet new people, and develop new skills. Our volunteers provide a service that is invaluable to making Artspace function smoothly. We simply couldn’t operate without the tremendous support of our volunteers. To find out more about volunteer opportunities, please contact Shelli Stevens shelli@artspacenh.org.
Creative Services Art Therapy I help people of all ages use creative expression to access their innate wisdom and transform suffering into joy. My New Haven office has a relaxing view of the Quinnipiac River. I offer a free consultation to discuss if an expressive approach could benefit you and can be reached at: (203) 9033156. Abigail Tischler, LCSW, ATR-BC. Chair Repair/Chair Seat Weaving We can fix your worn out seats: cane, rush, Danish cord, shaker tape, etc.! In business over 25 years! Woven by artisans at The Association of Artisans to Cane, a social enterprise of Marrakech, Inc., providing services for persons of all abilities. Located at East Street Arts, 597 East Street, New Haven. Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (203) 776-6310. Historic Home Restoration Contractor Period appropriate additions, baths, kitchens, and remodeling. Sagging porches straightened/leveled, wood windows restored, plaster restored, historic molding and hardware, vinyl/aluminum siding removed, wood siding repair/replace, CT & NH Preservation Trusts. RJ Aley Building Contractor (203) 226-9933 jaley@ rjaley.com. Web Design & Art Consulting Services Startup business solutions. Creative, sleek web design by art curator and editor for artist, design, architecture, and small-business sites. Will create and maintain any kind of website. Hosting provided. Also low-cost in-depth artwork analysis, writing, editing services. (203) 387-4933. azothgallery@comcast.net. Websites + Promotion for Artists and Businesses Need help setting up a website that you can main-
tain yourself? Need a postcard, business card or other promotional materials? For experienced and artist-friendly help: laura@laurabarrdesign.com or (203) 481-3921.
Space Artist Studio West Cove Studio and Gallery offers work space with two large Charles Brand intaglio etching presses, lithography press, and stainless-steel work station. Workshops and technical support available. Ample display area for shows. Membership: $75 per month. 30 Elm Street, West Haven. Individual studio space also available. Call (609) 638-8501 or visit westcovestudio.org. Events and Parties With 2,000 square feet of open exhibition space, Kehler Liddell Gallery is a unique venue for hosting events. We tailor to the special interests of private parties, corporate groups, arts organizations, charities, and academic institutions. Our inviting, contemporary setting provides the perfect venue for your guests to relax, mingle and enjoy the company of friends. We provide a warm atmosphere filled with paintings, drawings and sculptures by local CT artists and free parking, with front door wheel chair access. See kehlerliddellgallery.com/ event-rental/ or contact Roy at roywmon@gmail. com or (203) 872-4139. Studio Space for Dance, Performing Arts, Events Hall A 1,500 square foot space with adjoining rooms in a turn-of-the-century mansion in a historic district. Hardwood floors. Vintage stage with curtains. Mahogany woodwork and glass doors. Ample natural light. Chairs and tables on premises. Contact whitneyartsctr@aol.com.
Jobs Please visit newhavenarts.org for up-to-date local employment opportunities in the arts.
The Arts Paper advertising and calendar deadlines: The deadline for advertisements and calendar listings for the December 2016 issue of The Arts Paper is: Friday, October 28, at 5 p.m. Future deadlines are as follows: January-February 2017: Monday, November 28, 5 p.m. Calendar listings are for Arts Council members only and should be submitted online at newhavenarts. org. Arts Council members can request a username and password by sending an e-mail to communications@newhavenarts.org. The Arts Council’s online calendar includes listings for programs and events taking place within 12 months of the current date. Listings submitted by the calendar deadline are included on a monthly basis in The Arts Paper.
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Somewhat Off the Wall 2016 Thank You ac staff photos by nichole rené Somewhat Off the Wall was a great success! Guests and artists mingled together at the Gallery at EleMar for our eighth year of this fabulous event. Thank you to the 50 artists who each donated three original works of art. Without your donations and artistic talent, Somewhat Off the Wall would not happen. Thank you also to the volunteers who helped install the artwork and provided food service for the reception. Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support: First Niagara Foundation, Suzio York Hill, Frangi Pangi Hosiery, Gregg, Wies & Gardner Architects, Thomas A. Martin and Harold S. Spitzer, Metropolitan Interactive, Quinnipiac University, and EleMar New England Marble & Granite. To our local restaurants and businesses, we are very grateful for your community support: Black Hog Brewing Co., Caseus Fromagerie & Bistro, Eubank Frame, Hull’s Art Supply and Framing, JCakes, Kumo Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse, Odonnell Company, P&M Orange Street Market, Total Wine, and Whalley Glass.
The scene at the Gallery at Elemar during Somewhat Off the Wall 2016.
Interim Executive Director of the Arts Council, Martha Murray, with Brenda Cavanaugh.
President of the Arts Council Board, Eileen O’donnell, with her daughter Donovan.
Katelyn Marazita with her parents Patricia Marazita and Arts Council Board member Greg Marazita.
Art and Industry in Early America
Peter Bonadies and Vladamir Shpitalnik from Paier College of Art.
Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 Through January 8, 2017 YA L E U N I V E R S I T Y A R T GA L L E RY Free and open to the public | artgallery.yale.edu 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut | 203.432.0600 @yaleartgallery
Margot and Richard Sherwin with SOTW emcee Jocelyn Maminta.
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Arts Council Director of Development, Megan Manton, with Second Vice President of the Arts Council Board, Daisy Abreu.
Christopher Townsend, cabinetmaker, and Samuel Casey, silversmith, Desk and Bookcase, Newport, 1745–50. Mahogany (primary); sabicu(?) and mahogany (secondary); silver hardware. Private collection. Photo: Christopher Gardner
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The Arts Paper member organizations & partners
Arts & Cultural Organizations
The Choirs of Trinity Church on the Green trinitynewhaven.org
A Broken Umbrella Theatre abrokenumbrella.org
City Gallery city-gallery.org (203) 782-2489
ACES Educational Center for the Arts aces.k12.ct.us
Civic Orchestra of New Haven civicorchestraofnewhaven.org
Alyla Suzuki Early Childhood Music Education alylasuzuki.com (203) 239-6026
Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre ccbtballettheatre.org
American Guild of Organists sacredmusicct.org
College Street Music Hall collegestreetmusichall.com
Another Octave CT Women’s Chorus anotheroctave.org
Connecticut Dance Alliance ctdanceall.com
Artfarm art-farm.org Arts Center Killingworth artscenterkillingworth.org (860) 663-5593 Arts for Learning Connecticut www.aflct.org Arts in CT artsinct.org Artspace artspacenh.org (203) 772-2709 Artsplace: Cheshire Performing & Fine Art cpfa-artsplace.org (203) 272-2787 ARTTN Gallery www.arttngallery.com Ball & Socket Arts ballandsocket.org Bethesda Music Series bethesdanewhaven.org (203) 787-2346 Blackfriars Repertory Theatre blackfriarsrep.com Branford Folk Music Society branfordfolk.org Chestnut Hill Concerts chestnuthillconcerts.org (203) 245-5736
Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus ctgmc.org 1-800-644-cgmc Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators ctnsi.com (203) 934-0878 Creative Arts Workshop 203-562-4927 creativeartsworkshop.org Creative Concerts (203) 795-3365 CT Folk ctfolk.com DaSilva Gallery dasilva-gallery.com 203-387-2539 East Street Arts eaststreetartsnh.org (203) 776-6310 EcoWorks CT ecoworksct.org Elm City Dance Collective elmcitydance.org Elm Shakespeare Company elmshakespeare.org (203) 874-0801 Firehouse 12 firehouse12.com (203) 785-0468
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Gallery One CT galleryonect.com
Lyman Center at SCSU www.lyman.southernct.edu
New Haven Theater Company newhaventheatercompany.com
Guilford Art Center guilfordartcenter.org (203) 453-5947
Madison Art Society madisonartsociety.blogspot.com
New World Arts Northeast (203) 507-8875
Make Haven makehaven.org
One True Palette onetruepalette.com
Mattatuck Museum mattatuckmuseum.org
Orchestra New England orchestranewengland.org (203) 777-4690
Guilford Art League gal-cat.blogspot.com Guitartown CT Productions guitartownct.com (203) 430-6020 Greater New Haven Community Chorus gnhcc.org Hamden Art League hamdenartleague.com (203) 494-2316 Hamden Arts Commission hamdenartscommission.org Hamden Symphony Orchestra hamdensymphony.org Hillhouse Opera Company hillhouseoperacompany.org (203) 464-2683 Hopkins School hopkins.edu The Institute Library institutelibrary.org
Meet the Artists and Artisans meettheartistsandartisans.com (203) 874-5672 Melinda Marquez Flamenco Dance Center melindamarquezfdc.org (203) 361-1210 Milford Fine Arts Council milfordarts.org (203) 878-6647 Music Haven musichavenct.org (203) 745-9030
Palette Art Studio paletteartstudio.com Pantochino Productions pantochino.com
Creative Businesses
University Glee Club of New Haven universitygleeclub.org
Access Audio-Visual Systems accessaudiovisual.com
Wesleyan University Center for the Arts wesleyan.edu/cfa West Cove Studio & Gallery westcovestudio.com (609) 638-8501
Whitney Humanities Center yale.edu/whc
Paul Mellon Arts Center choate.edu/artscenter Play with Grace playwithgrace.com
Yale Center for British Art yale.edu/ycba
Reynolds Fine Art reynoldsfineart.com
Yale Institute of Sacred Music yale.edu.ism (203) 432-5180
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, New Haven Branch nhrscds.org
Neighborhood Music School neighborhoodmusicschool.org (203) 624-5189
Shoreline Arts Alliance shorelinearts.org (203) 453-3890
Toad’s Place toadsplace.com
Whitney Arts Center (203) 773-3033
Yale Cabaret yalecabaret.org (203) 432-1566
Musical Folk musicalfolk.com
Hull’s Art Supply and Framing hullsnewhaven.com (203) 865-4855
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Arts & Enrichment Program www.ynhh.org (203) 688-9532
Community Partners Department of Arts Culture & Tourism, City of New Haven cityofnewhaven.com (203) 946-8378 DECD/CT Office of the Arts cultureandtourism.org (860) 256-2800 Elim Park Baptist Home elimpark.org Fractured Atlas fracturedatlas.org JCC of Greater New Haven jccnh.org
Shoreline ArtsTrail shorelineartstrail.com
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History peabody.yale.edu
New Haven Chamber Orchestra newhavenchamberorchestra.org
Shubert Theater shubert.com (203) 562-5666
Yale Repertory Theatre yalerep.org (203) 432-1234
International Silat Federation of America & Indonesia isfnewhaven.org
New Haven Chorale newhavenchorale.org
Silk n’ Sounds silknsounds.org
Yale School of Music music.yale.edu (203) 432-1965
Visit New Haven visitnewhaven.com
Jazz Haven jazzhaven.org
New Haven Free Public Library nhfpl.org
Site Projects siteprojects.org
Yale University Art Gallery artgallery.yale.edu
Kehler Liddell Gallery (203) 389-9555 kehlerliddell.com
New Haven Museum newhavenmuseum.org (203) 562-4183
Susan Powell Fine Art susanpowellfineart.com (203) 318-0616
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance westvillect.org
Knights of Columbus Museum kofcmuseum.org
New Haven Oratorio Choir nhoratorio.org
The Bird Nest Gallery thebirdnestsalon.com
Legacy Theatre legacytheatrect.org
New Haven Paint & Clay Club newhavenpaintandclayclub.org
The Second Movement secondmovementseries.org
Long Wharf Theatre longwharf.org (203) 787-4282
New Haven Symphony Orchestra newhavensymphony.org (203) 865-0831
Theater Department at SCSU/ Crescent Players southernct.edu/theater
International Festival of Arts & Ideas artidea.org
New Haven Ballet newhavenballet.org (203) 782-9038
New Haven Preservation Trust nhpt.org Town Green Special Services District infonewhaven.com
Yale University Bands yale.edu/yaleband (203) 432-4111
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The Arts Paper arts council programs
Perspectives … The Gallery at Whitney Center Location: 200 Leeder Hill Drive, South Entrance, Hamden Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.
Nature Constructed Curated by Debbie Hesse A multimedia exhibition that examines the complex intersection between art, nature, and culture. Dates: On view through January 6, 2017
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery Location: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The 2016 Arts Awards will take place on December 2 at the New Haven Lawn Club. Photo by Judy Sirota Rosenthal.
All In The Arts Council’s Annual Members Show Dates: November 10-December 30 Reception: Thursday, November 10, 5-7 p.m.
2016 Arts Awards This year’s Arts Awards will honor Creative Communicators, individuals and groups who engage the arts in new and creative ways. Contact The Arts Council at (203) 772-2788 for more information and to purchase tickets. Date: Friday, December 2, 11 a.m. social hour, 11:45 a.m. awards program Location: The New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven
Writers Circle The Writers Circle is an Arts Council program created in partnership with the Institute Library to develop and support Greater New Haven’s growing community of writers. The Writers Circle encourages its members to improve their craft and share their work through write-ins, guest lectures with working writers, workshops, and readings. Contact communications@newhavenarts.org for more information and a schedule of events. November Writers Circle: Write-In with Daisy Abreu Join us for this weekend session at the Institute Library as we discuss various topics in the form of writer’s prompts, reflect, write, and share. Bring Laptops, paper, pens, whatever it is you like to write with. Light refreshments will be served. Date: Saturday, November 5, 1-4 p.m. Location: Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., New Haven. Tickets: $5 at eventbrite.com/e/november-writers-circlewrite-in-with-daisy-abreu-tickets-27201596708
Mohamad Hafez next to his mixed media work Tomorrow, When Things Have Calmed Down from the Degrees of Separation show at the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Photo by Mike Franzman.
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Artist Lauren Caldwell at Degrees of Separation. Photo by Mike Franzman.
Advice from the AC Need help finding exhibition space/opportunities, performance/ rehearsal space or developing new ways to promote your work or creative event? Schedule a free one-on-one consultation with Debbie Hesse, the organization’s director of artist services and programs by calling (203) 772-2788. Walk-ins are also welcome. Dates: Thursdays, November 3 & 10, 2-4 p.m. at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven.
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Artist Katro Storm with his art, at the reception for Degrees of Separation. Photo by Mike Franzman.
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. David Chorney with his drip painting Chloe, at the reception for Degrees of Separation. Photo by Mike Franzman.
Photo Arts Collective The Photo Arts Collective is an Arts Council program that aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography, through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and events. The Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of the month at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whitney Ave., New Haven, at 7 p.m. To learn more, send email to photoartscollective@gmail.com.
Artist-Led Workshops in the Community If you are a visual artist and are interested in conducting an artist-led workshop this coming year, please contact Debbie Hesse at dhesse@newhavenarts.org. For more information on these events and more visit newhavenarts.org or check out our mobile events calendar using the Arts, Nightlife, Dining & Information (ANDI) app for smartphones.
Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Gallery view of Nature Constructed. Photo by exhibition curator Debbie Hesse.