The Arts Paper | October 2016

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Deborah Berke Meet Yale’s New Dean of the School of Architecture

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Eileen O’Donnell president Rick Wies vice president Daisy Abreu second vice president

Debbie Hesse director of artistic services & programs Megan Manton director of development Winter Marshall executive administrative assistant Amanda May Aruani communications manager editor, the arts paper design consultant

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directors Susan Cahan Robert B. Dannies Jr. James Gregg Todd Jokl Mark Kaduboski Jocelyn Maminta Josh Mamis Greg Marazita Rachel Mele Elizabeth Meyer-Gadon Frank Mitchell John Pancoast Mark Potocsny David Silverstone Dexter Singleton Richard S. Stahl, MD

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The New Haven Chorale Volunteer Choir Plans Its Free Halloween Concert

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Artists Next Door Hank Hoffman Profiles Multi-media Artist Leila Daw

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City-Wide Open Studios Find Out About This Year’s Theme: Game On!

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Letter from the Editor This month’s Arts Paper features one of the biggest art events in our region, CityWide Open Studios. While for most it requires no introduction, for newcomers, I’ll mention that it is organized by the downtown New Haven gallery, Artspace, and is now in its 19th year. Lucy Gellman spoke with the organizers about this year’s theme, Game On!, and gives us the lowdown on pages 10 & 11.

Steve Scarpa returns to the pages of The Arts Paper, this month writing about the new dean at the Yale University School of Architecture, Deborah Berke. It is part one of a two-part story that profiles Berke and Marta Kuzma, the new dean of the Yale University School of Art. Both women are beginning this fall and are the first females to be appointed to the position in their respective schools.

The New Haven Chorale is hosting a free Halloween concert for kids, which you can read about on page 6. My story also tells a bit of the Chorale’s charitable background in the community.

Hank Hoffman’s Artists Next Door piece profiles painter Leila Daw, whose inspiration drawn from the natural world is both obvious and beautiful in her artwork.

Early this month, on October 6, David Sedaris will give a reading and book signing at the Shubert Theatre. I have written a Sounds Off article about the author and

my previous attendance of a David Sedaris event, and how it was revelatory.

Judy Sirota Rosenthal photographed an On9 event in New Haven’s Ninth Square neighborhood for this issue. The particular event she attended was Design On9 featuring Neville Wisdom’s Fall Runway Show.

Check out the photos on pages 12 & 13 and find out what On9 event is next!

Lastly, local artist Laura Marsh has written a letter to New Haven, just as she leaves town. Marsh is an artist and curator who co-founded No Pop, whose headquarters was a category-alluding art space on Park Street. She plans to move to Miami this month, continuing her nomadic art projects.

I hope you enjoy the stories printed in this issue, have a chance to attend some of the events happening this October, and that you’ll remember to recycle this print publication once you’ve finished reading it.

In the Next Issue …

A City-Wide Open Studios Game On! commission by Adam Berkwitt and Phil Lique, Dr. Plinko is a collaboration with local physicians, architects, artists, and activists. Dr. Plinko ponders the relationship between chance, luck, faith, fairness, and reward. The installation recreates the memorable peg board game from The Price is Right. In this image, artist Melanie Carr tests out Dr. Plinko while it was still under construction at the Armory. Photo courtesy of CWOS/Artspace.

In November’s Arts Paper, we will begin a new series looking outside of New Haven’s city limits, Arts Everywhere. We hope that Arts Everywhere will open our readers’ eyes to new places and truly highlight the artistic richness within The Arts Council’s 15-town area.

The first Arts Everywhere article will feature the Shoreline ArtsTrail, including their Open Studios Weekend, November 12-13, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Photo: Clay Bodies Pottery Studio in Branford, courtesy of Jen Payne.

Sincerely,

Amanda May Aruani, editor, The Arts Paper

Art and Industry in Early America Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 August 19, 2016–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 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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Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA)

On view through December 11, 2016 Free and open to the public | 877 BRIT ART | britishart.yale.edu Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), Fake Death Picture (The Death of Chatterton–Henry Wallis) (detail), 2011, digital chromogenic print, Yale Center for British Art, Lee MacCormick Edwards Foundation and Friends of British Art Fund, © Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), courtesy of James Cohan Gallery, New York, and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

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Foreground and Background deborah berke takes the helm as dean of the yale university school of architecture steve scarpa The history of women at Yale University is a long and complicated one. While women were allowed to attend graduate school there dating back to the 1860s, they were not admitted to Yale College until 1969. The first woman to teach at Yale did so in 1905. Annie Goodrich was the first female dean to hold office, leading the School of Nursing from 1923 to 1934.

Ann Coffin Hanson was Yale’s first female full professor, earning that status in 1970.

In 2016, two more schools at Yale with august histories will now be led by women. Deborah Berke, the first female dean of the School of Architecture in its century long history, and Marta Kuzma, the first woman to lead the School of Art since its inception in 1869, are two more trailblazers in the university.

The Arts Paper will present a two-part series, talking to Berke and Kuzma about their careers and their plans for their respective departments at Yale. We begin with a conversation with Deborah Berke.

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hen Deborah Berke first started out in the architecture field, she taught at a prestigious high school in New York City, The Institute for Technology and Urban Studies. It was, in many ways, a typical first gig. She was trying to enter a terribly competitive (and traditionally male-dominated) field and needed a way to put some money in her pocket.

Burke grew up around educators — her mother was a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City — so she was familiar with the demands of the profession. She found the experience fulfilling. “There were no resources like this for me (growing up), so I was hoping to provide those resources for someone else,” she said in an interview with The Arts Paper.

She went on to found an incredibly influential architecture firm, Deborah Berke Partners, in 1982, but all the while she kept a toehold in the classroom, teaching at the University of Maryland, the University of Miami, the Rhode Island School of Design (her alma mater), and the University of California-Berkeley.

Now, she has more than established herself. Deborah Berke has scaled one of the heights of her profession. Last fall, she was named Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, the first woman to hold the post in the 100-year history of the school. “For more than 30 years, she has dedicated her career — in equal measures — to education and practice.

She has taught architectural design using disciplinary approaches both integral to and less commonly associated with the world of architecture. This perspective, in her own words, helps students to understand they are part of the larger cultural conversation,” said Yale President Peter Salovey in a statement.

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Deborah Berke. Photo by Winnie Au, courtesy of the Yale University School of Architecture.

Berke started her job on July 1, succeeding previous dean, Robert A.M. Stern. She plans to split her time between New York and New Haven. “So far, I’ve been having a good time. There is a lot to learn, even

“I’ve learned an extraordinary amount.

People have had a lot of valuable and interesting things to say, both positive and negative,” Berke said. “The purpose of the listening tour was in no way to have my

“I want the students to believe something of their own about architecture, and to have their work be consistent with what they believe” — Deborah Berke with my knowledge of the school. It has been fascinating,” Berke said.

Once she learned that she had won the position in late 2015, Berke sat down with every member of the architecture school faculty — all 84 of them — to learn about their hopes and concerns for the school.

own biases confirmed.”

Continued diversification of the school’s student body and increased involvement with the greater New Haven community were just two of the common themes Berke discovered in her listening tour.

Continuing as a practicing architect while simultaneously serving as dean — a long time tradition at the School of Architecture — gives Berke a unique opportunity to find different perspectives on her own work. “I am not an academic per se. I am not a scholar. I am a practitioner and I have a lot of excitement over working with young talent and being actively asked to answer questions and provide insight into what you do,” she said.

Berke’s childhood home in Queens, New York, was exceedingly ornate. There were decorative motifs on the fireplaces and ceilings. Even the doorframes were covered. When she was eight years old, her family moved to Douglaston, another neighborhood in Queens. She told Curbed magazine early in 2016 that Douglaston was the place that inspired her to be an architect. No two houses were alike, and as a young woman she would wander the neighborhood and try to ascertain how each of the houses was put together.

It wasn’t just her homes that inspired her design aesthetic. Burke attended an austere Congregationalist church as a child. The church was spare and simple — pale blue ceiling and white walls, a simple altar and a lone cross. She found it beautiful. “I think my aesthetic is more akin to my memories of that church and, if anything, is a reaction to the ornate plasterwork of (my first) house.

Although it made a real impact on me, I think I reacted to it rather than ever imitated it,” Berke told Curbed.

Describing her own design aesthetic is a “big and complicated question,” she said in our recent interview. “What my work is about is making an architecture that is simultaneously in the foreground and in background,” Berke said. A fine example of her work can be found at 1156 Chapel Street — the Yale School of Art’s Green Hall, completed in 2000.

The structure is an unobtrusive addition to the streetscape until night falls and the building’s light glows onto the street, highlighting the student work on display inside. “You notice things about the building on repeated visits, but you don’t discover them all at once,” she said.

Her function is not to create a school full of Berke acolytes. “I don’t want the students to become like me. I want the students to believe something of their own about architecture, and to have their work be consistent with what they believe,” Berke said.

Berke is aware of her role as a trailblazer at Yale, but is quick to point out that women have led the architecture schools at Columbia, Princeton, and Penn (the University of Pennsylvania), among others. “It is a great honor. It is a clear sign of change and inclusivity in the field,” she said. “At Yale, where the dean has traditionally and always been a practitioner, it’s a particular honor.” n

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Evenings with David Sedaris sedaris to appear at the shubert theatre october 6 amanda may aruani For those who love self-deprecating, observational humor, the Shubert is where to be on October 6. The must-not-miss event is An Evening with David Sedaris, presented by WSHU. According to the Shubert, the acclaimed author will “read new stories and recollections,” participate in a Q&A session, and sign books as part of the event. This will be the fifth time that Sedaris has appeared at the Shubert, curiously, always in October.

As a fan of Sedaris, I have seen him before. In 2007, I invited my mother to see him with me in Iowa. I had previously shared a couple of his books with mom, a voracious reader, so she knew of him.

While it was over a decade ago, I remember we had great seats and were rapt with his funny, often bizarre tales (he read a couple of stories that were to be included in Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk : A Modest Bestiary (2011), in which animals take on human characteristics, flaws, and snark).

Between 2004 and 2006, I had lived in both Spain and Argentina for a combined year-and-a-half, and found his Me Talk Pretty One Day (2001) struggles with learning French deeply funny and relatable to my learning Spanish. It’s just so humbling to be an adult, a college graduate, and be brought to your knees with questions like; when did you get here? How was your trip?

I recently revisited Me Talk Pretty One Day, which I realized I hadn’t read in years.

Of course it was as funny and surprising as it was the first time. And I almost couldn’t believe I had forgotten some of the anecdotes, taken from Sedaris’ real life. His tone is so familiar, it almost feels like they are stories a friend has told you. I wanted to say out loud, “I forgot you had such a mean French teacher, David!”

“Though we were forbidden to speak anything but French, the teacher would occasionally use us to practice any of her five fluent languages.

‘I hate you,’ she said to me one afternoon.

Her English was flawless. ‘I really, really hate you.’ Call me sensitive, but I couldn’t help but take it personally.” ··· “It was mid-October when the teacher singled me out, saying, ‘Every day spent with you is like having a cesarean section.’

His stories are almost unbelievable, until you realize that when you pay attention, life for everyone is pretty ridiculous. Life is stranger than fiction they say. He just writes his stories down and shares them with the world (with a fair share of talent in the mix, of course.) Sedaris reportedly keeps a notebook where he jots down everything in preparation for writing his books and frequent New Yorker articles. It made me want to start writing down my own ridiculous life story, piecemeal, one

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anecdote at a time. So much of life is forgotten. So much of life is funny.

At the event, when we reached Sedaris to sign our books, he was relaxed and chatty, without seeming fake. He told me what the Japanese symbols on my sweatshirt meant. (Something like: “Don’t let your tail get caught!” A warning he’d seen in Japanese subway stations, presumably akin to New York’s “Stand clear of the closing doors please”). I told him how I related to his foreign-language struggles, particularly because Spanish also assigns a sex to everything, including inanimate objects. He said a lot of people related to that. It made me feel unoriginal, but somehow even more connected to people that had struggled as I had.

“Tired of embarrassing myself in front of two-year-olds, I’ve started referring to everything in the plural, which can get expensive but has solved a lot of my problems. In saying a melon, you need to use the masculine article.

In saying the melons, you use the plural article, which does not reflect gender and is the same for both the masculine and the feminine. ··· “Hugh tells me that the market is off-limits until my French improves. He’s pretty steamed, but I think he’ll get over it when he sees the CD players I got him for his birthday.”

David Sedaris. Photo by Anne Fishbein, courtesy of the Shubert Theatre.

As my mother and I were leaving the historic Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids, she told me something; her first husband came out to her as gay, which lead to their divorce. I vaguely knew she had been married before my dad. I knew she was young.

But there were no pictures. No stories.

Certainly not why the breakup happened.

All I knew that my mom was devastated, but eventually moved on and met my father.

Why my mother chose An Evening with David Sedaris to tell me was probably because Sedaris is openly gay, and occasionally mentions that fact or his partner Hugh in a nonchalant, non-sensationalized, normalized tone. Maybe it was also because I was “a grownup” as a person in my twenties by then. In any case, that evening with Sedaris and his literary art created a platform to observe, reveal, and laugh together. It brought us closer together, the way good art does. n Amanda May Aruani is the current editor of The Arts Paper, as well as the communications manager and designer at The Arts Council. This is her opinion.

Short excerpts from Me Talk Pretty One Day courtesy of Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company.

An Evening with David Sedaris Thursday, October 6, 7:30 p.m.

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The New Haven Chorale Performs free halloween concert for families amongst their many good deeds amanda may aruani photos courtesy of the new haven chorale

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he New Haven Chorale is not your average volunteer choir.

With professional voice direction, this auditioned choir not only sings extremely well, they also do a lot to give back to the community.

For decades they have performed on the pediatric ward at Yale New Haven Hospital on Christmas morning, they perform at local senior centers and veteran hospitals, donate proceeds to local students, Neighborhood Music School, or IRIS, and this October will expand to support the new musical director at St. Martin de Porres in the Hill section of New Haven. They hope to include the song choir and students from St. Martin de Porres in another free community-enriching performance, their annual Halloween concert.

Their Halloween concert will take place at Trinity Church of the Green in New Haven at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 31. According to the organization, it is for “all who are young at heart” and will include lively choruses by Handel and Haydn, madrigals

by Bennett and Morley, short exquisites

by Palestrina and Victoria, “scary” organ music, humorous rounds for the audience to participate in, musical demonstrations, and will even bring a couple of young audience members up for their chance to conduct the chorale.

“The Halloween concert will be classical music based, but fun pieces,” said Alice Hummel, the executive director of the Chorale since 2012.

The Chorale will sing, along with the Trinity Boys Choir under the director of Walden Moore and students from St. Martin de Porres for the October 31 performance.

The Chorale will perform in costume, and entry is free for all families who bring a child in costume. The concert will last about an hour, and there will be a Halloween party afterward that will include a free goodie bag for the children. Last year’s attendance reached around one hundred children, but Hummel wishes more would attend.

“We’d like to have double that. We have the room!,” she said in a phone interview with The Arts Paper.

While the Chorale has long had a performance in October, in 2013 they started this Halloween-themed children’s concert.

“It was developed by our music director for the children of New Haven,” said Hummel. “How do you get children interested in music? You can’t turn on a classical recording and expect them to listen. But make it fun, make it free, help them enjoy it, provide a safe place to be on Halloween, and have a party after. Then they will be interested,” she explained.

The Chorale is a community-based oratorio choir that was founded in 1950.

The Chorale has always included benefit

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The New Haven Chorale. Photo by Harold Shapiro.

performances and charity in their mission. While many of their performances are free to the community and performed without a fee, as an organization they do have operational costs which are met with proceeds from some of their concerts, donors, grants, membership fees, and their big annual fundraising event in October.

This year, their gala Café Cabaret will take place at 6:30 p.m., October 15, at the Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club in Branford and will include voices from the Legacy Theatre troupe and Chorale member Marie Robert, who is a pathologist at Yale.

“She’s a dynamo,” Hummel said of Robert. “She really could have been a professional performer, but became a physician.”

The chorale is professionally conducted by accomplished Music Director Ed Bolkovac. They currently have 85 members, which include professionals in the community like attorneys, physicians, retired music teachers, accountants, visual artists, choir directors, computer specialists, consultants, engineers, nurses, professors, psychiatrists, psychologists, researchers, and web designers.

“All of our voices are volunteer voices,” Hummel said. “These are people who give back to the community.”

Auditions are open year-round for the Chorale. Interested singers are encouraged to call the Chorale office at 203-776-SONG for appointments or go to their audition website, newhavenchoraleauditions.com, to request more information or to schedule an audition. n

Chorale member Will Sawyer as a wizard for the 2015 New Haven Chorale Haloween concert.

Left to right: Chorale members Laura Traver, Keith Traver, and Jessica Bocola dressed up as Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2 in 2014.

Chorale member David Stein as Sherlock Holmes in 2013.

Chorale member George Delmhorst as a pirate in 2015.

Visit newhavenchorale.org for more information and for their full concert schedule.

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Happy 90th Birthday César Pelli!

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven would like to sincerely wish preeminent Argentine American architect César Pelli a happy birthday this October 12. Pelli began his career designing for Eero Saarinen and founded Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects here in New Haven in 1977. He served as Dean at the Yale School of Architecture from 1977 to 1984. He was also the C. Newton Schenck III Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts as part of The Arts Council ’s 2014 Arts Awards. The 2016 Arts Awards will take place December 2. Visit newhavenarts.org for info. Photo taken at the 2014 Arts Awards ceremony by Judy Sirota Rosenthal.

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Maps and Legends

artist leila daw’s metaphorical landscapes

Calling The Earth to Witness (5x19 feet) by Leila Daw. According to Daw, this mixed-media tapestry began as a drawing, developed in Myanmar, and was finished in New Haven. It shows two great rivers, on opposite sides of the Earth, intertwined.

hank hoffman images courtesy of the artist

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hat is real and what is imaginary? What is natural and what is a social construct?

For artist Leila Daw, whose elaborate works deconstruct the notion of the landscape, these questions post false dualities.

“I think nature is a social construct,” Daw said in an interview at her Erector Square studio. “In the same way that ants build ant hills, we build cities.”

Her works depict places both real and fictitious. But the line that separates the two is fluid, like the rivers that fascinate her. She may introduce imaginative elements into a piece based on an actual location. Works of imagining are rooted in real

experience and acquaintance with the land.

Daw’s mixed-media and public art projects are informed by environmental consciousness, archaeology, geology, ritual, and myth. In a world where sustainability is such an elusive goal, map-making is an endlessly renewable metaphor for the physical, philosophic and artistic struggle over the landscape and humans’ place in it.

“Landscape painting is the traditional way artists look for beauty in the land. And mapping is the way human beings try to control the land,” explained Daw. “Whole wars have been fought over aspects of mapping: Where’s the boundary? Mapping is the social construction of landscape, the way we give ourselves the illusion we are controlling our environment. But we’re not.

“You always think you know where you are if you can find your spot on the map.

But it may not be where you are, literally and figuratively,” said Daw. “It’s an intellectualization of the landscape that interests me a lot.”

Daw works both in large scale, like the recent Calling the Earth to Witness, and small, such as her ongoing series of “map icons.” A labor-intensive process characterizes all her works. “Little things, like gluing foil on, takes forever because each piece has to be weighted down when you put it on or otherwise it curls back up,” said Daw. Calling the Earth to Witness — inspired by Burmese tapestries and created in concert with craftswomen in Myanmar — took about 18 months.

Daw paints in her maps but also uses a wide range of mixed media — foil, glitter, string, beads, stone. For one work depicting a waterfall and flood, Daw “used minerals dug out of the ground — mica, little

DVORAK’S NEW WORLD Thursday, October 20 7:30pm Woolsey Hall / New Haven

Kaineri Seeking by Leila Daw.

DVORAK / Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” BRUCH / Violin Concerto No. 1 SCHUBERT/ Symphony in B minor, “Unfinished” FEATURING: William Boughton, conductor Ani Kavafian, violin Jane Cotter Cohen Memorial Concert

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Taking Away by Leila Daw.

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Wathondere by Leila Daw.

pieces of crystal dug up on the beach.”

“If I’m making art about the world, I’m not interested in having it on a computer screen. I want it to be physical,” she said.

“It’s the physicality of the materials that’s important to me.”

And whether it is paint, beads, string, or little stones, the “hands-on moving around of materials” is important to Daw. “Because the work is about the earth, it’s also of the earth,” she said.

Calling the Earth to Witness is the largest of a series of works influenced by Burmese tapestry. She was immediately taken with the art form when she first encountered it three years ago. Daw has visited Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, several times since then to realize her works with the assistance of traditional Burmese shwe chi doe kalaga artisans.

“I’m fascinated with Burmese tapestry because it’s so glittery and glitzy but it’s also organic,” said Daw. The inspiration for the large work came when Daw saw the Irrawaddy River — the transliterate spelling from the Burmese is Ayeyarwaddy — in Myanmar. Having previously lived in St. Louis, she thought that, “Except for the trappings of culture around it, it was identical to the Mississippi — a big, broad, muddy river.”

In its title and its execution, Calling the Earth to Witness both references and undermines the nature/culture duality at the core of Western philosophy. One meaning of the title is as a warning to recognize the damage humans are inflicting on the Earth, an appeal to ecological consciousness. But Daw is also alluding to the Buddhist tale in which Siddhartha Gautama, challenged by the demon Mara, “called the earth to witness” for him. In the Myanmar version of this tale, the Earth Goddess rose and vouched for the Buddha by wringing water out of her hair, each drop in the torrent symbolizing one of the Buddha’s good works.

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Creating the work involved a lot of aesthetic decisions, the foremost of which was to have the Irrawaddy and Mississippi Rivers intertwine. To do that, Daw had to designate two different “norths” represented by different compass roses.

The upper left of the composition depicts buildings and the land while the lower right speaks to human beings using the sea.

The actual hands-on work began with tracing the Irrawaddy River from a Myanmar tourist map. She enlarged the tracing using a copy machine. After adding details to create a final drawing, Daw had it blown up full size to a blueprint. Over several weeks in Myanmar, Daw painted the canvas and the craftswomen sewed in the tapestry details. The final result is encompassed within eight vibrant panels measuring in total five feet high by nineteen feet wide.

The Irrawaddy River is depicted in Burmese tapestry. The Mississippi River, on the other hand, is done in what Daw called “garbage,” foil packaging material that she painted and stained. “It seems somewhat appropriate given what we do to our rivers that the river would be made out of garbage. My thought about it is: It’s all one water over the globe. What we do affects them, and what they do affects us,” said Daw. The Irrawaddy’s resemblance to the Mississippi wasn’t the only point of connection with our own land. Daw saw parallels in the boats, land divisions, and siting of villages and cities. She also noticed similarities in building forms between Burmese pagodas and skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building.

“When you find really similar building styles, it’s not because one influenced the other,” Daw said. “It’s not an accident. It’s because we’re all human beings and that’s what we do.”

You might say it’s in our nature. n

Daw in her studio in New Haven with some pre-Myanmar work.

Leila Daw (on left) with the traditional shwe chi doe kalaga tapestry craftswomen that she works with in Myanmar, with two of her works in progress (on one canvas).

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CWOS Gets Ready to Game

Total Jump is a 2016 Game On! commissioned project. Total Jump, by Caitlin Foley and Misah Rabinovich, trains people to work together to transcend divisions. The arcade-style game invites 2-10 people to jump and land at the exact same time. Participants will be training during the CWOS opening reception and “Armory Weekend,” working up to a total New Haven jump.

lucy gellman images courtesy of cwos/artspace

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ust barely into her tenure as Artspace’s new Community Engagement Director, Tambira Armmand had a humdinger of a task sitting on her desk: Attract new viewers — lots of them, from all over New Haven — to the organization’s 19th annual City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) celebration in October. Do it in a way that felt natural. And get them involved enough to genuinely want to come back.

Wading through over 300 artist surveys from 2015’s CWOS, Artspace Curator Sarah Fritchey was responding to a different kind of problem. Artists liked participating in CityWide Open Studios. They liked it a lot. But they wanted the event to feel more participatory, more immersive, more widespread for both themselves and the folks viewing their work. That was how attendees learned to want to come back, wasn’t it?

Then, over a series of discussions, the two came to a realization: Their challenges were one and the same, they just looked a little different on paper. Solving them just required one happy participatory umbrella: gaming, and its exquisite ability to bring people together in multiple venues.

That’s the idea behind this year’s Game On! theme to City-Wide Open Studios, which runs October 1 through November 11 with an October 7 opening reception at Artspace’s headquarters at the corner of Orange and Crown streets in New Haven. Across four weekends, nearly 400 artists and thousands of expected viewers will encounter a festival more focused on participation between artist and attendee, turning once-passive visitors

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into active, agent audience members who are integral to the festival’s month-long success.

And, it turns out, to the art itself.

“Game On! was born when we thought: what better way to make viewers active participants in a work than to create a scenario where artists could make games that could be played,” said Fritchey in an interview with The Arts Paper. “It’s 100% a way to involve artists and audiences. But it’s also this sort of geeky art historical trope that started as early as Duchamp. Gaming in the 60s became a sort of art-theory thing, and since then, you can see it evolving through social practice … the way that the art world is reorienting itself to its audience.”

“Communities are formed around game playing,” added Armmand. “It’s like food. Everybody has played games, whether it’s computer games or making up games around the house with siblings or neighborhood kids or some organized sport in school — people get that. It’s a way for people to come together and form a human connection, and it takes the anxiety out of the interaction.”

Just like food, the gaming theme — both widely construed and closely scrutinized — will nourish CWOS itself, bringing to its artists and participants a new sense of vitality. Building on the site-specific projects that delighted at last year’s Dwelling and 2014’s Transported/Illuminated themed weekends, several commissions will explore what it means to be a creator — and alternately, a consumer — in an increasingly fraught present, where an out-of-control election cycle, digital divide, growing income gap and turbulent global market intrude on everyday transactions.

For instance, an “Armory Weekend” (Oct. 15-16), now in its fourth consecutive year, will bring with it not just projects that think about the hulking, cavernous Goffe Street space and its afterlives (Regan Avery’s War Stories is a particularly memorable example from two years ago), but what it means to be in that space — across from De Gale Field in New Haven, itself made for gaming — in a contentious election year in the 21st Century.

Works like Dr. Plinko, a collaborative installation between local physicians and artists that is one of ten commissions, bring back

the game Plinko from the dearly-departed television show The Price is Right — only to turn it on its head as a thought experiment on the skyrocketing costs of healthcare in the U.S. The game, which pushes participants to guess the price of over-the-counter medications billed at hospital cost (and then have their fate determined by those guesses), isn’t the only one to directly confront a growing unease in the country; Michael Menchaca’s arcade-inspired, burrito-wielding Trump Game takes on presidential candidate Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall, and turns it

The French choreographic duo Martin Chaput and Martial Chazallon will bring Projet In Situ: La Ronde to City-Wide Open Studios in combination with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. It will be an experimental, site-specific work at the New Haven Armory. According to CWOS organizers, this ticketed event (October 8-16, $15) invites participants on “a unique exploration of the New Haven Armory with pre-recorded “audio accomplices” and your own instincts and imagination to guide you.” Audiences have been mesmerized by this immersive, sensory experience at MASS MoCA and the Vermont Performance Lab. Now you can escape into your earbuds and explore the Armory’s industrial spaces while area artists install their work and welcome visitors to their open studios. Your “audio accomplices” will provide instructions that encourage you to investigate the space with a fresh perspective.

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into an animated race to stop Trump in his tracks. It’s funny, in other words, until it’s not.

That sense of intelligent fun, of activities that both tickle participants and spur contemplation, extends to a more traditional kind of gaming too, where bodies are brought together in unexpected or happenstance, but almost always agreeable ways.

In The Way Things Felt, for instance, artist Megan Craig will invite “players” — that is, those who have ventured over to the Armory for the weekend, and are willing to take a dip into the world of interactive, life-sized art history — to co-create a temporary work of art in a makeshift gaming space, where the Armory’s past life will give way to a room filled with patterns and colors, Sol Lewitt-like wall drawings made with warm, moving bodies.

Like last year’s Dwelling, the importance of Game On! as a narrative thread extends far beyond the Armory, and that weekend of the celebration. A new “Westville Weekend” during CWOS’ kickoff (Oct. 8-9) will take on art historical play — and the masterful game of tricking one’s eye — with “selfie cyanotypes,” giant canvas prints that employ a chemically balletic 19th century photographic process and digital age sensibility.

That momentum runs through the month: During CWOS’ “Private Studios Weekend” (Oct. 22-23), Global Local Gourmet chef Nadine Nelson will anchor the frenetic, travel-heavy time (it’s literally a marathon across New Haven, so much so that Armmand advises veterans and novices alike to wear running shoes and pack snacks) with her site-based, interactive Harvest Mandalas, a cooking process using salvaged food at the now-revived John Slade Ely House.

And perhaps more exciting, Game On! is really making an effort to involve the whole New Haven community, including its youngest members, and those often left out of the conversation around making, viewing and procuring art. At CWOS’ Oct. 7 kickoff — where all CWOS artists will have one work on view at Artspace, per tradition — Armmand will oversee an Elm City obstacle course outside on Orange Street. During “Armory Weekend,” CWOS will host a citywide youth basketball tournament for 10 to 12-year-olds at De Gale Field. And there will be programming for anyone who wishes to join about what it means to be a curator, to train one’s eye, or to collect on a small budget.

It’s all part, Armmand said, of rallying around the community that allows CWOS to take place.

“If you jump in and you really discover the uniqueness and diversity and character of each neighborhood, you just get more out of New Haven,” she said. “If you really want to have a rich, vibrant and full life, and have New Haven open up in a way that you can never imagine — you’re gonna want to come out and discover things outside of your normal beaten path.”

“It’s about imagining new worlds,” added Fritchey. “I think artists do that all the time in their practice, and this is just the latest version of that.” n City-Wide Open Studios runs October 7 through November 10 all over town. For more about events and each weekend’s activities, check out Artspace’s website, artspacenewhaven.org/cwos-home.

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Children help create alpana sand mandalas with Gulrukh Selim, at the Armory, part of the Kidspace projects from last year. Photo credit Chris Randall.

New this year, CWOS has added a new weekend, “Westville Weekend,” October 8 & 9. This image is from the Westville neighborhood of New Haven during last year’s City-Wide Open Studios. There was a community steamroll printing event. This year there will be a cyanotype project. Photo by Graham Hebel.

yale institute of sacred music presents

Yale Schola Cantorum Masaaki Suzuki, conductor Mourning in Dresden Music of Bach and more

saturday, october 8 · 4 pm Battell Chapel (400 College St.)

Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir

Re. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor James Davis Jr., director of music Listen to the Lambs Music from the African American Worship Experience

friday, october 21 · 7:30 pm Woolsey Hall (500 College St.) Artist Kathryn Frund in front of her work at Erector Square in 2015. Photo credit Graham Hebel.

Both events are free; no tickets required. ism.yale.edu

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Design On9

neville wisdom’s fall runway show the highlight of the evening

amanda may aruani photographs by judy sirota rosenthal On the first Friday of several months a year, New Haven’s Town Green Special Services District hosts an “On9” event in the Ninth Square neighborhood of New Haven. These themed events close the streets and bring lots of fun and people to the historic neighborhood that has seen such a remarkable renaissance in the last fifteen years.

Judy Sirota Rosenthal has photographed an On9 event for The Arts Paper, September’s Design On9, which featured fashion designer Neville Wisdom’s Fall Runway Show and showcased many other local businesses. The architecture firm Svigals and Partners had chalk art on the sidewalk in front of their Orange Street office, 116 Crown served cocktails from the sidewalk, and Reynolds Fine Art hosted a reception for Carole Bolsey’s solo exhibition in their gallery, just to name a few of the happenings.

If you’ve never been to an On9 event, make plans to check it out! Each one has a little different flavor, so you can discover different aspects of the community.

While some are more food or art-oriented, each highlights all of the businesses in the neighborhood. These are the next planned events:

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November 4: Wine On9 December 2: Cookies On9 For more info, visit on9newhaven.com and nevillewisdom.com.

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on the paper, and the effect it has on the space surrounding it. All marks are line; it is everywhere and everything. To try to make the perfect mark.

While it may take minutes to execute, it takes hours of thought and observation before the actual line is made. Through October 2. Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., Friday-Sunday 12-4 p.m. Artist’s Talk: October 2, 2 p.m. Free and open to the public.

CWOS@CityGallery City Gallery celebrates its member artists exhibiting the innovative, contemporary art for which the gallery is known. City Gallery is coordinating this exhibit with Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios “Transport/Passport Weekend” with an artists’ reception, Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23. On view October 6-October 30. Gallery hours: Thursdays 4-7 p.m., Friday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

ACES ECA 55 Audubon Street, New Haven.

(203) 795-9011. www.aces.org/eca Acting Classes for Children and Teens Quality acting classes offered by Ingrid Schaeffer, chair of Educational Center for the Arts Theatre Department. Classes meet on Saturdays for ages 8-11 and 12-15. Classes include improvisation, theatre games, storytelling, and short plays.

Call (203) 795-9011 or ingrids@optonline.net for information and brochure. Every Saturday September-June. 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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. September 6-December 20.

Tuesdays at 6 p.m. or Saturdays at 11 a.m. Free will donation.

DaSilva Gallery 897-899 Whalley Avenue, New Haven. (203) 387-2539. dasilva-gallery.com Barbara Marks’ Color-Centric Paintings Barbara Marks’ color-centric paintings oscillate between objective and geometric abstraction, driven by her interest in economy of expression, and her belief in the role that color can play in the situation of a particular painting. Through October 1. Wednesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa Preview of 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. During the preview of the exhibition during “Wesleyan Family Weekend,” there will be a gallery talk by Professor of Art David Schorr on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. On view October 27-December 11, 2pm-4pm. Free!

Liz Pagano Erector Square 315 Peck St., New Haven. (203) 675-1105. www.lizpagano.com Private art instruction Adults/children. Learn in a working artist’s studio. Artists/home schooled/ portfolio prep/special needs. Draw/paint/print/ collage etc. in a spacious light-filled 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 Whitney Arts Center 591 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 281-6591. www.rscdsnewhaven.org Scottish Country Dancing Enjoy dancing the social dances of Scotland. Come alone or with a friend.

All dances taught. Wear soft-soled, non-street shoes. September 13-December 13. Every Tuesday evening except Nov 23. $8 per evening. First night free. 7:45-10 p.m.

Wesleyan University, Usdan University Center 45 Wyllys Ave, Middletown. (860) 685-2500. mysterium.conference.wesleyan.edu/ Mysterium: The Mystery Novel Conference Mysterium is a celebration of readers and writers, combining pleasure, instruction from writers you admire, intellectual stimulation, and great fun.

The editors and agents you want to meet, the authors you crush on, the community you love to be a part of. We offer tantalizing readings and the opportunity to enter the mystery! October 8.

The cost is $100 per person and includes all sessions and lunch. To register please visit mysterium.conference.wesleyan.edu/registration.

9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 695-1215. www.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, Autumn Plants in Watercolor, Landscape Painting in Oil, Drawing and Painting Birds, Basic Drawing, Colored Pencil, Drawing from the Peabody Dioramas and more! To register: www. ctnsi.com, ctnsi.info@gmail.com, (203) 6951215. Through December 20. Mondays-Sundays 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy will perform as part of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival of Indian music and dance at Wesleyan University October 27-30. Photo by Shalini Jain courtesy of Wesleyan.

Dance 7 Friday Camille A. Brown & Dancers’ BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play CFA Theater, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown returns to Wesleyan with the Connecticut premiere of BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play which uses the rhythmic play of African-American dance vernacular — double dutch, steppin’, tap, Juba, ring shout, social dancing, and gesture — and privileges the black girl gaze to create a nuanced spectrum of black womanhood. October 7, 8 p.m. 271 Washington Terrace, Middletown.

(860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

21 Friday Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound: Dance Reimagined Shubert Theatre. This electrifying performance of dance styles and musical genres is brought fully to life on stage by a dynamic company of contemporary dancers. Audiences will experience the exhilarating collaboration of these visual musicians whose explosive choreography, dynamic rhythm, speed, and physical strength give shape and form to sound. October 21, 8 p.m., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. www.shubert.com

28 Friday Fall Faculty Dance Concert Patricelli ‘92 Theater, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Wesleyan. Dance Department faculty will share an evening of new works with guest artist collaborations. Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 at 8 p.m. 213 High Street, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

30 Sunday Navaratri Festival Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts. Internationally acclaimed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble from Bangalore, India brings its exceptional synchronicity, compelling physicality, and emotional honesty to redefine dance and theater through powerful imagery and captivating dance as part of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan. October 30, 3 p.m. 50 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Exhibitions City Gallery 994 State St, New Haven. (203) 782-2489. www.city-gallery.org.

Outside The Lines: Kathy Kane Paintings This work is about the perception of the line, its placement

Kehler Liddell Gallery 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. (203) 389-9555. kehlerliddellgallery.com Metal Sculpture, a solo show by New Haven artist Gar Waterman, includes sculptures inspired by a range of subjects — insects, orchids, birds, diatoms — as well as the odd utilitarian construct from his Tin Man series. Gallery hours available on website. The show will be on exhibit at Kehler Liddell Gallery through October 2. Free.

A Diversity of Lines New Haven artist Robert Bienstock presents A Diversity of Lines, a collection of ink and monotype images exploring pattern and contrast, order and disorder through parallel lines.

The solo show will be on exhibit at Kehler Liddell Gallery through October 2. Gallery hours available on website. Free.

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 from October 13-November 13; Opening Reception: Saturday, October 15, 4-7 p.m. See website for gallery hours. Free and open to the public.

Donne in Maschere Discover how we camouflage our secrets in Donne in Maschere, a stunning exhibit by Bridgeport photographer Rod Cook. This solo show featuring handmade Venetian-style masks runs October 13-November 13; Opening Reception: October 15, 4-7 p.m. See website for gallery hours. Free and open to the public.

Peabody2 Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1 Broadway, New Haven. (203) 432-5050. 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

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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. Through April 30, 2017.

Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-6 p.m.

Free.

Perspectives … The Gallery at Whitney Center Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, south entrance, Hamden. (203) 772-2788. newhavenarts. org/category/perspectives Nature Constructed Curated by Debbie Hesse of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven. A multi-media exhibition that examines the complex intersection between art, nature, and culture. On view through January 6, 2017.

Reynolds Fine Art 96 Orange Street, New Haven.

(203) 498-2200. www.reynoldsfineart.com Carole Bolsey: New Works Reynolds Fine Art is pleased to exhibit new paintings by Carole Bolsey in her debut exhibition at the gallery. Bolsey creates color field paintings with recognizable shapes of barns and boats influenced by strong light that casts shadows on land or reflections in water.

Through October 29. Free and open to the public.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon Street, 2nd Floor, New Haven. (203) 772-2788. newhavenarts.org/category/crosbygallery Degrees of Separation Curated by Hayward Gatling.

A quirky look at the connectedness of all things art. On view through October 28. Free.

New Haven Paint & Clay Club The John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven. (203) 248-3504. www.newhavenpaintandclayclub.org Members’ Exhibition The New Haven Paint and Clay Club’s annual members’ exhibition features work by our active artist members. The exhibition of this historic art club, founded in 1900, includes paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture. Awards will be presented at 3 p.m. Closing reception on Saturday, October 15 from 5-7 p.m. On view through October 15. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday 6-8 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday, 2-5 p.m.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 432-5050. peabody.yale.edu/exhibits 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. On view through January 8. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 12-5 p.m. $6-$13.

Film 1 Saturday Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Directed by Peter Weir (2003, rated PG13, 138 minutes). A British frigate and French warship stalk each other off the coast of South America during the Napoleonic Wars. October 1, 2 p.m., Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Robert L. McNeil Jr. Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven. (203) 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu.

Kids & Families Musical Folk First Presbyterian Church 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 691-9759. www.MusicalFolk.com

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Forest and Pondlife (oil on anodized aluminum, 24”x24”) by David Allen Dunlop. At the Hamden Art League’s October 13 meeting Dunlop will present “Layers, Textures and Patterns in Landscape,” in which he will demonstrate both historical models and contemporary techniques as he develops a landscape painting, using insights of neuroscience and psychology in his work. Image courtesy of the Hamden Art League.

Music Together Classes, a fun creative music and movement program for babies through 5-yearolds 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) at various locations. 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!

The group learns traditional music from Java and 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.

Neighborhood Music School Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org Most Likely to Succeed with Ted Dintersmith Neighborhood Spotlight Presents: A film screening of Most Likely to Succeed with Ted Dintersmith, followed by a Q&A with ATLAS Founding Education Director, Caroline Golschneider and Founding Artistic Director, Maria Giarrizzo-Bartz. ATLAS is a full-day theatre-based academic program for 7th & 8th graders at NMS. October 20, 6:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

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World Music Hall 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events Sign up your child for the 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.

Music Getting to Know You Featuring works by graduate music student composers Jordan Dykstra, Aurora Nealand, Dave Scanlon, and Matt Wellins. October 4. 9 p.m. Free! Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

8 Saturday Yale Schola Cantorum: Mourning in Dresden Masaaki Suzuki, conductor with Juilliard415.

Music of Bach, Hasse, and Fasch October 8, 4 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Battell Chapel, College and Elm Streets, New Haven.

(203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar.

9 Sunday West End String Quartet The West End String Quartet features Wesleyan chamber music instructors Sarah Washburn on violin, Anne Berry

on cello, and John Biatowas on viola. October 9, 3 p.m. Free! Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

13 Thursday Edvard Grieg Kor Presented by Yale Glee Club with ISM support. October 13, 7:30 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven. (203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar.

15 Saturday Eli Whitney 200th Anniversary Concert Featuring the HSQ The Haven String Quartet returns to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Eli Whitney Barn. Selections will include works by Danbury native Charles Ives, as well as the Beethoven String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 — published in 1816, the same year Whitney’s barn was built! October 15, 7:30 p.m. $20; $10 students & seniors. Music Haven, Eli Whitney Museum, 915 Whitney Avenue, Hamden. (203) 745-9030. www.musichavenct.org.

18 Tuesday Omar Fraire Quotation Synergies “To crack a nut is truly no feat, so no one would ever dare to collect an audience in order to entertain it with nut-cracking. But if all the same one does do that and succeeds in entertaining the public, then it cannot be a matter of simple nut-cracking. Or it is a matter of nut-cracking, but it turns out that we have overlooked the art...” October 18, 9 p.m. Free! Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/ events/2016/10-2016/10182016omar-fraire.html.

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19 Wednesday An Evening with Roberta Flack Christian Community Action presents An Evening with Roberta Flack. Grammy Award-winner Roberta Flack performs her classic hits in a special concert to benefit Christian Community Action. October 19, 7:30 p,m. Price varies by seat location. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. www.shubert.com.

20 Thursday Abyssinian Gospel Choir Guest artist. October 20, 7:30 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Woolsey Hall, 500 College St., New Haven. (203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar.

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn With their recent Grammy Award for “Best Folk Album” earlier this year, banjo and vocal duo (and husband and wife) Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn perform original music as well as Appalachian murder ballads, gospel, chamber music, and blues. The two first collaborated as part of the Sparrow Quartet in 2005. October 20, 8 p.m. $35 general public; $32 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.

Dvorak’s New World While visiting the US in the late 19th Century, Dvorak was struck by Native American and African American folk songs; this music inspired his beloved New World Symphony.

Program highlights on this concert also include Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony and Bruch’s Violin Concerto, performed by the NHSO’s concertmaster, Ani Kavafian. October 20, 7:30 p.m. $15-74; College students $10; Kids 7-17 go free with purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven. (203) 436-4840. www.

NewHavenSymphony.org.

28 Friday Navaratri Festival - B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India Vocalist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan is joined by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music David Nelson on mridangam and violinist Sandhya Anand as part of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan. October 28, 8 p.m. $12 general public; $10 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. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

29 Saturday Navaratri Festival- Shenkar Indian-born American violinist, singer, and composer L. Shankar earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in 1974, and co-founded the group Shakti with British guitar player John McLaughlin the next year. Shenkar has worked with Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Phil Collins, and many other artists. October 29, 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) 6853355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

USNH I: Britten, Haydn, Shostakovich The Haven String Quartet presents the music of Britten, Haydn, and Shostakovich. October 29, 7:30 p.m. $20; $10 students, seniors & USNH members. Music Haven, Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. (203) 745-9030. www.musichavenct.org.

30 Sunday Roomful of Teeth Roomful of Teeth is an eight-

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Grammy Award-winning banjo and vocal duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn will perform at Wesleyan University in Middletown October 20. Photo courtesy of Wesleyan.

part, Grammy-winning vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice. October 30, 5 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Battell Chapel, College and Elm Streets, New Haven. (203) 432-3220. ism.yale.edu/calendar.

will be featured at the end of the tour. Please meet in the Entrance Court. October 1. 11 a.m.

Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Robert L. McNeil Jr. Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven. (203) 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu.

Bach and More! Annual Reformation Sunday concert: Bach Cantata 33, “Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” and other choral music, with soloists and orchestra. Directed by Lars Gjerde.

October 30, 4 p.m. Free will donation. Bethesda Music Series, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 787-2346. bethesdanewhaven.org.

Student-Guided Tour A specially created tour by a Yale Student Guide using the Center’s collection. October 1. 2 p.m. Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Robert L. McNeil Jr. Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven. (203) 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu.

Special Events 13 Thursday October Meeting with David Allen Dunlop Artist David Allen Dunlop presents “Layers, Textures and Patterns in Landscape,” in which he will demonstrate both historical models and contemporary techniques as he develops a landscape painting, using insights of neuroscience and psychology in his work. Dunlop has an MFA from The Pratt Institute and teaches at the Silvermine School of Art. This month’s meeting is on Thursday, October 13, 7-9 p.m. - 7 p.m. for refreshments and socializing, 7:15 p.m. business meeting, 7:30 p.m. artist’s presentation. Free and open to the public. Note: If Miller Library is closed due to inclement weather the meeting will be cancelled. 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. (203) 287-1322. hamdenartleague.com.

30 Sunday Navaratri Festival - Saraswati Puja (Hindu Ceremony) This religious service, led by A. V. Srinivasan, marks the most auspicious day of the year for beginning new endeavors. The audience may participate and bring instruments, manuscripts, and other items for blessing as part of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.

October 30, 11 a.m. Free! 40 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Talks & Tours 1 Saturday Introductory Tour Docent-led introductory tour of the Center’s collections. The Founder’s Room

6 Thursday An Evening with David Sedaris David Sedaris will be offering a selection of new readings and recollections as well as a Q&A session and postshow book signing. October 6, 7:30 p.m. Price varies by seat location. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. www.shubert.com.

13 Thursday Artful Lunch Series - Michael Meere Join the Friends of the Davison Art Center for a presentation by Wesleyan University’s Assistant Professor of French, Michael Meere, about his favorite work in the Davison Art Center collection. Bring your bag lunch and enjoy homemade cookies and conversation following the talk.

October 13, 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.

Home: The First Half-Century of Music and Dance of India at Wesleyan” Ph.D. candidate Joseph Getter presents the historical background of Indian music and dance in the United States, the Wesleyan University World Music Program, and the Navaratri Festival as part of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.

October 27, 4:30 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Theater The Pirates of Penzance The Shubert presents New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ The Pirates of Penzance. Long before The Pirates of the Caribbean, audiences fell in love with this swashbuckling musical comedy. Get ready to set sail with this Gilbert and Sullivan show that is perfect for the whole family. Saturday, October 22, 8 p.m.

Price varies by seat location. 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. www.shubert.com.

19 Wednesday Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes Michael S. Roth Interviews Henry Adams Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth ‘78 interviews Henry Adams (Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University and Menakka and Essel Bailey ‘66 Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the College of the Environment at Wesleyan) about Professor of Art Tula Telfair’s new book, Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes October 19, 6 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (Former CFA Hall), 287 Washington Terrace, Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/ events/2016/10-2016/10192016tula-telfair.html.

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David Wannes as The Pirate King. The Shubert Theatre will host New York Gilbert & Sullivan Player’s The Pirates of Penzance on October 22. Photo courtesy of the Shubert.

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BULLETIN BOARD

The Arts Council provides the job and bulletin board listings as a service to our membership and is not responsible for the content or deadlines.

Call For Artist Members The Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven is seeking applications from new prospective members. Visit kehlerliddell.com/membership for more information.

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 USA artists 18 and older. Prospectus at http://www.stacarts.org/exhibits/show/101 or email gallery@stacarts.org. Mills Pond Gallery, 660 Route 25A, St. James, NY 11780. (631) 8626575. $45/3 entries. Cash awards 1st, 2nd place.

Entry deadline December 9, 2016.

Artists The Gallery Review Committee of The New Alliance Gallery at Gateway Community College is looking for artists to submit resumes and images for possible exhibition. Please send your resume and cover letter along with a DVD of not less than 20 and no more than 25 images to: Gallery Review Committee, Gateway Community College, 20 Church St., Room S329, New Haven, CT, 06510.

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, New Haven. 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 Avenue, 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 and/or works in our exhibitions opening between fall 2016 and spring 2018. Poets both emerging and established, based in New Haven or out-ofstate are invited to submit. Learn more: www.artspacenewhaven.org/opportunities.

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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 both scheduled auditions in late August and 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. Visit our website at www. newhavenchorale.org for information including the Chorale’s audition schedule, past and upcoming performances, community activities, and more.

Singers The Bethesda Music Series calls experienced choral singers to sing concerts and church services with the Bethesda Choir. We will sing Bach Cantata 33 on October 30, and we will do a requiem concert in the spring. We cover a wide range of classical and modern sacred repertoire, including major choral works with chamber orchestra and professional soloists. Our concerts raise funds for local charities. Read more at www.

BethesdaNewHaven.org or contact Lars Gjerde, Artistic Director, at music@bethesdanewhaven.org.

Singers The award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus is looking for new members from the 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 style, lively performances and wonderful friendships. Rehearsals are every Tuesday from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Spring Glen United Church of Christ, 1825 Whitney Avenue in Hamden. Contact Lynn at (203) 623-1276 for more information. www.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. through December 8. 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.

Vendors 13th Annual JCC Craft & Gift Fair, Sunday, December 4. 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.-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 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.

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 City-Wide Open Studios depends on the hard work of you, our volunteers! CWOS connects hundreds of visual artists to space, support, and audiences, making Greater New Haven a hotbed of creative production. Learn more: www. cwos.org.

Creative Services Art Installation Specialists, LLC An art-handling company serving homeowners, art professionals, offices, galleries, and museums. We offer packing, long-distance or local shipping, and installation of paintings, mirrors, plaques, signage, tapestries, and sculpture, as well as framing, pedestals, exhibit design, and conservation. Contact Paul Cofrancesco at (203) 752-8260, Gabriel Da Silva at (203) 982-3050, email: artinstallationspecialistsllc@ gmail.com, or visit artinstallationspecialistsllc.com.

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. M-Th 8-4, Fri 8-3. (203) 776-6310.

Creative Events/Crafting Parties Our beautiful light-filled space in East Rock is the perfect spot to host an intimate creative gathering or party.

We’ll work with you to provide the programming, snacks, drinks, and decorations that will make your event memorable. Rent our space for up to three hours. thehvncollective.com.

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 www.kehlerliddellgallery.com/event-rental and contact roywmon@gmail.com or Roy at (203) 872-4139.

Studio Space for dance, performing arts, events hall. 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:

Historic Home Restoration Contractor Period appropriate additions, baths, kitchens & remodeling, sagging porches straightened/leveled, wood windows restored, plaster restored, historic molding & hardware, vinyl/aluminum siding removed, wood siding repair/replace. CT & NH Preservation Trusts. RJ Aley Building Contractor (203) 2269933 jaley@rjaley.com.

The deadline for advertisements and calendar listings for the November 2016 issue of The Arts Paper is: Monday, September 26, at 5 p.m.

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.

December 2016: Friday, October 28, 5 p.m.

Websites + Promotion for Artists and Businesses Need help setting up a website that you can maintain 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.

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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Borrowed Time & Artist’s Needs laura marsh A few months ago, many artists and creatives, including my husband Phil Lique and I, were displaced from Daggett Street Square after the City of New Haven forced the building to close.

My internal thought during this recent displacement was, “You cannot let this dislocation actually drive you to craziness.” In a three-day period, we packed up and moved into a temporary place. The first hours were a frantic blur, and if it weren’t for other artists, friends, and family, uncertainty could have spiraled out of control.

This narrative is not uncommon for artists, unfortunately. Artist displacement is a reality in New Haven, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, among other culturally-producing cities in the United States. Rents are high and gentrification is rapid; the only power in displacement is to embrace the challenges ahead and to compassionately advocate for others. Artists can self-organize and mobilize communities to discuss where their needs fall.

In shuffle mode, many narratives fail to be told in detail. Artists and collectors alike face the growing challenge of finding a stable place to live and work in many cities like New Haven. In times of instability, the affected lose the footholds that they require to engage the community around them and often find it difficult to return to equilibrium.

As an artist and curator, I often reflect on the multi-layered support system that artists need to produce their work. My checklist is as follows: -mixed-use spaces and subsidies to create, program, and live -stipends to create new work -commissions for art in public spaces -support to install work -grants and partnerships -other artists to collaborate with In my darkest hours, other artists have lent a hand, brought over dinner, and talked through issues. This comradery is more valuable than competition.

Phil Lique and I formed No Pop art studio/ gallery to intersect with artists from the New Haven community and Yale University. We form bridges between cities and write about art and exhibitions, and we produce in spaces of need nationally and globally.

In August, the revived John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art presented No Pop’s first Site on Location project, Borrowed Time. This gift of space was the culmination of the formation of the Friends of John Slade Ely House Center of Contemporary Art, who organized soon after its doors closed in 2015. The space is now a 501(c)3 and a start-up to assemble, exchange, learn, and engage through exhibitions, performances, and emerging contemporary practices.

Former Director, Paul Clabby was displaced when the John Slade Ely House closed last summer. I feel the first step in recovering from losses like these is to embrace other artists. We had a chance to reflect about displacement and new beginnings with Borrowed Time. No Pop activated the Center by engaging viewers through

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Photo from the Borrowed Time reception at The John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, August 26, 2016. Photo by Debbie Hesse.

immersive room installations and calls for participation.

Phil and I produced two participatory installations, called The Occult News Stand and The Green Room to discuss the subject of dislocation and relocation.

The Occult News Stand, was a freestanding sculpture and performance booth that included tarot readings by Phil and a space to read and purchase No Pop printed materials, such as “PANTSDESTROYER” and “a B/W Ritual for the Sneaker that will never be.” The “news stand” introduced the spiritual, conceptual, do-it-yourself, and sell-it-yourself attitude that No Pop supports. This ongoing project draws on the idea that experience is often associated with place, and this setting can be easily relocated.

The Green Room was designed to be a safe space to relax, rest, and regroup. In the entertainment industry, a “green room” is a place to take a break before and after a performance. If only the weary could inhabit a plush forest to recharge and regroup... I invited the inhabitants of my soft installation to share memories of things they left behind with a video camera, recording frustrations in an effort to reclaim the space they reside in now. I intend to continue the video project to raise awareness about artist displacement.

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be on the move to Miami, Florida on October 1 to complete more No Pop Site on Location projects.

As you read this, Phil, our pit bull Burt, and I are most likely on the road to Miami.

We’ll stop in Asheville, North Carolina to visit Perry Obee, a New Haven friend who recently relocated, and a best friend from high school. My father lives in North Carolina, and we’ll make our way down by traveling inland.

As we experience the fall landscape shifting

Laura Marsh and Phil Lique. Photo by Debbie Hesse.

and turning, I’m sure bittersweet feelings will arise from time to time. We’ll move into our next No Pop studio in Miami, and we’ll make our work. You can read about our No Pop philosophy on our blog, site, and social media. We’re excited that change is ahead.

Collaborations between cities and spaces are in the mix. We are spreading our wings out of New Haven, including Miami and New York, among other cities. n Laura Marsh was born in 1982. She received her M.F.A. from Yale University School of Art, CT, in 2009 and her B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art, OH, in 2006. Marsh has participated in several residencies including Zona Imaginaria in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Vermont Studio

Center in Johnson, VT, and Tilton Residency in Beijing, China. She has exhibited at the Art Lot in Brooklyn, NY; Giampietro Gallery, CT; Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT; Newman Popiashvili Gallery in New York, NY; Marc Jancou Contemporary in New York, NY; and the Cleveland Foundation in Cleveland, OH. Marsh is currently the Director of Seton Art Gallery and Lecturer at the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT. For more information, visit lauramarsh.net, lauralmarsh.wordpress.com, and www.nopop.gallery.

Editor’s Note: This story was compiled from text written by Marsh for The Arts Paper, as well as part of the press release for Borrowed Time.

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The Arts Paper member organizations & partners

Arts & Cultural Organizations

Chestnut Hill Concerts chestnuthillconcerts.org (203) 245-5736

Elm Shakespeare Company elmshakespeare.org (203) 874-0801

Long Wharf Theatre longwharf.org (203) 787-4282

A Broken Umbrella Theatre abrokenumbrella.org

The Choirs of Trinity Church on the Green trinitynewhaven.org

Firehouse 12 firehouse12.com (203) 785-0468

Lyman Center at SCSU www.lyman.southernct.edu

ACES Educational Center for the Arts aces.k12.ct.us Alyla Suzuki Early Childhood Music Education alylasuzuki.com (203) 239-6026 American Guild of Organists sacredmusicct.org Another Octave CT Women’s Chorus anotheroctave.org

City Gallery city-gallery.org (203) 782-2489 Civic Orchestra of New Haven civicorchestraofnewhaven.org Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre ccbtballettheatre.org College Street Music Hall collegestreetmusichall.com

Artfarm art-farm.org

Connecticut Dance Alliance ctdanceall.com

Arts Center Killingworth artscenterkillingworth.org (860) 663-5593

Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus ctgmc.org 1-800-644-cgmc

Arts for Learning Connecticut www.aflct.org

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators ctnsi.com (203) 934-0878

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

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

Branford Folk Music Society branfordfolk.org

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Gallery One CT galleryonect.com Guilford Art Center guilfordartcenter.org (203) 453-5947 Guilford Art League gal-cat.blogspot.com Guitartown CT Productions guitartownct.com (203) 430-6020 Hamden Art League hamdenartleague.com (203) 494-2316

Madison Art Society madisonartsociety.blogspot.com

One True Palette onetruepalette.com

Make Haven makehaven.org Mattatuck Museum mattatuckmuseum.org

Pantochino Productions pantochino.com

Meet the Artists and Artisans meettheartistsandartisans.com (203) 874-5672

Paul Mellon Arts Center choate.edu/artscenter

Melinda Marquez Flamenco Dance Center melindamarquezfdc.org (203) 361-1210

Hamden Arts Commission hamdenartscommission.org Hillhouse Opera Company hillhouseoperacompany.org (203) 464-2683

Music Haven musichavenct.org (203) 745-9030

Hopkins School hopkins.edu

Musical Folk musicalfolk.com

International Festival of Arts & Ideas artidea.org

New World Arts Northeast (203) 507-8875

Orchestra New England orchestranewengland.org (203) 777-4690

Milford Fine Arts Council milfordarts.org (203) 878-6647

The Institute Library institutelibrary.org

New Haven Theater Company newhaventheatercompany.com

Neighborhood Music School neighborhoodmusicschool.org (203) 624-5189 New Haven Ballet newhavenballet.org (203) 782-9038

Play with Grace playwithgrace.com Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, New Haven Branch nhrscds.org Shoreline Arts Alliance shorelinearts.org (203) 453-3890 Shoreline Arts Trail shorelineartstrail.com Shubert Theater shubert.com (203) 562-5666 Silk n’ Sounds silknsounds.org Site Projects siteprojects.org

International Silat Federation of America & Indonesia isfnewhaven.org

New Haven Chorale newhavenchorale.org

Susan Powell Fine Art susanpowellfineart.com (203) 318-0616

Jazz Haven jazzhaven.org

New Haven Free Public Library nhfpl.org

The Bird Nest Gallery thebirdnestsalon.com

Kehler Liddell Gallery (203) 389-9555 kehlerliddell.com

New Haven Museum newhavenmuseum.org (203) 562-4183

The Second Movement secondmovementseries.org

Knights of Columbus Museum kofcmuseum.org

New Haven Oratorio Choir nhoratorio.org

Legacy Theatre legacytheatrect.org

New Haven Symphony Orchestra newhavensymphony.org (203) 865-0831

Creative Businesses

Wesleyan University Center for the Arts wesleyan.edu/cfa West Cove Studio & Gallery westcovestudio.com (609) 638-8501 Whitney Arts Center (203) 773-3033 Whitney Humanities Center yale.edu/whc Yale Cabaret yalecabaret.org (203) 432-1566 Yale Center for British Art yale.edu/ycba Yale Institute of Sacred Music yale.edu.ism (203) 432-5180 Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Arts & Enrichment Program www.ynhh.org (203) 688-9532 Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History peabody.yale.edu Yale Repertory Theatre yalerep.org (203) 432-1234 Yale School of Music music.yale.edu (203) 432-1965

Hull’s Art Supply and Framing hullsnewhaven.com (203) 865-4855 Toad’s Place toadsplace.com

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 Fractured Atlas fracturedatlas.org JCC of Greater New Haven jccnh.org New Haven Preservation Trust nhpt.org Town Green Special Services District infonewhaven.com Visit New Haven visitnewhaven.com

Yale University Art Gallery artgallery.yale.edu Yale University Bands yale.edu/yaleband (203) 432-4111

Access Audio-Visual Systems accessaudiovisual.com

Westville Village Renaissance Alliance westvillect.org

Theater Department at SCSU/ Crescent Players southernct.edu/theater University Glee Club of New Haven universitygleeclub.org

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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.

Degrees of Separation Curated by Hayward Gatling A quirky look at the connectedness of all things art.

Dates: On view through October 28

Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Nature Constructed. Geoffrey Detrani.

2016 Arts Awards Creative Communicators Save the date! Friday, December 2 at the New Haven Lawn Club

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.

October Writers Circle: Lunch and Learn with Hirsh Sawhney Join us for lunch and conversation with Hirsh Sawhney, author of South Haven, a 2016 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick. Sawhney will discuss his journey as a writer and the process of writing his latest novel.

Date: Thursday, October 20, 12-2 p.m., The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven. eventbrite.com/e/october-writers-cirlce-lunch-and-learnwith-hirsh-sawhney-tickets-27200372045.

Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Joan Fitzsimmons.

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 oneon-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, October 6 and 13, 1-4pm at Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St., New Haven.

Photo Arts Collective

Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Nature Constructed. Mark Williams.

Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Leila Daw.

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.

Liz Antle-O’Donnell (right) leads a community workshop organized by The Arts Council with Uarts Chapel Haven artisans.

Participants show off thier artwork at an artist-led community workshop with Liz Pagano organized by The Arts Council of Greater New Haven at East Street Arts.

(Left to right): Ellen, James, Albert and Rosa.