| | | | News and Opportunities for Artists of Fairfield County, CT
October 20, 2018 |
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| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a nonprofit service organization that supports its members through unified marketing, capacity building, professional development, and advocacy services. This newsletter is sent to all who request it - but we ask that, if you are not a member, you explore membership benefits and consider joining this community of more than 600 individuals and organizations. You can sign up here. |
| | | | NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHES OCT. 27 POST YOUR ARTIST PROFILES NOW! |
| | All members are asked to please load their profiles onto our new integrated Cultural Alliance+FCBuzz website as soon as possible. You will need a nice description of yourself and your work together with 3 images: a square headshot (250x250 pixels), a 1600x430 pixel "hero" image (like the one above in Alissa Siegal's profile) and a smaller 510x260 pixel "reference image" used in the "Meet Our Members Page" below. Go to "http://cafc.wpengine.com/membership/become-a-member/" and complete the simple form and upload your images. Contact us with any questions or issues. |
| | | PODCAST AVAILABLE FOR SPOTLIGHT ON "MIGRANT'S ALPHABET" |
| If you missed our SPOTLIGHT ON ARTS & CULTURE discussion - on WPKN 89.5FM - on The Migrant's Alphabet - or you want to listen again - you are in luck: you can listen to a podcast of the show here. The Migrant's Alphabet is an exhibition, currently showing at City Lights Gallery, of works of art by 26 leading mixed-media artists highlighting migration, immigration, asylum, and refugee issues. Curator of the exhibit, Jane Dávila was joined in the studio by Johana Rendon Ledesma, Program Manager of Burroughs Community Center's Our Woven Community program, providing refugee women with tools and skills to successfully integrate into the Bridgeport community, and Evelyne Mukasonga, part of the program, a refugee from Rwanda, where both her parents were killed in the 1994 Tutsi massacre. Running from A for Asylum, to Z for Zero Tolerance, the exhibit illustrates many of the different sides of migration and the difficulties faced by migrants. Hear about the roles that the arts and artistic skills can play in raising the issues and solving some of the difficulties within this community. Listen here.
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| | RSVP FOR PURPLE DREAMS FREE SCREENINGS |
| | The Cultural Alliance, with project partners and two sponsors, has arranged for two free screenings this weekend of the award-winning documentary Purple Dreams, that is also part of the Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, about an extraordinary arts-in-education success story, shadowing six high-school students on an emotionally powerful three-year journey as they under-take production of The Color Purple. On Saturday at noon, at The Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport, a panel discussion will follow the screening, with the producer, a cast member, and arts educators - click here for details and to make a reservation. On Sunday, at 4pm at the Ridgefield Playhouse, Q&A with the producer Robin Grey, moderated by Tony award winner James Naughton will follow the screening - click for details and reservations. Thanks to SpreadMusicNow and to Peoples United Bank for their sponsorship of the Bridgeport event and to United Capital for sponsoring the event in Ridgefield. |
| | | Registration is open for our Progressive Gallery Tour visit to two galleries on Wed. Oct 24 in Stamford: the GR Art Gallery at 1086 Long Ridge Road in North Stamford (just north of the Merritt Parkway), where gallery owner George Pali will speak about his gallery and the current group show of works by Adriatik Baliaj, Heidi Lewis Coleman, Elizabeth Agresta Hasegawa, Yuko Ike, Arnold Kastenbaum, and George Pali himself. Adriatik Baliaj and Heidi Lewis Coleman will speak about their work. We then drive to the Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery in downtown Stamford, where Mr. Alvarez will introduce his gallery and artist Shelby Head will discuss her solo show: An Infrastructure of Silence: a collection of works that confronts institutional racism in the U.S. Register here.
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| | SAVE THE DATE: SAVORCITY @ EAT NOODLE NOV. 9 |
| Join SavorCity and enjoy the culinary hidden gems of the most diverse city in Connecticut. As part of the Bridgeport Art Trail, SavorCity visits EAT NOODLE on Fri Nov. 9 for extended Happy Hour, 5-8pm. Our visit is next-door to The Bijou and its 8pm performance of Latin Americana, a show featuring and curated by Rick Reyes. EAT NOODLE has brought a bustling clientele to downtown Bridgeport and a 4.5 star YELP rating! Enjoy appetizers, a light meal and amazing cocktails. Also artwork by Cris Dam and music by Rick Reyes. Sponsored by Hatch 130. Save the Date!
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| | | | | | REBECCA FRETTY
Rebecca Fretty, creator of Pink Imperfection, says she first started making things when she was two- or three-years old: her mother always had needlepoint projects, counted cross stitch patterns or yarn stashed away for a rainy day, and the young Rebecca took full advantage of every single one. Counted cross stitch was her first needle craft, learned at Pawley’s Island in South Carolina. From there, Rebecca had private lessons for needlepoint from Mrs. Estes in her home town of Gainesville, GA. And then her Grandma Lucile taught her how to crochet afghans for her baby dolls and a shawl for myself. She says these women had a profound affect on her belief that she could make anything and the pride she would feel when she completed a piece. All this laid the foundation for her passion to always search for new shops, classes, teachers and festivals when she traveled. She founded Pink Imperfection as a place to bring together the "Farm to Needle" maker community that is growing to provide the worlds largest Maker Community Directory: “My hope is that everyone that visits PinkImperfection.com will share their favorite yarn and needlepoint shops, teachers, festivals and retreats so that this can become a resource for all of us to discover and learn more about the farmers, shop owners, pattern and canvas artists that feed our maker passion. Ultimately, the goal is to become truly farm to needle connected and of course make new friends!” See Rebecca's website, Facebook group, and her Maker Community Directory, |
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| | ERIN NAZZARO
Erin Nazzaro, born and raised in Connecticut, has been an artist for as long as she can remember, and studied art at the University of Hartford and the University of Bridgeport. First it was all pencil - the medium she says in which she learned to develop and define her images: "drawing is the foundation of my work to this day." But eventually, color burst upon the scene - mostly through her travels - to the American Southwest and to Mexico. As she says: these travels "left my head bursting with vibrant images of the people, their beautiful families and the land they live and work on. I appreciate all the swirling bright colors so integrated into the landscape, fabrics, dress and folk art. My work is driven by this energy." This started when she and her husband moved to a cottage in Redding on the property of the painter Allen Hermes. As she helped Hermes in his studio, she began painting herself. When she and her husband traveled to Mexico for a long weekend, there was no looking back. “I loved the folk art, the paintings of Mexico, the celebrations, the amazing altars. It was all magical to me,” Nazzaro says. They bought a house on Lake Chapala, returned for painting vacations over ten years and began exploring the rest of Mexico, South America and the American Southwest. By now, she guesses she’s done almost a thousand paintings, mostly in acrylic, because she likes to work fast. She divides them into four categories: birds, animals, people and landscape. But since Mexico, she’s moved far from her early realism. Her paintings now use bold colors, with figures that may be amplified in size or deprived of context. Over time, she says, her paintings have become more expressive, relying less on photographs or even visual memory. “A lot of it, as I’ve gotten older, is in my head. That’s a huge difference,” she says. See her website, Instagram and Facebook page. Thanks to Joel Lang's article in CT Post. |
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| | | Those artists who have posted their profiles onto our new website, launching Oct. 27) have their names in green. Please join them! |
| Elizabeth Agresta, Painter
Valerie Ahneman, Musician
Peter Alexander, Landscape ArchitectKristen Ambrosi, Painter Aishah Anailah, Multi Media Tracey Anderson-Kollar, Visual Artist Francesca Andre, Filmmaker & Photographer Leslee Asch, Curator, Writer
Frances Ashforth, Painter/ Printmaker
Judith Bacal, Designer
Anna Badini, Painter
Mary Bailey, Sculptor & Writer
Louise Baranger, Musician
Patrice Barrett, Painter
Nina Bentley, Mixed Media/Sculptor Sue Benton, Photographer
Susanne Benton, Mixed Media.
Paul Berger, Photographer
Karla Bernstein, Photographer
Thomas Berntsen, Photographer/Sculptor Elise Black, Painter
Tara Blackwell, Painter Christina Blais, Quilter Ziggy Bober, Sculptor
Amy Bock, Painter
Andrea Bonfils, Mixed Media Artist Dennis Bradbury, Photographer
Carolyn Brady, Photographer
Nancy Breakstone, Photographer Michael Brennecke, Painter
Janine Brown
Multidisciplinary Lucienne Buckner,
Sculptor
Bevi Bullwinkel, Painter
Miggs Burroughs, Graphic Artist
Trace Burroughs, New Media
Joy Bush, Photographer
Louise Cadoux, Painter/Sculptor Bob Callahan, Painter
Donna Callighan, Photographer
Patricia Campbell, Dancer
Lynn Carlson, Painter Linn Cassetta, Printmaker
Polly Castor, Painter Alan Chapell, Musician Ann Chernow, Painter/Printmaker Eric Chiang, Painter
Frederic Chiu, Pianist
Yvonne Claveloux, Painter Elaine Clayton, Painter and Writer Lauren Clayton, Painter Alicia Cobb, Painter
Heidi Lewis Coleman, Mixed Media Rosa Colón, Painter, Mixed Media Tom Comerford, Photographer Penrhyn Cook, Photographer
Rod Cook, Photographer Margaret Stapor Costa, Filmmaker
Adger Cowans, Photographer and Painter
Naomi Cruz, Painter Dolly Curtis, Curator
Lisa Cuscuna, Painter
Dawn Dahl, Painter
Cris Dam, Painter/MuralistHolly Danger, Video Artist Betsy Davidson, Painter |
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| Carlos Davila, Painter, Sculptor
Jane Davila, Fiber Artist/ Mixed Media Cortney Davis, Writer
John Deakins, Sculptor Ken Delmar, Painter
Joseph Dermody, Painter/ Sculptor/ Furniture Maker/Violinist Emily Derr, Illustrator/Designer
Joyce DiCamillo, Musician
Barbara Kunin Dierolf, Painter
Eugenie Diserio, Painter
Carol Nipomnich Dixon, Mixed Media Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani, Painter Erin Dolan, Painter
Amy Dolego, Photography Jennifer Drolet, Painter
Ganga Duleep, Painter David Dunlop, Painter
Philip Eliasoph, Writer
Jeanine Esposito, Mixed Media
Katherine Evans, Painter
Susan Fehlinger, Painter
Louise Flax, Mixed Media
David Laurence Flynn, Lighting Designer Heide Follin, Painter
Christa Forrest, Painter
Rose-Marie Fox, Painter
Cecilia Moy Fradet, Painter/ Printmaker
Herm Freeman, Painter
Rebeca Fuchs, Painter Megan Garbe, Painter Rhonda Gentry, Painter Robin Jopp Gilmore, Mixed Media and Upcycled Jewelry Joe Gitterman, Sculptor
Scott Glaser, Painter
William Glaser, Photographer
Lori Glavin, Visual Artist
Danielle Goldstein, Photographer
Ellen Gordon, Painter
Sue Brown Gordon, Painter/Jeweler Ellen Gould, Photographer
Joyce Grasso, Painter/ Photographer Kristen Graves, Musician
Len Grayeck, Painter
Jen Greely, MultiMedia/ Installation
Carolina Guimarey, Multi- Media Artist Barry Guthertz, Photographer
Dorothy Hafner, Sculptor
Don Hamerman, Photographer
Mary Harold, Photographer Adair Heitmann,
Printmaker
Kate Henderson, Mixed Media - ASSOCIATE MaryEllen Hendricks, Photographer
Gwen Hendrix, Fiber/ Mixed Media Lenore Eggleston Herbst, Dancer Tracy Hoffman,
Photographer & Printmaker ASSOCIATE Veronica Hofstetter, Painter Sonya Huber, Writer Yuko Ike, Painter
Jana Ireijo, Painter
Sholeh Janati, Painter Vasken Kalayjian, Painter
Karen Kalkstein, Graphic Artist
Amy Kaplan, Painter
Natasha Karpinskaia, Painter Wayne Keeley, Writer, Producer |
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| Photographer Karen Kent, Painter Susan Keown, Painter/
Mixed Media/Ceramicist Photographer ASSOCIATE Niki Ketchman, Sculptor/ Multimedia
Jin Hi Kim, Musician Lesley Koenig, PainterMoki Kokoris, Visual Artist Richard Koleszar, PainterXiao Mai Kong, PainterMichael Kozlowski, Painter
Joanie Landau, Jewelry designer/Printmaker Lydia Larson, Painter Emily Hamilton Laux, Photographer
Katya Lebrija, Painter Eric Jiaju Lee, Visual Artist/Musician Phyllis Lee, Visual Artist
Julie Leff, Painter
Susan Leggitt, Painter
Henry Lepetit, Painter Julia-Rose Liptack, Painter Barbara Loss, Photographer
Shelley Lowell, Painter/ Sculptor/Poet Jane Lubin, Mixed Media
Laurie MacLean, Choreographer, Dancer Mark Macrides, Painter,
Collagist Jessica Makin, Painter/ Photographer
Connie Manna, Painter Mary Manning, Painter/ Printmaker
Elizabeth Marks, Painter
Nadia Martinez, MultiMedia
Sooo-z Mastropietro, Multimedia
Barbara Mathis, Painter
Megan Bonneau McCool, Choreographer
Grace S. McEnaney, Painter
Nancy McTague-Stock, MixedMedia Shanna Melton, Poet
Peter Mendelson, Photographer Kristin Merrill, Jeweler/Sculptor
Toby Michaels, Painter
Annamari Mikkola, Photographer, Designer, Curator Jay Misencik, Photographer Day Moore, Painter
Nancy Moore, Painter Brechin Morgan, Painter Meighan Morrison, Painter Carol Mueller, Painter/Printmaker Cynthia Mullins, Painter Susan Murray, Painter Aisha Nailah, MixedMedia/ Photographer Tava Naiyin, Dancer Dale Najarian, Painter Erin Nazzaro, Painter Karen Neems, Photographer/MixedMedia Susan Newbold, Painter Mary Newcomb, Painter Jill Nichols, Painter Eddie Niño, Painter Julie O’Connor,
Photographer Kazumasa Oda, Painter Amy Oestreicher, Performing/Visual Artist Melissa Orme, Painter Rose Palmiero, Painter Eileen Panepinto, Mixed Media Steve Parton, Painter
Judy Peknik, Painter Justin Perlman, Sculptor Chris Perry, Book Artist Jay Petrow, Painter Laura Pflug, Painter Igor Pikayzen, Violinist |
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| Diane Pollack, Mixed Media
Karen Ponelli, Painter ASSOCIATE Jennifer Prat, Photographer Joseph Provey, Painter Elizabeth Quesada, Painter Ben Quesnel, Sculptor, Videographer Tim Reimer, Painter
Gwen North Reiss, Poet Rick Reyes, Singer/ Songwriter Barbara Ringer, Photographer Mariya Rivera, Painter Dorothy Robertshaw, Mixed Media Lizzy Rockwell, Painter, Illustrator, Author Alyse Rosner, Painter/ Mixed Media Richard Sadlon, Musicians
Renee Santhouse, Graphic Artist Jill Sarver, Painter Artist
Norma Schlager, Fiber
Artist
Marianne R. Schmidt,
Painter
Guy Sealey, Multimedia
Katie Settel, Photographer Rick Shaefer, Visual Artist
Barbara Shea, Writer Alissa Siegal, Painter
Norm Siegel, Painter
Lisa P. Silberman,
Photographer
Nomi Silverman, Printmaker Phyllis Sinrich,
Photographer
Megan Smith-Harris,
Writer/Filmmaker
Cleo Sonneborn, Painter
Rene Soto, Painter
Liz Squillace, Painter/Printmaker
Connie Stancell, Painter
Barbara Stewart, Painter
Pam Stoddart, Painter
Florence Suerig, Visual
Artist
Denise Susalka, Painter Janice Sweetwater,
Painter
Susan Tabachnick, Sculptor
Juliette Tehrani, Painter
Mich Theebs, Poet, Painter Alicia Thompson, Actress/ Playwright
Dara Tomeo, Painter
Kris D. Toohey, Painter
Andrea Towey, Musician
Ruth Kalla Ungerer, Printmaker
Vincent Verrillo, Painter
Karen Vogel, Painter
Lee Walther, Mixed Media
Ann Weiner, Multi-Media,
Painter
Peggy Weis, MultiMedia Gregg Welz, Paper Artist
Jahmane West,
MultiMedia Cynthia Whalen, Painter Joan Wheeler, Painter Elizabeth White,
MultiMedia
Jarvis Wilcox, Painter
Bruce Williams, Painter
Jen Williams, Painter
Jonah Wilner, Painter Tammy Winser, Mixed
Media
Nancy Woodward,
Photographer/Mixed
Media
Dmitri Wright, Painter
Jeffrey Wyant, Visual
Artist
Greg Ziebell, Painter |
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