Department of Art Alumni
Highlights
| 2013 update | Events from the 2013 calendar will be moved here upon completion |
| Jan 4 - 12 |
Catherine Vanaria exhibited in
“Objectified" an AIB MFA Alumni Exhibition at Washburn Hall Auditorium, Lesley University 10 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA |
| Jan 9 |
Alain Picard '97 gave a portrait demonstration Wednesday evening, January 9, with
SCAN in Newtown, CT.
The demo was at 7:30PM in the Newtown Meeting House. |
| Jan 12 Dec 2012 - Jan 2013 |
Bridget Grady MFA '04 continues
to offer lectures and programs as part of Field
Projects out of Blue Horse Arts Studio, her studio
in Woodbury, CT. Southbury artist Marc Chabot gave a lecture on Saturday,
January 12th, 2013 at 1pm
at the Field Projects Gallery of Blue Horse
Arts Studio located in Watertown CT. Marc Chabot is
an artist and 19th & 20th century American drawing
and print scholar and collector. He is also one of
the exhibiting artists, along with Caroline Harman
of Newtown, represented in the "Drawing
Conversations. The event is free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served. "Drawing Conversations: An Exhibition of Drawing by Caroline Harman and Marc Chabot," will be on view until the end of January. Thursdays- Saturdays 12PM-5PM and by appointment. For more info contact info@bluehorsearts.com or call 860-417-3243 The Field Projects Gallery of Blue Horse Arts and JFoster Music Studios are located at 250 Porter Street, Watertown, CT 06795 |
| JAN 22 |
Guest Artist Lecture: Illustrator, Nancy Stahl
11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 www.nancystahl.com Nancy Stahl is a highly recognized illustrator who was recently inducted into the 2012 Hall of Fame of the Society of Illustrators. She studied at the Art Center College of Design in California, and then moved to New York City, where she still resides, to begin her freelance career in 1971. She continued her studies at The School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design, and over the past decades, her work has become woven into our culture. In describing her creative process, Stahl spoke about a stamp design for the USPS. “For the 2007 Christmas stamps, I was told only to do something non-religious that would be warm and cozy. I began drawing angels, elves, ribbons, and kept sketching various holiday items. At one point, I thought of mittens and then cropped in closer and closer until it became just the knitted motifs. Knitting is a passion so I was excited to knit my final art in that case.” Stahl’s assignments have ranged from editorial to packaging, to corporate identity, postage stamps and television commercials; they have brought her work into the mainstream of our everyday visuals. |
| Oct 2012 - Jan 2013 | Vincent Baldassano - Exhibit of recent works on display at the National Academy, New York, NY |
| Dec 2012 - Jan
2013 |
Nancy White Cassidy '97, MFA '05 opened The Cassidy Gallery At Jackson Village, located at the
beautiful Snowflake Inn in scenic Jackson, New Hampshire. She
represents fine artists and artisans and opens with a holiday show.
95 Main Street, Jackson Village, NH 03846 Wednesday – Saturday: 10-5, Sunday: 10-1 |
| Dec 2012 - Jan 2013 |
Bridget Grady MFA '04 invites you to "Drawing Conversations: An Exhibition of Drawing by
Caroline Harman and Marc Chabot," will be on view until the end of
January. Thursdays- Saturdays 12PM-5PM and by appointment. For more info contact info@bluehorsearts.com or call 860-417-3243 The Field Projects Gallery of Blue Horse Arts and JFoster Music Studios are located at 250 Porter Street, Watertown, CT 06795 |
| Feb 5 |
Guest Artist Lecture: Illustrator/Sculptor, James
Grashow 11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 www.jamesgrashow.com James Grashow was born in Brooklyn and
received his BFA and MFA from Pratt Institute. After his BFA, he
was awarded a Fulbright Travel Grant to Florence, Italy, for
painting and graphics. Creating works that address themes of man,
nature and mortality, he has been represented by the Alan Stone
Gallery since 1966. Grashow is a renowned artist who creates
in multiple forms. The scale of his work ranges from large
environmental installations to delicate, small constructions. He is
also well known for his powerful woodcuts. His prints have appeared
regularly in The New York Times and virtually every
periodical throughout the country. Last spring, his “Corrugated Fountain”
was exhibited at the Aldrich Museum. Built from cardboard and
spanning 17 x 25 x 30 feet, it was inspired by the Trevi Fountain
in Rome. It had traveled since 2007 for exhibitions in this country
before coming to the Aldrich, where it was placed outdoors to
deteriorate by nature’s design. From start to finish, this
sculptural project was documented by Olympia Stone in her film The Cardboard
Bernini. “Making a fountain out of cardboard is absurd, an
oxymoron”, says Grashow. “It is a perfect poetic message. All
things have a lifetime.” |
| Feb 14 - Mar 14 |
Margaret Grimes, A Retrospective Opening Reception Feb 14, 5 - 7 pm. pictures from this event will be posted on FB as well |
| Click here to see Highlights from 2012 | |
| Click here to see what the WCSU art professors did last year | |
| Click here to see the 2012 highlights of the MFA Alumni |
