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Exhibition Calendar 

2007 -2008

 

CT+5

A regional juried competition open to artists from CT + five:
 MA, ME, VT, RI + NH.
Juror: Linden Frederick

April 18- May 18, 2008

Opening reception: Friday April 18, 2008 6-8 p.m.
Clubhouse Gallery

Awards at 7 p.m.

 

Juror of Selection and awards:  Ellen Carey

 Associate Professor, Hartford Art School, BFA Kansas City Art Institute, MFA State University of New York at Buffalo

Opening reception Friday February 8 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m

Clubhouse Gallery


January 10 - January 27, 2 008
Saltbox Gallery
Opening Reception: Friday, January 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Connecticut Watercolor Society Exhibition

Friday, December 7 - Sunday, December3
Clubhouse Gallery
Opening Reception:  Friday, December 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Awards at 7 p.m.

 

Small Works

Holiday Show

December 6 to 23, 2007

Opening Reception:

 Friday December 7, 2007  from 6-8 p.m.

People, Places and Things
a juried Exhibition open to all media
presented by the West Hartford Art League and the Noah Webster House
November 15 to December 2, 2007
Paint the Town
 

The Maquette: Idea and Process
November 8  to  December 2

An exhibition of working drawings, small sculpture and sculpture prototypes for public work.
Work by Peter Busby, Karen Petersen, Darrell Petit, and Michael McLaughlin

Opening reception:
Thursday November 15, 6 to 7 p.m.


 


14th Annual National Exhibition
October 11 - November 4, 2007
Artists Reception and Awards
October 21, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Demonstration by noted pastel painter
Diana DeSantis


 

September 13 - September 30, 200

POETRY ON CANVAS [UA]
Wednesday, October 10, at 7 p.m.

Clubhouse Gallery

Famed poet and co-founder of Hill-Stead museum’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Rennie McQuilkin, shares his works surrounded by his inspiration with his presentation: “From Painting to Poem.” The Simsbury resident discusses his most recent book, “Private Collection” based on the poetry he sees in art—from crayon drawings and graffiti to Rembrandt masterpieces.

Free and open to the public

The West Hartford Art League

 

Exhibition Calendar

2006-2007

 

Recent Work by Andres Montiel
Saltbox Gallery
September 7th- October 1st
Opening: Thursday, September 7th, 7-9 p.m.

 

 

 

Images from ArtWalk 2006

 

 

ArtWalk, A Juried Exhibition

West Hartford Center Storefront Windows

September 21st- October 14th
Opening: Thursday, September 21st, 5:30 p.m.


Inspired Landscapes:
Views from Six Connecticut Artists

Saltbox Gallery
October 5th- October 29th
Opening: Thursday, October 5th, 7-9 p.m.

 

Up Close and Personal:
An open juried portrait exhibition
October 5- October 29th, 2006
Juror of Selection: Peter Seltzer
Listed in Who’s Who in American Art, Peter Seltzer won the Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award in 2001 and 2002 from the Pastel Society of America. Seltzer is a Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America, who has work in the permanent collection of the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA., as well as in private and corporate collections across the country.  He recently completed a portrait of Constance Buchanan for Harvard University.
Opening: Thursday, October 5th, 7-9 p.m.
Clubhouse Gallery. Award presentation: 8p.m

Unique Visions: Mixed Media by Tig Waters
November 2 - 26th, 2006

Opening Reception:  November 5, 1-4 pm
Saltbox Gallery

Faculty Exhibition
November 2 - 26th, 2006

Opening Reception:  November 5, 1-4 pm
Clubhouse Gallery

CT Watercolor Society

Clubhouse Gallery

November 30th- December 24th
Opening: Friday, December 1st, 6-8 p.m.

 

Holiday Invitational Exhibition

Saltbox Gallery

December 1st- December 24th
Opening: Friday, December 1st, 6-8 p.m.
Featuring work in a variety of mediums, from photography to collage t
o painting and pottery!
All priced for Holiday Giving at under $350.
Artists include Michele Katen, Lynn Bae, Anita Garnett, Sandy Parisky , Debra Conant, Carmen Monaco, Sue Rama, Nina Schondelmeier, Susan Sweet, Alice Turcotte, Cliff Emery, Martin Lovell, Craig Norton, Beth Reynolds, Michael Monaco, Marsha Lewis, Lois House, Nancy Morrell, Judy Cantwell, Yuri Pavlenko, Kathy Godliksen, Melissa Post, Theresa Tromp, Jack McConnell, Erin Menation, Lauren Zarambo, Susan Dorazio, Maurice Robertson, JoAnne Thompson Pease, Joseph Bokanoski, Susan Perl,  Sarah Kroll, Martha Galuska, Marsha Tripp, Barbara McBrien, Flora Parisky, Ed DeGroat, Alex Vranos, Kelly Smurthwaite, Catherine Elliott, Alan Budney, Priscilla Flynn, Paul Kline, Andrew Davis, and Ursala Korzenik.


Opening Reception: Thursday, January 11th from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

EXPOSURES 2007

January 11th - February 11th, 2007 in the Clubhouse Gallery
Justin Kimball, Juror
Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Amherst College, MFA Photography, Yale University School of Art, BFA Photography, Rhode Island School of Design.  2005 winner of the John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Harvard University, 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship.  His work is in the collection of Yale University Arts Gallery, Corcoran Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, Guggenheim Foundation, Mount Holyoke College and the Smith College Museum of Art.

Opening Reception and Awards:

Sunday, April 22 from 1 to  p.m.
Awards at 2 p.m.

Juror of Selection and Awards:
Nancy Gladwell
Full-Time Associate Professor of
Painting and Drawing, Lyme Academy
College of Fine Arts.
Chair of the Painting Department.
 

 

The West Hartford Art League

Exhibition Calendar

2005-2006

 

2005 Faculty Exhibition
 September 11th –October 9th 
Clubhouse Gallery 

Work will be displayed by WHAL’s own roster of award-winning art teachers and practicing artists.

Come to the opening reception on Sunday, September 11th from 1-4pm in the Clubhouse Gallery. It’s a great way to meet the teachers and see their individual styles.

Rio Valdivia by Heriberto Ortiz

Heriberto Montoya Ortiz will be exhibiting his paintings at West Hartford Art League’s Saltbox Gallery from September 11th-October 9th.
Widely exhibited in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this charismatic plein air painter is known for his original brush strokes and brilliant colors. This will be Heriberto’s first solo exhibition in the United States.
 Grand Opening and Unveiling - Thursday, September 22 at 6 p.m.005


September 22 - October 15, 2005



"Poverty Hollow Bridge"  by 2004 Best in Show award winner Dick McEvoy

Connecticut Pastel Society
12th Annual National Exhibition
"Renaissance in Pastel"
October 13 - November 5, 2005
Artists Reception & Awards
October 22, from 2- 4p.m.

Up Close and Personal
November 10 - November 27
An exhibition of portraits by area artists

Saltbox Gallery

Connecticut Watercolor Society
November 27 - December 18

Clubhouse Gallery

Holiday Art Exhibition & Sale
Saltbox Gallery
December 2nd-18th, 2005
A members-only Holiday Invitational Exhibition. Original artwork will be in a variety of styles and mediums and all pieces will be for sale for under $400. Opening reception on 
December 2nd  
from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

January 12th-February 5th, 2006

Exposures – Annual Juried Photography Exhibition
In the Clubhouse Gallery
Juror:  Jack McConnell, an advertising and commercial photographer and winner of the CT Ambassador Award for Tourism Photography.
Opening Reception:
 Thursday, January 12 from 6 - 8 p.m.

January 12th – February 5th, 2006
 Photography exhibition 
by Marc Yves Regis I
, "Song of Haiti" 
Saltbox Gallery. 

Regis utilizes his camera to document the human rights struggle of the voiceless, while showing their courage, spirit and beauty. He is the author of three books on Haiti. In 1991, he joined the Hartford Courant as a photojournalist and has won the National Arts Program’s Photography Judges Award every year from 2001-2004.
Gallery Talk: Marc Yves Regis will discuss Haiti, the photos in his show – when, how and why he took them, Thursday, February 2nd, at 7 p.m.
Opening reception: Thursday, January 12th, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

February 12th- March 11th, 2006

Members Juried Exhibition
In the Saltbox and Clubhouse Galleries

Juror, Bonnie Miller, professor of painting, Mount Holyoke College.

Opening Reception: Sunday, February 12 from 1 - 4 p.m.  
Awards at 2 p.m.

Artbeat - an exhibition by West Hartford public schoolchildren
March 5 - April 2, 2006

Saltbox and Clubhouse Gallery

Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2006

Clubhouse and Saltbox Galleries
April 20 - May 21, 2006

Juror: Salvatore Scalora
Director, William Benton Museum of Art,
School of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut

                  Opening Reception and Awards:
               
Sunday, April 23rd, 2-4 p.m.

The West Hartford Art League

Exhibition Calendar

2004-2005

Open House and Reception September 12, 2004
from 1- 4 pm

Annual Faculty Exhibition and Open House

Clubhouse Gallery
September  12 - October 10, 2004



Iris Van Rynbach

 

October 21 - November 14 
Clubhouse Gallery
The Art of Illustration
- Original artwork and limited edition books by Cora Lynn Diebler, Jim Lee, Bob Norieka, Iris Van Rynbach and Andrea Wisnewski
Opening reception
Thursday, Oct. 21th,  6-8 p.m. 

A is for Arbor
Andrea Wisnewski

Contemporary American Craft Exhibit 
and Sale
November 11 - December 19
Saltbox Gallery
Opening reception - Thursday November 11 with music by the Sister Sound trio.
Members receive a 10% discount on all purchases made this evening!!
CT Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition
November 20 - Dec. 19, 2004
Clubhouse Gallery
Opening reception, Sunday Nov.20 1-4 p.m.
Exposures - 10th Annual Open Juried Photography Exhibition
January 20-February 6th. 2005
Juror: Mary Frey, Professor of photography, Hartford Art School
Receiving date: Tuesday Jan. 11, 11-2 and 6-8 p.m.
Clubhouse Gallery
Annual Members Juried Exhibition
Feb. 13 - March 12, 2005
Receiving Monday February 7, 3-5 and 6-8 p.m.
Clubhouse Gallery
Opening Reception:  Sunday February 13, from 1-4.

Juror:   Jennifer Knaus. 
She attended the San Francisco Art
Institute and received an MFA from University of California at Davis. She teaches at CCSU, and recently had an exhibition at the New Gallery at the New Britain Museum of American Art. 

ArtBeat
West Hartford Public Schools Exhibition
Clubhouse and Saltbox Gallery
March 16 - April 10, 2005

Open Juried Exhibition 
April 22 - May 15th, 200
5
Clubhouse and Saltbox Galleries
Opening Reception: Friday April 22, 6-9 p.m.

Juror of Selection and awards - Susan D. Greenberg, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Yale University Art Gallery
More Info: 
Prospectus
Receiving dates - Friday April 15 & Saturday April 16th, 1-4 p.m. Clubhouse Gallery

2003-2004

Open House and Reception September 7, 2003
from 1- 4 pm

Annual Faculty Exhibition

Clubhouse Gallery
September 7 - October 5, 2003

Saltbox Gallery 
Andres Montiel
Recent Paintings

October 18 – November 8

Connecticut Pastel Society

November 14 –December 7th

Members Small Works Holiday Exhibition Saltbox
Opening reception – Friday November 14th from 7-9 pm. For details click here.

Connecticut Watercolor Society
2003 Fall Exhibition
November 23 - December 21, 2003

Reception:  Sunday, November 23 from 1 - 4 pm.
Awards Presentation at 2 pm.
Clubhouse Gallery

Annual Members'
Juried Exhibition

January 11 – February 1, 2004
OPENING RECEPTION, Sunday, January 11
1 – 4 p.m. Clubhouse Gallery
Awards Presentation 2 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m.

Jim Lee, Juror of Selection and Awards

Exposures 2004
February 8 - March 7
Clubhouse Gallery

Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening reception on Sunday, February 8 from 1-4

Awards presentation at 2 p.m.
More info

ARTBEAT
March 17 - April 11, 2004
Saltbox and Clubhouse Gallery

Annual Open Juried Exhibition
April 25 - May 23, 2004
Clubhouse and Saltbox Gallery

Juror of selection and awards - Power Boothe, Dean, Hartford Art School

Student Exhibition
May 30 - June 13, 2004
Clubhouse Gallery

More info
ArtWalk

May 20 - June 6, 2004
An Exhibit by Local and Regional Artists
in West Hartford Center

Monday Painters
May 30 - June 13, 2004
An exhibition of recent work by Margaret Cheney Doherty, Carole Erdman, Sally7 Given, Kitty Herrick, Patricia Newsom, Toni Martin and Dorothy White.
Saltbox Gallery

 

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