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The Arts Council Presents Web Versions

Suzan Shutan

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven is pleased to announce Web Versions, its second show at Perspectives… The Gallery at Whitney Center at 200 Leeder Hill Drive in Hamden, Connecticut, south entrance. An artist reception will take place on Saturday, February 23rd from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be an artist talk at 1:30 p.m. and origami artist Benjamin Parker will be demonstrating his unique paper tessellations process.

Web Versions was curated by Debbie Hesse and Steve Olsen. According to Hesse, “While the title Web Versions suggests the online realm of virtual interconnectedness, this exhibit explores ways artists embrace the low tech, often labor-intensive material world to present meditations on the passage of time.”

Artwork in the show, diverse in media, by Sean Boggs, Kevin Daly, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Mary Judge, Benjamin Parker, Suzan Shutan, Marjorie Sopkin and Thomas Stavovy, share a fascination with repetitive pattern, scale and color to reference traditions of textiles.

Web Versions will be on view through March 30th, 2013. The gallery is open to the public Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7pm, and Saturdays from 1-4pm.

For more information about Web Versions and Perspectives...The Gallery at Whitney Center, call the Arts Council at (203) 772-2788.

A Tribute to Langston Hughes

Renaldo Davidson

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with curator Katro Storm, is presenting “A Tribute to Langston Hughes” in the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery at 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor in New Haven. The exhibition and special performance will celebrate Black History Month 2013.

The show will be on view from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, February 8th to April 5th, 2013. An artists’ reception will take place on Friday, February 22nd from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception will include a special performance at 6 p.m.

“A Tribute to Langston Hughes” will feature the performing artist “Ade” Anthony Thompson, visual artist Renaldo Davidson, and video artist NJ Martin. The exhibition pays tribute to Langston Hughes; poet, novelist, playwright, and leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s.

As Storm describes it, the show will be layered and include collaborations because Hughes liked to work collaboratively. The best time to see all of the layers is at the reception on February 22nd. There, Thompson will be performing as Jesse B. Simple, one of Hughes most memorable characters. Davidson’s visual art, inspired by Hughes’ poems and Thompson’s characterization of Jesse B. Simple, will be hanging on the gallery walls, and NJ Martin will be showing video work he has made to pay tribute to Hughes.

For those who are not able to make the February 22nd event, NJ Martin will be filming Thompson’s performance and will edit a video piece that will run in the gallery after the performance date (from March 4th to April 5th).

For more information about the exhibit call The Arts Council at (203) 772-2788.

Save the Date - Encore Performance and Film Screening
A Langston Hughes Tribute and Film Screening: Voices and Visions

Stay tuned for a relaxed and informative presentation honoring Langston Hughes featuring movement, music, video and film. Highlighting the creative forces of Katro Storm, NJ Martin and Renaldo Davidson, there will be a tribute performance by Anthony Thompson Adeagbo, along with a screening of Voices and Visions*, the renowned Langston Hughes documentary film. This will be followed with a guided Q & A and talk back.

Thursday, March 7th, 2013 7:30pm
Lyric Hall, 827 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT
Tickets $10 at the door - Cash Only.
For ticket reservations, email: scole@newhavenarts.org

*Voices and Visions: One of the most influential and prolific black American writers of the century, Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was fueled by his love for his race and culture. The blues, jazz and spirituals echo in his rhythmic lines. Hughes became involved in the black artistic and political movements of his time. The film includes Hughes reading from his works and scenes of his travels. Commentary by James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks and Leopold Sedar Senghor, among others.

Visual Artists: Don't Miss Out! Register Now for Make.Art.Work.

Registration is underway for the February 25th workshop, “Legal Considerations.” Learn the ins and outs of the legal issues that artists face in their careers. This workshop will focus on intellectual property issues (including copyright and trademark laws); and contract law (including real estate contracts, rental leases and gallery contracts). Also, included will be a discussion of types of businesses. As a participant in this essential workshop, you’ll gain a basic understanding of what you must know about the law to survive and thrive in your career as an artist.

About the Presenter: Lisa Moyles combines her extensive knowledge of the law with a passion for inspiring people to grow. Lisa is an expert at helping small business owners to navigate general legal issues, as well as providing support around Intellectual Property (IP) issues. Artists will enjoy learning from Lisa, and her ability to make legal information accessible.

Make.Art.Work. a new six-month comprehensive professional practice program for Connecticut visual artists presented by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and the Greater Hartford Arts Council with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. Over the course of the program, artists will learn to strengthen their ability to set and achieve career goals; increase their business knowledge and entrepreneurial skill set; and develop a network of peer artists to foster continual career support. Each workshop will be presented in Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven. Registration cost for individual workshops are $28 each. For more information about the series and registration info, visit www.makeartwork.org

Advice from the Arts Council

February 21*, 2-5pm, Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison Street, New Haven

Let the Arts Council staff help you find exhibition space/opportunities, performance/rehearsal space, and develop new ways to promote your work or creative events and activities. Shola Cole, the Arts Council’s coordinator of community programs, and Debbie Hesse, the organization’s director of artist services and programs, will be available for one-on-one appointments. To schedule an appointment call (203) 772-2788. Walk-ins are welcome, but you may have to wait for an available slot.

*Note: This date was published incorrectly in the January/February issue of The Arts Paper. The incorrect date was printed as 2/23. The correct date is 2/21. Sorry for any inconvenience.

The Arts Paper Deadlines

Did you know that the Arts Council is home to the free publication The Arts Paper, distributed 10 times annually to over 200 locales in 15 towns?

If you or your organization would like to submit content, photos, calendar listings, or advertisements to The Arts Paper, contact info@newhavenarts.org or call (203) 772-2788. Listings are a benefit to all Arts Council members. For more information on becoming a member, visit www.newhavenarts.org.

Arts Paper Deadlines
April 2013 - February 25, 5pm
May 2013 - March 25, 5pm
June 2013 - April 29, 5pm

Reintegrate: Enhancing Collaborations in the Arts and Sciences

Reintegrate is an Arts Council program that is bringing together the worlds of art and science in Greater New Haven.

Visit ReintegrateNewHaven.com for articles, audio, video, calendar events and team updates! Imagine the Higgs boson discovery being communicated through dance photography, peering into the depths of poverty thanks to an artist/geologist team who has sculpted the census, or glass makers getting together with surgeons to create colorful glass organs to emphasize the human body's beauty and fragility.

"Innovations: Intersection of Art & Science" Symposium

Wesleyan University presents the symposium “Innovations: Intersection of Art and Science”, co-hosted by the Center for the Arts and the Hughes Program in the Life Sciences and curated by choreographer Liz Lerman, on Thursday, February 28 and Friday, March 1, 2013 on the Wesleyan campus in Middletown.

The symposium will bring teams of artists and scientists together to share approaches, skills and outcomes of their research at the intersection of art and science. Presenters will include representatives from the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, the RAW DATA project at TRIUMF (Canada’s National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics), the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, the University of Colorado, Yale University and Wesleyan University. The symposium will focus on the themes of research, teaching and activism within the fields of art and science.

This symposium is part of the Creative Campus Initiative at the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University. The goal of this experimental program is to elevate the arts as a means of teaching, learning and knowing through co-teaching opportunities for artists and non-artists, as well as commissioning new works by artists who are invited to work with faculty and students across disciplines in their creation process.

This symposium is made possible by the Reintegrate program of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's Office of the Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Hughes Foundation, the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University, and the Office of Academic Affairs of Wesleyan University.

For more information about the symposium, please visit www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/innovations.

Neighborhood Music School Free Faculty Concerts

Neighborhood Music School invites you to its free faculty concert series. The series includes Friday lunchtime and evening concerts, as well as a Sunday brunch concert. All concerts take place in the NMS Recital Hall, 100 Audubon Street in New Haven.

Friday, Feb. 22
Bach's Lunch Concert - 12:10 p.m., Free
"The French Songbook” with Martha Oneppo, soprano; Terrence Fay, tenor; Alexis Zingale, piano.
Works by Fauré, Duparc, Debussy and others.

Friday, Feb. 22
Faculty Fridays Concert - 7:30 p.m., Free
"Poetry for Two" with Gretchen Frazier, viola, and Daniel Corr, guitar (guest artist). Works by Rebay and Carulli

Please visit our website at neighborhoodmusicschool.org for directions and to learn about future concerts. To arrange for a large group to attend, please call 203-624-5189.

Performances at Best Video

The Elligers Brothers Band

Best Video Performance Space
1842 Whitney Ave. Hamden, CT
(203) 287-9286

Wed., Feb. 20, 8 PM, $5 cover
Jazz: The Elligers Brothers Band
Anchored by a rhythm section of Carl Testa on upright bass and Josh Gosselin on drums, the Elligers Brothers Band features Erik Elligers on tenor sax, Sean Elligers playing trumpet and Kyle Elligers on piano. The combo plays modern jazz, defined in this case by the post-World War II styles of bebop, hard bop and modal jazz.

Thurs., Feb. 21, 8 PM, $5 cover
Folk Rock: The Streams (Duo)
The Streams are a four piece rock group formed in 1991. The group is headed by Dave Brooks with his band of grizzled veterans including: Spike Priggen (Dumptruck), Jeff Wiederschall (Miracle Legion) and New Haven guitar dazzler, Bill Beckett. (For this show, Brooks and Beckett will play as a duo.) They recorded an album of driving rock called, “Today, I Died,” available now at thestreams.net, itunes.com and most other online music sites.

Wed., Feb. 27, 7 PM, $5 admission
Singer-Songwriter Rock: The Shellye Valauskas Experience
Shellye Valauskas is a sweet songwriter who cares for catchy rhythms and hooks. Her CD "Box It Up," recorded with her band The Shellye Valauskas Experience, is a box of secrets, surprises and delights. As her songwriting collaborator and bandmate, she enlisted ace guitarist Dean Falcone, who’s served the Connecticut music scene since the early ’80s. Valauskas' and Falcone’s shared love for the intelligent, heartwarming yet punchy pop of Crowded House, The Posies and Aimee Mann, as well as the burgeoning Americana movement, helped them nail a distinctive yet accessible radio-friendly sound from the start.

Thurs., Feb. 28, 8 PM, $5 cover
Art Song with Tuned Wine Glasses: Jonny Rodgers
Jonny Rodgers writes beautiful, quirky songs using guitars, tuned wine glasses, electronics and a unique chamber orchestra. He is also a composer/producer, writing chamber, orchestral and choral music for concert and for films. His latest full album The Aviary, was originally written and entirely scored as a live show with a 9-piece chamber orchestra featuring highly unusual elements, such as Tuned Wine Glasses and Steel Drum. His newest material prominently features Tuned Wine Glasses, Guitars and Electronics with live loops used in unexpected ways.

"Beethoven's Bacchanalia"

New Haven Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Bacchanalia
Thursday, February 28, 2013 · 7:30pm
Woolsey Hall ∙ 500 College Street ∙ New Haven, CT
Sunday, March 3, 2013 · 3:00pm
Shelton Intermediate School ∙ 675 Constitution Boulevard North ∙ Shelton, CT

Program: Sibelius En saga
Walton Viola Concerto
Walton Spitfire Prelude Fugue
Beethoven Symphony no. 7

Tickets: $15-69. Students ALWAYS $10. Blue Star and Kid Tix FREE. 203.865.0831 x10 or www.NewHavenSymphony.org.

PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES
Symphony Supper Enjoy a three-course meal, at Mory’s, Yale’s private club, 306 York Street, New Haven, at 5:30pm with other music lovers before the Woolsey performance. $35pp, seating is limited; reserve early to avoid disappointment. NewHavenSymphony.org or 203.865.0831 x12 for details.
Prelude Join the NHSO for Prelude, an intriguing pre-concert lecture from 6:30-7:00pm at Sudler Hall in Yale’s Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, New Haven. Maestro Boughton hosts and shares his knowledge of Walton’s Viola Concerto and the continuation of the Walton Recording Project.

New Haven Chorale Concert Rescheduled

Celebration! (Rescheduled)
Join the New Haven Chorale in collaboration with the choir of St. Theresa Church, the Hartt Chorale, and orchestra under the baton of Church Music Director and Hartt faculty member Dr. Carolina Flores, in a gala concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Trumbull’s beautiful St. Theresa Church, featuring Haydn’s joyous ‘Lord Nelson Mass.’

7:30 PM Saturday, February 23, 2013
St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main Street, Trumbull, Connecticut
Tickets available from the Chorale by calling 203-776-SONG and visiting www.newhavenchorale.org and from St. Theresa Church by calling 203-261-3676 and visiting www.sttheresatrumbull.org
Adults $20, Seniors $15, Children and Students with ID Free

Coffee House & Open Mic

Winchester Revitalization Art Project
Spoken Word, Dance Singing & More!

Friday, February 22 | 6:30pm
Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology, 4 Science Park, New Haven
Live band and refreshments
For more information contact wrapmoore@gmail.com or 203-946-7172
Free admission! All ages and levels of skill welcome.

Colin Caplan Discusses New Haven Firsts

Historian, architect, and author Colin Caplan will present “New Haven FIRSTS: an exploration of local inventions,” on Monday, February 25, at 6 pm at New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St.

Since New Haven was invented 375 years ago, hundreds of thousands of people have lived, worked, studied and visited our City. And some of them have changed the world forever through their inventions. From the first city plan in the U.S. to the pedal bicycle, New Haven has always been fertile ground for innovation, as attendees will discover in this program.

Colin Caplan was born and raised in New Haven, where he developed an early appreciation for architecture and history prior to earning a Masters degree in architecture from Tulane University. Caplan has worked with several architecture firms in New Haven, and heads up “Taste of New Haven,” offering culinary and cultural tours that spotlight New Haven's diverse restaurant scene. He has been featured in national television shows and publications. Caplan is the author of New Haven (Then & Now); A Guide to Historic New Haven CT; 101 Glimpses of New Haven; and Tales from a Connecticut Hamlet, about the Westville section of New Haven. For more information please visit his website, www.magrissoforte.com.

This program is presented without charge by the NHFPL's Local History department (203-946-7430).

Talk on West Rock at New Haven Museum

Thursday, February 28 at 6:30 pm
The landscape of New Haven has inspired generations of artists across countless media. In a special “Treasures from Two Collections” talk during the New Haven Museum’s 150th Anniversary year, Douglas K. S. Hyland, Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art, will use images from both museums’ collections to discuss how West Rock captured the imagination of three artists who happened to be contemporaries: John Warner Barber, Frederic Edwin Church and George Henry Durrie. Hyland’s talk will cover an interesting contrast between the revered Church, representing the Hudson River School, and the local artists Barber and Durrie, representing the art of glimpses into small communities. For more information, contact Michelle Cheng, Director of Education, at (203) 562-4183 ext. 11 or education@newhavenmuseum.org.

"London by Dickens"

In honor of Charles Dickens’ birthday (February 7), New Haven Free Public Library presents LONDON BY DICKENS: film and discussion with Dickens scholar Fred Guida, on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 2 pm.

In 1958 a very young Alan Bates was in New York City to reprise the role in Look Back in Anger that had recently made him a star in London. Between rehearsals Bates was prevailed upon to do this half-hour montage, “London By Dickens,” drawn from several of the author’s lesser known short writings. It is one of Bates’ first television appearances, and relatively unknown until its recent release in DVD by a CT film distributor. Copies of the DVD will be available for purchase at this screening. (The DVD also includes a short film of a youthful Richard Burton performing Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.”)

Fred Guida has presented many Dickens programs at Yale Center for British Art, and recently screened “London By Dickens” at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC. The public is invited to enjoy this presentation at no charge at the Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St. For more information please call the library at 203-946-8835.

Creative Arts Workshop Open House

Creative Arts Workshop (CAW), New Haven’s community art school, hosts its annual Open House on Sunday, February 24, from 2 to 5 pm, concurrent with the opening reception of the workshop’s Student Show. Visitors are invited to tour CAW’s studio facilities, take part in hands on demonstrations, meet the faculty and register for Spring Session art classes, which run from March 11 to June 1. CAW offers over 300 classes and workshops each year, taught by a faculty of more than 50 professional artists. Areas of study include book arts, design, drawing, fiber, jewelry, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and a young people’s program.

Greene Art Gallery Events

“Winter’s Passionate Embrace” Gallery Artists. Show runs January 25 to March 10, 2013. Thurs to Sat 11 to 5, Sun 12 to 3. Greene Greene Art Gallery, 29 Whitfield St., Guilford. For info call 203-453-4162 or visit www.greeneartgallery.com. Free.

“Creating An Encaustic Painting” a talk and demonstration with Guilford artist, Laurie Douglas. Sun, Feb 24 1pm to 2:30pm. RSVP (203) 453-4162, Greene Art Gallery, 29 Whitfield Street, Guilford. Free.

Wanted: Children's Dress Up Clothes

Looking for any kind of children's dress up costumes or old Halloween outfits for this year’s Arts of the Edge “Dress Up Corner” which will be happening on Saturday, June 8th. Please contact Bobbi Griffith at the Arts Council at 203.772.2788 x 19 or bgriffith@newhavenarts.org

Call for Artists for Derby Day Festival

DERBY DAY FESTIVAL, SATURDAY, MAY 4
In addition to the marvelous live-time telecast of the 6 pm Kentucky Derby horse race at our annual May 4 gala, the great hall of Milford Fine Arts Center will surround guests and ladies with fine food and drink, fantastic hats, and original works by local artists depicting horses and derby-related scenes. Artists are invited to submit paintings and other art forms for consideration. Artworks may be sold if desired. Exhibited items will contribute to the atmosphere at the 4-7 pm gala, and raise enthusiasm for bids in the silent auction and Derby Day raffle, and add to the day’s good fun. Artists can call Kristine Kinsella at 203-878-6647 or milfordfac@optonline.net for criteria, submission date, and conditions of sale. MFAC will manage all sales.

Public Art Project Call for Artists

City of New Britain - New Britain, CT
New Police Station – Corner of Main and Chestnut Street
Budget: $100,000

Requirements:
Artists should submit a resume detailing past public art projects, education and other relevant qualifications.
Artists should submit reliable contact information – phone number, address, and email address.
Artists should also submit up to 6 jpg images (file size of 2MB or less) of past work
Please email submissions to: nbartscommission@gmail.com
The due date for the submission of qualifications is March 31, 2013. The Commission will be meeting in early April to decide upon the finalists. Notification to the finalists will occur by April 30, 2013.

Plein Air Competition

The Hammonton Art District is having its 6th Annual Plein Air Competition in Hammonton, NJ on April 6, 2013. Cash Prizes have increased from last year with 1st place receiving $700! Award winning New Jersey artist Michael Budden will jury. Deadline to register is March 1st.

Click here for more info: http://www.noyesmuseum.org/resources/hammonton/2013_pleinair.pdf

Connecticut Sea Grant Award Opportunity For Artists

The Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Funding Program awards up to $1,000 to an artist through this competitive funding program. The winning submission will be selected on the basis of its aesthetic quality, relevance to coastal and marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant themes, as well as its potential impact on non-traditional “audiences”.

Deadline: Applications must be received by 4:30 pm on Monday, April 15, 2013.

Eligibility: Artists who live in Connecticut, or whose work is related to Connecticut’s coastal and marine environments or Long Island Sound.

Refer to: http://web2.uconn.edu/seagrant/funding/fundpdfs/artsrfp.pdf for complete guidelines or contact Dr. Syma A. Ebbin, Research Coordinator, Connecticut Sea Grant, at 860 405-9278 or syma.ebbin@uconn.edu.

For information on last year’s awardees and their Sea Grant funded art projects: http://seagrant.uconn.edu/funding/artsannounce.php

Join the Choral Club of Clinton

The Choral Club of Clinton will begin rehearsals for its spring concert on Tuesday, March 5 at 6:45 p.m. at The United Methodist Church of Clinton, located at 12 Commerce Street.

Founded in 1926, the chorus welcomes all members of the community (high school age or older) who enjoy singing. Ability to read music is helpful, but not required. Regular Tuesday evening rehearsals from 7:15-9:30 p.m. will continue at Andrews Memorial Town Hall Auditorium in preparation for the spring concert on June 7.

The chorus is directed by Lars Gjerde, who is a doctoral candidate at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he has earned a Master’s Degree and Sacred Music Diploma. Mr. Gjerde received degrees in music and German from Augustana College of Liberal Arts in South Dakota and the Edvard Grieg Academy of Music in Norway.

The Spring concert will feature a wide selection of music including spirituals and gospel, Broadway medleys of Les Misérable and The Sound of Music, and pieces by the Gershwin brothers, Gabriel Fauré, and Irving Berlin.
Chorus members are responsible for $40 dues (no charge for students) and a nomimal fee to cover music costs. For more information, contact Gail Carlisle at (860) 669-2702 or info@choralclubclinton.com.

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