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UPCOMING EVENTS



Jude Kelly: Arts as Catalyst To a Creative Economy
Thursday, June 26
5:30 pm
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven

Join Jude Kelly, artist, UNESCO cultural representative and chair of the London's 2012 Olympic Committee, as she explores what role the arts and artists can play in the creative economy--an exciting free talk put on by the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. After the lecture, join the Arts Council for a special wine reception at White Space Gallery, 1020 Chapel Street, New Haven. RSVP at 203-772-2788.


Artists' Reception for onView, the Arts Council of Greater New Haven's Annual Members' Show
Thursday, July 17
5-7 pm
Small Space Gallery
70 Audubon Street, 2nd Floor, New Haven

Don't miss the opening reception for onVIEW, the fifth annual members show for Arts Council members. The exhibit will feature over 100 regional artists’ works and will highlight a range of mediums, including painting, photography and sculpture. Are you a current artist member of the Arts Council and would like to participate in the show? Then click here to download information on the exhibit, running July 17-September 5. Not a member? Join Now!


Porch Party
Thursday, July 17
7-9 pm
Parachute Factory Gallery
319 Peck Street, Erector Square, New Haven

Join us at the Parachute Factory Gallery for a mid-summer evening of music, storytelling, refreshments and an informal tour of the current exhibit Routes with some of the exhibiting artists. At 7:15 pm, artist-in-residence and exhibition participant Derek Leka will give a talk about his site specific installation. For more info, call (203) 772-2788.


Artists' Reception for Jennifer Davies and Lisa Keskinen
Tuesday, September 9
5-7 pm
Gallery 195
NewAlliance Bank, 4th Floor, New Haven

Join us for the opening reception of our latest Gallery 195 exhibition, featuring the work of local artists Jennifer Davies and Lisa Keskinen.


PRESS RELEASES


Routes at The Parachute Factory Gallery

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with the Yale Program for Recovery and the Community Health and Community Services Network of Greater New Haven, presents Routes at The Parachute Factory Gallery at Erector Square, 319 Peck Street, Building 1, New Haven. This inaugural exhibit takes place from May 20 to September 5, with a reception on Tuesday, May 20, 4 to 7pm. The public is invited to attend. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday and Thursday, 10 am to 2 pm.

Routes, a multimedia group exhibition, brings together 10 artists whose works explore actual and metaphorical maps, networks and pathways. Featured artists include Scott Andresen of Brooklyn, NY; Naomi Darling and Leila Daw of Branford; Jennifer Jane, Martha Lewis, Lawrence Morelli, Meena Negishi and Steve Tarquino of New Haven; Derek Leka of West Haven; and Jonathan Waters of Stony Creek.

The Arts Council is a regional non-profit membership arts organization dedicated to enhancing, developing and promoting opportunities for artists, arts organizations and audiences throughout the Greater New Haven area. The Arts Council strives to build a vibrant artistic and cultural community that is representative of all disciplines, fiscally strong, supportive of all artists and organizations, rich in ethnic and socioeconomic diversity and accessible to all audiences.

A unique new initiative of the Community Services Network of Greater New Haven (CSN) and the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH), The Parachute Factory seeks to foster community health through the arts by sponsoring interdisciplinary, artistic programs and collaborations that expand opportunity for people within the greater New Haven community. PRCH conducts research, training, education and policy development in the field of behavioral health. Its guiding philosophy is recovery, defined as the regaining of a person’s place in the community as a way of living with and living beyond the experiences of mental illness and addiction. The CSN, administered by the Yale Department of Psychiatry through the Connecticut Mental Health Center, is a consortium of 18 community-based organizations that provide a variety of behavioral health services to people throughout the greater New Haven area. The mission of the CSN is to help families and individuals enjoy meaningful and satisfying lives through the coordination of recovery-oriented clinical, housing, social rehabilitation, vocational, and other services.

For further information about this exhibition, please call the Arts Council at 203-772-2788.


Cultural Exchange at Small Space Gallery
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven presents Cultural Exchange at the Small Space Gallery at 70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor. The exhibit takes place from June 7 to July 11 at the Arts Council’s offices, with a reception on Saturday, June 7, 4 to 7pm. The public is invited to attend. Regular gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Cultural Exchange features a selection of works painted by art students from the National School of Visual Art in Krakow, Poland. The show is organized by Monika Jastrzebiec Czepielewska and Stanislaw Zielinski. Featured artists include: Kazimierz Borkowski, Jessica Czajkowska, Ewa Gorska, Katarzyna Kwater, Anna Lukasik, Weronika Tyrpa and Tomasz Zajac.

The Arts Council is a regional non-profit membership arts organization dedicated to enhancing, developing and promoting opportunities for artists, arts organizations and audiences throughout the Greater New Haven area. The Arts Council strives to build a vibrant artistic and cultural community that is representative of all disciplines, fiscally strong, supportive of all artists and organizations, rich in ethnic and socioeconomic diversity and accessible to all audiences.

For further information about this exhibition, please call the Arts Council at 203-772-2788.

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