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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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