Open Studio Hartford 2019

Open Studio Hartford

Artist posters for Hartford Athletic

[Poster by Corey Pane]

Hartford Athletic starts playing games in its new home Dillon Stadium on July 13, and each week the fans will be greeted by a new poster custom-designed by a local artist.

A 12 by 18 inch poster, similar to rock-concert posters, will be designed for each home game, says to Cynthia Bulaong, executive director of Artists in Real Time, which is coordinating the project with the professional soccer team. The posters will hang in the stadium for each day’s game and be sold to the public.

See Hartford Courant article by Susan Dunne.

Sol LeWitt: A LIfe of Ideas

New bio details artist Sol LeWitt’s complex, contentious relationship with Hartford

Lary Bloom will be speaking about “Sol LeWitt: A LIfe of Ideas" on June 2, 4 p.m., at Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester; June 5, at 5:30 p.m. Lyman-Allyn Museum, New London; Sept. 5, 7 p.m., Institute Library, New Haven; Sept. 12, 5:30 at NBMAA; and Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at Florence Griswold Museum.

Art in Hartford's Empty Storefronts

Empty storefronts of Hartford have been filled with dozens of artworks.
By SUSAN DUNNE
HARTFORD COURANT - APR 09, 2019

For years, Union Place in Hartford has been a forlorn sight, with 157 linear feet of empty storefronts. Until now.

The three vacant properties across the street from the train station have been filled with 31 pieces of art by 16 local artists to be observed by passers-by.

Gallerist Eric Ben-Kiki, working with Union Place Realty property manager Lisa Drazen, has finished the installation of a pop-up art gallery called the “Inside Out Project: Hartford” as a way of "weaving contemporary art into people’s daily lives.”

An opening reception, with many of the artists present, will be April 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. on the sidewalk outside the storefronts, and inside the former Seven Sins bar, which is one of the vacancies that Drazen wants to fill.

FULL ARTICLE

"The Tongue is an Eye": Jan. 11 - March 17

https://www.usj.edu/arts/art-museum/exhibition/upcoming/tongue-is-an-eye/

"The Tongue is an Eye": 

POETRY, THE VISUAL ARTS, AND WALLACE STEVENS

Connecticut poets mine the collection of the Art Museum for works that capture the spirit of poems by Wallace Stevens.

JANUARY 11 – MARCH 17, 2019

LECTURE 

January 30, 7:00 p.m.

Painting Poetry: Contemporary Artists Interpret Wallace Stevens

Glen MacLeod, Ph.D., University of Connecticut

POETRY READING 

March 6, 7:00 p.m.

Exhibition Curators Dennis Barone, James Finnegan

and other participating poets

HOURS T, W, F, Sat 11:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.;

Th 11:00 a.m. — 7:00 p.m.; Sun 1:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.

860.231.5399 • www.usj.edu/artmuseum

Art Museum - USJ

1678 Asylum Avenue

West Hartford, CT 06117-2764