Be sure to come join us for the opening of the Hartford Art School Faculty Exhibition on Tuesday, September 7th at the Joseloff Gallery!

This Thursday, at Video Sudio upstairs in the Hartford Art School starting at 5:30 PM. Be there! Learn more about Blow Up.

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Thanks to Chris Piascik and Alphabet Arm for an amazing exhibit in the Silpe Gallery at the Hartford Art School.

BLDGBLOG is a remarkable blog that explores the world of architectural conjecture, urban speculation, and landscape futures. Geoff Manaugh recently published The BLDGBLOG Book, which contains articles, interviews, illustrations and tons of perspective on architecture. He recently did an interview which offers some great insight to what the book is truly about.

Type of Type is a group show exhibiting the work Professor Santanu Majumdar's Experimental Type class. The opening reception is May 15th at 5:00PM and the exhibit runs until Thursday, May 20th at the Silpe Gallery at the Hartford Art School.

First Sight is an exhibit of photographs from Hartford Art School students. The opening reception is Thursday, May 6th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. The exhibit is taking place at Art-Full at Blue Back Square, 63 Raymond Street, West Hartford, Connecticut. The exhibit will run through May 29th and the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Saturday from 3:00 to 6:00 PM.

Your invited to Video Night on Wednesday, May 5th at 7:30 PM in the Video Studio at the Hartford Art School!

The BFA Senior Exhibit for Photography will be having a second installation at Artspace in Hartford.

The Media Arts Department BFA Exhibit is from April 16th to the 22nd. It opens on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 from
5:00 to 8:00 PM. The exhibit includes the work of Kevin Kelly, Michael Maleszyk, Danielle Payne, Seth Marx, and
Brian W. Moreland.

Kate Bingaman-Burt will be conducting a video chat artist talk on Thursday, April 15th at 7:30 PM in room E203D in the design department of Harry Jack Gray Center. The talk is organized by the AIGA Student Group.

Kate Bingaman-Burt founded Obsessive Consumption in 2002 and has documented her personal consumption in many different mediums. Her first book, Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today? has been published by Princeton Architectural Press in April 2010.

She lives in Portland, Oregon where, along with being an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University, she also makes piles of work about consumerism (zines! pillows! dresses! drawings! paper chains! photos!) She happily draws for other good people too (IDEO, Madewell, ReadyMade Magazine, The New York Times, Wieden + Kennedy).

The Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School is proud to announce the opening of “A Couple of Ways of Doing Something” a traveling exhibition from Aperture Foundation featuring photography by Chuck Close and poems by Bob Holman. The exhibition will run through June 27, 2010 and will open with a public reception on Wednesday, April 14, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in the Joseloff Gallery.

The above text is an excerpt from the Joseloff Gallery's blog.

The Painting Department presents William Bailey as part of the Auerbach Lecutre Series at the Hartford Art School.
Please join us on Thursday, April 15th at 2:30 PM in Wilde Auditorium.

Hartford Art School students anf faculty are going on a trip to New York City on April 16th, as the time gets closer ticks will be available at the front desk for the bus. See photos here from last years spring bus trip to Boston.

The Senior Exhibit for Visual Communication Design is opening the first weekend in April at Artspace

Professional Opening / April 9th from 4:00 to 7:00
Opening Reception / April 10th from 5:00 to 8:00

555 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut
View the work of the seniors on the exhibit website.

The Young Barbarians is the BFA Painting Exhibit at the Hartford Art School in the Silpe Gallery. The opening reception is Saturday, April 10th at the Silpe Gallery from 4:00 to 6:00 and then at the Design Center from 6:00 to 9:00.

The Silpe Gallery is open Monday to Friday, from 10:00 to 4:00 and on Sunday from 11:00 to 3:00.
The Design Center is located at 1429 Park Street in Hartford, Connecticut.

What If? 60x60x60
Screening Thursday April 29, 2010 at 7:30pm
Party afterwards, please join us!

Part of New Media Curious Experimental Moving Images Festival
Tickets $10, $8 ATNE Members
Limited tickets available at the door
Buy advance tickets here

Media artist Gene Gort and composer/sound artist Ken Steen of New Media New Music New England bring us an audience participatory experiment in audio and video called What If? 60x60x60. The project uses 60 video clips and 60 sound compositions that are 60 seconds in duration each. Contributors of the clips were selected from a call to New England mediamakers. During the event, audience members select one number each from a video and audio designated list.
These selections will determine the evening's program of 60 works, resulting in a 60 minute screening. What If? 60x60x60 investigates the serendipitous relationship of sound and moving image in terms of coincidence, shifting context and potential meanings that result. Participating artists include Bebe Beard, Halsey Burgund, Gene Gort, Eva Lee, Sara Rushford, Ken Steen and others. Gort, Steen, and others will discuss the project following the screening.

See What If? 60x60x60 online

For further information:
www.axiomart.org
www.nmnmne.org

Producer Ed Wierzbicki explores the collaborative projects of Gene Gort and Ken Steen on All Things Connecticut on CPTV April 8th at 8:00 PM. Wierzbicki visits the pair during their residence at the I-Park Artists' Enclave in East Haddam, Connecticut this past summer. The segment discusses their collaborative process, the significance of art and technology, the Reliquary of Labor project for the New Britain Museum and their new work, Each to Each, a new media chamber opera.

Update
You can view the video from the program here.

Join us at the Hartford Art School's Silpe Gallery for the opening of Guilty by Association: Art + Design by Chris Piascik and Alphabet Arm. The show will feature a broad selection of their design work as well as art pieces.

The opening is Tuesday, April 6th from 6:30 to 9:00 and will feature a Gallery Talk at 7:00 pm. The show runs from April 4th to the 8th. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00 to 4:30, and weekends by appointment.

Chris Piascik is a graphic designer & artist. He is part-owner and a designer for Print Brigade, an apparel and print company. In 2008, the American Institute of Graphic Arts selected his poster design as a winning entry for its Get Out the Vote campaign. Distributed nationwide and displayed in conjunction with the Republican and Democratic national conventions, Chris’s poster was also part of the Declare Yourself campaign. He holds degrees in Visual Communication Design and Art History from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, where he has taught design courses. Chris’ work has been awarded numerous times in the CADC Annual Awards show, including a Judge’s Award for his student work. He posts daily drawings Monday through Friday at his blog/portfolio site, chrispiascik.com.

Alphabet Arm is a full service design studio specializing in bold, creative and distinctive print design solutions. In addition to specializing in music-based design, Alphabet Arm has expanded and diversified its client base to include advertising and word-of-mouth agencies, entertainment venues, entrepreneurial start-ups, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations and retailers.

The event is co-sponsored by CADC and the Hartford Art School.

Thanks to C.F. Payne for visiting the Hartford Art School!
Photos from Roger Castonguay of The Defining Photo, '07

The Hartford Art School recently had their open house, thanks to everyone who attended!
Photos from Roger Castonguay of The Defining Photo, '07

The Point is an exhibit presented the Media Arts Department in Media Box 1 on the second floor of the Hartford Art School.
It will be on display from March 30th to April 6th.

The Media Arts department at the Hartford Art School presents Visiting Artist, Patty Chang.
She will be giving a talk on Tuesday April 20th, 2010 at 2:00 PM in Wilde Auditorium.