Photos from Roger Castonguay of The Defining Photo, '07

Photos from Roger Castonguay of The Defining Photo, '07

Power Boothe and Carol Padberg recently had the opening for their exhibits and the New Britian Museum of Art, more information is here.

Photos from Roger Castonguay of The Defining Photo, '07

The Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School is proud to announce the opening of the 22nd annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Student Exhibition and Awards Presentation, on Thursday, February 17, 2011 with public reception from 5-7pm in the Joseloff Gallery.

Submissions drop offs are February 2nd through 4th.
More information here.

Don't miss Jake Barton from Local Projects!

The members of the Hartford Art School Print Club would love to show you all that is involved with this mysterious and exciting art form. Please join us for an evening of demonstrations, education, delicious food and a raffle to support the Hartford Foodshare’s.

Come to our Open Studio and watch our talented students print. They will working with each medium an ready to answer any questions you may have. All of the presses in the shop will be humming! Printing will be done in Intaglio, Lithography, Monotype, Relief, Letterpress and Book Arts! We are so excited to show you what we do!

At the Hartford Art School, first floor
November 18th 2010
5:00-8:00pm

This event is a free and open to the public. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the event.

The Hartford Print Workshop will take place from November 8th to the 12th. Jenny Robinson will be working on a monotype in the printshop all wekk. There will be an artist talk on Wednesday at 2:15 in the printshop.

Please RSVP online, click here.

Kim Mikenis, The Human Light Box in Knock Twice To Enter (A Shadow Puppet Fort Show)

8:00 pm (show will begin shortly after and run roughly half an hour)
56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT 06106, Suite 100

Kim is a sculptor, assembler, collager, painter, animator, sewer (soh-er, not soo-er), and puppeteer. This CATALOGUE performance is the quintessential Halloween pre-party. There will be a tunnel. There will be drinks. There will be a fort made of sheets, cushions, carpets and candy (candy will be in the fort. You can't eat the fort). Check out Kim: sharkinmysink.com

Kim Mikenis creates beautiful, ephemeral environments that are both haunting and womb-like. Using audio, puppets, light, and other objects and contraptions, she will perform original stories for us, as we watch from within our fort. She'll be working hard, filling our heads with oddities, candy, and narrative splendor. This is a puppet show. The performance will begin shortly after 8:00pm and run for roughly half an hour. Happy Halloween, boo.

CATALOGUE is a monthly event that showcases artists, musicians and other creative endeavors, and is hosted by Joe Saphire and Nick Rice. The event is a collaboration between artist, curator, community and space. Contact us for directions or questions at CATA.info.LOGUE@gmail.com, and please pass this invitation along to those we might have missed.

Join us for Judy Fox on Wednesday, October 26th!

Dirty for a Reason Club presents their Halloween Party! Come carve a clay pumpkin, solve a murder mystery, play games, dance, eat and wear a costume! Our party is on Wednesday the 20th at 7:30 in the Ceramics Studio. Win a prize for your costume or win a prize to be the first to solve our murder mystery – Bring all your friends for a fun time!

Hartford Art School professor Bill Thomson will be having a book signing on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Paris in Plantsville!

Established, nationally recognized and award winning illustrator Bill Thomson just recently published a book entitled "Chalk". Thomson has illustrated various children books titles in the past such as "Karate Hour" "Baseball Hour" and "Building with Dad". He's currently an Illustration professor at the Hartford Art School in West Hartford, Connecticut.

We will have many of the original artworks on display, and books for sale ready to be signed by Bill Thomson himself. Bring your children! This a great outing for kids! Thomson's illustrations are fun, energetic and great for all ages!

15 West Main Street
Plantsville, CT

All Hartford Art School students are welcome to attend our annual bus trip to New York City this coming Friday. See the front desk in order to buy your ticket.

Announcing Sculpture Club! Please join us This Friday at 1:30 PM in the Sculpture Building. All are welcome!

Good luck with all of your classes and we look forward to seeing what we will all create this year!
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The illustration on the cover of the Aug. 2 issue of Time magazine was created right here on campus, as students in the University’s unique MFA in Illustration program watched.

The Aug. 2 issue of Time, which hit newsstands on Friday, July 23, features a cover story titled “The Case Against Summer Vacation.” The cover illustration shows a seemingly carefree boy, wearing nothing but shorts and a baseball cap, enjoying a lazy summer day by skipping a rock across a pond.

Well-known illustrator Chris Payne (whose work appears under the name C.F. Payne) created the illustration on July 19 and 20 as he was teaching in one of the art studios in the Harry Jack Gray Center.

Excerpt above from UNotes, read the full article.

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

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