For those already comfortable making metal sculpture, take your practice to the next level and develop new ideas using all types of materials.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20.

9 Week Session: Tuesdays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 9/3–10/29

9 sessions: $506.00; Capacity: 8

Are you looking to improve your throwing skills? Seeking to center your clay and yourself? Do you need a hand . . . with hand building? My class offers an opportunity to work towards your goals in clay and further your individual projects with differentiated instruction. Sign up to get started or to hone your ceramic skills. All levels welcome.

Wear clothes that can get dirty and closed toe shoes.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only. Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Tuesdays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 9/3–12/10

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 12

This is a true story. It’s the 90s in rural Falcon, Colorado. Six teenage girls on the FFA horse judging team are determined to make it to nationals come hell or high water. But to do that, they must grapple with jealousy, rivalries, sex, Jesus, AOL chat rooms, impossible expectations, and rumors of a serial killer. Hilary Bettis’s falcon girls is an achingly funny and brutally honest coming of age memoir–and a love letter to the girls she grew up with and the horses who saved their lives.

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Wednesdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/4–12/11

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 13

You decide – explore multiple printmaking techniques and processes or deepen your practice in one area. Use etching, drypoint, woodcut, linocut, monotype, transfer prints, paper lithography, polymer plate lithography, collagraph, silk aquatint, transfer prints, or Chine-collé. Learn new techniques or connect printmaking to other artistic media.

Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.

Free and open to the public.

This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 24-December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m., except for Thursday, November 28 when the ISM is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

View details about the art exhibit on the event website.

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 23 at 5 p.m. View details here.

Join Elizabeth Kitson, Public Education Coordinator, Yale University Art Gallery, and Principal Flutist, Wallingford and Catskill Symphony Orchestras, for a live performance of excerpts from the Western classical music flute repertoire, coupled with guided looking at artworks in the museum’s collection. Experience how music and art can inform each other and our understanding of both. 

Space is limited.  

This year, Sleeping Giant State Park turns 100. Yet the path to creating one of Connecticut’s most beloved public hiking destinations was neither quick nor easy. Trina Mace Learned will illustrate the fascinating story during a presentation, “The Founding of Sleeping Giant State Park,” at the New Haven Museum on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 6 p.m., preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m. Register for this free event here.

Learned’s dynamic story of the park’s creation reflects early 20th-century conflicting priorities and hard-reached resolutions: destructive commercial interests, the public’s passion for preservation, and thorny legal battles. The cast includes neighboring businessmen, Yale scholars, captains of industry, and the Park Association’s founding members whose love for “the Giant” ultimately prevailed. Learned will follow 25 years of twists and turns that culminated in the beautiful park we love today. 

Comprised of two miles of traprock mountaintop resembling the profile of a man lying in repose, the Sleeping Giant range was seen by Indigenous peoples (mostly Quinnipiac) as the embodiment of Hobbomock, a mischievous giant prone to temper tantrums (Hobbomock purportedly stomped his foot in Middletown, redirecting the path of the Connecticut River to Old Saybrook). Legend has it that Kietan, a benevolent spirit, enticed Hobbomock to fill his pockets with minerals and oysters and lie down to slumber in the Mount Carmel region of Hamden, where he remains to this day. 

Prior to becoming a state park, the Sleeping Giant range was mostly undeveloped forest owned by many different parties. A few cabins were built by owners along the mountain’s various ridges; trails were developed largely for them to access their property. 

In 1911, landowner Judge Willis Cook leased the Giant’s “head” to Connecticut Trap Rock Quarries for 20years, renewable for another 20 years. The quarrying was continuous, and, Learned notes, rather destructive, through the remainder of Cook’s life. Meanwhile, James Toumey, the dean of the recently established Yale School of Forestry, sought public stewardship of the forestland on Sleeping Giant. He worked with donors to obtain privately held land parcels on the mountain (much of the land from the chest to the feet) and formed an organization to present those properties to the state, creating the state park in 1924. When Cook died in 1930, his wife inherited the property, then arranged for the Park Association to purchase it. The quarry lease was bought out by the Park Association in 1933.

As it did a century ago, society continues to experience tension and conflict between social desires, conservation, and commercial development interests, making the story of Sleeping Giant still relevant today. Learned asks, “Is what’s good for society – here the preservation of a large swath of public land – more important than financial gain by a few enterprising landowners?”

Learn the basics of preparing and operating a loom. Participants will weave a sampler piece combining a wide range of useful weaves. Beginning students will complete one or two simple projects of their choice by the end of this term. Intermediate and advanced students will weave projects with more complex structures using multi-harness looms.

Beginning students have a materials fee of $18 payable to the instructor.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

6 Week Session: Wednesdays, 6–9 pm, 10/30–12/11, No class 11/27

6 sessions: $324.00; Capacity: 10

This advanced five week on-line course is designed to strengthen an understanding of how to form a body of work. It will consist of critiques, assignments, and presentations of master photographers. The class is for students who wish to take their work to the next level.

Please bring 6-10 images to the first session and an 8-15 image portfolio will be required for the final class.

Portfolio review required for admission. Please submit samples to pfcrowley@aol.com.

There will be an invited guest artist to critique one class.

Note: The class meets every other week online and the Zoom link will be in registration confirmation email.

Learn traditional and experimental printmaking processes, concentrating in one area or exploring many. Etch like Rembrandt, Goya, and Kentridge; monotype like Degas, Masur, and Oliveira; woodcut like Dürer and Frankenthaler; lithograph like Kollwitz and Rauschenberg. Combine other media with printmaking.

Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Wednesdays, 7–10 pm, 9/4–12/11

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 13

Veteran book arts expert Gisela Noack brings her many years of skill and experience in restoration and conservation to students working on their own advanced bookbinding or restoration projects.

Enrollment in this class includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session per week.

This is a true story. It’s the 90s in rural Falcon, Colorado. Six teenage girls on the FFA horse judging team are determined to make it to nationals come hell or high water. But to do that, they must grapple with jealousy, rivalries, sex, Jesus, AOL chat rooms, impossible expectations, and rumors of a serial killer. Hilary Bettis’s falcon girls is an achingly funny and brutally honest coming of age memoir–and a love letter to the girls she grew up with and the horses who saved their lives.

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Want to try something new? Build your existing skills to grow ideas in a stimulating group of intermediate and advanced potters. Individual projects are encouraged, with demonstrations designed to inspire new ways of looking at throwing, hand-building, and overall design.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

14 Week Session: Thursdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/5–12/12, No class 11/29

14 sessions: $756.00; Capacity: 12

Learn the various approaches to creating metal sculptures, including welding (oxyacetylene and MIG), brazing, cutting (torch and plasma cutter), hammering, and more.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Students should wear 100% cotton long sleeves, jeans or work pants, and closed-toe boots. No synthetic mesh, plastic, or cloth.

Note: This class is 13 weeks – one day off in October (date TBD) and one day off for Thanksgiving (11/28/24)

The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $40.

13 Week Session: Thursdays, 10 am–1 pm, 9/5–12/12, No class 11/28

13 sessions: $742.00; Capacity: 8

Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.

Free and open to the public.

This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 24-December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m., except for Thursday, November 28 when the ISM is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

View details about the art exhibit on the event website.

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 23 at 5 p.m. View details here.

Annie Sailer teaches modern dance classes in the New Haven area. The classes emphasize pelvis / spine initiated, free-flow, whole body movement and include a floor and standing warm-up followed by big, spatial movement sequences across the floor. All students receive individual attention to alignment and movement issues. The class atmosphere is friendly, non-competitive, and professional. Adults of all ages are welcome. $18 per class, $150 for 10 class card.

Using both hand-building techniques and the potter’s wheel, participants learn the foundational skills needed to create basic ceramic cups, bowls, and floral containers. As students refine these skills, they will work on more complex projects. This will enable them to combine techniques, push their creativity, and practice creative problem-solving.

Glazing, slips, and other surface treatments will be explored. There will be instructor demonstrations and individual consultations. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

14 Week Session: Thursdays, 3:30–6 pm, 9/5–12/12, No class 11/28

14 sessions: $630.00; Capacity: 12

Creating a canvas painting of a sugar skull can be a vibrant and creative project! Sugar skulls often feature intricate patterns, floral motifs, and geometric shapes and are often adorned with bold colors such as reds, yellows, blues, greens, and purples.

Join Ysa in this workshop for step-by-step instructions to create your own sugar skull painting using acrylic paints.

Using a copper plate with various resist techniques, lines, textures, or tones (areas of continuous color) are etched into the plate using a mild acid, a process used from the Renaissance to modern times.

Students will learn various techniques of mark-making, from incising lines to stencils. The class will cover the use of various “grounds”, used to cover the plate, both traditional and environmentally friendly alternatives. Demos will feature different types of water-based inks, B.I.G. and Lascaux grounds, and coffee-lift techniques and will also cover different inking techniques, including multiple colors (A La Poupée) and 2-plate registration.

Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

If you are interested in making ceramic pieces for the home, this class is for you.

Making functional pots is important to all levels of students, whether you throw pots on the wheel or prefer to build by hand. Students will learn ways to modify forms to create pieces uniquely their own.

Classes will include various techniques for pot making as well as considerations pertaining to each form. Surface treatments including engobes, stains, and glazes will also be covered.

Both teacher demonstrations and one-on-one student instruction will occur each week.

Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

14 Week Session: Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 9/5–12/12, No class 11/28

14 sessions: $756.00; Capacity: 12

Learn basic metalsmithing for making jewelry, developing new skills, or strengthen existing ones. Weekly demonstrations introduce tools and techniques required for working with nonferrous sheet metal and wire. Demonstrations may include sawing, filing, cold-connecting, soldering, surface embellishment, forging, shaping, fold forming, finishing, and patina coloring.

11 Week Session: Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 9/19–12/5, No class 11/28

11 sessions: $634.00; Capacity: 8

Silkscreen/serigraph printmaking is a highly versatile process used to transfer images onto a variety of surfaces.

Students will transfer photo images (photography, drawing, painting, or multimedia art) to the printing screens and print onto paper, fabric, or wood panel. Image separations (digital and hand) to print images with more than one color as well as learning how to register multiple colors for printing will be discussed. Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

The tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

10 Week Session: Thursdays, 7–10 pm, 9/5–11/7

10 sessions: $560.00; Capacity: 8

This is a true story. It’s the 90s in rural Falcon, Colorado. Six teenage girls on the FFA horse judging team are determined to make it to nationals come hell or high water. But to do that, they must grapple with jealousy, rivalries, sex, Jesus, AOL chat rooms, impossible expectations, and rumors of a serial killer. Hilary Bettis’s falcon girls is an achingly funny and brutally honest coming of age memoir–and a love letter to the girls she grew up with and the horses who saved their lives.

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Are you looking to improve your throwing skills? Seeking to center your clay and yourself? Do you need a hand . . . with hand building? My class offers an opportunity to work towards your goals in clay and further your individual projects with differentiated instruction. Sign up to get started or to hone your ceramic skills. All levels welcome.

Wear clothes that can get dirty and closed toe shoes.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only. Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

14 Week Session: Fridays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/6–12/13, No class 11/29

14 sessions: $756.00; Capacity: 12

Annie Sailer teaches modern dance classes in the New Haven area. The classes emphasize pelvis / spine initiated, free-flow, whole body movement and include a floor and standing warm-up followed by big, spatial movement sequences across the floor. All students receive individual attention to alignment and movement issues. The class atmosphere is friendly, non-competitive, and professional. Adults of all ages are welcome. $18 per class, $150 for 10 class card.

Monitored sessions for participants with experience, and approved by an instructor or department head. Please note there is no instruction during these sessions.  Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

14 Week Session: Fridays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 9/6–12/13, No class 11/29

14 sessions: $546.00; Capacity: 13

Afrique en Cirque is a show by Yamoussa Bangoura, inspired by daily life in Guinea. This performance shares the beauty, youth and artistry of African culture. A colorful show beyond its scenery, costumes and staging, it makes any theatre vibrate with energy and represents the strength, agility and life's joys of young Africans. The audience will see acrobats execute gravity-defying moves and human pyramids, accompanied by the contemporary sounds of live Afro-Jazz, percussion, and kora.

This is a true story. It’s the 90s in rural Falcon, Colorado. Six teenage girls on the FFA horse judging team are determined to make it to nationals come hell or high water. But to do that, they must grapple with jealousy, rivalries, sex, Jesus, AOL chat rooms, impossible expectations, and rumors of a serial killer. Hilary Bettis’s falcon girls is an achingly funny and brutally honest coming of age memoir–and a love letter to the girls she grew up with and the horses who saved their lives.

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show - New Haven, CT

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Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Explore print processes using safe water-soluble inks and novel plate supports. Develop personal imagery utilizing woodcut, linocut, etching, drypoint, monotype, monoprint, trace monotype, collagraph, embossment, Chine-collé, Solar Plates, and multiple inking and printing techniques. Experiment with innovative plate supports, mark-making tools, archival rag and Japanese papers, non-traditional inking procedures, and other approaches to image-making.

All inks, rollers, plate supports, newsprint, print tools, presses, soap, and water are supplied. Some print papers are supplied and students are welcome to bring their own.

Show up for your creative self in 2024 with the Saturday Drawing Club.

Explore weekly prompts and materials combined with a mix of conversation, creative time, and feedback. Bring an ongoing project or start from scratch.

8 Week Session: Saturdays, 10 am–12 pm, 9/14–11/2

8 sessions: $410.00; Capacity: 12

Welcome to the winter holidays with celebrations for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Three-Kings Day, Yule (Winter Solstice), Boxing Day (Saint Stephen’s Day), Ōmisoka, Soyal, St. Lucia’s Day, and many others.

Using Procreate, the students will learn to draw objects that symbolize holidays, create collages from personal photos, and convey interesting stories in accordance with their own style.

iPads and pencils will be provided.

Creativity meets skill development for our youngest artists!

Students will learn representational drawing and painting through observation of real objects and images. They’ll explore color theory, texture creation, and value with pencils, pastels, watercolors, and tempera. The focus is on developing eye-hand coordination, drawing skills, and fostering creativity in a supportive environment.

Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

12 Week Session: Saturdays, 10–11:30 am, 9/7–11/23

12 sessions: $470.00; Capacity: 6

Explore, learn, and practice drawing exercises and techniques in a supportive environment. Increase visual perception, skills and confidence, and develop your unique style. Work with drawing pencils, charcoal, pastels, watercolor and ink/pens. Weekly demos and exercises include mark-making, line, value, form, texture and shading. Subjects include animals, everyday objects, portraits, autumn and nature inspirations, as well as students’ interests. We draw from observation, references and imagination. All materials provided. Join us!

No typical sand or slides at this playground!

CAW’s playground has colored sand, wood, clay, tempera and watercolor paints, markers, tissue paper and more items than we have space to list here. Students will use all these supplies to create projects including masks, paper dolls, animals, birds, insects, portraits, and imaginary creatures.

How will they do all this? By cutting, folding, stomping, splashing, blending, texturing, painting, and coloring (after they mix their own unique colors).

Bet you wish you could stay too!

12 Week Session: Saturdays, 12–1:30 pm, 9/7–11/23

12 sessions: $470.00; Capacity: 8

Approach new subjects and media with curiosity and excitement as students learn who they are as creators. Focus will be on the basic principles of drawing and painting with an emphasis on exploration of materials and techniques.

Unleash your imagination with Procreate.

Students will be introduced to the different brushes, principle of layers, color palette, alpha lock, effects, and symmetry using 48 brushes including sets of pencils, inks, paint brushes, and digital tools. And most importantly, they will understand how to create their own unique illustrations.

iPads and pencils will be provided.

Annie Sailer teaches modern dance classes in the New Haven area. The classes emphasize pelvis / spine initiated, free-flow, whole body movement and include a floor and standing warm-up followed by big, spatial movement sequences across the floor. All students receive individual attention to alignment and movement issues. The class atmosphere is friendly, non-competitive, and professional. Adults of all ages are welcome. $18 per class, $150 for 10 class card.

Inspired by the autumnal colors, learn to create your own colors for painting.

Expand your awareness of color using the phenomenon of simultaneous contrast (two adjacent colors influencing each other and changing one’s perception of these colors), and create color studies and one-day paintings using acrylic paints.

Join us to celebrate this year's Awardees!

Maritza Rosa

C. Newton Schenck III Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts 

Maritza Rosa is a true champion for her community, dedicating her life to ensuring that everyone has access to the resources they need to succeed. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Maritza began her studies at the Inter American University in Rio Piedras and then transferred to Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY, where she obtained her Bachelors of Science Degree in Urban Bilingual Education, a Master’s Degree of Science in Education at Long Island University and her Six Year at Bridgeport University.

Jesse Hameen II

C. Newton Schenck III Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts 

Drummer Jesse Hameen II is a musician with a mission. He is dedicated to entertaining and inspiring others to attain a higher level of spiritual consciousness. Driven by his desire, he encourages others to know that life's conditions can be changed and improved. Jesse is a “Human Excellence Advocate”.

Ruby Melton

C. Newton Schenck III Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts 

Ruby Melton practiced maritime and international law at the New York firm of Nourse & Bowles before re-joining the Switzerland-based Louis Dreyfus Group, one of the world’s oldest commodities merchants, where she began her career in 1973. Ruby earned a B.A. in English and French Literature from Hollins College (now Hollins University), where she graduated as Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

Evelyn Massey

Entrepreneur; Owner of Noir Vintage & Co.

Evelyn Massey was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. Evelyn earned a cosmetologist license and worked as a celebrity makeup artist for over 30 years. Her work has appeared in several publications, including the prestigious magazine VOGUE ITALIA. In the 1990s she was part of the opening of the MAC Cosmetics flagship store in Stamford, Connecticut, providing in-house client consultations and advice on makeup and color-matching. After ten years as a MAC artist Evelyn went out on her own as a freelance makeup artist and product developer, launching a successful line of self-designed cosmetics.

She attended Paier College of Art for Interior Design, and received her Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Albertus Magnus College. Evelyn’s studies and talent for design and décor led her to freelance home decoration and home staging, sourcing the interiors sourced from secondhand stores and thrifting excursions. As a Vintage Clothing “pop-up” Entrepreneur she was featured in “Shout Out Atlanta” and “Canvas Rebel” Magazine for two consecutive years, profiling her commitment to sustainability awareness in fashion. Additionally, she is an educator of the issues concerning the “Fast Fashion” industry. “Between the internet and the rising cost of living, many people are buying cheap, less durable clothing” Massey points out, “Now there is an urgency to help people adapt their behavior – away from clothing made of non-biodegradable fabrics, which are bad for the environment, and the manufacturers whose unethical labor practices lead to abuse their workers, predominantly through the illegal use of child laborers and taking advantage of women and desperate people.”

All these experiences, along with the love of fashion and design she discovered when she was 17, inspired Evelyn Massey to open her first vintage shop. Noir Vintage and Company opened in June of 2023 at 111 Court Street, New Haven, conveniently situated between Wooster Square and the historic Town Green. Melding Harlem Renaissance vibes and Parisian influences, Noir Vintage is a parlor-styled shop specializing in pre-loved clothing, decor, and textiles from around the world. “Starting out as a vendor, selling and marketing at pop-ups and markets, and then opening a brick and mortar has been a dream come true!” states Evelyn, with true enthusiasm and pride. “My customers tell me that it is like stepping into another world.” Evelyn Massey credits the City of New Haven by stating “I have benefitted from the proximity and generosity of Dwight Hall at Yale’s “Focus New Haven Program” collaboration with local businesses, NHPL, and my chance to participate in the ConnCorp/Quinnipiac Entrepreneurship Academy First Cohort, as well as the City of New Haven’s “DNA of an Entrepreneur.”

Our House Meriden

Community Organization

Our House Meriden is a nonprofit 501c3 organization located at the childhood home of the founder, Catherine Del Buono. As an artist, a Fulbright Scholar, and community organizer, Ms. Del Buono was inspired to use the house for a free after-school arts program as a way to give back to the kids of Meriden. Our students are from 4th to 6th grade and are found in conjunction with local schools who recommend which kids would most benefit from the free art program. Our experienced art teachers provide a variety of classes, which include Collage, Water Color, and Digital Arts. Our board, teachers, and volunteers believe in the mission and want to help improve our community by starting with our kids. Our House Meriden received a Community Support Award from the Meriden Board of Education as well as numerous grants from several local foundations including the Napier Foundation, CT Humanities, Meriden CDBG, CT Supporting Arts, and Town Fair Tire Foundation. We are also supported by generous individual donations and local businesses. We are excited and honored to receive the 44th Annual Arts Award as we begin our 6th year of classes!

Vivan Las Autonomas

(Co-Directors Vanesa Suarez and Nika Zarazvand Pictured) 

Jamaican American Connection

Cultural Organization

We are a 501 c 3 registered organization. Our mission is to positively promote, educate and celebrate the rich Caribbean/West Indian American culture and the contributions we have made to our "adopted" home! We strive to advance, encourage and foster cultural, educational, and economic wellbeing of the Jamaican and Caribbean/ West Indian communities in the Greater New Haven area. We aim to ensure and promote active and equal participation of Jamaican and Caribbean/West Indian Americans in all aspects of life, such as family, social, economic and political. We are devoted to celebrating, promoting and supporting the positive values and traditions of our diverse Jamaican and Caribbean/West Indian heritage as a means to improve the quality of life for our members, as well as others who subscribe to our goals. 

Zoe Jensen

Connectic*nt co-editor

Yale Camerata is thrilled to begin its 2024–2025 season with a fall concert entitled “Shout for Joy.” The concert will feature the music of Hailstork, Mozart, Hogan, and Harris, as well as exciting music by featured special guest artists. This first concert of the season will feature a collaboration with the engaging professional ensemble The Jason Max Ferdinand Singers.

Repertoire includes:

• Adolphus Hailstork: Shout for Joy
• Wolfgang A. Mozart: Venite Populi, KV 260
• Moses Hogan: This Little Light of Mine
• Christopher Harris: Bring Me All of Your Dreams (featuring text by Langston Hughes)

Free and open to the public.

Livestream link

View event website

Yale Camerata is a seventy-voice vocal ensemble whose members are Yale graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and experienced singers from the New Haven community. Conducted by Dr. Felicia Barber, the ensemble performs a widely varied spectrum of sacred choral literature, with a special commitment to choral music of our time. The Camerata was founded by Marguerite L. Brooks in 1985.

The Jason Max Ferdinand Singers: An Ensemble of Exceptional Talents are a professional choral ensemble of talented musicians and educators from across the US. This engaging ensemble, often referred to as The J. Max Singers, has traveled the world with recent performances in London, Japan, as well as regional and national performances at the American Choral Directors Association and National Collegiate Choral Organization conferences. They bring to each audience their mission of Innovation, Excellence, and Execution. The ensemble was the vision of its founding artistic director, Dr. Jason Max Ferdinand. Ferdinand is a renowned educator, conductor, composer, and speaker. In the past he has made a name for himself as the conductor of the Aeolian Singers of Oakwood University; however, he currently serves as the Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Choral Music at the University of Maryland. Ferdinand is a published author and composer with GIA Publications, featuring the book, Teaching with Heart: Tools for Addressing Societal Challenges Through Music, and The Jason Max Ferdinand Choral Series (Walton Music). Dr. Ferdinand maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and lecturer domestically and internationally at schools, universities, churches, and choral festivals and conferences.

This is a true story. It’s the 90s in rural Falcon, Colorado. Six teenage girls on the FFA horse judging team are determined to make it to nationals come hell or high water. But to do that, they must grapple with jealousy, rivalries, sex, Jesus, AOL chat rooms, impossible expectations, and rumors of a serial killer. Hilary Bettis’s falcon girls is an achingly funny and brutally honest coming of age memoir–and a love letter to the girls she grew up with and the horses who saved their lives.

Discover the artistry of rug tufting, a creative process where participants will sketch a pattern on a cloth, then use a tufting gun to inject the yarn into the cloth.

Participants will delve into the hands-on experience of tufting their own unique designs. The process begins with sketching a pattern on a cloth, followed by using a tufting gun to intricately inject yarn into the fabric canvas. Each participant will be assigned the use of tufting gun and frame, all materials will be provided to create a rug approximately 20" x24". Over the two sessions participants will create a carpet of their own design which they can take home.

What to Expect:

Participants will explore the fascinating world of rug tufting, with each attendee provided with the necessary tools, including a tufting gun and frame. With expert guidance, you'll bring your vision to life, creating a stunning rug approximately 20" x 24".

This class runs over 2 sessions: Sunday 10a - 5p & Monday 6p - 8p. The Monday session is for finishing the backing on your rug. If you cannot make the Monday portion, please inform the instructor so your rugs method can be adjusted to finish in one day. 

Skills Learned:

- Sketching rug designs on cloth

- Operating a tufting gun with precision

- Weaving techniques for texture and color variety

Who Should Take This Class:

This workshop welcomes both beginners and those with some experience eager to explore the art of rug tufting and bring their designs to life.

What's Provided:

- All necessary materials for rug tufting, including yarn and fabric canvas.

- Expert guidance and assistance throughout both sessions.

- Tufting gun and frame assigned for individual use

Reserve your spot now for a captivating journey into the art of rug tufting. Limited spaces available. Unleash your creativity and take home a unique carpet crafted by your own hands!

This class runs over 2 sessions: Sunday 10a - 5p & Monday 6p - 8p. The Monday session is for finishing the backing on your rug. If you cannot make the Monday portion, please inform the instructor so your rugs method can be adjusted to finish in one day. 

Instructor: Vanessa Reyes

Workshop Ticket Fee: $157.00

MakeHaven members: $134.00

You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:

https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=189&reset=1

Scroll to the bottom of the page and complete the information under Register (gray box) and hit submit. You will receive an acknowledgement by email. Questions? Email info@makehaven.org

EveryBody Dances @ Yale Schwarzman Center brings local and visiting dance artists to our Dance Studio to teach masterclasses in jazz, hip hop, salsa, modern, contemporary, precision dance and more! All community members are welcome.

EveryBody Dances @ Yale Schwarzman Center brings local and visiting dance artists to our Dance Studio to teach masterclasses in jazz, hip hop, salsa, modern, contemporary, precision dance and more! All community members are welcome.

Painter Robert Jacoby is FREEWHEELING in New Exhibit at City Gallery

In November, City Gallery welcomes new gallery member Robert Jacoby and his solo-exhibition FREEWHEELING. The show runs November 3 - November 29, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, November 3, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m.- 4 p.m., or by appointment. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

Overcome the mysteries of the sewing machine and discover how fun and easy it can be! Learn the basics of machine sewing including threading, operating, and troubleshooting.

Practice using the machine and then move on to simple projects for yourself or for gift-giving. Choice of projects will include a 4-patch pin cushion, Boho bags, zippered pouch, and items for the home such as pillow covers. Tips for altering clothes can also be covered. Previous students are welcome to attend and work on their own projects.

6 Week Session: Sundays, 1–3:30 pm, 11/3–12/8

6 sessions: $385.00; Capacity: 8

Join us for a laid-back and fun Maker Show & Tell, where we come together to share our latest projects, get inspired by what others are making, and talk about the cool things we’re dreaming up next! Whether you're working on something wild and wonderful, or still brainstorming your next big idea, this is the perfect space to show it off or bounce ideas around. We want to see what you’ve been up to, hear your stories, and get inspired by each other’s creativity.

Whether you're working on something wild and wonderful, or still brainstorming your next big idea, this is the perfect space to show it off or bounce ideas around. We want to see what you’ve been up to, hear your stories, and get inspired by each other’s creativity. Feel free (but not required!) to bring a snack or drink to share. Whether you're a seasoned maker, just starting out, or anywhere in between, this event is for you. Come hang out, make connections, and let’s keep building together!

Hope to see you there! 

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Sign up to share or just RSVP to be in the audience and hear about the cool projects. Feel free (but not required!) to bring a snack or drink to share.

You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:

https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=232&reset=1

Scroll to the bottom of the page and complete the information under Register (gray box) and hit submit. You will receive an acknowledgement by email. Questions? Email info@makehaven.org

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

New and experienced students will focus on making pottery on the wheel.

Start by using methods of wedging, centering, hand and finger positioning for raising a vessel, and positioning one’s body for dealing with a mass of clay on the wheel. Demonstrations will cover the importance of trimming techniques and various forming processes.

Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Mondays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/9–12/16

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 12

Like Art? Like Nature? Registration is now open for summer and fall art classes at the Yale Peabody Museum. Now in its 14th year, the Natural Science Illustration Program offers a variety of nature inspired art classes including drawing, field sketching, watercolor, colored pencil and much more! Choose from live, on-line classes or courses taught in person at the Yale Peabody Museum. All classes are taught by professional instructors and artists. Classes range from one day workshops to eight week courses. Participants must be at least 18 years of age. Learn more about the program and register for classes at https://peabody.yale.edu/education/adult-programs/nsi

Painter Robert Jacoby is FREEWHEELING in New Exhibit at City Gallery

In November, City Gallery welcomes new gallery member Robert Jacoby and his solo-exhibition FREEWHEELING. The show runs November 3 - November 29, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, November 3, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m.- 4 p.m., or by appointment. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

Learn how to make a clamshell box–a box that looks like a book, especially when set on a shelf. The design can be easily adapted in shape and size to accommodate a wide range of objects from prints, small objects, or books. Students will to cut the pieces and construct the two-tray cloth-covered box accented with decorative paper. Many of the basic bookbinding techniques will be taught such as measuring, cutting, and gluing.

No experience necessary. Intermediate students may work on independent box projects.

Create sketches inspired by magic!

Sketch a wizard in robes, holding a wand and emphasize the flowing robes and intricate details of a wand or draw mythical creatures like unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes, and create vibrant colors and intricate patterns on their scales or feathers.

Illustrate a wizard casting a spell with glowing runes or symbols in the air or create a scene of an enchanted forest with glowing mushrooms, whimsical trees, and fairies flitting about.

Experiment with different marker techniques such as blending colors, creating textures, and adding highlights and shadows to bring your magical sketches to life!

Students will create 5 vivid illustrations that can serve as gift cards or enhance a magical interior.

Yes, kids can safely sew on a machine! Learn all about how the machine works and then get sewing with simple projects like a pin cushion and small bags. Students will also learn hand stitching utilizing embroidery threat and felt to create cute animals like a teddy bear, dogs and cats. Embellish your project with fun buttons, sequins, bling, and fancy stitches.

Choice of projects will include small pillows, bags, stuffed animals and more. You’ll be speeding along in no time!

6 Week Session: Mondays, 4:30–6 pm, 10/28–12/2

6 sessions: $182.00; Capacity: 8

Interested in Black and White film photography but not sure how to get started?

We will get you on the road to taking great images, developing your film, and printing in the darkroom or scanning your negatives digitally (hybrid method).

All film formats can be covered. For hybrid methods a darkroom is NOT required. For those wanting silver prints, we offer a complete darkroom setup.

This is a black and white only class. Do not load your film in your camera, we will cover how best to do this in class.

Class also comes with bonus Thursday 6-9 pm studio/darkroom working sessions.

Experienced in Mokuhanga and want more? This class is for you.

Students will explore bokashi gradations, blind embossing, burnishing to add gloss to a mostly matte print, the application of mica and luster powders, and the addition of a final intaglio block printed on one of the studio’s presses. Students are welcome to create new blocks or use blocks produced in previous classes.

Overcome the mysteries of the sewing machine and discover how fun and easy it can be! Learn the basics of machine sewing including threading, operating, and troubleshooting.

Practice using the machine and then move on to simple projects for yourself or for gift-giving. Choice of projects will include a 4-patch pin cushion, Boho bags, zippered pouch, and items for the home such as pillow covers. Tips for altering clothes can also be covered. Previous students are welcome to attend and work on their own projects.

6 Week Session: Mondays, 6:30–8 pm, 10/28–12/2

6 sessions: $172.00; Capacity: 8

This class is for beginners eager to learn all aspects of pottery, as well as returnees who wish to hone their skills. Although the primary focus is on wheel throwing, we will also explore hand-building and ways to combine the two disciplines. Time will additionally be spent on the importance of trimming and glazing.

Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27 and firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis and you are encouraged to take advantage of this.

15 Week Session: Mondays, 7–10 pm, 9/9–12/16

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 12

For aspiring oil or acrylic painters with some fundamental painting skills, this 7-week course will cover the basics of rendering the head and portrait, landscape painting, and spatial deconstruction (Cubism).

Emphasis will be placed on paint handling techniques and the application of color to describe forms and space vividly. Students will learn to identify some of the creative processes involved with perception and visual interpretation.

Come to the first meeting with basic painting supplies, a pencil, and a small mirror or self-portrait photos. Students who have had instruction in the described practices, and would like to continue at a more advanced level, are also welcome.

What would happen on earth after humans disappeared? This experimental opera inhabits a world where humans no longer exist. Experience what The New York Times calls, “…sly and sweet, wistful and winsome and altogether lovable” an ensemble of five vocalist/multi-instrumentalists guide the audience through the changes on Earth as forests grow back, new species evolve, and the human-made world erodes away. This work is a fantastical and playful exploration into the dire political and ethical contradictions that structure current human relations with nature.

What would happen on earth after humans disappeared? This experimental opera inhabits a world where humans no longer exist. Experience what The New York Times calls, “…sly and sweet, wistful and winsome and altogether lovable” an ensemble of five vocalist/multi-instrumentalists guide the audience through the changes on Earth as forests grow back, new species evolve, and the human-made world erodes away. This work is a fantastical and playful exploration into the dire political and ethical contradictions that structure current human relations with nature.

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Develop your pottery skills as you focus on wheel-throwing techniques in stoneware and porcelain.

Lessons will cover both functional and decorative pottery with emphasis on classical forms as we know them. Students will be shown how to apply glazes and/or oxide washes to achieve desired results, such as combining glaze colors and the application of wood ash to create unexpected effects on their work. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27 and firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Tuesdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/3–12/10

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 12

Learn basic metalsmithing for making jewelry, developing new skills, or strengthen existing ones. Weekly demonstrations introduce tools and techniques required for working with nonferrous sheet metal and wire. Demonstrations may include sawing, filing, cold-connecting, soldering, surface embellishment, forging, shaping, fold forming, finishing, and patina coloring.

12 Week Session: Tuesdays, 11 am–2 pm, 9/17–12/3

12 sessions: $688.00; Capacity: 8

Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.

Free and open to the public.

This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 24-December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m., except for Thursday, November 28 when the ISM is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

View details about the art exhibit on the event website.

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 23 at 5 p.m. View details here.

Painter Robert Jacoby is FREEWHEELING in New Exhibit at City Gallery

In November, City Gallery welcomes new gallery member Robert Jacoby and his solo-exhibition FREEWHEELING. The show runs November 3 - November 29, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, November 3, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m.- 4 p.m., or by appointment. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

Stop by the Gallery to participate in a community quilting project, meet new people, and enjoy one another’s company. Learn about and practice traditional patchwork patterns, or improvise on your own design. If you attended the quilting-based Sidewalk Studio this past summer, you may even be able to pick up where you left off. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.  

No experience required; all materials are provided.

Annie Sailer teaches modern dance classes in the New Haven area. The classes emphasize pelvis / spine initiated, free-flow, whole body movement and include a floor and standing warm-up followed by big, spatial movement sequences across the floor. All students receive individual attention to alignment and movement issues. The class atmosphere is friendly, non-competitive, and professional. Adults of all ages are welcome. $18 per class, $150 for 10 class card.

Join Yale Consort for a Requiem Mass service.

Free and open to the public.

Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.

Yale Consort, a newly formed professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.

For full information and schedule, see the ISM's Yale Consort page.

Learn how to make a clamshell box–a box that looks like a book, especially when set on a shelf. The design can be easily adapted in shape and size to accommodate a wide range of objects from prints, small objects, or books. Students will to cut the pieces and construct the two-tray cloth-covered box accented with decorative paper. Many of the basic bookbinding techniques will be taught such as measuring, cutting, and gluing.

No experience necessary. Intermediate students may work on independent box projects.

Plus receive one 3-hour monitored open bench session each week.

Are you looking to improve your throwing skills? Seeking to center your clay and yourself? Do you need a hand . . . with hand building? My class offers an opportunity to work towards your goals in clay and further your individual projects with differentiated instruction. Sign up to get started or to hone your ceramic skills. All levels welcome.

Wear clothes that can get dirty and closed toe shoes.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only. Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Tuesdays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 9/3–12/10

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 12

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Wednesdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/4–12/11

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 13

You decide – explore multiple printmaking techniques and processes or deepen your practice in one area. Use etching, drypoint, woodcut, linocut, monotype, transfer prints, paper lithography, polymer plate lithography, collagraph, silk aquatint, transfer prints, or Chine-collé. Learn new techniques or connect printmaking to other artistic media.

Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.

Free and open to the public.

This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 24-December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m., except for Thursday, November 28 when the ISM is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

View details about the art exhibit on the event website.

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 23 at 5 p.m. View details here.

Painter Robert Jacoby is FREEWHEELING in New Exhibit at City Gallery

In November, City Gallery welcomes new gallery member Robert Jacoby and his solo-exhibition FREEWHEELING. The show runs November 3 - November 29, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, November 3, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m.- 4 p.m., or by appointment. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

Stop by the Gallery to participate in a community quilting project, meet new people, and enjoy one another’s company. Learn about and practice traditional patchwork patterns, or improvise on your own design. If you attended the quilting-based Sidewalk Studio this past summer, you may even be able to pick up where you left off. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.  

No experience required; all materials are provided.

Learn the basics of preparing and operating a loom. Participants will weave a sampler piece combining a wide range of useful weaves. Beginning students will complete one or two simple projects of their choice by the end of this term. Intermediate and advanced students will weave projects with more complex structures using multi-harness looms.

Beginning students have a materials fee of $18 payable to the instructor.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

6 Week Session: Wednesdays, 6–9 pm, 10/30–12/11, No class 11/27

6 sessions: $324.00; Capacity: 10

Explore the art of block printing with linoleum. 

Students will focus on developing their original designs and concepts, prepare a linoleum block to ink and print the results both by hand and on the press. The process for carving and printing a 4” x 6” linoleum block will be demonstrated and a variety of inking and printing processes will be presented. Examples of linoleum prints will be available. All printing inks can be cleaned up using only soap and water.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Join Adam for an inspiring gathering with members of the local woodworking community! At this meetup, we'll come together to brainstorm, share projects, and exchange ideas in a welcoming and collaborative environment.

What to Expect:

Creativity and camaraderie as we connect with fellow woodworkers. Whether you're a seasoned woodworker or just starting out, everyone is welcome to join the conversation, share their projects, and gain inspiration from others. Bring along your latest project, ideas, and questions as we engage in lively discussions and brainstorming sessions.

Goals of the Meetup:

The primary goal of this meetup is to foster a sense of community within the woodworking world and to facilitate the sharing of creative ideas. By coming together, we aim to inspire one another, offer support and encouragement, and strengthen the bonds within our local woodworking community.

Whether you're looking for feedback on a project, seeking inspiration for your next woodworking endeavor, or simply eager to connect with like-minded individuals, this meetup is the perfect opportunity to engage with the woodworking community and ignite your passion for craftsmanship.

Come join us as we celebrate the art of woodworking and embark on a journey of creativity, collaboration, and connection. 

What to Bring:

Snacks/BYOB to share, photos of your project or the project if it’s portable, or just yourself.

You must click below and REGISTER to attend at:

https://www.makehaven.org/civicrm/event/info?id=143&reset=1

Scroll to the bottom of the page and complete the information under Register (gray box) and hit submit. You will receive an acknowledgement by email. Questions? Email info@makehaven.org

Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

15 Week Session: Wednesdays, 7–10 pm, 9/4–12/11

15 sessions: $810.00; Capacity: 13

Veteran book arts expert Gisela Noack brings her many years of skill and experience in restoration and conservation to students working on their own advanced bookbinding or restoration projects.

Enrollment in this class includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session per week.

Save the Date!! Our Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024 Opening Reception is September 26th from 6 – 8PM at CT State Community College Manchester. The show is free and open to all and runs through Nov. 13.

This is the 44th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons. The Annual Show is open to anyone incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated, in Connecticut. The Annual Show is a diverse, inclusive exhibition, featuring new artwork from accomplished artists working in Prison Arts’ collectives and workshops, as well as from artists exhibiting for the first time, and everyone in between. The show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and carpentry projects. Beyond traditional arts supplies, many artworks are made using unique materials, including soap, woven paper bags, and food packaging. The Annual Show is a chance to dignify the constructive endeavors undertaken daily in prison, provide families a chance to connect with their loved ones, and create connections between the prison and the outside community. Don’t miss this powerful community event!

Since 1978, the Prison Arts Program has been working to transform Connecticut’s prisons, and the lives of all those living and working inside those prisons, through the arts.

Community Partners in Action has been assisting those affected by the criminal justice system, while advocating and enabling systemic change (institutionally, judicially, and legislatively), since 1875. CPA is nearing their 150th anniversary!

Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

September 26 – November 13, 2024

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm | Friday: 9am – 5pm | Saturday: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26th, 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

CT State Manchester Community College | Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery | AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT

For more information please contact:

Maura O’Connor, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery Director 860-512-2692 / moconnor@mcc.commnet.edu

Jeffrey Greene, CPA Prison Arts Program Manager 860-722-9450 / cpaprisonarts@gmail.com

Want to try something new? Build your existing skills to grow ideas in a stimulating group of intermediate and advanced potters. Individual projects are encouraged, with demonstrations designed to inspire new ways of looking at throwing, hand-building, and overall design.

Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27. Cash or check only.

Firing fees are $3/pound. Cash or check only.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

14 Week Session: Thursdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 9/5–12/12, No class 11/29

14 sessions: $756.00; Capacity: 12

Learn the various approaches to creating metal sculptures, including welding (oxyacetylene and MIG), brazing, cutting (torch and plasma cutter), hammering, and more.

Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Students should wear 100% cotton long sleeves, jeans or work pants, and closed-toe boots. No synthetic mesh, plastic, or cloth.

Note: This class is 13 weeks – one day off in October (date TBD) and one day off for Thanksgiving (11/28/24)

The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $40.

13 Week Session: Thursdays, 10 am–1 pm, 9/5–12/12, No class 11/28

13 sessions: $742.00; Capacity: 8

Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.

Free and open to the public.

This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 24-December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-4 p.m., except for Thursday, November 28 when the ISM is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

View details about the art exhibit on the event website.

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 23 at 5 p.m. View details here.

Painter Robert Jacoby is FREEWHEELING in New Exhibit at City Gallery

In November, City Gallery welcomes new gallery member Robert Jacoby and his solo-exhibition FREEWHEELING. The show runs November 3 - November 29, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, November 3, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 12 p.m.- 4 p.m., or by appointment. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.