“Spread the Word” … (June 1, 2008)

Suffield Arts Council Happenings …

Visit our website at:  http://suffieldarts.tripod.com

 

 

Suffield Arts Center – Organizational Help Needed!!

** We’re looking for some organized person to take the lead to work on a curriculum and get courses lined up for the fall. 

Note:  We have people willing to help with this and a list of potential venues to hold classes at.

 

Interested?  Please contact Joan Roberts:  zaklab2@aol.com or call 860-658-9823.

 

Call to Artists!

** We’re looking for qualified instructors in fine arts and quality crafts.

Interested?  Please contact Joan Roberts:  zaklab2@aol.com or call 860-658-9823.

 

Note:  Thank you for those who are responding.  We are pleased to note that we are starting to line up instructors for fall courses.

 

If you’d like us to have your information on file, please contact us through our website:   http://suffieldarts.tripod.com  Or, if you know someone who would be interested, provide us their contact information and we’ll contact them.  Maybe you’ve taken a class from them.

 

 

Thank you - Suffield Chamber’s Wine Tasting & Silent Auction  

Thank you to all who attended the Suffield Chamber’s Wine Tasting & Silent Auction in May.  A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Suffield Arts Council.

 

 

June Gallery – Diane Nivensmith

Kent Memorial Library – William Pinney Art Gallery

The William Pinney Art Gallery at Kent Memorial Library

 

Nivensmith is a New England native and currently calls Hadley, MA her home.  The exhibit will feature a display of fine art paintings by this well respected artist.  Her paintings are predominately landscapes with a generous sprinkling of floral, still life and landmarks.  In addition to this show, Nivensmith’s work can be seen on her website, www.dianenevinsmithart.com , or by appointment at her Hadley studio.  In 2008, her work is being exhibited throughout Western MA and Northern CT.

 

 

Other Art Happenings …

 

Middle River Gallery

58 Main St. • Stafford Springs, CT • 06076

Call 860.684.6226 or log onto the gallery website at www.middlerivergallery.com. 

email: info@middlerivergallery.com

 

 

Kent Memorial Library (KML)

www.suffield-library.org

Jun 4 Wed 7pm - “Islam, Women and Politics in Tunisia”

A presentation by Fulbright researcher Kristine Goulding of Suffield, CT

Is an Islamic democracy possible? What role should Islamists play in politics? What roles do women play in politics and in the home? What perceptions do Arab Muslims have of the United States? In this talk, Goulding will speak about the North African nation of Tunisia, focusing on the reforms of the last 20 years, which have helped modernize and moderate the country.

 

Jun 5 - Thu 12:30pm First Thursday Book Discussion:

Soul Catcher by Michael White

 

Jun 7 - Sat 10:00a -12:00p Friends of the Library

Book sale collection 

 

Indie Flick - June 25- The Violin

The old saying that music can soothe the savage beast is both celebrated and challenged in "The Violin," the finely crafted writing-directing debut of Mexican filmmaker Francisco Vargas. This stark but absorbing drama follows an aging musician, beautifully played by Don Angel Tavira, who fiddles his way into the front lines of Mexico's peasant revolts during the 1970s.

In Spanish, with English subtitles. 

 

For more information, call the library at 668-3896.

 

Sixties' Film Fest - KML

This summer will have a Sixties' feel at Kent Memorial Library. We hope you all will be Feeding Your Heads with novels and poetry and plays and whatever interests you might have.   (If we don't have an item that you are looking for in the library, we will gladly try to get it thru inter-library loan for you.)

 

Picking up on the theme will be our Sixties' Film Fest.  We will be showing 8 movies throughout the summer months on Monday nights.  We will be starting with the quintessential Sixties film, The Graduate, released in 1967, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. The flick will be shown on June 30th at 6:30.

 

Carl Casinghino, our film guru, will be talking to us about the Sixties Film Genre. His talk will be on Monday, July 7th at 6:30 pm.  It will be followed by the movie, Kiss Me, Stupid, the 1964 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Dean Martin and Kim Novak.

 

We will then continue through the summer on Monday nights with:

Loving on July 14 

Bonnie and Clyde  on July 21

2001: A Space Odyssey  on July 28th

Point Blank  on August 4

The Party  on August 11

Bullitt  on Aug 18

 

All the movies will be shown at 6:30 with the exception of Kiss Me, Stupid, which will be shown following Carl's discussion.  Thank you to the Friends of the Library for helping us put on this program. Please call Kent Memorial Library in Suffield at 668-3896 or check our website at suffield-library.org for more info.

 

Feed Your Head, Man:

First-Ever Summer Reading Program for Adults [i.e. Grown-ups]

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, we’re casting aside The Sounds of Silence  for the inaugural adult summer reading program at Kent Memorial Library.   Everyday People can register for the Feed Your Head, Man, program at the library’s front desk any time during the program.  We encourage you to read (finishing a book each week is not required – just read; you can read the bold type in People Magazine, if you like).  Come in each week and receive a raffle ticket for a stash of something fun.  Whether you’re Sixteen and Beautiful, or (When You’re) 64, we invite you to join us.     Translation: There will be a summer reading program for adults at the library this summer, June 21^st through August 10th.  Read what you like, when you like, and come in each week to enter to win one of our baskets of goodies.  There will be a wine and cheese party on Sunday, August 10^th, at Spencer on Main, to wrap up the program, give out the prizes and just to mingle.

(Children will have a “Books are Brain Food” summer program; teens will do “Feed Your Mind.”)

 

 

Jun 3 - Tues, 7 – 9 PM “Visions of Windsor” Photography Contest

And Windsor’s “Then and Now:  A Photo History 1890-2008” Exhibit

96 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut 06095

Phone (860) 688-3813 www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org

 

For photographers who live or work in Windsor, each photographer will present an up-to-ten-minute PowerPoint presentation featuring their work.   Enjoy beautiful, poignant, powerful, and thought-provoking images of Windsor and support your favorite photographer by casting your vote.

 

Photographers participating in the program include:

Lowell Fewster who will share his images of Windsor barns, some actively-used and well-maintained and some collapsing. He is drawn to barns as evocations of Windsor's history.

Bill Latournes, another amateur photographer, finds his inspiration in Windsor's natural landscapes, its landmarks, and its signs.

George Petro, also largely self-taught, will share images he shot during the three days that the traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial exhibition visited Windsor in April of 2006. He feels these images show Windsor and her people at their best honoring those who paid the ultimate price.

 

Cost for this program is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, and $4 for WHS members. Parking is available around Palisado Green and in the Windsor Discovery Center and First Church parking lots.

 

This program is offered in conjunction with The Windsor Historical Society's newest exhibition Windsor Then and Now: A Photo History 1890-2008 which features images illustrating Windsor's transition from a rural community in the 1890s to the suburban town it is today. The historic images on display showing Windsor between 1890 and 1980 are paired with views of the same landscapes taken in 2008 by Windsor photographer Wayne Dombkowski. The exhibition will be open before and after the photography contest, so come early or stay late to view the images and share memories of Windsor's past, thoughts about Windsor's present and dreams for Windsor's future.

 

 

Alfredo’s Gallery of Fine Art Photography

www.alfredosphoto.com

116 Mountain Rd, Suffield, CT

860-254-5400

 

May 2 – June 24

Tobacco, A Diminishing Landscape
The Photography of Leonard Hellerman
 

Keep us in mind when you are looking for that perfect & unique gift.

Original Photographic Art (with rotating exhibits), a unique Sports section, Handmade Trendy Bags By Josie, Cards and more to come!

Order Your Prints through Alfredo's Gallery!

              Go on to our website and click on the link for fine art prints and posters on the home page.

 

Sun, June 8^th, 7 PM - The Around Town Singers – Spring Sing Extravaganza
Suffield Middle School Auditorium

You won't want to miss this great performance!  The songs you love to hear sung by the 30-member Around Town Singers chorus, plus selections by the popular Around Town Vocal Trio!

 

We are pleased to have the beautiful and award-winning dancing of Nicole Picard gracing our stage!  

And our special guest Judy Buch and Friends will amaze you with superb ventriloquism!   An evening full of great music, comedy, music, and dance!

 

Advance tickets are $10 and can be ordered from our website at
     http://www.AroundTownSingers.org
Also at the following area businesses:

 - Highland Park Market

 - Mountain Road Grille, and

 - Red Riding Hood's Basket in Southwick.
Discounted group tickets with preferred seating are also available by
contacting the director at dankehoe@aroundtownsingers.org

 

Paul Bisaccia – New Website – Accepting Piano Students

New website:  http://pianowithpaul.com/

I'm looking for a few new piano students. If you know of anyone looking for piano lessons please refer them to my new web site.  The web site also connects to my manager and my recording company.

It also lists my CD's and latest concert schedule.

If you wish to study with Paul he has some openings available. Please call 860-522-1799 or email bispiano@aol.com

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iTowns – Hartford Courant – Looking for Artwork

The Courant (and its web site, courant.com) is developing a new online community news section and Sunday tabloid called iTowns (http://www.courant.com/community/news/en/), and we plan to feature the work of local artists on the print cover. This "community canvas," as we are calling it, will showcase paintings, drawings, photography and more.

 

We are enthused about the possibilities and welcome your involvement.  If you have local artwork that you would like for us to consider publishing, you can send it to us as a digital jpeg file to the email address below. Works published on our covers will also be posted in an online "gallery" for an indefinite period, along with artist information and links to art association sites, if available.

 

If you have questions or want to learn more, please call. And thanks in advance for considering being a part of this exciting new project. 

 

Nancy Lastrina - The Courant

webhostNancy@courant.com       

860-253-5722

 

Promote Art on the Internet – Jun 12, Thurs, 6:30 – 8 PM

Hartford Public Library 500 Main St. Hartford, CT 06103
Free

860-695-6295, http://www.hplct.org

Learn from a panel of savvy tech users and artists about how to use YouTube, MySpace, blogs and other internet resources to promote their art, work and sales. This program is presented in conjunction with Artists in Real Time, the organizers of Open Studio Hartford.

Downtown Library, Program Room 3rd Floor

 

 

New England Foundation for the Arts

GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES

Guidelines for NEFA's grant program Meet the Composer/New England have recently been revised and are available at www.nefa.org/grantprog/composer/index.html.  For guidelines, application instructions and forms for other programs, please visit NEFA's website www.nefa.org, click on 'Grant Programs,' and select the grant program of interest.

Upcoming NEFA grant application deadlines are listed below.  All grant deadlines are receipt deadlines, and due at NEFA by 5:00 p.m. EST on the deadline date:

 

Meet the Composer/New England:

June 2, 2008

New England States Touring:

June 2, 2008

National Dance Project Production for Full Proposal:

June 16, 2008 (only for Production grant applicants who have been notified to submit full proposal)

Native Arts New England:

July 15, 2008 (for projects occurring between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009)

Native Artist Exchange - National Travel Fund:

Rolling Deadline

 

NEFA-funded events
For a list of NEFA-funded events, please visit the Events Calendar.

 

 

Greater Hartford Arts Council

For more information about arts, events and entertainment throughout Greater Hartford, stop in the Greater Hartford Welcome Center at 45 Pratt Street, call 244-0253, or check out the Greater Hartford Arts Council online at