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SUMMARY:Wandering Pumpkins Needle Felting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the coming of Autumn by learning to needle-felt these adventurous wool pumpkins as they tumble across soft Autumn fields and the old red barn. Easy & fun for all levels of experience even if you have never needle felted before! All materials and use of tools along with step-by-step instructions provided to make this approx. 12×9 wool painting. Frame your way or purchase custom frames made locally by Ford Frames.  These will be available for purchase at the workshop to make your painting ready to give as a gift or save as a keepsake for years to come! \n$70 + $16 Materials Fee \nLori Neumann is a local artist working in oils\, acrylics & pastel.  Lori studied Fine Arts at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and has exhibited at galleries and art shows throughout New England & Kentucky. Lori especially enjoys working with a palette knife in plein air while hiking at dawn and dusk. Lori is a member of the CT Academy of Fine Arts\, the CT Pastel Society\, the Madison Art Society\, the American Impressionist Society and the Lyme Art Association.  Lori especially enjoys painting rural New England landscapes & farm animals. She shares & teaches the love of art and believes that within each of us there is an artist\, waiting to be released! Presently\, she shows her work at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook\, CT.
URL:https://essexct.com/event/wandering-pumpkins-needle-felting-workshop/
LOCATION:Spectrum Art Gallery\, 61 Main Street\, Centerbrook\, CT\, 06409\, United States
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SUMMARY:Great Glass
DESCRIPTION:Join us for refreshments while viewing the glass works by Barb Richard – fused glass & glass beaded jewelry & Peter Simoncini – stained glass creations. Their work will be offered for sale at 15% off.\nYou will have a chance to meet some of our other artisans as well!
URL:https://essexct.com/event/great-glass/
LOCATION:CT River Artisans\, 55 Main Street\, Essex\, CT\, 06426\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Theater
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SUMMARY:EAA Volunteer Show Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the EAA Volunteer Show Opening Reception! \nThe Essex Art Association\, housed in a historic Essex building\, has served the Shoreline area as a nonprofit seasonal art gallery since 1946. We were the first local art association to embrace all styles of art\, from the traditional to the cutting edge. The excellence and variety of our shows have made the EAA an outstanding exhibition venue showcasing quality art.
URL:https://essexct.com/event/eaa-volunteer-show-opening-reception/
LOCATION:The Essex Art Association\, 10 N Main Street\, Essex\, CT\, 06426\, United States
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SUMMARY:On Zoom: The Art of the Still Life
DESCRIPTION:In this 5-week class start by examining the still life’s of Monet\, Van Gogh\, Matisse and Moroni through visuals and discussion. Then studying visuals of contemporary approaches to the Still Life. \nLearn how to make gel prints with acrylic paint on paper for your backgrounds including cutting and tearing of designed papers for your still life. \nFocus on how to approach vessels in the still life collage through sketching\, tracing and cutting out patterns.  Finally\, learn how to overlay the still life components over your finished background including placement and composition and the application of paint\, highlighted areas and shading.  Complete the still life discussing with the class your process\, composition and materials used. \nMaterial list available upon registration. \nRegina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli\, colors\, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world\, never realistic\, injecting her own narratives\, metaphors\, and icons.  Regina works instinctually\, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer\, make a connection\, bringing their own experiences to the work. \nRegina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London\, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)\, The New Art Center in Newton – MA\, South Shore Art Center – MA\, West Hartford Art League\, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven\, CT\, Yale University and The British Art Museum. \nRegina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S.\, Europe\, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven\, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art. \nDates: Tuesdays: Sept. 16\, 23; 30; October 7\, 14 \nTime: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM \nCost: $140 per person
URL:https://essexct.com/event/on-zoom-the-art-of-the-still-life/2025-09-16/
LOCATION:Spectrum Art Gallery\, 61 Main Street\, Centerbrook\, CT\, 06409\, United States
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SUMMARY:At Spectrum: The Art of the Still Life
DESCRIPTION:In this 5-week class start by examining the still life’s of Monet\, Van Gogh\, Matisse and Moroni through visuals and discussion. Then studying visuals of contemporary approaches to the Still Life. \nLearn how to make gel prints with acrylic paint on paper for your backgrounds including cutting and tearing of designed papers for your still life. \nFocus on how to approach vessels in the still life collage through sketching\, tracing and cutting out patterns.  Finally\, learn how to overlay the still life components over your finished background including placement and composition and the application of paint\, highlighted areas and shading.  Complete the still life discussing with the class your process\, composition and materials used. \nMaterial list available upon registration. \nRegina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli\, colors\, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world\, never realistic\, injecting her own narratives\, metaphors\, and icons.  Regina works instinctually\, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer\, make a connection\, bringing their own experiences to the work. \nRegina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London\, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)\, The New Art Center in Newton – MA\, South Shore Art Center – MA\, West Hartford Art League\, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven\, CT\, Yale University and The British Art Museum. \nRegina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S.\, Europe\, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven\, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art. \nDates: Wednesdays: Sept. 17\, 24; October 1\, 8 and 15. \nTime: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM \nCost: $160 per person plus $5 per class material fee paid to instructor.
URL:https://essexct.com/event/at-spectrum-the-art-of-the-still-life/2025-09-17/
LOCATION:Spectrum Art Gallery\, 61 Main Street\, Centerbrook\, CT\, 06409\, United States
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SUMMARY:Drawing 101 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:This class is designed for all levels including those who want to improve their drawing skills to those who want to continue at their own level and work on specific skills.  We will work with charcoal\, pencil and ink as the major drawing tools.  For those who want to add color to their drawings\, pastels can also be incorporated. \nIf you want to know more about basic drawing skills like perspective\, tonal drawing\, creating structure\, etc. this is the class for you.  We will also investigate “the figure” studying the Masters’ figure drawings from references in books and the Internet; Rubens\, Del Sarto\, Michelangelo\, etc. \nMaterial list available upon registration. \nChris Kunze graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Painting/Illustration. He has had a long & successful career in Advertising and Promotion. His illustrations and designs have been used in books\, magazines\, newspapers\, product packaging and logo design. \nChris’ fine art has always remained important throughout his career as a commercial artist. He has had many solo and group shows in New York City\, Westchester County and lower Connecticut\, showcasing his oil paintings\, watercolors and illustrations. Chris was part of an ongoing show at the Arthur Kalaher Fine Art in Sag Harbor\, NY from 2011-2019.  In 2018 he had a solo show of his watercolors at Teatown Lake Reservation. \nIn 2019 Chris began his participation in Arthouse. NYC’s “Healthcare Heroes Show”.  He has memorialized several healthcare workers who lost their lives during the height of the Covid pandemic. These oil portraits were given to their families and were on view at the Big Plaza Screen in New York City. \nTeaching is a passion that has come to the forefront in the past 15 years for Chris. He has been teaching a plethora of subjects among them drawing\, oil painting\, watercolors\, and more at local Westchester art schools.  He is currently teaching at Scarsdale Adult School\, in Scarsdale\, NY\, and Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook\, CT. \nChris grew up in Europe and Westchester County.  He currently resides in Salem\, Connecticut. \nDates: Fridays\, Sept. 19\, 26; October 3\, 10\, 17 \nTime: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM \nCost: $160 per person
URL:https://essexct.com/event/drawing-101-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Spectrum Art Gallery\, 61 Main Street\, Centerbrook\, CT\, 06409\, United States
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SUMMARY:On Zoom: The Art of the Still Life
DESCRIPTION:In this 5-week class start by examining the still life’s of Monet\, Van Gogh\, Matisse and Moroni through visuals and discussion. Then studying visuals of contemporary approaches to the Still Life. \nLearn how to make gel prints with acrylic paint on paper for your backgrounds including cutting and tearing of designed papers for your still life. \nFocus on how to approach vessels in the still life collage through sketching\, tracing and cutting out patterns.  Finally\, learn how to overlay the still life components over your finished background including placement and composition and the application of paint\, highlighted areas and shading.  Complete the still life discussing with the class your process\, composition and materials used. \nMaterial list available upon registration. \nRegina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli\, colors\, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world\, never realistic\, injecting her own narratives\, metaphors\, and icons.  Regina works instinctually\, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer\, make a connection\, bringing their own experiences to the work. \nRegina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London\, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)\, The New Art Center in Newton – MA\, South Shore Art Center – MA\, West Hartford Art League\, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven\, CT\, Yale University and The British Art Museum. \nRegina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S.\, Europe\, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven\, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art. \nDates: Tuesdays: Sept. 16\, 23; 30; October 7\, 14 \nTime: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM \nCost: $140 per person
URL:https://essexct.com/event/on-zoom-the-art-of-the-still-life/2025-09-23/
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CATEGORIES:Arts & Theater
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SUMMARY:At Spectrum: The Art of the Still Life
DESCRIPTION:In this 5-week class start by examining the still life’s of Monet\, Van Gogh\, Matisse and Moroni through visuals and discussion. Then studying visuals of contemporary approaches to the Still Life. \nLearn how to make gel prints with acrylic paint on paper for your backgrounds including cutting and tearing of designed papers for your still life. \nFocus on how to approach vessels in the still life collage through sketching\, tracing and cutting out patterns.  Finally\, learn how to overlay the still life components over your finished background including placement and composition and the application of paint\, highlighted areas and shading.  Complete the still life discussing with the class your process\, composition and materials used. \nMaterial list available upon registration. \nRegina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli\, colors\, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world\, never realistic\, injecting her own narratives\, metaphors\, and icons.  Regina works instinctually\, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer\, make a connection\, bringing their own experiences to the work. \nRegina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London\, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)\, The New Art Center in Newton – MA\, South Shore Art Center – MA\, West Hartford Art League\, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven\, CT\, Yale University and The British Art Museum. \nRegina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S.\, Europe\, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven\, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art. \nDates: Wednesdays: Sept. 17\, 24; October 1\, 8 and 15. \nTime: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM \nCost: $160 per person plus $5 per class material fee paid to instructor.
URL:https://essexct.com/event/at-spectrum-the-art-of-the-still-life/2025-09-24/
LOCATION:Spectrum Art Gallery\, 61 Main Street\, Centerbrook\, CT\, 06409\, United States
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SUMMARY:Autumn Cardmaking & Paper Techniques
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, celebrate fall and harvest time by learning to craft four Autumn cards for friends and family.  Learn to use water coloring and explore card layout and composition.  Take home a detailed instruction workshop sheet\, list of supplies\, information about the techniques and photos of the card/s. To make more cards at home\, you will receive a kit which will include white cardstock\, die cut pieces\, coordinating colored cardstock and any other supplies needed to make cards on your own.  All cards made in the workshop include envelopes. \nIntroducing Nancy Souza\, a teacher\, mixed media artist and crafter. Creating unique cards and paper projects using a variety of techniques\, colorful cardstock and card layouts including inks\, stencils\, collage\, upcycled vintage items\, and more. Souza is a certified teacher\, teaching at the elementary & high school levels and graduate level courses at Sacred Heart University Griswold High School campus\, including her 6th Year post graduate level. \nTwenty-six years ago\, a teaching colleague suggested Nancy sign up for a local card making class and the rest is history.  It’s been an interesting and rewarding crafting journey both taking classes\, sharing with crafting friends and teaching fellow crafters. Souza is a proud Certified Educator\, completing 85 cards/projects posted on her Blog and a virtual class demo.  Now she is creating samples for Altenew using new release items…and of course\, her favorite color is glitter! \nSouza’s work is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook\, Connecticut. \nDate: Sunday\, September 28 \nTime 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM \nCost: $30 per person includes all materials.
URL:https://essexct.com/event/autumn-cardmaking-paper-techniques/
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SUMMARY:On Zoom: The Art of the Still Life
DESCRIPTION:In this 5-week class start by examining the still life’s of Monet\, Van Gogh\, Matisse and Moroni through visuals and discussion. Then studying visuals of contemporary approaches to the Still Life. \nLearn how to make gel prints with acrylic paint on paper for your backgrounds including cutting and tearing of designed papers for your still life. \nFocus on how to approach vessels in the still life collage through sketching\, tracing and cutting out patterns.  Finally\, learn how to overlay the still life components over your finished background including placement and composition and the application of paint\, highlighted areas and shading.  Complete the still life discussing with the class your process\, composition and materials used. \nMaterial list available upon registration. \nRegina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli\, colors\, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world\, never realistic\, injecting her own narratives\, metaphors\, and icons.  Regina works instinctually\, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer\, make a connection\, bringing their own experiences to the work. \nRegina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London\, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)\, The New Art Center in Newton – MA\, South Shore Art Center – MA\, West Hartford Art League\, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven\, CT\, Yale University and The British Art Museum. \nRegina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S.\, Europe\, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven\, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art. \nDates: Tuesdays: Sept. 16\, 23; 30; October 7\, 14 \nTime: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM \nCost: $140 per person
URL:https://essexct.com/event/on-zoom-the-art-of-the-still-life/2025-09-30/
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