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There is always something interesting going on in the three villages of Essex! All of our members are encouraged to add information about their upcoming events here, where visitors can find them either in the calendar view below, or the list view further down the page.

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  • Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisan Store
  • Spectrum Art Gallery
  • Essex Library
  • CT River Artisans
  • Essex Indoor Golf
  • J. McLaughlin
  • The RiverLane
  • Essex Historical Society
  • The Griswold Inn
  • Essex Town Green
  • MahoneySabol
  • Essex Library
  • Essex Yacht Club
  • The Essex Art Association
  • Falls River Drive
  • The Griswold Inn
  • Safe Harbor Essex Island
  • Essex Village Main Street Park
  • Ivoryton Village Green
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03
May

Introduction to Zentangles

Introduction to Zentangles

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Spectrum Art Gallery
Zentangle turns drawings into artistic designs while reducing stress and improving focus.  Learn hand to eye coordination, manual dexterity, problem solving and turn mistakes into positives to enhance your creativity.  Cost is $40 + $10 Material Fee,

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03
May

Yale Scholars Present: “The Past and Future in Harmony: Exploring Scientific Innovation in Art and Music”

Yale Scholars Present: “The Past and Future in Harmony: Exploring Scientific Innovation in Art and Music”

2:00 pm Essex Library
When you picture art, do you ever wonder about the math that builds the patterns or the innovation behind art’s mediums? Have you ever truly seen the science behind the art? Join us in this month's Science in the News talk where three Yale scientists will discuss...

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08
May

New Volunteer Open House

New Volunteer Open House

11:30 am - 12:30 pm Essex Historical Society
Interested in leaving your mark on Essex History? Then, please join us our Monthly Volunteer Open House! If you want to learn how to support EHS as a volunteer, please join us for this meet and greet. This is a no-commitment, hour long introduction to volunteerism with ...

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09
May

Experiencing Watercolors Continues

Experiencing Watercolors Continues

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Spectrum Art Gallery
This class provides step-by-step instruction for those seeking the fundamentals of watercolor painting. Class includes demos and structured exercises. Participants learn color mixing, dark and light and basic color theory principles. Different brush stroke techniques ar...

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10
May

Pastels Continue

Pastels Continue

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Spectrum Art Gallery
In this class learn to create layers of soft pastels to build up a recognizable image or object.  Blocking in values from light to dark and understanding light to hard application on paper.  In the beginning of class, simple still life set ups will be used i.e. two ...

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