Student Art Show and More at Gallery on the Green

NEXT:
Emerging Talent, an exhibition of outstanding art by regional high school
Juniors and Seniors held in the Founders Gallery

March 21 - April 20, 2014, Juror - Noelle Croce, Manager, Five-Points Gallery, Torrington

The opening reception will be held on
Sunday, March 23 from  2:00-5:00 p.m.  The participating high schools are Avon,
Bloomfield, Canton, Conard, Simsbury, Farmington, Ethel Walker, Hall
High School, Master's School, Miss Porter's, Pathways Academy for Tech. &
Design and The Gilbert School.  A
scholarship will be offered to a student in the exhibition whose work would
qualify for admission to the Hartford Art School at the University of
Hartford.  The major sponsors include the
University of Hartford, object l resonance Award, Kristin McNally, Carpetland
of New England, Nancy Braender, Frank Haviland, Shirley
Mae Neu, Jolie Boutique
Consignment, Teenage Wasteland Consignments, Cake Gypsy Boutique Bakery, Cameo Photo Video, Fitzgerald’s Foods, Pink House Canton, Saybrook Fish House, Stylin’ Edge Salon and ShopRite.

Michelle
Thomas will be
featured in the Spotlight Gallery with a show titled “Small Wonders”.  Michelle focuses on the season of Spring as a
time of renewal. She is inspired by images from nature, especially the
butterfly.  For her, the image of a butterfly represents
transformation and renewal and is a symbol of hope.  Her process for this show brings together
different materials to create a transformative layering effect.  She uses newspaper, tissue, watercolor and acrylic paint, graphite, pastel and ink to create a scaffold effect of moving
in and through the elements.  Her desire
is to have you think about the process of creation, whether in art or in
nature.

Ruth
Jacobson will be featured in the Upstairs Gallery. She describes her work as colors,
energy and motion.  Her goal is to
capture depth and vibrancy by both layering colors and by placing them next to
one another. “I
want the viewer to see that light coming from within each person-to experience
what I experience; the light, the vitality, the dignity in each of us and in
all of nature.”

The
opening receptions for the Spotlight and Upstairs shows will be held on
Saturday, March 22 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and the public is warmly invited.
Gallery hours are Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1:00–5:00
p.m.

The
Gallery on the Green was established in 1960 and is the longest running artist
guild in Connecticut.  Incorporated as
the Canton Artist’s Guild, it was created for artists
and their supporters as a non-profit organization.  The Guild consists of a very diverse and
vibrant group of artists from throughout the greater Farmington Valley region.  Housed in an historic schoolhouse (circa
1872), the guild has a large main floor Founders Gallery and two additional
gallery spaces with a small marketplace upstairs (the Founders gallery is now
handicap accessible).

The
gallery web site, www.galleryonthegreen.org provides further information about
the Gallery on the Green, its artist members, membership opportunities and
current shows.  New members are
welcome.