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Hey Erector Square: Who You Calling Meat Face?

Hey Erector Square: Who You Calling Meat Face?

Amelia Ingraham's "MeatFace" captures the vibe of the artwork being put together in studios where workers once produced America's erector sets.

Brian Slattery

21 Oct 2024 · 8 min read

Style Shines Bright on Oakland Rooftop

Style Shines Bright on Oakland Rooftop

The High 5ive Rooftop Bar at the Kissel Uptown Oakland boasts a stunning view of Oakland; currently in more ways than one. 100 Faces of Oakland, an ambitious project sponsored by Visit Oakland and created by photographers Anthony Weaver and Patanisha Williams, is on display through October 31st.

Vita Hewitt

20 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

The Hell We’ve Allowed Ourselves To Fall Into

The Hell We’ve Allowed Ourselves To Fall Into

Photographer Peter Brown has transformed a harrowing experience into a mind-bending display of resilience and recovery with Memories Misused at Real Art Ways.

Jamil Ragland

20 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Idora Idora: Echoes from the Past

Idora Idora: Echoes from the Past

Fred's review in comics of Idora Idora. Saturdays, October 12 through November 9, 2024

Fred Noland

20 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Sopranos’ Still Photographer Searches For Drama In The Shadows

Sopranos’ Still Photographer Searches For Drama In The Shadows

The silhouette of a cigarette-smoking man caught my eye — after Craig Blankenhorn’s camera captured his shadow.

Nora Grace-Flood

20 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Philbrook’s New Show Gets Much Of America Right

Philbrook’s New Show Gets Much Of America Right

When people talk about being American, they’re inevitably talking about the flavor of American that they themselves are. Being an American is different for the recently-arrived Hmong mother of two than it is for the white suburban housewife whose British ancestors colonized Native land.

Z.B. Reeves

18 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

How We Mourn Four-Legged Family

How We Mourn Four-Legged Family

Death is inevitable for all living things. Humans have a wide range of ceremonies across cultures and religions that lay out strict rules for what to do with other humans who are dead. But what about our pets?

Jamil Ragland

18 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Prints From The Underground

Prints From The Underground

It’s a transfixing stare, made more intense by the medium. A woodcut hearkens back to an earlier time — and, in German Expressionism, an earlier mode of expressing anxiety.

Brian Slattery

16 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

“Open Studios” Steps Into West Haven

“Open Studios” Steps Into West Haven

Inside Susan Clinard’s Gilbert Street studio on Sunday afternoon, the West Haven space was full of New Haven faces.

Brian Slattery

14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Artists Get Amplified

Artists Get Amplified

A multicolored fabric sculpture created by Kat Wiese seemed to float between the trees that framed one entrance to the Eli Whitney Barn.

Karen Ponzio

14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Island On My Mind

Island On My Mind

The diptych, by Robert De Matteo, offers two shapes that strongly echo each other, but are from quite different models.

Brian Slattery

11 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

City Gallery Opens Wide For Open Studios

City Gallery Opens Wide For Open Studios

Rita Hannafin’s Float hangs in the midst of City Gallery’s latest show on Upper State Street, a quilt of bright, shifting colors, surprising shapes, dynamic contrasts, and ultimately, cohesion.

Brian Slattery

10 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Calm And Escape At The Art Show

Calm And Escape At The Art Show

It’s not often that I get two great experiences at one location, but I was fortunate to find that in addition to offering fascinating talks, the Lucy Robbins Welles Library has a gallery space where they display the creations of local artists.

Jamil Ragland

9 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Vintage Photo Detective Is On The Case

Vintage Photo Detective Is On The Case

By day, Erik S. Hinckley is an unassuming assistant town planner for the town of Newington. By night, he’s a detective, working to solve mysteries over a century in the making.

Jamil Ragland

8 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

(VW) Buggin’ Out In The Yard

(VW) Buggin’ Out In The Yard

Clark Bedford moved his ancient, trash-packed Volkswagen out of his Maryland driveway — and into a contemporary art gallery.

Nora Grace-Flood

7 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Artists Warn Us The Clock Is Ticking

Artists Warn Us The Clock Is Ticking

After the shocking flooding that tore through Western Connecticut just a few weeks ago, it’s more apparent than ever that climate change does not only mean a few warmer days here and disaster over there.

Jamil Ragland

2 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Do We Know Each Other? Do We Know Ourselves?

Do We Know Each Other? Do We Know Ourselves?

Do you have a mind’s eye, the ability to not just remember, but visualize the past? Do you have an interior monologue? Rich childhood memories, full of sights, sounds, and smells?

Brian Slattery

1 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

“These Things Are Like Yeast”: 50 Years On, New College Artists Remain Collective

“These Things Are Like Yeast”: 50 Years On, New College Artists Remain Collective

Once, when I was a young, bright-eyed MFA student, a professor told the class to “look to the left of you. Look to the right of you. You should know that only one in five of you will still be making art in five years time. As the years go on, it will be even less.”

Vita Hewitt

26 Sep 2024 · 4 min read