Examine the bold and direct capabilities of woodcut and monotype in combination. Learn to print multiple layers of transparent inks and observe how images develop with lush color relationships and luminous surfaces. Participants will develop skills in color ink mixing, registration, printing, and stencil making.

Layered Color Woodcut/Monotype

with Jim Lee

Saturdays, May 3, 10 & 17, 2025

9 AM – 5 PM

Members: $252 / Non-Members: $280

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the ticking tent is the original brocantes-style shopping market. featuring over 60 curated artisans, antiques dealers, vintage jewelry & boutique brands for the home and more. at t.t.t. we believe in the art of discovery & the finest craftsmanship. vetted by its founders christina juarez and benjamin reynaert, the ticking tent is bursting with unique, beloved and sought after treasures from the most talented artisans and bespoke brands from across the globe.

Create four beautiful abstract landscapes using fluid acrylics, mediums, layering, and distinctive mark-making techniques. Instructor, Heather Neilson will teach you how to work with GOLDEN fluid paints and mediums to build layers to add depth and complexity to your pieces. You will also learn color principles to apply to your paintings and experiment with mark-making to bring character and texture to your artwork.

Instructor: Heather Neilson

Saturday, May 3, 2025

10 AM - 2:30 PM

Ages: 18+

Members: $81

Non-Members: $90

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Date: Saturday, May 3

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: The Litchfield History Museum

Cost: Free for Members, $10 for non-Members

Registration Requested

Join us Saturday, May 3 at 10:00 am for a walking tour exploring Connecticut's complicated history with slavery through the life of William Grimes, a man who escaped from slavery in Georgia and wrote his autobiography in Litchfield in 1825.

Walking tours each last about 1 hour. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a bottle of water. Free for members and $10 non-members.

This tour is a part of our series "Think What I Have Felt: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave".  

These events are generously presented through a combination of grants, sponsorship, and in-kind donations. The Litchfield Historical Society would like to give a special thanks to Connecticut Humanities Council, Teno A. West of West Group Law PLLC, Belden House, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, and Bantam Cinema & Arts Center.

The Potters' Marketplace is a place to view and purchase locally made pottery. The work is mostly functional, with the occasional fun, experimental piece. The functional pottery is meant to go into the dishwasher, oven, and microwave , meaning that it is really meant to be used. Ginny August has been a working potter for decades, and she enjoys the challenge of creating useful beauty. Stop in, and we can talk pots.

Teen Art Studio is a welcoming art makerspace just for teens.

Every Second Saturday of the month, from 10:30am to 1:30pm, teens transform the program room with their laughter, inquiring minds, and art. Teen Art Studio (TAS) is a once-a-month, drop-in program that empowers teens to work independently and together on self-directed art projects. 

Facilitated by beloved teaching artist Shana Bazelmans, TAS is a welcoming place for teens to:

• Be themselves.
• Have fun making art while making friends. 
• Try their hand at varied mediums (e.g., drawing, painting, sculpture, fashion, photography). 
• Expand their knowledge of the visual arts.
• Explore major artworks.
• Build their art portfolios.
• Embark on a collective artistic journey in a relaxed, sociable studio environment, with the guidance of the teaching artist.

New teens can join at any time!

The program is drop-in and free with student admission ($5) or an annual AMP student pass. For details, email michelle@americanmuralproject.org.

Second Saturdays, 10:30am to 1:30pm

Upcoming Dates:

December 14

January 11

February 8

March 8

April 12

May 10

June 14

Teen Art Studio is made possible in part by The Torrington Savings Bank Foundation, Renee Chatelain, and Kevin Lyle.

Guild Coffee, presented by our Volunteer Guild!

Kick start your day at the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon with the Volunteer Guild and enjoy a nice cup of joe while chatting with fellow patrons.

Kenise Barnes Fine Art is honored to present an exhibition featuring hand-painted cyanotypes by Julia Whitney Barnes and drawings by Sarah Morejohn.

Julia Whitney Barnes is well known for her innovations in Cyanotype (camera-less photographic printing process) paintings. Whitney Barnes’ multi-step process includes harvesting flora (flowers and weeds being equally important) and combining several species into a single composition on photo sensitive cotton paper. After exposing the work to UV light, the resulting blue and white image is carefully hand-painted in many layers of watercolor, gouache, and ink, reanimating the vitality to the ghost of the objects. The artist is most interested in creating work that feels both beautiful and mysterious. Her artwork symbolizes resilience and are the records of the historical moment in which they were made, the process, and the artist’s will and interest in reasserting the presence of the image.

Whitney Barnes recently completed permanent public installations in The Botanist’s Mural, Vassar College/Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Brooklyn Botanical: PS 253 (glass commission), Public Art in Public Schools/Percent for Art, Brooklyn, NY, Planting Utopia (interior installation), Albany International Airport, Albany, NY, Planting Utopia (interior and exterior installation), Shaker Heritage Society, Albany, NY. The artist has received the following honors and awards; Maker-Creator Research Fellowship, Winterthur Museum, Library & Garden (2024-25), Individual Artist Grant, (partnering with Shaker Heritage Society), New York State Council on the Arts (2018), Individual Artist Commission, NY State Decentralization Grant, Arts Mid-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY (2015), Gowanus Public Arts Initiative Grant (ArtsGowanus, The Old Stone House & District 39), Brooklyn, NY, Residency with Site-Specific Installation & Fellowship, Fjellerup I Bund I Grund, Fjellerup, Denmark, to name a few. Her work has been featured in Architectural Record, Times Union, The B Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Create Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine and many other publications and podcasts. Julia Whitney Barnes earned her BFA Fine Arts, Painting, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY and her MFA Fine Arts, Painting & Combined Media, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY. The artist lives and works in NY.

Sarah Morejohn’s fascination with non-linear patterns in nature drives her work. Through drawing, she considers how the relationship to nature is mediated both by objective understanding and subjective imagining of it. Considering the symbolic connections between nature, the body, and climate change Morejohn draws partial six-fold symmetries. By building a drawing line by line, sharp angles soften and wiggle, cell-like shapes minnow along while branches and flowers become a part of the flotsam disconnected from the earth. Figurative snow crystals become interlaced with one another and their environment, jumbling towards their own future transformations. Morejohn’s drawing process is intuitive and organic, artifacts of the process, drips, spills, flaws and mistakes are embraced. By collaging the imperfect pieces of her drawings together the work becomes a metaphor for the ever-changing uncertainties of life.

Sarah Morejohn’s work in in the collections of Heustis Hall, 1% for Art Oregon Arts Commission, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Echo Laboratory, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Ursell Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Project Art & Medical Museum, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA. She was awarded residencies at Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY and Playa Art and Science Residency, Summer Lake, OR. Morejohn earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. The artist lives and works in CA.

Please contact Lani Ming Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.

Join Jay Ignaszewski in an afternoon’s exploration diving into the creative pitfalls of moviemaking – the causes and potential resolutions to these problems.

This presentation will examine four examples of such feature films he worked on during his more than 50 years’ experience:

• “The Mean Season” with Kurt Russell
• “Roar” with Tippi Hedren
• “Throw Momma From the Train” with Danny DeVito
• “The Vagrant” with Bill Paxton

“Why Some Films Fail”

Presented by: Jay Ignaszewski

Saturday, May 3, 2025

3 – 5 PM

Five Points Arts Center

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Date: Saturday, May 3

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: The Old Firehouse (40 West Street)

Cost: Free for All

Registration Requested - Space is Limited

The Litchfield Historical Society is proud to present a weekend of public programs to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave.

Join us on Saturday, May 3 at 3:00pm at the old Litchfield Firehouse (40 West Street), for a dramatic reading of excerpts from Grimes’s narrative with a panel discussion to contextualize his words and experiences. Connecticut Storyteller, Andre Keitt will perform passages from Grimes’s narrative. The expert panel will feature Grimes descendent and leading authority, Regina Mason; prominent scholar of the African American slave narrative and Professor Emeritus at UNC, William Leake Andrews; and Professor of American Studies at the University of Buffalo, Kari Winter. Michael Morand Director of Community Engagement for Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library will moderate.  

These events are generously presented through a combination of grants, sponsorship, and in-kind donations. The Litchfield Historical Society would like to give a special thanks to Connecticut Humanities Council, Teno A. West of West Group Law PLLC, Belden House, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, and Bantam Cinema & Arts Center.

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to welcome “In Transit,” an art exhibition by Jeff McCracken on view beginning Friday, May 2.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 3 to 5 pm. The public is invited to attend.

The paintings in this show demonstrate a mastery of realism, mood, and human presence.

The foundation of McCracken’s practice is linked to being emotionally influenced by the story each individual conveys. His subway series of paintings focus on individuals being private in a public place, capturing that fleeting moment when their inner humanity is revealed regardless of who they are or where they’re from.

Check our social media for weekly open hours: @judyblackpark on Instagram and Facebook.

Ann Kraus’s vibrant skyscapes capture the feelings evoked by a specific time and place, constantly evolving as they are buffeted by the wind, adding drama and clarity to our world at sunrise and sunset. The artist said of her paintings, "While some may be serene, others may be electrifying and chaotic."

A reception to celebrate the opening of I Collect Clouds will be held on Saturday, May 3, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Guests will have the chance to meet the artist, admire her work up close, and enjoy light refreshments in an elegant and welcoming atmosphere.

In addition to the opening reception, Ann Kraus will host an engaging Art Talk on Thursday, May 22, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from the artist about her inspirations, techniques, and the thought-provoking themes behind her collection.

Natalia has recorded 8 albums on her own and on Willy Porter’s Weasel Records labels, toured with and/or opened for Janis Ian, Ani DiFranco, Susan Werner, Melissa Ferrick, Glen Phillips, Richard Thompson, Shawn Colvin and Dar Williams to name a few. Twelve Moons Coffee House is a community based, not-for-profit, all volunteer endeavor.  It was instituted in 2012, bringing people together to share and enjoy live music and poetry. This event takes place on the first Saturday of each month at the Center on Main in historic Falls Village, CT. The intimate listening space features seating around candle-lit, café-style tables. Open Mic sign-up starts at 6:00 pm with the first performance at 6:30 followed by a Featured Act at 8:00. Tea, coffee and a variety of baked goods are available, and patrons are welcome to bring their own beverages (alcoholic/non-alcoholic) and food.  There is no charge - Twelve Moons relies entirely on donations at the door to meet expenses. Throughout its history, Twelve Moons Coffee House performers have expressed gratitude for the attentive listeners who appreciate  and encourage their talent.

Saturday, May 3rd, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes the Substitutes for their first time here. The Substitutes are Patrick Allen on Guitar and Vocals and Andy Robbin on keyboard, ukulele, and vocals. The Substitutes' have a wide range of music beginning with early 50s rock and extending all the way to music from today! They love requests and are pretty willing to play any type of music that makes people happy! Come down and make them feel welcome for their first time here.

For reservations call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Grounded by George Brant

Performed by Kimiye Corwin

With live original music by Jane Chung

Hunting terrorists by day and returning to her family at night, boundaries begin to blur for an ace fighter pilot reassigned to drone warfare.

*Adult subjects and language, suitable for 14+ or accompanied by an adult

Tickets start at $15

Saturday, May 3rd at 7:30 PM

Fine Line Theatre Arts

New Milford, CT

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