“The Creative Process” Exhibit by HOT Schools Artists, Opening July 3rd

During the month of July, we will be exhibiting the work of three teaching artists from the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools Program – Mark Patnode, Sanna Stanley and Roger Tremblay.  Since the Green Street Arts Center is now home to Connecticut’s renowned HOT Schools program and Wesleyan will be the host site of the HOT Schools Summer Institute, July 14-18, Green Street is pleased to simultaneously showcase some of Connecticut’s finest teaching artists.

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On Thursday, July 3rd, from 5-8:00 p.m. (in conjunction with Middletown’s Gallery Walk series) there will be an opening reception for The Creative Process.   Check out the Middletown fireworks after over the river. The work of Patnode, Stanley and Tremblay will remain on display at Green Street from July 3rd through July 25th during regular business hours (M-TH 9a.m.-5p.m.  Fridays during summer 9a.m.-noon).

As the show is titled The Creative Process, each of these artists (while working in vastly differing media) will present both works in-progress and finished artwork  as well.  Mark Patnode is a painter, Sanna Stanley an illustrator, and Roger Tremblay is an engineer-turned-artist with a passion for mathematical patterns and refers to his creations as “computational art”.   Tremblay will also display an in-progress light sculpture.  This trio’s diverse assortment of specialties are aptly representative of the Office of the Arts’ and HOT Schools’ extensive roster of teaching artists with endlessly varied styles and approaches to art-making.  Certainly, each of these three exhibiting artists brings a unique vision to their creative process and to their teaching practice.

Green Street Open House – Saturday, June 14th

Ever wonder what happens at the Green Street Arts Center? Come join us for our Open House on Saturday, June 14th to find out. We will be here from 12:00-4:00pm with an art show, musical performances, tours, and more information about our activities. Our teaching artists are volunteering their time to help us bring you an amazing event for the whole family.

Learn about our:

  • AfterSchool Program – fall registration is open!
  • Private Lessons – meet the teachers
  • Teacher Professional Development Opportunities – science safer workshop schedule set for next year
  • Classes and Workshops – VanGogh, summer preschool music, blogging
  • Green Street-to-Go! Teaching Artist Residencies – bring our artists to your clients for arts and cultural activities

The art sale will feature original works from our teaching artists and staff Renee Soares, Roslyn N. Carrier-Brault, Lindsay Behrens, Meredith Arcari, Cookie Quinones, Claudia Wolf, and Sara MacSorley. They’ll be selling paintings, photography, jewelry, and original screen printed tshirts. Lots of great gift ideas for all those summer birthdays.

AfterSchool

Nationally-known mosaicist Deb Aldo will be here to tell visitors about our Greening Green Street Mosaic Project and show off the newly installed pebble mosaics in our garden. She will have original pieces on sale to support AfterSchool scholarships.

We will have musical performance by our teaching artists Joseph Getter, John Nisbet, Phil Zimmerman, and Liz Dellinger. At 3:00pm, special guest the Rhythm Ring Singers will perform. The Rhythm Ring Singers grew out of the Living in Song Workshops hosted as part of a Center for the Arts residency with Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Michelle Podgorski’s watercolor exhibit “Fragmented Landscape” will be on display.

There is a $5 entry donation to support our programs, kids under 12 are free as are families who participated in the spring semester of our AfterSchool Program.

Come on down!
51 Green Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Saturday, June 14, 2014
12:00-4:00pm
$5 entry donation