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Arts & Ideas 2014

Program delves into identity and experience

4 Artists Next Door

Hank Hoffman sits down with Graham Honaker

17 Rock Notes

Q&A with Martha Redbone 18Split Knuckle Theatre

Long Wharf presents Storrs-based company

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Letter fromthe editorIn this edition of The Arts Paper, we showcase the Inter-national Festival of Arts & Ideas, which takes place June 14 through June 28. In April, I sat down with the festi-val’s executive director, Mary Lou Aleskie, and the orga-nization’s programming director, Cathy Edwards, to talk about this year’s theme, “transformation and tradition.”

In addition to that article, we’ve included in these pages a column by Aleskie welcoming Arts Paper read-ers to the festival, and a Q&A-style interview that Arts Paper contributor Stephen Chupaska did with Martha Redbone, who’ll perform a free concert on June 15 on the New Haven Green. We’ve also included a schedule of festival events, which we hope will entice you into visiting artidea.org for detailed information about all of

this year’s programs.This issue of The Arts Paper also introduces readers to

the Split Knuckle Theatre, a Storrs-based, Lecoq-inspired company that will present a play called Endurance this month at Long Wharf Theatre. The work examines lead-ership in the face of adversity by shifting back and forth between a Hartford insurance executive’s angst as the country slips into the recent economic crisis and Ernest Shackleton’s doomed voyage to the Antarctic aboard the Endurance.

In his regular Artists Next Door feature, Hank Hoffman introduces us to Graham Honaker, writing: “Artist Gra-ham D. Honaker II’s overarching concept is to avoid con-ceptualizing his work when it’s in process. By refusing to impose his own narrative — in fact, deliberately resisting the temptation to do so — he leaves his works open to the active interpretations of viewers.”

And we’ve taken the opportunity with this edition of The Arts Paper to tell readers about a community engage-ment project the Arts Council recently organized to help

fund other artists and arts organizations’ participatory initiatives.

In the July-August edition of The Arts Paper, we’ll pre-view Elm Shakespeare Company’s production of Pericles, which will be staged in August in Edgerton Park.

We at the Arts Council hope you’ll enjoy this month’s complement of articles – and that you’ll attend one or more programs at this year’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas – and we hope that you’ll remember to recycle this print publication once you’ve finished reading it.

Sincerely,

David Brensilver, editorThe Arts Paper

The July-August edition of The Arts Paper will preview Elm Shakespeare Company’s produc-tion of the Bard’s Pericles, which will be staged in August in Edgerton Park. Last year, the com-pany staged Julius Caesar.

Photo courtesy of Elm

Shakespeare Company.

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In the next issue … On the CoverThe Grammy

Award-winning Latin music group

La Santa Cecilia (pictured) performs

a free concert with opening act Nation

Beat on the New Haven Green on

June 28 as part of the International

Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Photo by Humberto Howard.

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rtist Graham D. Honaker II’s overarching concept is to avoid conceptualizing his work when it’s in process. By refusing to impose his own narrative — in fact,

deliberately resisting the temptation to do so — he leaves his works open to the active interpretations of viewers.

Honaker’s artwork melds elements of painting, collage, and sculpture. His dense creations float im-agery and objects — clippings from old magazines, stenciled faces, commercial packaging ephemera, Polaroid pictures, brush strokes, and poured paint — between layers of clear epoxy resin, as though an assemblage were captured in amber.

In his artist statement, Honaker, who moved to Connecticut from his native New Mexico five years ago, writes, “The visual information that fills the objects that I create are, as it were, samplings of random radio waves traveling through space and time. While a single bit of information might seem arbitrary, a convergence of many equally arbitrary bits of information tell a story of our humanity.”

Interviewed at his home studio, Honaker elabo-rates, saying, “Given enough information, the brain will come up with some sort of connection no mat-ter how arbitrary the separate bits of information are.”

The layering process is an aesthetic choice. “I have no conceptual need to put these things in

layers,” Honaker says. “I like the extra dimension it gives to the painting by casting shadows and things like that. Because these things — whether you call them paintings or sculptures, whatever they are, I don’t have a real definition for what I do — they change throughout the day depending on what light is on them. I like that aspect.

“I had been thinking of my works as paintings so they had to have a flat surface,” Honaker says. “A year ago I was very into the idea that everything was covered (by epoxy resin) and there was a smooth surface and when something had texture it wouldn’t be tactile.”

But over the past year he has let go that distinc-tion. He is willing, on a piece-by-piece basis, to allow his surfaces — in a commissioned work in progress that includes circuit boards — to be more sculptural.

Honaker usually builds out to five or six layers de-pending on the size of the piece. (The epoxy resin, which fully covers every layer, doesn’t come cheap.) His works start with a base of arbitrary color or

pattern, creating texture. The second layer usually features collage elements.

When he starts a piece he may have a folder at hand with clippings he finds interesting. He is drawn to magazine imagery from the 1940s through the 1960s, relishing its period aesthetic, color satu-ration, and the quality of the paper. When the paper soaks up the epoxy resin, the printing on both sides becomes visible, an effect he enjoys.

It was also the moment when advertising agen-cies were beginning their research into, and use of, subliminal messaging, Honaker notes. Ironically, Honaker himself is not encoding subliminal mes-sages but his aesthetic suggests he might be.

The deluge of information is eye-catching. Be-sides the magazine cutouts and the areas of poured paint or broad dry brush strokes, Honaker makes frequent use of portrait imagery painted through his own hand-cut stencils and thin geometric line patterns suggestive of maps. The latter motif is informed both by Honaker’s affection for the Bau-haus and prompted by the profusion of wiring in his basement studio.

“You think you’re supposed to follow the line but the line is pretty arbitrary. It’s not going to take you anywhere — there’s no revelation at the end,” he says, laughing.

Honaker’s attraction to stenciled faces, he says, comes from his love of portraiture. He claims he doesn’t have the patience to actually paint portraits but cutting the stencils can take up to three hours. Their use in his works evokes both Pop Art and ag-itprop. Many of the faces are recognizable figures from the world of entertainment and politics. But Honaker often uses stencils of “people who are just ordinary people,” which adds to the mystery of his pieces.

Honaker says that each addition or “negation” — by which he means adding an element that partially or fully covers up a previous element — “informs the next move.”

His color selection is intuitive, often not looking at which color he is selecting. “Unexpected colors” are welcome because they might set him off in a direction he consciously would not have gone.

“It speaks to my whole process. If I were to con-sciously choose this color or that, I wouldn’t be able to take a cue from that,” says Honaker. “It’s kind of like chess. I make a move and then I have to deal with it.”

He also places random pieces of collage and then responds to them.

“Half the time, the ones I think are really cool get covered up,” Honaker says. “It’s part of the process. I can’t think of anything as really precious to the piece because that kind of ruins what I’m trying to do.

“I do run into (situations) where I see a theme starting to form. Naturally, I’d like to run with it but I try really hard to go against that urge,” Honaker says. “I’m not trying to tell a story or put something together particular to my life experience or any memory I might have.

“The artwork is basically just like an archive of where we’ve been and where we’re going as hu-mans,” Honaker explains. “Each individual has a different way to connect to different moments in the painting.”

Open to interpretationThe multilayered artwork of Graham Honaker

Graham Honaker’s The Car Salesman. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Graham Honaker at work. Image courtesy of the artist.

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When OluShola Cole, the Arts Council of Greater New Haven’s community programs coordinator, left the organization in May 2013 to attend graduate school at the Maryland College Institute of Art, the Arts Council’s executive director, Cindy Clair, asked herself, “How do we achieve that same program goal with fewer resources?”

With Cole gone and feeling that Exact Change – the Arts Council’s annual presenta-tion of live performances on CT Transit buses in and around New Haven – was a program that had run its course, Clair proposed to the organization’s Board of Directors that $10,000 be set aside to assist artists and organizations connect with new audiences.

In September, the Arts Council solicited “proposals for community projects that invite the public to actively participate in the cre-ative process.” Grants ranging in amount from $1,000 to $2,500 were awarded to the orga-nizers of four unique projects.

Increasing opportunities for community engagement came from discussions the Arts Council had during a 2010 innovation project called New Pathways for the Arts, and through a more recent program called Reintegrate, which the Arts Council has described as “an initiative that fosters relationships and dialog between the scientific and artistic communities in the region.”

The goal of the community engagement ini-tiative was to offer funding to facilitate projects that engage audiences in new ways.

“The Arts Council values community engage-ment and providing accessible programs,” Clair said. “We’re at our best when we partner with artists and arts organizations.”

From a collection of 20 proposals received in October 2013, the Arts Council chose to fund four projects that Clair said “engaged audiences

outside traditional arts venues.”Through the Trees, a project conceived by

Nick Pfaff and Hanna Plotke that addressed gun violence in New Haven, stemmed from a memorial to the victims of the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook School Ele-mentary School in Newtown, Conn., in De-cember 2012. Pfaff and Plotke had worked with the Connecticut Commission on Children and Healing Newtown to curate an exhibit called Seeking to Heal: Makers Contribute to Newtown, a collection work by students from around Connecticut that expressed feelings about the shooting.

In their proposal, Pfaff and Plotke wrote, “While working to get submissions of art from students in Connecticut we became aware that there was a substantial deficit in submissions of artwork and response from urban communities.”

And like Newtown, New Haven has been plagued by violence, and untimely deaths of youth.

What resulted with funding from the Arts Council and funds raised through a Kickstarter campaign was Through the Trees, an interactive art project in which students were invited to The Lot, on Chapel Street, to create and attach to metal-lic-painted trees artistic elements inspired by their thoughts about young victims of shootings.

“We wanted to give kids an opportunity to express themselves and their feelings about violence in their community,” Pfaff said.

Jack Lardis, who won a 2008 Arts Award for the work he’s done through Oil Drum Art – an organization that provides 55-gal-lon drums to artists who use them as the basis for artistic reactions to topics relating to war, the environment, the energy crisis, and other issues – received funding for a project that, like Pfaff and Plotke’s, involved

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Engaging the communityArts Council funds participatory initiatives

Dancers from Elm City Dance Collective offer the community a glimpse into the dance-making process.

Photo submitted.

Area students engage with Nick Pfaff and Hanna Plotke’s Through the Trees project at The Lot on Chapel Street. Staff photo.

stephen grant

With the Arts Council’s new radio show, we have all been given access inside the minds of the creative visionaries in our community. The arts talk show airs on WPKN 89.5 FM the third Monday of each month and creates a behind the scenes experience with the artists that help make New Haven the self-proclaimed, Greatest Small City in America.

The hour-long show debuted in March with an episode dedicated to the starv-ing-artist debate. Sharing their stories on the air were notable working artists Gor-don Skinner, Adele Meyers, and Deborah Freedman, who created an inspiring chat about how they survive as artists. Other past episodes have provided a look inside community art projects, theater produc-tions, and local music. Since the station is equipped with performance space, you can expect some on-air performances in the future.

As the host I am thrilled to provide conversations about art for WPKN’s lis-teners. The station has a great vintage feel and the general manager, Steve di Costanzo, is a big fan of New Haven’s jazz scene. Since our first meeting, he has been very supportive of what the Arts Council aims to achieve as an organiza-tion.

WPKN is a wonderful alternative sta-tion that has been broadcasting for 50 years and remains relevant in the busy digital world by continuing to put its listeners first. Our Monday time slot is

shared with other arts organizations like the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, which shares the mission of promoting local art and artists.

Arts ON AIR is perfect for creative

types who are looking to be inspired or are searching for art events.

The Next show airs June 17 at 12 p.m. on WPKN 89.5FM and online at wpkn.org. Stream from your smartphone using

the TuneIn Radio App. Listen to past epi-sodes online at artnhv.com/on-air.

Stephen Grant is the Arts Council’s communications manager.

local students. The resulting project, an extension of an Oil Drum Art

program called Trash Drum Art, provided seven area schools – New Haven Academy, Wilbur Cross International Academy, Hillhouse High School, Cooperative Arts and Hu-manities High School, Engineering and Science University Magnet School, and Hyde School of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine – with 55-gallon drums on which students painted on a theme of “New Haven Firsts.” Through the project, Lardis hopes the students will become environmen-tal advocates and stewards.

An important benefit of Lardis’ work is that the 55-gallon

drums he procures and repurposes don’t end up in landfills. “We take them out of that process,” he said. “We make

them functional and attractive.”The other two projects funded by the Arts Council were

organized to engage even broader audiences.The See Yourself Project, which was conceived and car-

ried out by the Elm City Dance Collective – a presenting and educational organization – grew out of a desire to find a unique a way to promote a piece of work called Almost Porcelain.

Given that “the dance-making process is … not always re-vealed to the community,” ECDC cofounder and choreogra-pher Kellie Lynch said, her organization saw an opportunity to open people’s eyes to the process.

Earlier this spring, the organization created opportunities in two downtown New Haven locations for members of the

community to happen upon that very process in the form of what Lynch described as an improvised “living statue per-formance” based on Almost Porcelain.

While ECDC is always looking for “ways to broaden our

audience and also to engage the community,” Lynch said, “we are a service organization and we take that very seri-ously.”

For Elm Shakespeare Company Managing Director Dan-iel Fitzmaurice, the goal of that organization’s community engagement project, I Am Shakespeare, is “to get as many people doing this work as we can.” The work he referred to is acting.

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the On9 celebration that will take place in Ninth Square on June 6, Elm Shakespeare Company members will invite folks from the community to perform brief passages from Shakespeare’s works – and to be videotaped doing so by local filmmaker Stephen Dest, who plans to turn the project into a mini-documentary, Fitz-maurice said.

“I was very inspired by the (Arts Council’s) RFP,” Fitz-maurice said. “To us, it really said, ‘Get the audience out of their seats.’”

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Students at the Hyde School of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine participate in the Oil Drum Art project organized by Jack Lardis (not pictured). Photo (detail) by Judy Sirota Rosenthal.

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Dear Arts Paper Readers:

The 2014 International Fes-tival of Arts & Ideas is upon us, and I personally invite you to join us on an intimate and personal journey that explores our traditions and origins. This year, artists and thinkers from around the corner and around the globe gather here in celebration of “transfor-mation and tradition,” which manifests itself in 15 days of performances, talks, tours, and festivities.

Our 19th festival of seri-ous fun celebrates heritage and tradition through classic American tales transformed by creative expression and new ideas. We come together playfully and are inspired to look deeply within ourselves to consider our place in contem-porary society.

As always, we celebrate our city and our state, which pro-vides inspiration, context, and an unparalleled host commu-nity that is home to some of

the world’s most astonishing institutions, collections, archi-tecture, and people. Ideas and issues inspired by the artists on our performance stages are explored by thought leaders of national resonance who just happen to live right here in our state.

And, we celebrate ourselves as we imagine the future and look forward to welcoming all to join in our festival. We’re particularly excited this year, because CNN named us as one of the top attractions in a list of “50 states, 50 spots for 2014.”

Join us and join visitors from around the country in cele-brating this year.

Sincerely,

Mary Lou AleskieExecutive DirectorInternational Festival of Arts & Ideas

Mary Lou Aleskie, executive director, International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

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he theme of this year’s Interna-tional Festival of Arts & Ideas is “transformation and tradition.” As is the case every year, the festival’s

theme emerges as a thread that connects the works being presented and “captures a certain amount of cultural zeitgeist,” Cathy Edwards, the festival’s programming director, said, explaining that the theme is also “one of the ways we provide a point of entry” for audiences.

“We want to share overtly the idea

that gave shape to the festival,” she said, explaining that “it’s also true that themes emerge from a collection of cornerstones that we commit to” during the planning and programming process.

Festival organizers look for a certain “fla-vor” during that process, and unquestion-ably, Edwards said, “there are narratives that emerge once the festival is underway.”

And that has everything to do with the compelling programming being presented.

Violinist Regina Carter will perform music from her most recent album, South-ern Comfort, which Edwards said very spe-

cifically revisits southern music from an era gone by.

Mary Lou Aleskie, the festival’s executive director, said Carter is updating traditions while focusing on people’s views of the future.

Language on Carter’s website tells us that “on her new album she explores the folk tunes her paternal grandfather, a coalminer, would have heard as he toiled in Alabama … Intent on making the past, present, Regina sought out distant rela-tives and books about the era in which her grandfather lived. From there, she went to

the Library of Congress and the renowned collections of folklorists such as Alan Lomax and John Work III digging deep into their collected field recordings from Appalachia. On Southern Comfort, Regina interprets her own roots through a modern lens.”

Through that “personal journey,” Carter said by telephone from a tour stop in Seat-tle, “I’m able to see clearly how much we’re all connected.”

“All of our families went through some kind of migration,” she pointed out.

Not surprisingly, during her research,

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“Transformation and tradition” explored

Festival program delves into identity and experience

The Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group performs Moses(es). Photo by Peggy Woosley.

Carter came across recordings from as early as 1893, and some of that material, she said, is “really ugly and racist.”

And while it was “worth hearing,” none of that music is included on Southern Com-fort, which features some of the beautiful music that came out of our ugly history.

What Carter said she came out of the process with was an introduction to some incredible music that might otherwise not be widely heard.

“It empowers me,” she said, “makes me want to leave some kind of positive legacy … music that has some depth to it.”

In conjunction with her performance, Carter will present a talk with Yale Univer-sity professor of African American studies Crystal Feimster called “Down Home: The Musical Heritage of the American South.”

Aleskie said all of the artists who’ll be performing during this year’s festival are, in one way or another, asking, “Who are we, and who will we be?”

“Art resonates when it’s connected to people,” she said

Reggie Wilson, who’ll present his dance piece Moses(es) with his Fist and Heel Performance Group, said the work is about “who these (dancers) are,” and asks, “Who are you as a viewer watching this?”

Moses(es), which received its premiere in Philadelphia in September 2013, was inspired and informed by Zora Neale Hur-ston’s Moses, Man of the Mountain, and by a 2010 trip to Israel where Wilson worked on a pilot program for the Foundation for Jewish Culture, in Jerusalem. There, he met

and talked at length with Avigdor Shinan, an associate professor at the Hebrew Uni-versity of Jerusalem who’s the uncle of Fist and Heel Performance Group dancer Anna Schon.

For Wilson, rereading Moses, Man of the Mountain prompted the question, “What is identity?”

As performed by primarily black dancers from different places in the world who’ve had different life experiences and dance

training, the “idea of identity is, I think, physically manifested” in Moses(es), Wil-son said. “So it’s not some kind of abstract idea.”

Identity, of course, is tied to experience, that which brings us together if only to try to make sense of things.

Playwright David Greig’s newest work, The Events, which had its premiere at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and will receive its U.S. premiere at this year’s Inter-national Festival of Arts & Ideas, explores

the aftermath of tragedy. It was inspired – if that’s the right word – by the July 2011 massacre carried out by Anders Behring Breivik in Olso and on the island of Utøya, in Norway.

“It’s resonant here,” Aleskie said, and “it’s resonant, sadly, worldwide.”

One cornerstone program of this year’s festival that will no doubt resonate with local audiences is Arguendo, a play di-rected by Yale University graduate John Collins and performed by the New York-based company Elevator Repair Service. The work’s text is taken entirely from the oral arguments made during a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court case called Barnes v. Glen Theatre, a First Amendment case involving strip clubs in Indiana.

The case, Collins said during a telephone interview, was an “attempt to distinguish between expression and conduct,” which “strikes at the heart of what live perfor-mance is.”

Among the post-show conversations that will be held throughout the play’s run in New Haven will be a panel discussion with Yale Law School Dean Robert Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Yale Law School lecturer Linda Greenhouse, and Emily Bazelon, a senior editor at Slate who Collins said “has worked with us from a pretty early point in the development” of the play.

The decision to use the oral arguments themselves as the text of the play, Collins said, was about “finding theater inside of existing language.”

He also pointed out that listening to the oral arguments made before the highest court in the land is “a great intellectual sport” with entertainment value.

And that’s something that’s important, in a broader sense, to Aleskie, Edwards, and their colleagues at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Visit artidea.org for information about this year’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas and

see the schedule of events provided in this edition of The Arts Paper on page 10.

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Regina Carter. Photo by David Katzenstein.

Elevator Repair Service performs Arguendo. Photo by Joan Marcus.

“Art resonates when

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Headline Concerts on the New Haven Green

Lalah Hathaway & Ruben Studdard, with the Connecticut Governor’s Arts AwardsAn evening of soul & R&BJune 14, 7 p.m.

Martha Redbone Roots Project with Mondo Bizarro/Art Spot’s Cry You OneAmerican folk and roots music of Appalachia with sounds of the Louisiana bayouJune 15, 7 p.m.

Dianne Reeves with the New Haven Symphony OrchestraWilliam Boughton, conductorA jazz legend performs in a special symphonic programJune 21, 7 p.m.

Brandy Clark with Bronze Radio ReturnNext-generation Nashville and indie-rock with foot-stomping good tunesJune 22, 7 p.m.

La Santa Cecilia with Nation BeatLatin rock and dance music that draws from Mexico and BrazilJune 28, 7 p.m. Ticketed Events

Traces – Les 7 doigts de la main (7 Fingers)A thrilling theatrical circus with high-flying acrobaticsJune 24-28, University Theatre

The Events, by David GreigU.S. premiere of a major new work about commu-nity, tolerance, and healing in the wake of trauma, with the participation of choirs from our regionJune 24-28, Yale Repertory Theatre

Arguendo – Elevator Repair ServiceA “boisterously entertaining” (Entertainment Weekly) look at the Supreme Court and First Amendment rights of expression as justices contemplate whether nude dancing is artJune 18-22, Yale Repertory Theatre

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance GroupMoses(es)A “thrilling” (The New York Times) and vibrant new contemporary dance work that draws from Zora Neale Hurston and the story of exodusJune 18-21, University Theatre

Lemon Andersen – County of KingsA one-man journey towards self discovery flowing from hard-edged drama to street poetryJune 14-15, Yale Repertory Theatre

Regina CarterThe foremost jazz violinist of her generation revisits her Southern musical heritageJune 18, Morse Recital Hall

The GloamingCarving new paths from the rich Irish folk tradition to contemporary musicJune 20, Morse Recital Hall

Adele Myers & Dancers Einstein’s Happiest ThoughtAn “engrossing” (Village Voice) New England-based dance ensemble explores the state of anticipationJune 24-28, Iseman Theater

Erik Freidlander - Block Ice & PropaneAmericana-inspired cello music and stories of travels across the United StatesJune 14, Iseman Theater

Île O – Compagnie BarolosoloA pool of water, a pole to climb on, and two clowns with musical instruments: what could possibly go wrong?June 14-15, New Haven Green

Echoes: Early Music Reimagined Yale Choral ArtistsExploring early music in our times with early works juxtaposed against newly commissioned compositionsJune 20, Church of St. Mary

Yale Institute for Music TheatreOpen rehearsal readings of new musicals, performed by professional actors and musiciansJune 14-15, Off-Broadway Theater

Additional Programs

Family Matters: The Personal Cinema of Alan BerlinerPresented in association with the Yale Summer Film Institute, with screenings, talks, and panels with the filmmakerJune 13-15

Ideas: Lectures and Conversations

Recipients of the Governor’s Arts AwardsJune 14, Yale University Art Gallery

Jack Hitt: From Electric Car to Obsolete HighwaysJune 15, Yale University Art Gallery

On the Waterfront: Responses to Our Embattled WaterwaysArtists join environmental and community activistsJune 17, Kroon Hall, Yale University

Down Home: The Musical Heritage of the Amer-ican SouthWith musician Regina Carter and historian and Yale University professor Crystal FeimsterJune 17, Yale Center for British Art

The Cooking Gene: Tracing My African American Story Through FoodJune 18, Yale Center for British Art

Zora Neale Hurston: The Inspiration Behind Moses(es)Featuring Reggie Wilson, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library curator Melissa Barton, and James Madison University professor Mollie Godfrey

June 19, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Thinking About SportsWith sportswriter Frank Deford, prize-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, NPR and Slate sports-writer Mike Pesca, and best-selling author Nicholas DawidoffJune 19, Yale University Art Gallery

The Art of Bibliotherapy, or, How to Match-Make Between Books and ReadersWith Susan ElderkinJune 21, Yale University Art Gallery

Speech: The First Amendment in the SpotlightPanelists include Yale Law School Dean and First Amendment scholar Robert Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Yale Law School lecturer Linda Greenhouse, and Slate Senior Editor Emily BazelonJune 22, Yale University Art Gallery

Brilliant: The Science of How We Get SmarterWriter and reporter Annie Murphy Paul June 24, Yale Center for British Art

Photographs of Britain and IrelandAmerican photographers Bruce Davidson and Paul CaponigroJune 25, Yale University Art Gallery

Contemporary Circus: Innovative Approaches to Partnership, from Quebec to New EnglandJune 25, Location TBA

How to Make a Human BeingWith New York Times columnist and science writer Carl ZimmerJune 26, Yale University Art Gallery

Can Music Mediate Conflict?With composers John Browne (The Events) and Byron Au Yong (Stuck Elevator, Festival 2013) June 27, Yale University Art Gallery

South Africa Now: Reflecting on 20 Years of DemocracyWith award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and other expertsJune 28, Yale University Art Gallery

Tours and More

AcrobuffosA street-performance water balloon fight!June 27-28, New Haven Green

Walking Tours (27 events)Sites, buildings, and neighborhoods throughout New HavenJune 14-28

Gallery Talks and Tours (18 events)Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, and other area museums and galleriesJune 14-28

Bike Tours (12 events)With Elm City CyclingJune 14-28

Food Experiences (three events)Culinary samples from a stellar restaurantJune 14-28

Noon to Night: Weekday Concerts (16 events)Tuesday-Friday at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. on the New Haven Green

Family Stage: Shows for All Ages (eight events)Tuesday-Friday at 1:15 p.m. on the New Haven Green

Master Classes and Workshops (five events)Dive deeper into the performances on stage in these classes and workshops with Festival performing artistsJune 14-28 PizzaFestFrom pizzerias throughout New HavenJune 19-20, 26-27, 12pm

Pop-Up Celebrations (three events)Community celebrations in New Haven’s neighborhoods, pre-ambles to the main festivalMay 31, June 1, June 7

Family Activities on the New Haven Green Box City, June 14 & 15 from 12-5 p.m.

Schedule of events courtesy of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Visit artidea.org for more information.

International Festival of Arts & Ideas: Festival 2014, June 14-28

Compagnie Barolosolo’s Île O. Image courtesy of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

debbie hesse

he idea of curating a doll exhibition began to take shape after traveling through South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana more than 10 years

ago. I was so inspired by the incredible, colorful, textured dolls everywhere and over-whelmed by their authenticity and sheer range of expression from minimal to highly decorative.

Dolls are concrete representations of our humanness. Puppets, marionettes, figurines, action figures, and even human dolls – whether larger than life or miniature in scale – are universal icons that offer social, political, and historical context in which to explore is-sues of personal and cultural identity, gender roles, heritage, magic, ritual, childhood, and memory.

As part of the exhibition Doll-Like, curated with Paul Clabby and on view at the John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, I created a Community Curated Doll Collection for families to share their dolls and stories, because everyone has memories about a doll. Members of the general public are invited to drop off the “favorite dolls” they cherished as childhood memories, whether created from scratch or collected from places around the world. Also, we have workshops and re-lated performances scheduled to take place throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Dolls can be dropped off between now and July 2, during gallery hours, Wednesday-Fri-day, 11 a.m.4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 2-5 p.m.

Over the past eight months, I organized

several artist-led doll-making workshops at neighborhood agencies with help from Manny Rivera, a former Arts Council colleague and a seasoned community cultural organizer. Manny said he’s “loved being able to organize community cultural development arts pro-grams that impact New Haven residents who otherwise would not have an opportunity to be engaged.”

It has been a wonderfully successful program that has helped build community, encourage creativity, and explore cultural identity. The eight workshops we’ve organized thus far have involved more than 100 partici-pants diverse in age, background, and gender.

Sculptors Susan Clinard and Silas Finch, photographer Rashmi Talpade, and per-former/doll-maker Elaine Peters conducted workshops that delved into ideas about personal and cultural identity, while drawing on traditions of paper dolls, beading, and recy-cling and reuse.

Artist-led workshops were held at:• Casa Otoñal• Connecticut Mental Health Center• Dixwell Senior Center• Project Green• Project M.O.R.E.• Stetson Library, as part of Celebrating

Black History Month• Tower One• Virginia Wells Home Visit the blog dollprojectnewhaven.

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Debbie Hesse is the Arts Council’s director of artistic services and programs.

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Classes & WorkshopsArts Center Killingworth 276 North Parker Hill Road, Killingworth. 860-663-5593. artscenterkillingworth.org.Spring-Summer Art Programs. Adult weekend programs: Drawing, Introduction to Sewing, Poly-mer Clay Design, Digital and Light Photography, Encaustics, Facial Makeup Artistry, Chinese Cal-ligraphy, Origami; Adult weekday classes: Draw-ing, Watercolor and Acrylic Painting; Just4Kids: Sculpting, Drawing, Mixed Media, Preschool Art, Summer Fashion and Nature Camps. Through Au-gust 1. Visit website for individual program details.

Aux 3 Pommes 35 Boston St., Guilford. 203-871-9146. corinadotdash.blogspot.com/p/youth-art-classes.html.Bilingual Kids Art Classes. Your child or children will be exposed to the arts in a rich and creative environment, while immersing into a new lan-guage, Spanish, through drawing, painting, basic printmaking techniques, mixed media, collage, and sculpture! Tuesdays, through June 26. (No classes June 3-12). $240 for nine sessions, good for three months. $135 for five sessions, good for two months $30 per class. 3-5 p.m.

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center, 230 West Campus Drive, Orange. 203-934-0878. ctnsi.com.Art Classes in Natural Science Illustration. Fire up your summer with nature-based art classes. We offer classes in field sketching, watercolor, color theory, painting birds and botanicals, and making dioramas. Visit website or send e-mail to ctnsi.info@gmail.com. Monday-Saturday, through Au-gust 27, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org.Summer Classes and Workshops. Explore your creative side with visual arts classes and work-shops for adults and young people in book arts, design, drawing and painting, fiber, fashion, jewelry, photography, pottery, printmaking, and sculpture. Summer Session runs June 16-August 8. See the course brochure or visit the website for dates, times, and fees. Online registration available.Adventures in Art! Give your child an adventure in art! Creative Arts Workshop offers eight-week programs in drawing, painting, pottery, mixed

media, and more. CAW’s faculty of professional artists will help your child to develop his or her creativity in a fun and supportive environment. Register for as many weeks as you choose, from a single week to the full eight-week course. Monday-Friday, June 16-August 8, 9 p.m.-1 p.m. for ages 4-6; optional extended day until 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for grades 2-5 and 6-8; optional extended day until 5:30 p.m.

Elm City Dance Collective Center for the Arts at Christ Church (the Undercroft), 84 Broadway, New Haven. 203-645-8472. elmcitydance.org.Club Fusion Dance Class. Come and get your groove on in this nonstop follow-along-style movement experience that will leave you en-ergized and sweaty. No dance experience is needed as you will be guided through basic club style dance steps from beginning to end, rounded out by a series of dance conditioning and stretching exercises for warm-up and cool down. Wednesdays, through June 18. Drop-in: $15. Five-class series: $50. Ten-class Club Fu-sion and Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Dance Technique series (see below) over five weeks: $90. 6-7:30 p.m.Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Dance Tech-

nique Class. We will playfully tumble through space attempting to find ease in effort, weight, and clarity. Moving dynamically while simultane-ously exploring nuance and performance, we will fall into and out of the floor for a full body dance experience. This class will invite you to discover your fullest movement potential. Thursdays through June 19. Drop-in: $15. Five-class series: $50. 6-7:30 p.m.

Guilford Art Center 411 Church St., Guilford. 203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.Spring Semester of Classes and Workshops. Classes and workshops in all media for all ages and abil-ities, including ceramics, weaving, painting and drawing, jewelry and metalsmithing, blacksmith-ing, stone carving, photography, kids’ classes, and more. Tuition assistance available. Through June 6.

The Grove 760 Chapel St., New Haven. 646-288-1641. presentandperform.com.Monologue/Audition Class for Adults. Mariah Sage, AEA actor and cofounder of Theatre 4, teaches this six-week class for adults. Each student will complete the course with two audition-ready monologues. Small class size ensures individual attention within a positive, professional envi-ronment. Mariah will help each participant find and select successful monologues. Wednesdays through June 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $275 for six-week class which includes textbook.

Nantucket Island 164 Main St., Nantucket. 203-389-2182. lennymoskowitzart.com/workshops.Plein Air Painting Workshop. Landscape painting workshop on Nantucket: Introduction to plein air painting for all levels and medium. Each day we head off to one of Nantucket’s beautiful vistas. For more information and to see photos, please visit the website or send e-mail to lennymosk@comcast.net. June 14-21. $1,250, includes lodging, workshop, and transportation on island.

Neighborhood Music School Middletown Senior Center, 150 Williams St., Middletown. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.Dancing With Parkinson’s. Based on the Dance for PD™ program of the Mark Morris Dance Group, this class encourages people with Parkinson’s and related neurological disorders to experience gentle movement in a variety of dance styles, with live music. No experience is necessary and walkers, canes, and wheelchairs are welcome! Mondays through June 30. Contact instructor Laura Richling at lrichling@neighborhoodmusic-school.org. Free. 1:30-2:45 p.m.

New Haven Free Public Library Ives Main Branch, 133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-946-8835. nhfpl.org.Creative Writing Workshop with Sandi Kahn Shelton. Practicing and daydreaming writers are invited to a prodding by author Sandi Shelton, who also

Manic Productions presents Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson and Family, and Alison Krauss and Union Station at Simsbury Meadows on June 15. Images courtesy of Manic Productions.

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The Yale Center for British Art presents Bruce Davidson/Paul Caponigro: Two American Photographers in Britain and Ireland June 26-September 14. Pictured: Bruce Davidson’s London (1960), Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall, © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos, and Paul Caponigro’s Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, 1977, gelatin silver print,

© Paul Caponigro.

writes as Maddie Dawson. Participants will be entered into drawing for copy of her newest book, The Opposite of Maybe. Register by calling 203-946-8835. June 10. $10 at door. 6-7:30 p.m.

Dance21 Saturday Neighborhood Music School Dance Concert Join us as Neighborhood Music School students of all ages perform a variety of works in many different dance genres. Performances at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. ACES Educational Center for the Arts,

55 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189.

neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

ExhibitionsArtspace 50 Orange St., New Haven. 203-772-2709. artspacenh.org.Forced Collaboration II. This exhibition pairs 12 artists (six collaborations) with wildly different practices. The artists are strangers to each other, selected by the curator (Jacob Rhodes) to exchange a finished work and to re-create that work by forcing them-selves on it in any way they please. No preconcep-

tions stain their attempts. On view through June 28. Wednesday-Thursday, 12-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 12-8 p.m. Free.

Beverly Kaye Gallery 15 Lorraine Drive, Woodbridge. 203-387-5700. artbbrut.com, BeverlyKayeGallery.blogspot.com.Anthony Guyther: Redux. Forty-five years of symbolist collage created by self-taught Martha’s Vineyard artist Anthony Guyther. His works were enlarged and used as backdrops in the fashion windows of Bonwit Teller in New York City in the 1960s. A book by the same name is also available and many vintage col-lages from that book will be offered for sale. Call for an appointment. On view through July 24. Open by appointment, Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven. 203-782-2489. city-gallery.org.Life-Line. City Gallery presents Life-Line, featuring artist Kathy Kane. The exploration of line, its delicate nature, and ambiguous presence in the landscape bring punctuation and life to Kane’s new work. On view June 5-29. Opening reception: Saturday, June 7, 2-5 p.m. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. or by appointment. Free.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org.Box Pot: The Contained Container. Juried by Garth Clark, Creative Arts Workshop’s National Juried Show for 2014 features contemporary ceramics, exploring the concept of containing a container. Free and open to the public. On view through June 6. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Creative Arts Workshop Student Show. An exhibi-tion of new work by Creative Arts Workshop stu-dents of all ages and experience levels. On view June

29-July 23. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Elm City Artists Gallery 55 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-922-2359. elmcityartists.com.New Haven and Beyond. Works by Sharon R. Morgio, Ralph R. Schwartz, Regina M. Thomas, Margaret Ulecka Wilson, and Laura Wilk. Paintings in various media of various scenes around New Haven and Fair-field counties, the New England coastline, and more. Unique collage/mixed media as well as decorative and functional pottery. On view through June 28. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

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Phil Lique’s Animated Image is part of Por Oaxaca, which in turn is part of a Postal Art Project organized and curated by Mexican artist Catalina Barroso-Luque, Por Oaxaca is on view at The Institute Library through June 21.

Image courtesy of Stephen Kobasa.

Fred.Giampietro Gallery 315 Peck St., New Haven. 203-777-7760. giampietrogallery.com.Peter Ramon: Inherent Collisions and Michael Ange-lis: Collective Memories. New work by artists Peter Ramon and Michael Angelis. On view through June 14. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Free.Work by William Bailey. This is his first showing at the gallery. The exhibition includes still-life paintings and figure drawings that reflect nearly 60 years of exploration by the artist. On view through June 28. Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.Cathleen Mooses: New Work and Self-Absorbed. Fred.Giampietro is pleased to present Cathleen Mooses: New Work and Self-Absorbed, a group self-portrait exhibition featuring work by New Haven artists. Opening reception: Friday, June 20, 6-8 p.m. On view June 20-July 26. Tuesday-Fri-day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

The Funky Monkey Cafe and Gallery Syntax Mixed Media Artists, 130 Elm St., Watch Factory Shoppes, Cheshire. 203-439-9161. thefunkymonkeycafe.com.Phoom Too! Syntax, a group of eight female art-ists living and working throughout Connecticut, inspire one other to create, grow, and share their artwork with the public. An energetic dialogue is created between their works when exhibited as a collection. Come prepared for a dynamic expe-rience! For information, send e-mail to contact@

syntaxartists.com. June 6-30. Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Free.

Guilford Art Center 411 Church St., Guilford. 203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.Soulcology in Metal: Juried Exhibit. National, ju-ried exhibit presenting a broad spectrum of the many works that can be made of metal. Work expressively display the many techniques used to conform metal into items from the organic to the angular, from jewelry to sculpture, functional art, and more. Juried by Robert Dancik. Organized by Guilford Art Center instructor Lanette Barber. On view June 6-July 27. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

The Institute Library 847 Chapel St., New Haven. 203-562-4045. institutelibrary.org.Por Oaxaca. This exhibit represents the end stage of the Postal Art Project organized and curated by Mexican artist Catalina Barroso-Luque, who sent a seemingly straightforward photograph taken in Oaxaca, Mexico, to a selection of local and international artists in China, Mexico, England, and Connecticut and asked them to respond. June 2-21. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

JCC of Greater New Haven 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2522. jccnh.org.The Colors of Israel by Joan Jacobson Zamore. On view through Jun. 13. Free.

Kehler Liddell Gallery 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. 203-389-9555. kehlerliddell.com.Fragments: Tragedy and Hope. Featuring shows by mixed media artist Fethi Meghelli and sculptor Joseph Saccio. Opening reception: Sunday, June 1, 3-6 p.m. A variety of media narrate the journeys of these two artists in fragments of the memories, stories, and magic found at the intersection of tragedy and hope. Visit our website for this and upcoming shows. On view through June 29. Gallery hours: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Satur-day-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

New Haven Free Public Library 133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-376-8688. siteprojects.org.Whispering Galleries. Site Projects, with the New Haven Free Public Library as part of Connecticut at Work, a Connecticut Humanities initiative, pres-ents Whispering Galleries, an interactive digital artwork by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse. A one-on-one experience, visitors will engage with the diaries of a New Haven shopkeeper from 1858 in the 3D space of a computer monitor. On view through August 30. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

New Haven Lawn Club 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-777-3494. Paintings by William Meddick. An exhibition of works by a New Haven painter that includes land-scapes, still lifes, and interiors. All work is done from direct observation of the subject matter for first-hand experience. On view through July 5. On view every day, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-562-4183. newhavenmuseum.org.Interpreting Old Bones: Art and Science Give New Meaning to Remains Found – Nothing is Set in Stone: The Lincoln Oak and the New Haven Green. An ex-hibition pairing powerful interpretive art created by seven well-known Connecticut artists with scientific analysis by noted bioarchaeologists – an informative and revelatory tribute to the historic Lincoln Oak, which was felled by Hurricane Sandy, revealing human skeletal remains. On view through November 2. See website for times. Adults $4, se-niors $3, students $2, those younger than 12 admit-ted free. Every first Sunday of the month admission is free of charge.

Susan Powell Fine Art 679 Boston Post Road, Madison. 203-318-0616. susanpowellfineart.com.David Dunlop Travels Through Atmosphere. Susan Powell Fine Art in Madison presents David Dun-lop’s Travels Through Atmosphere. The solo show is an adventure through time and motion, through myth and science, through virginal nature and busy cities. These travels move like memories, often blurred, illuminated and manifested in colors and imagery. On view through June 8. Wednesday-Sat-urday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 12-3 p.m.; and any time by appointment. Free.

West Cove Studio A-Space Gallery at West Cove, 30 Elm St., West Haven. 203-500-0268. westcovestudio.org. Beautiful Thingling and Coats. Two Installations. At A-Space Gallery – Jim Felice: A Beautiful Thingling (from The Alien Circus Project). In the Outer Gal-lery – Susan McCaslin: Coats. June 7-July 19. Other-wise, open by chance or by appointment. Opening reception: Saturday, June 7, 5-7 p.m. Free.

Whitney Humanities Center 53 Wall St., New Haven. 203-432-0670. yale.edu/whc/GalleryAtTheWhitney/current.html.Visions of the Sacred: Puppets and Performing Arts of South and Southeast Asia. The exhibit is drawn from curator Kathy Foley’s collection of Asian religious theater materials. Foley is professor of theater arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz. On view through June 20. Monday and Wednesday, 3–5 p.m. Presented in collaboration with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Department of Religious Studies. Free.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-432-5050.

peabody.yale.edu.Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. In 1923, the Flaming Cliffs of the Gobi Desert yielded one of the great finds of paleontology. Entombed within sun-baked sandstone, to the surprise of all in the ex-pedition, was a collection of oval-shaped oddities: the first dinosaur eggs known to science. On view through August 30. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 12-5 p.m. $5-$9.

Film14 Saturday Made in India A award-winning 2010 documentary about international surrogacy, directed by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha. In Hindi with En-glish subtitles. Discussion with New Haven Free Public Library librarian Soma Mitra. Bring your own snacks. 2-3:30 p.m. New Haven Free Public Library, Ives Main Branch, 133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-946-8835. nhfpl.org.

16 MondayLiving Is No Laughing Matter A documentary by Stephanie Capparell and Niyazi Dalyanci about Turkish poet Nazin Hikmet, presented in collab-oration with the New Haven Peace Commission, Greater New Haven Peace Council, and Promoting Enduring Peace. 6 p.m. New Haven Free Public Library, Ives Main Branch, 133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-946-8835. nhfpl.org.

Galas & Fundraisers7 Saturday Shoreline House Tour Self-guided tour of homes in Branford, Guilford, and Madison features architec-tural styles from historical to contemporary. Op-tional luncheon at Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club, with “expo” of works by Guilford Art Center artists. Kickoff cocktail party, Thursday, June 5, 6-9 p.m., open only to party attendees. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St., Guilford. 203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.

Kids & Families Musical Folk First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whit-ney Ave., New Haven. 203-691-9759. MusicalFolk.com.Music Together Classes for Toddlers. Musical Folk is offering Music Together classes, a fun and creative music and movement program for babies through those 5 years old, and the grownups who love them. Classes and demonstrations are ongoing.

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Site Projects, in conjunction with the New Haven Free Public Library and as part of the Connecticut Humanities initiative Connecticut at Work, presents Whispering Galleries, an interactive digital-art exhibit by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse.

Image courtesy of Site Projects.

Works by Jim Felice, including “Gigi Corbino,” a detail of A Beautiful Thingling (from The Alien Circus Project) are on view at West Cove Studio and Gallery’s A-Space Gallery

June 7-19. Image courtesy of the artist.

Classes in New Haven, Hamden, Woodbridge, East Haven, and Cheshire, through June 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Four semesters each year in January, April, July, and September. Call us anytime to schedule a free demonstration class. Eleven-week semester is $227 and includes a CD and songbook. Each semester fea-tures a new collection of music.

Music1 Sunday Heavenly Sounds: Rutter’s Requiem and Other Works Come hear Rutter’s popular Requiem and other colorful music for choirs and chamber or-chestra! Caesar Storlazzi and Lars Gjerde will lead the choirs of Bethesda Lutheran Church and United Church on the Green. Free parking. Reception to follow. Bring a friend! 4 p.m. Freewill offering to Bethesda Music Series. Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-787-2346. bethesdanewhaven.org.

6 Friday Dreamtime: Original Works by Istvan B’Racz Come enjoy this concert featuring Neighborhood Music School faculty member Istvan B’Racz performing original works featuring electronics and piano. 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Linda Oh Group: Sun Pictures Linda Oh brings her Sun Pictures band to Firehouse 12. In addition to her work as a side person with musicians such as Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, and Fabian Almazan, this is Lin-da’s third release as a leader, an album recorded live at WKCR studios. 8:30 p.m. ($18) and 10 p.m. ($12). Firehouse 12, 45 Crown St., New Haven. 203-785-0468. firehouse12.com.

7 Saturday Choate Rosemary Hall Orchestra Graduation Concert Enjoy the talent of Choate Rosemary Hall’s orchestra students. 3 p.m. Free. Choate Rosemary Hall, Paul Mellon Arts Center, 332 Christian St., Wall-ingford. 203-697-2398. choate.edu/boxoffice.

13 Friday Satoko Fujii Trio + 1 Formed in 2012, the Satoko Fujii New Trio is a daring, exploratory band, whose mem-bers are disciplined, attentive and unafraid to move in any direction the music indicates. Each of Fujii’s multifaceted compositions sets new challenges for the group, but these three unique improvisers each have their own personal style. 8:30 p.m. ($18) and 10 p.m. ($12). Firehouse 12, 45 Crown St., New Haven. 203-785-0468. firehouse12.com.

14 Saturday String Quartet Truck In conjunction with the Inter-national Festival of Arts & Ideas, the Haven String Quartet brings classical music to the streets of New

Haven with the String Quartet Truck. You already know the Cupcake Truck and the Cheese Truck, and now get to know the String Quartet Truck! To find the truck, visit stringquartettruck.com or Facebook.com/musichavenct. June 14-19. 12-2:30 p.m. daily. Music Haven/Haven String Quartet, 117 Whalley Ave., New Haven. 203-745-9030. musichavenct.org.

21 Saturday Music Haven’s Play-In on the Green Calling all string players! Join Music Haven in a citywide play-in on the New Haven Green, presented by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Visit artidea.org for more information and to download the music that you will play! 7-8 p.m. Free. New Haven Green. 203-745-9030. musichavenct.org.

25 Wednesday Grill ‘n’ Chill: Beatles/Simon and Garfunkel Tribute Summer music series featuring Beatles/Simon and Garfunkel tribute duo Mark Schwartz and Preston John, and delicious Kosher barbecue. Contact DeDe Jacobs-Komisar by sending e-mail to dedek@jccnh.org. 5-8 p.m. Free. JCC of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2522. jccnh.org.

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Projects for a New Millennium presents Terra Tractus: The Earth Moves in the Stony Creek Granite Quarry June 19-29. Photo (detail) by Charles Erickson.

The deadline for advertisements and calendar listings for the July-August edition of The Arts Paper is: Monday, May 26, at 5 p.m.

Future deadlines are as follows:September – Monday, July 28October – Monday, August 25November – Monday, September 29December – Monday, October 27

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Call ForArtists The Milford Arts Council’s Visual Arts Committee and Milford Trees present Trees, a collaborative show focusing on and celebrating the subject of trees. Artists are invited to submit work that presents their vision of the tree. All mediums and styles are welcome. Artist fee: $25 for one piece, $35 for two pieces. MAC members receive $5 off total fee. For additional informa-tion and artist eligibility details, visit website milfordarts.org or call 203-878-6647.

Artists Arts Center Killingworth seeks artists working in all media for its annual Autumn Out-door Arts Festival, October 11-12. Exhibit on the Madison Town Green (Boston Post Road/Copse Road, Madison). Festival participants also have the opportunity to exhibit in the new Spectrum Gallery show in Centerbrook. Prospectus and registration form available at artscenterkilling-worth.org. $70 registration fee.

Artists, Artisans, Food Vendors, and Entertain-ers The Milford Arts Council is accepting appli-cations from artists, artisans, food vendors, and entertainers for the organization’s 28th annual New England Art and Crafts Festival. People in-terested in participating may download an appli-cation from milfordarts.org or call 203-878-6647 to have one mailed. The cost for exhibit space is $200. Space is limited and all applications are juried. Deadline for entry is August 29.

Singers The award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus is looking for new members from the New Haven area. We invite women to join us at any of our rehearsals to learn more. We enjoy four part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style, lively performances, and wonderful friendships. Re-hearsals are held on Tuesdays, from 6:30-9 p.m.,

at the Spring Glen United Church of Christ, 1825 Whitney Ave., in Hamden. Contact Lynn at 203 623-1276 for more information. silknsounds.org.

Tattoo Artists The Milford Arts Council Visual Arts Committee presents Tattoos, a show cele-brating the art and history of ink. Tattoo artists are invited to submit photos, drawings, and paintings of their work. All styles are welcome. To be considered, please submit a high-resolu-tion image of work, as well as a description, to milfordfac@optonline.net no later than July 18. All entrants will be contacted with decision. For additional information and artist eligibility de-tails, visit milfordarts.org or call 203.878.6647.

Services Art Consulting Services Support your creativity! Low-cost service offers in-depth artwork analy-sis, writing, and editing services by former arts newspaper editor, present art director of the New Haven Free Public Library, and independent cura-tor of many venues, Johnes Ruta. 203.387.4933. azothgallery.com. azothgallery@comcast.net.

Birthday Parties at Guilford Art Center Sched-ule a two-hour party and our youth program instructors will tailor projects to your child’s creative interests. Themes include Outer Space, Pirates, Clay, Puppets, Jewelry, Fairies, and oth-ers. Art parties offer a fun and creative environ-ment for children’s celebrations. Please call Lynn Fischer at 203-453-5947 x. 11 for more infor-mation and to request a brochure. $100 for five children minimum; $15 for each addition child. guilfordartcenter.org.

Chair Repair We can fix your worn out chair seats if they are cane, rush, Danish cord, Shaker

Tape, or other woven types! Celebrating our 25th year! Work is done by artisans at The Associa-tion of Artisans to Cane, a project of Marrakech, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that pro-vides services for people with disabilities. Open Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 203-776-6310.

Historic Home Restoration Period-appropriate additions, baths, kitchens, and remodeling. Sag-ging porches straightened/leveled, wood win-dows, plaster, and historic molding and hardware restored. Vinyl/aluminum siding removed. Wood siding repaired/replaced. Connecticut and New Haven Preservation Trusts. R.J. Aley Building Contractor 203-226-9933. jaley@rjaley.com.

Japanese Shoji Screens Designed for Connecti-cut homes. Custom built for windows, doorways, or freestanding display, they allow beautiful filtered light to pass through while insulating. For a free quote, contact Phillip Chambers at 203-888-4937 or send e-mail to pchambers9077@sbcglobal.net.

Professional Art Installation. Residential and commercial work. More than 15 years’ expe-rience in museums, galleries, hospitals, and homes in New York City, Providence, New Haven, Chester, and other towns. Rate is $30 an hour. No job too small or large. Contact Mark at 203-772-4270 or send e-mail to livepaint@aol.com. More information and examples are available at ctartinstall.com.

Web Services Startup Business solutions. Cre-ative, sleek Web design by art curator for art, design, architectural, and small-business sites. Twenty-five years’ experience in database, lo-gistics, and engineering applications. Will create and maintain any kind of website. Hosting pro-vided. 203.387.4933. azothgallery.com. azothgal-lery@comcast.net.

Space Artist Studio West Cove Studio & Gallery offers work space with two large Charles Brand intaglio etching presses, lithography press, and stain-less-steel work station. Workshops and technical support available. Ample display area for shows. Membership: $75 per month. 30 Elm St., West Haven. Call 609-638-8501. westcovestudio.com.

Performance Space Elegant contemporary performance space with seating for up to 376 people. Great for concerts and recitals. Free on-site parking, warm lighting, built-in sound sys-tem, adjacent social hall, and kitchen available. Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. Call 203-288-1807 x. 201 or visit usnh.org.

Studio Space Thirteen-thousand square feet of undeveloped studio space available in old mill brick building on New Haven harbor. Conve-niently located one minute off I-95, Exit 44 in West Haven. Owners willing to subdivide. Call 609-638-8501.

The Arts Council provides the job and bulletin board listings as a service to our membership and is not responsible for the content or deadlines.

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JobsPlease visit newhavenarts.org for up-to-datelocal employment opportunities in the arts.

Special Events7 Saturday Shoreline House Tour Self-guided tour of artful homes in Branford, Guilford, and Madison fea-tures architectural styles from historical to con-temporary. Optional luncheon at Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club, with “expo” of works by Guilford Art Center artists, and a kickoff cocktail party on Thursday, June 5, open only to party attendees. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $40, $45 day of event; $35 optional luncheon; $85 cocktail party; $150 for all events. Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St., Guilford. 203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.

8 Sunday Larry Zukof Retirement Celebration Please join us as we celebrate Neighborhood Music School Executive Director Larry Zukof, as he retires after 18 years. Call for details. 5-6 p.m. Neigh-borhood Music School, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Thursday, June 19-Sunday, June 29Terra Tractus: The Earth Moves The fifth and final dynamic multimedia extravaganza in Proj-ects2K’s Quarry series for eight performances only. Light, laser, music, climbers, dancers, and projections in a unique natural setting. The au-dience’s journey begins on a shuttle ride from a designated parking area in Branford. This is a memorial to founder Joy Wulke. See website for complete details. Thursday-Sunday, June 19-22 (summer solstice) and Thursday-Sunday, June 26-29 at sunset. 8 p.m. $35 per ticket. Quarry Road, Branford. 203-444-8311. projects2k.org.

Talks & Tours11 Wednesday Federation, Foundation, and JCC Annual Meet-ing Call Hilary Goldberg at 203-387-2424 or send e-mail to hgoldberg@jewishnewhaven.org. 6:30-9 p.m. Free. JCC of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2424. jewishnewhaven.org.

12 Thursday Beckerman Lecture Series: Barry Nalebuff and Tom Scott The JCC will discuss the ethics of the

food industry with entrepreneurs Barry Nalebuff, co-ounder of Honest Tea, and Tom Scott, co-founder of Nantucket Nectars. Both will explore what goes into building a successful food busi-ness with a conscience. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. JCC of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Road, Wood-bridge. 203-387-2522. jccnh.org.

14 Saturday Meet Author Eric Kabakoff Baseball fans will love this author’s quest to see his favorite game from a seat in every major league ballpark, re-counted in his new book, Rally Caps, Rain Delays and Racing Sausages. For information, call 203-

946-8835. 3-4 p.m. Free. New Haven Free Public Library, Ives Main Branch, 133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-946-8835. nhfpl.org.

TheaterGilbert the Great A Broken Umbrella Theater’s newest, original work Gilbert the Great, which is filled with magic, mania and more, celebrates the extraordinary life of A.C. Gilbert, inventor of the famous Erector Set. Experience this site-spe-cific spectacle at Erector Square through June 8. For information, visit abrokenumbrella.org. Erector Square, 315 Peck St., New Haven. 203-823-7988. abrokenumbrella.com.

Pippin Pippin tells the story of a young prince on his search for life’s meaning and significance. Will he choose a happy but simple life? Or will he risk everything for a singular flash of glory? Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for best musi-cal revival. Thursday-Saturday, June 5-7, 8 p.m. Adults $20, seniors (65 and older) and all stu-dents $15. Choate Rosemary Hall, 332 Christian St., Wallingford. 203-697-2398. choate.edu/boxoffice.

The Dwight/Edgewood Project’s 2014 Per-formances The Dwight/Edgewood Project celebrates its 20th anniversary season with eight original one-act plays written by Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School students and performed by Yale School of Drama grad-uate students. Two nights only: June 20-21. 7-8:15 p.m. Free admission but seating is limited. Off Broadway Theater, 41 Broadway (behind Yorkside Pizza), New Haven. 203-432-2174.

Firehouse 12 presents the Satoko Fujii Trio +1 on June 13 as part of the venue’s Spring Jazz Series.

Image courtesy of Firehouse 12.

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or more than a decade, Martha Red-bone has been mixing Native Amer-ican music with rhythm and blues, creating her own version of Ameri-

can soul. But on her latest release, Redbone found inspiration in an unlikely place, the poems of William Blake. The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake transports the mystical English poet out of the anthologies and onto the dance floor. Redbone, whose Martha Redbone Roots Project will be performing at the Interna-tional Festival of Arts & Ideas on June 15, has also been hitting the college lecture circuit, talking to music lovers and the just curious about the influence of native music on pop records. Redbone checked in from Amherst, Mass., the morning after a lecture at the University of Massachusetts.

SC: How do you like lecturing as opposed to singing?MR: In our concerts I always tell a funny story or talk about the songs. So it felt closer to that as opposed to a straightfor-ward lecture. It was music-related so I was able to show clips of things. It still felt like performance in a way.

SC: What was the audience most curious about? MR: What people weren’t aware of was how many rhythm and blues bands used native influences. For instance, they weren’t aware that Gladys Knight and the Pips used pow-wow drums in the beginning of “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination.” Another group, the Ohio Players, had song called “Fire” – I was mentored by (Junie Morrison) of the Ohio Players and Parliament-Funk-adelic – and he shared a story about when the Ohio Players were touring in the southwest they ended up meeting some local guys from a tribe and they ended up hanging out with them and took them to a pow-wow. So they started “Fire” with their version of an Indian chant. It was fun to share that.

SC: Have you embraced the “educator” role? MR: I had no idea – however, I was aware as a grassroots artist, I knew I’d be educat-ing people about the existence of American Indians. When I started touring and travel-ing around the world, a lot of people don’t realize that we’re still alive. My very being there and talking on stage, bantering be-tween songs and sharing stories, I knew I’d be educating people about native culture. A lot of people don’t know. And it’s be-cause the media in the rest of the world only show films that are depictions of the past. No one sees any modern-day scenar-ios, or hears about it because of the isola-tion of reservations, unless it’s someplace

like Australia (which has) a large indige-nous population and (people) are aware.

SC: Was there a moment when you re-alized the audiences would benefit from context?MR: When you’re not played on Top 40 radio, mass media, you should feel obliged to say who you are and where you come from. You develop a relationship with the audience. I give a lot of credit to people who come because they read an article in a paper or are interested in checking out groups they’ve never heard before. I’m grateful they are taking a chance. It’s a brave and great thing.

SC: What attracted you to William Blake? MR: My husband and partner Aaron Whit-by and I were working with John McEuen on a roots music project based on where I grew up in Harlan County, Kentucky, as tribute to my family. We worked out about six or seven songs, and we asked him if he could produce it. Then Aaron found a Blake anthology on our shelves and opened it up to where the spine split, to “A Poison Tree.” He thought it might be cool idea to make a song out of this. The words looked like they might fit (the songs we just recorded). So, we flipped through and found another, “How Sweet I Roam’d from Field to Field,” and I thought, “Oh, this could be a waltz.” We then ran to the recording studio and put a mic in front of me … We did six or seven songs, right away.

SC: In many ways, in Blake, you can see the DNA of folk blues lyrics. There’s a lot of “I saw…” etc. Was it that quality that you saw in his poetry?MR: The songs felt natural. I could hear Dolly Parton singing these. Back home, we sing a lot of “thees” and “thou arts” because that language is really beautiful and old and I felt people back home can understand it. I performed it in different places and people come up to me and say, “I read William Blake and didn’t understand it, but now I’m going back to it.” Blake was way, way ahead of his time.

SC: Was the Blake album a risk?MR: It was. But the beauty of being an independent artist is that you don’t have someone telling you to do copies of your most successful song. There are pros and cons, in the same turn, as an indie artist you don’t have the money or the machine working for you. But you can do what you want, when you want.

Visit artidea.org for more details about the Martha Redbone’s June 15 free performance

on the New Haven Green.

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Martha Redbone. Image courtesy of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

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his month, Long Wharf Theatre will present the Split Knuckle Theatre in Endurance, a concurrent telling of two

men in leadership positions struggling to keep their respective ships afloat. The idea for the play came from a dream Split Knuckle Theatre cofounder Greg Webster had about a contemporary Hartford insurance execu-tive named Walter Spivey standing on a copy machine and being attacked by bond paper. The next day, while channel surfing, Webster came upon a television special about Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose ship, Endurance, famously became icebound on its way to the Antarctic and eventually sank, leaving the explorer and his men to survive in that environment for more than a year.

“It kind of began as an examination of looking at a 19th century man versus a 21st century man,” Webster said, explaining that Shackleton’s help-wanted ad for crew-mem-bers read, in part: “Men wanted for hazard-ous journey.”

Describing the men who eventually joined Shackleton on his ambitious if doomed expe-dition, Webster said, “Those guys were some really, really tough sons of bitches.”

In the context of the recent financial crisis, Webster said the question became: What can Spivey learn from Shackleton?

What’s equally fascinating about the production is what we can learn about Split Knuckle Theatre’s modus operandi.

The Storrs, Conn.-based company – Web-ster teaches at the University of Connecticut – was founded by a group of actors who met at the London International School of Per-forming Arts, an organization founded by the former director of the Ecole Jacques Lecoq, whose namesake, an influential French mime and director, explored, practiced, and taught dramatic expression through movement.

Split Knuckle Theatre is also rooted in the belief that democracy makes the best art. The company’s members work “like a great rock band,” Webster said, also comparing the ensemble’s democratic work process to the conductor-less Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Creative work without hierarchy became Lecoq’s “raison d’être,” Webster said, ex-plaining that the LISPA ideal is “a collabora-tive form of creation.”

“It’s really … hard, because ego always comes into the room,” he admitted. Still, he said, “we have no interest in dictatorial hier-archy.”

All involved have an equal investment in a project and the ensemble’s success. Thus, everyone involved in Endurance had an equal voice in the work’s creation. Far from a scenario in which a playwright toils away, alone at a typewriter, Webster and his Split Knuckle Theatre colleagues were all in a room together as the play was created.

According to Long Wharf Theatre’s blog, The Loading Dock, “The piece was devised and performed by Jason Bohon, Andrew Grusetskie, Michael Toomey, and Greg Web-ster. The creative team includes Nick Ryan (collaborating writer), Ken Clark (musical composition), Dan Rousseau (lighting), and Carmen Torres (stage manager.)”

“It’s a way of working,” Webster said. “It’s an ownership.”

Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Split Knuckle Theatre does corporate consulting on topics like leadership.

In Endurance, the company uses common workplace furniture to establish Spivey’s

Hartford office space, and to symbolize the landscape Shackleton faced during his expedition’s ice-floe imprisonment. One min-ute the actors are in Hartford and the next they’re on the ice.

“It jumps between worlds,” Webster said. And because it does, with minimal staging,

it’s up to the actors to show – and not just tell

– the audience what’s going on. “It’s very much based in the work of Peter

Brook and theater simplicity,” Webster said. “We’re trying to push the boundaries of

what’s possible in theater,” he explained. “Our job is to entertain, but we also want you to think about stuff.”

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Split Knuckle Theatre company members perform Endurance. Photo (detail) courtesy of Long Wharf Theatre.

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Perspectives … Gallery at Whitney CenterLocation: 200 Leeder Hill Drive, South Entrance, HamdenHours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m. & Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Self Ease: Contemporary Portraiture Curated by Debbie Hesse Dates: Through June 17 E-mail your selfies to: selfeaze@gmail.com and join the exhibition! More information at newhavenarts.orgAnimal Powers A multimedia exhibition curated by Debbie Hesse that features regional artists whose work explores animal themes. Visit newhavenarts.org for details.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. GalleryLocation: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New HavenHours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Spectra An exhibition presented by the Photo Arts Collective Dates: June 2–June 27 Closing reception: June 26, 5-7 p.m., in conjunction with the Audubon Arts Crawl

John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art Location: 51 Trumbull St., New Haven Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.Doll-like An exhibition and community-curated doll collection Curated by Paul Clabby and Debbie Hesse Dates: Through July 20 Kimberly van Aelst will present a special performance on the evening of June 26 in conjunction with the Audubon Arts Crawl.

Audubon Arts CrawlJune 26, 5-8 p.m.Experience the district! Participate in the Audubon Arts Crawl, which will feature artist re-ceptions, performances, tastings, and more at participating arts venues, restaurants, and shops. A complete guide to the fun can be found at newhavenarts.org.

Arts on the Edge Join us Saturday, June 7, 12-5 p.m. Rain or shine! Families and children of all ages are invited to join us on Audubon Street for the annual Audubon Arts on the Edge celebration! Arts on the Edge is an afternoon of free, family oriented music, dance, performers, arts and craft activities, and more.We’d like to thank our presenting sponsor, First Niagara, along with sponsors Audubon Arts & Retail District, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of the Arts, Pfizer, Star 99.9, Suzio York Hill, and The Werth Family Foundation.

The Writers Circle Connect with writing professionals in the Greater New Haven area. Join us for the third lunch-hour Writers Circle on June 19, when Tony Perri will be our guest. For more informa-tion visit us online at newhavenarts.org or call the Arts Council at 203-772-2788.

Make.Art.Work.Career Strategies for Visual Artists – Season 2“Making a Living as an Artist” with Jane PollakDate: Monday, June 2, from 6-8:30 p.m.Making a living as an artist requires “nuts and bolts” know-how coupled with enthusiasm, drive, and persistence. In this final Make.Art.Work. workshop of the year, artists will learn how to take their careers to the next level with guidance from creative career coach Jane Pollak, the author of Soul Propri-etor.Participants will gain tips and insights on how to manage the day-to-day operations of a creative career, including:• Learning the best system(s) to track the multiple details of your creative career/life • Polishing those business skills you’ve allowed to rust or neglected • Uncovering and transforming limitations to your professional growthThis is your chance to learn from an expert who has seen and done it all in 30-plus years operating her own creative business. Jane Pollak teaches key business concepts and illustrates the universality of business experience while relating tales of her successful en-terprise as a successful entrepreneur, public speaker, author, and business coach. Pollak is one of the Northeast’s foremost coaches of entrepreneurial women and is a living example of how to turn a passion into a thriving business.

For more info and registration, visit makeartwork.orgProgram presented by The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, and the Greater

Hartford Arts Council, with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

Save the Dates! Arts Council members exhibition, July 2014ArtSpot! Arts and culture happy hour, July 31Somewhat Off the Wall, a gala fundraiser on September 20 to benefit the Arts Council

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Image from a community doll-making workshop led by Susan Clinard.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Fran Gallogly.

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Perspectives ... Gallery at Whitney Center. Megan Marden.

Arts on the Edge.

John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art. Margaret Roleke.