Newington Art League
131 Cedar St
Newington, CT 06111
(860) 667-5818
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April 26th, 2012
The spring show is up and looking great at the Town Hall Lobby. The opening reception was well attended as parents and children came to see the children’s work on the third floor in the Townwide art show put on by the school system. Thank you to all who helped to make it happen and to all of you who submitted your work. Congratulations to our prize winners Carole Glaser-Best in Show, Karen Cunningham – first Place, Deanna Troy Henry-Second Place, Sue Fenton- Third Place and our three Honorable mentions, Robert Neumann, Jean Ryan and Phyllis Small.
The show runs through April 17th. The Town hall is open from 8:30 – 4:30 Monday – Friday. Members should plan to pick up their work on Friday, May 18th between 9:oo and 10:30.
April 19th, 2012
Haiyan Grzelak’s Bio
Haiyan was born in Shanghai, grew up in Beijing and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Jilin University, China. She earned her MBA from The University of Connecticut School of Business (EMBA program). Haiyan is a Certified Tea Master from China and co-founder of Lotus Leaf Tea (www.LotusLeafTea.com). Haiyan is also a Guzheng (an ancient Chinese instrument) musician. As a cultural ambassador in the US, Haiyan has been invited to speak about and perform traditional Chinese culture at many CT locations.
About Chinese calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy created 6000 years ago is one of the most highly-prized oriental art forms. It is like a painting which uses Chinese brush and ink to write Chinese characters to communicate the natural world and the spiritual world of the artist. The practicing of Chinese calligraphy is like a moving meditation for self development and achieving inner harmony. Chinese calligraphy materials, named as The Four Treasures, consist of ink, brush, ink stone and paper has been known and used in China for thousands of years.
Haiyan demonstrates Chinese calligraphy in a unique way. She starts her presentation by playing her Guzheng music (an ancient Chinese instrument), which will connect the audience to the energy of ancient China. She draws pictures of the natural world, such as mountains, water, sun, moon and bamboo. Then she transforms the pictures into the Chinese characters so people can understand the art form of Chinese calligraphy.
March 29th, 2012
Artist Jane Zisk will be our demonstrator on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012. Her demonstration will follow our brief business meeting in the ceramics room at the Newington Senior and Disabled Center. Jane has been an artist for over 30 years; although she paints landscape in the plein air tradition she will be painting a nature inspired abstract work in acrylics for our demo. All art whether it is representational or abstract is a spiritual path to Ms. Zisk. Having over come a chronic illness Jane sees her art as a healing experience. You can see some of her work on her website at www.jziskart.com.
Jane Zisk is the Founder of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society. She established the group in 1995 to promote fellowship among artists and to use the group format as a marketing tool. Ms. Zisk is also the Gallery Manager at Hartford Fine Art in East Hartford.
March 5th, 2012
The Newington Art League is having a Members Art Show in conjunction with the schools Town Wide Art Show. The shows will be in the Newington Town Hall. Members may submit one or two pieces of art and the fee per entry is $10.00. Art works must be properly wired for hanging. The works should be dropped off at the Newington Town Hall lobby on Tuesday, April 17th from 3:30 – 5:30. The opening reception will be Wednesday, April 25th at 5:30.
The show will be judged by Doe Bartlett. Doe is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston BSAE BFA. Doe is one of the founders of the Cheshire Art League and a past president of the CT. Pastel Society and Arts and Crafts Association of Meriden. Her work has been exhibited through Western Massachusetts and Connecticut in galleries, museums, libraries, universities and historic buildings. She has won many awards and is represented in private and public collections. Doe is listed in Who’s Who in America. Prizes will be awarded for Best of Show, First, Second and Third place winners. There will also be several Honorable Mention ribbons and a “People’s Choice” winner.
The show will run from April 18th until May 18th.
January 18th, 2012
Beginning on March 14th our regular meetings will be held at the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in the Ceramics room. We must be out of the Center by 8:50 pm. The Newington Art League Board has therefore voted to change the start time of our regular meetings to 6:30 pm rather than 6:45. This should allow us time to conduct our business meeting, give our demonstrator an more than an hour and still have time to clean up and be out of the room by 8:50.
November 8th, 2011
As of March 2012, the Newington Art League meetings and demonstrations will take place in the Ceramics Room at the Joseph P Doyle Community Center (Newington Senior and Disabled Center) at 120 Cedar St, Newington, CT. The meetings will begin at 6:45 pm and be followed by an artist’s demonstration. The Board decided to secure this room for the annual fee for non-profits of $60.00. This will enable those members who struggle with the stairs to be able to attend the meetings and see the monthly demonstrations. Newington Art League members will need to set up the room and provide easels for the demonstrators as well as refreshment necessities. We must also vacate the building by 8:50 pm.
The Monday morning and Tuesday evening workshops, Board meetings and other Art League events will still be held in the Newington Art league space at 131 Cedar St..
June 6th, 2011
The officers elected at the May meeting are as follows:
Pat Tanger – President
Celestine Bernard and Ellen Schuman – Co-Vice Presidents
Flo Dickie – Treasurer
Pat Parente – Secretary
February 3rd, 2010
Welcome to Newington Art League’s new website. Please excuse our appearance as we construct our site and update all of our information. Sign up for our e-mail notifications to be updated of new posts.
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