A Colorful Bunch
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Cheshire Art League is a welcoming community for artists, art admirers and enthusiasts. We welcome all ages and all mediums. Our friendly group of artists are encouraging, supportive and open to all levels from beginner to professional. Our vibrant and active community offers, free and open to the public, monthly art demonstrations by professional artists, as well as presenters that support the art community. For our members, we have two shows annually, Fall "Art in the Garden Show" and Spring "Visual Arts Members Show." We offer workshops, museum outings, bus trips, plein air paint outs and fun social gatherings. We also have free 0pen studio time for teens /adults at the Cheshire public library every Friday from 1 - 3pm, *unless otherwise noted on library calendar.
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Monthly Meetings and Artist Demonstrations
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Coming up...
CAL 2023 Spring Art Show & Sale
@ the Southington Community Cultural Arts (SoCCA)
May 2nd - 27th
93 Main Street, Southington
All artists welcome!
We are pleased to once again offer our members and other local artists the opportunity to display and sell their art at our Annual Spring Exhibit.
Members can participate for $25 for one piece and $30 for 2 pieces. The fee for non-members is $55 for one piece and $60 for two.
For more information, please visit our Shows page.
Downloadable forms available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UEH4wxDqmb7Y2DunWhPnF3Saa17R4Rka/view?usp=sharing
@ the Southington Community Cultural Arts (SoCCA)
May 2nd - 27th
93 Main Street, Southington
All artists welcome!
We are pleased to once again offer our members and other local artists the opportunity to display and sell their art at our Annual Spring Exhibit.
Members can participate for $25 for one piece and $30 for 2 pieces. The fee for non-members is $55 for one piece and $60 for two.
For more information, please visit our Shows page.
Downloadable forms available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UEH4wxDqmb7Y2DunWhPnF3Saa17R4Rka/view?usp=sharing
Sunday, June 4, 2023, 10am – 2pm. Portrait Drawing Workshop with Eric March at the Eli Whitney Museum, Carter Studio, Hamden. Eric March is a painter and draftsman whose work explores the formal possibilities of realism with themes of urban life, urban environments, and personal narrative-often through dense multi-figural compositions. Eric served as the Department Head of the Painting and Drawing Department at the National Academy School in NY. He currently teaches at the Art Students League (NYC) and Creative Arts Workshop (New Haven).
Learn how to see a portrait as a collection of simple value shapes that come together to communicate form, features and character. In this class you’ll be guided on a step-by-step process to translate the sometimes confounding complexity of a three dimensional head into a set of flat graphic shapes on paper.
The workshop is suitable for both beginning and more experienced portrait artists. To register, click the LINK here and complete the form.
To Pay: this workshop is $40 + PayPal fee ($41.29) for current HAL members, and $50 + PayPal fee ($51.49) for non-members. You must pay for the session through the website by credit card or PayPal (https://www.hamdenartleague.org/join.html ) Registration is not considered complete until payment is received. Priority will be given to paid Hamden Art League members. The first 20 people registered will be confirmed as attendees. After 20, we will compile a waiting list.
Learn how to see a portrait as a collection of simple value shapes that come together to communicate form, features and character. In this class you’ll be guided on a step-by-step process to translate the sometimes confounding complexity of a three dimensional head into a set of flat graphic shapes on paper.
The workshop is suitable for both beginning and more experienced portrait artists. To register, click the LINK here and complete the form.
To Pay: this workshop is $40 + PayPal fee ($41.29) for current HAL members, and $50 + PayPal fee ($51.49) for non-members. You must pay for the session through the website by credit card or PayPal (https://www.hamdenartleague.org/join.html ) Registration is not considered complete until payment is received. Priority will be given to paid Hamden Art League members. The first 20 people registered will be confirmed as attendees. After 20, we will compile a waiting list.
Meeting & Featured Artist:
Sarah Schneiderman
Wednesday June 7, 2023
6:30 pm
Cheshire Public Library, Mary Baldwin Room, 104 Main St, Cheshire
Sarah Schneiderman
Wednesday June 7, 2023
6:30 pm
Cheshire Public Library, Mary Baldwin Room, 104 Main St, Cheshire
Sarah Schneiderman, MFA, is an assemblage artist working in Glastonbury, CT. Recent solo exhibitions include Windsor, Portland, and Avon Libraries, Kellogg Environmental Center, Clinton Avenue Elementary School, ARTWALK at Hartford Public Library, Underground Gallery in Collinsville, and Art Corridor at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Saint Raphael Campus. In the past few years, Sarah participated numerous group exhibitions: Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL, Georgia State University Perimeter Campus, Tufts University, Gallery 378 in Atlanta, GA, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Ice Box Project Space in Philadelphia, North Dakota Museum of Art, The Urban Collective in New Haven and the Mattatuck Museum.
Sarah has given artist talks for the Women’s Caucus for Art – Washington, D.C. Chapter, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Kellogg Environmental Center, Cheshire Art League, and Hamden Art League. She led workshops for Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, Beauty Beyond Borders, Hartford Public Library, and Camp Stomping Ground. Sarah is a member of Arts Center East (Signature Member (Invitational)), Arts Council of Greater New Haven, and Women’s Caucus for Arts, Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter. Sarah received formal training at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C., and California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.
On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Sarah Schneiderman, assemblage artist, is demonstrating her technique for transforming garbage into art. She will show how she uses everyday trash to create stunning portraits. Sarah will outline the steps utilizes to make her creations: surface preparation, photo manipulation, image transfer, collaging, and finishing.
Sarah has given artist talks for the Women’s Caucus for Art – Washington, D.C. Chapter, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Kellogg Environmental Center, Cheshire Art League, and Hamden Art League. She led workshops for Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, Beauty Beyond Borders, Hartford Public Library, and Camp Stomping Ground. Sarah is a member of Arts Center East (Signature Member (Invitational)), Arts Council of Greater New Haven, and Women’s Caucus for Arts, Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter. Sarah received formal training at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C., and California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.
On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Sarah Schneiderman, assemblage artist, is demonstrating her technique for transforming garbage into art. She will show how she uses everyday trash to create stunning portraits. Sarah will outline the steps utilizes to make her creations: surface preparation, photo manipulation, image transfer, collaging, and finishing.
Contact Us
The Cheshire Art League is a 501-3c non profit organization. Membership is open through out the year. For current members, yearly dues are collected in September. If you would like to join the Cheshire Art League click the button below to download the membership application or simply sign up online.