Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU
ERIC VELASQUEZ, ILLUSTRATOR at WCSU Visual and Performing Arts Center
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyFree & Open to the Public Limited Seating Available Eric Velasquez is an illustrator who lives and works in New York. He was born in Spanish Harlem, the son of Afro-Puerto Rican parents, and attended the High School of Art and Design. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and also studied […]
Visiting Artist Lecture – Jenny Lynn McNutt, Interdisciplinary Artist at Western Connecticut State University
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyJenny Lynn McNutt is a multimedia artist living in Brooklyn and upstate NY. Her sculpture, painting, and performance work have been shown in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S., most recently at Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, NY, and the Painting Center in NYC. She is the recipient of many residencies abroad, including Africa, Netherlands, […]
WCSU 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition- Opening Reception at Western Connecticut State University
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyWCSU 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition March 27–April 13, 2025 The Master of Fine Arts is the terminal degree for practicing, professional artists. The MFA Thesis Exhibition is the capstone experience of the graduate program, demonstrating a personal direction and mastery in the work of the artists. Graduate candidates presenting their thesis work this year are: […]
Sip & Sketch at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyJoin us for an enjoyable and creative evening of drawing while listening to music, sipping wine, and savoring light refreshments. This event, led by experienced artist and WCSU alumna Janet Warner, welcomes participants of all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned artists, for a shared art experience in a fun and relaxed studio environment. The […]
Gallery Talk and workshop Interacting with Color with Fritz Horstman at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyJoin Fritz Horstman, Color and Light exhibiting artist and Education Director at the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, for a talk and workshop centered on his recent book, Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments (Yale University Press, 2024). Learn about and experience the fundamentals of color relationships and interaction through hands-on guidance, just as […]
Artist Lecture with YING LI, PAINTER at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyFree & Open to the Public, Limited Seating Available Ying Li was born in Beijing, China, and studied traditional landscape painting at Anhui Normal University, where she received her BFA and then taught for six years. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1983 and received her MFA from Parsons School of Design. She lives and […]
Color and Light at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyOn view Feb. 6 - March 2, 2024 Opening Reception: Thurs, Feb. 6, 2024 6:00–8:00 pm Post-Impressionist French painter Georges Seurat is the subject of the Dept. of Theatre Arts’ spring production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sunday in the Park with George. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the musical and will feature visual […]
Meticulous: Methodical Approaches to Making Art at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyOn view Oct 24–Dec 8, 2024 Opening Reception: Thurs, Oct 24, 2024 6:00–8:00 pm This exhibition presents artists working in a variety of media who employ specific systematic procedures, processes, and techniques to create art. Artists’ use of particular parameters within which to create art is often associated with conceptual art but can also be […]
Visiting Artist Lecture with Jon Sideriadis, Illustrator at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyWed. Oct 9, 2024 Free & Open to the Public Limited Seating Available Jon Sideriadis is an award-winning illustrator, author, and educator; a creator of fantasy art and world-building. From 2018 through 2023, he was Coordinator and Professor of the Illustration Program at the University of New Haven. Previously, he taught at several universities and […]
Photography: Lisa Elmaleh and Jessica Wolff at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburySept 12–Oct 13, 2024 Opening Reception: Thurs, Sept 12, 2024, 6:00–8:00 pm Lisa Elmaleh is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. Her photographic series, Tierra Prometida, captures the multifaceted aspects of migration at the border between the United States and Mexico. Created with a 1930s-era large format camera, her work encompasses the people, landscape, migratory routes, and humanitarian efforts there. […]
WCSU 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyMarch 21 through April 6 2024 The Master of Fine Arts is the terminal degree for practicing, professional artists. The MFA Thesis Exhibition is the capstone experience of the graduate program, demonstrating a personal direction and mastery in the work of the artists. Six graduate students will present their thesis work this year: Amy Caco, […]