Friday, December 7, 2012

Tomorrow Night! A Holiday Party and the Opening for MUNNY MADNESS 2!!!

Join us December 8th to kick off the Holiday Season with a party at Paris In Plantsville, and the opening of Munny Madness II!
Come on down, wear your ugliest Christmas sweater if you want, see some creative work on Munny dolls, and join us for some eggnog, holiday tunes and fun!
Last year we saw a ton of fun work on the Munny Dolls, and this year is looking great too! We hope you join us!
And a bonus!!!

On the 8th as the show winds down at 11 PM we're going to break out the ol' movies screen and projector for a screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Holiday Party and Munny Madness! SATURDAY NIGHT!


Don't Forget!!!
This Saturday night at Paris in Plantsville - Munny Madness 2 and our Holiday Party!
We can't wait to see you!
More info HERE   




Friday, November 30, 2012

HOLIDAY PARTY and MUNNY MADNESS!!!!!! Awesome!

Join us December 8th to kick off the Holiday Season with a party at Paris In Plantsville, and the opening of Munny Madness II!  Come on down, wear your ugliest Christmas sweater if you want, see some creative work on Munny dolls, and join us for some eggnog, holiday tunes and fun!

Last year we saw a ton of fun work on the Munny Dolls, and this year is looking great too!
We hope you join us!

For the show you still have time to drop off a submission:
Get A Munny & Make it your own!
 
This is a Call For Entry with only one requirement; your work must be on and/or involving a Kidrobot Munny World Figurine (including Trikky, Dunny, Rooz, etc)
It can be a portrait, something decorative, imaginary...   That's up to you!
If you're not a 3D person, then create a painting or illustration; be as photo realistic or as painterly as you want!
We had a lot of fun with this show last year and we can't wait to see what amazing work comes in this year!

Drop Off Deadlines will be: Saturday 11/24- Friday 12/6 during normal gallery hours (8pm the latest, and arrangements can be made for other times ) Submission Fees : $10 for one submission, and additional submissions will be $5 each.


And a bonus!!!  On the 8th as the show winds down at 11 PM we're going to break out the ol' movies screen and projector for a screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

New Drop Off Dates and Opening Date for MUNNY MADNESS 2!

 Due to pending possibility of snow we've had some concerns about drop off dates, so - 
 MUNNY MADNESS 2 will be postponed until Saturday, December 8th 7pm. This should also allow more entries!
Drop Off Deadlines will be: Saturday 11/24- Friday 12/6 during normal gallery hours (8pm the latest, and arrangements can be made for other times ) Submission Fees : $10 for one submission, and additional submissions will be $5 each.

Get A Munny & Make it your own!

This is a Call For Entry with only one requirement; your work must be on and/or involving a Kidrobot Munny World Figurine.
It can be a portrait, something decorative, imaginary... That's up to you!
If you're not a 3D person, then create a painting or illustration; be as photo realistic or as painterly as you want!
We had a lot of fun with this show last year and we can't wait to see what amazing work comes in this year!

More info HERE: http://www.facebook.com/events/213126655484039/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Monday, November 12, 2012

MUNNY MADNESS 2!!! Drop off's 11/24-12/6

Due to pending possibility of snow we've had some concerns about drop off dates, so -  MUNNY MADNESS 2 will be postponed until Saturday, December 8th 7pm. This should also allow more entries!
Drop Off Deadlines will be: Saturday 11/24- Friday 12/6 during normal gallery hours (8pm the latest, and arrangements can be made for other times ) Submission Fees : $10 for one submission, and additional submissions will be $5 each.



This is a Call For Entry with only one requirement; your work must be on and/or involving a Kidrobot Munny World Figurine
It can be a portrait, something decorative, imaginary...   That's up to you!
 If you're not a 3D person, then create a painting or illustration; be as photo realistic or as painterly as you want!
We had a lot of fun with this show last year and we can't wait to see what amazing work comes in this year!

 Drop Off Deadlines will be: Thursday, November 22 - Wednesday, November 28 during normal gallery hours (8pm the latest, and arrangements can be made for other times ) Submission Fees : $10 for one submission, and additional submissions will be $5 each.

More info HERE

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween from Paris In Plantsville!

Our friends at Elmwood Productions have a new short film up starring "Steve the Vampire"!
We hope you have a great Halloween!


Sunday, October 28, 2012

Abandoned and Restored: New Photographic Work by Jacquelyn Etling


Paris In Plantsville is proud to host 
"Abandoned and Restored: New Photographic Work by Jacquelyn Etling" 
Opening November 10, 2012 at 7:00 PM.

Jacquelyn Etling is an award winning photographer who has traveled extensively in both Europe and the United States photographing the natural and man made worlds. She is a member of the Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea N, New York and numerous arts organizations including the Salmagundi Club. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US including in the New Britian Museum of Art in CT, the Edward Hopper House in Nyack, NY, and the New York Hall of Science.

The show will be on view from November 10th through November 30. We will be having an opening reception November 10th from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. 
We hope you will join us then!
For more info please visit the Facebook Event Page HERE

Friday, October 26, 2012

Closing Event 10/27 - Clinton Deckert 25 Year Retrospective


Paris in Plantsville is proud to bring back a fantastic artist and friend of the gallery, Clinton Deckert- and we have the honor to host his 25 Year Retrospective.
We will be holding an Closing Reception for this exhibit on October 27, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and we invite you to join us in the celebration!

About Mr. Deckert:
Award winning contemporary artist, Clinton Deckert is renowned for his paintings where abstract thoughts and surreal imagery collide. Deckert has multiple works represented in t
he Jack and Susan Austin Warner Collection in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He has twice been awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Conncecticut. Recently Deckert served at Curator and participating artist in the celebrated "Beyond The Gate" invitational exhibition at Artspace Hartford, CT. Clinton exhibited as featured artist at White Space Gallery in New Haven, CT where he set their record for their most successful solo exhibition. Deckert is past president of the Artworks Gallery in Hartford Connecticut and served on their Board of Directors for fourteen years. He created an assemblage for the Gala Salvador Dali event at the Wadsworth Atheneum. He has also exhibited at the Senator’s Connecticut Office of the U.S. Senate and at the Steven's Gallery at the University of Connecticut. He has painted a fourteen-foot long wall mural for the UConn Tri-Campus Psychology Department in West Hartford. Deckert painted works for the "CowParade New York" and "CowParade West Hartford" events and Oil Drum Art at ArtSpace, Hartford where his work received Aesthetic First Prize. In New York Deckert has shown in the famous but now defunct Monique Goldstrom Gallery and exhibited in the "Brave Destiny" International Surrealist Exhibition at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn. His work has been featured on the cover of Art Calendar/Professional Artist Magazine, Hartford Magazine and he has achieved inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who in American Art. Clint’s paintings have been represented in ten juried shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art and once at Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, CT. Clinton Deckert has been interviewed on the television show "Beyond the Headlines" on Fox WB-20, also had work featured WVIT-30, appeared on talk radio station WTIC, Hartford, Connecticut and "Live the Journey" on WNHU at University of New Haven. He has conducted numerous Artist presentation lectures throughout Connecticut including Connecticut Art Education Association and The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. He has also served as Judge/Juror for several regional exhibitions. Deckert’s work has been favorably reviewed numerous times in Art New England, The Hartford Courant and The Journal Inquirer twice appeared in The New York Times. Deckert‘s work is in numerous collections throughout the country and he continuously exhibits throughout the Northeast, USA. Clint's work is represented by Lotus Fine Art, Woodstock, NY, Sam Heller Fine Art Chicago and Paris in Plantsville, CT.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Oracles: Tonight at ArtSpace

As part of a culminating project for a Master's Degree in Integrative Health and Healing with The Graduate Institute, Dawn Manogue created this project to illuminate the healing power of symbols.

22 local artists re-create the Major Arcana of the Tarot including Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Eric Stegmaier who contributed The Chariot  
Opening: Saturday, October 20th 6-9pm $5 suggested donation 
~ Tarot readings available for a small fee 
~ Parking available at the train station, vouchers at reception 
~ Gallery hours available by arrangement. Contact: Dawn Manogue 860.490.2830

For all the info on the event please visit the Facebook Event Page by using this LINK

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

EVIL DEAD TRILOGY - Film Screening

It's October!  The perfect time for HORROR!!!
Continuing in the tradition of our Halloween themed film screenings (last year we screened "Rocky Horror"!) this year...  
THE EVIL DEAD
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!
Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the movie starts at 8:00!


Oh... But there is more... Following The Evil Dead will be 
EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN!  
And that's not all! Following Evil Dead 2... 
ARMY OF DARKNESS
  
We hope you join us and Ash as we fight off the Deadites and Primitive Screwheads! 
 GROOVY

Thursday, October 4, 2012

25 Year Retrospective of Clinton Deckert

Opening This Saturday
We hope to see you!

More information HERE

Friday, September 28, 2012

G@mrz Film Screening - Tomorrow Nite




Paris In Plantsville is proud to continue with hosting the Ten Year Celebration of Elmwood Productions with a screening of their new web-series 
"G@mrz" 
Tomorrow night!

Doors open at 7:00 PM and the screening begins at 8:00.
"G@mrz" is rated PG-13

"G@mrz" is a series that chronicles the weekly attempts of four friends to sit down and run a role-playing game, often with disastrous results. 

As with all our screenings it's free! But we do appreciate donations to Paris in Plantsville. Your donations help events like this keep happening!@

And before the screening From 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM Elmwood Productions and Jim Williams are hosting a day of gaming! Board Games, Card Games, and more will be available, and we invite you to bring a game of your own.

Scheduled Games include:
Talisman
Apples to Apples
Munchkin
The Jim Williams Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Challenge
Magic the Gathering
Hide and Seek
and many more...

There will be raffles, refreshments, and a lot of general frivolity involved. Bring a friend!
for more information on the gaming please use this link - 

We hope to see you tomorrow!

Friday, September 14, 2012

Film Screening: G@mrz 9/29 at 8PM


Paris In Plantsville is proud to continue with hosting the Ten Year Celebration of Elmwood Productions with a screening of the web-series "G@mrz" on September 29th 2012!




Doors open at 7:00 PM and the screening begins at 8:00.


"G@mrz" is a series that chronicles the weekly attempts of four friends to sit down and run a role-playing game, often with disastrous results. 




As with all our screenings it's free! But we do appreciate donations to Paris in Plantsville. Your donations help events like this keep happening!
"G@mrz" is rate PG-13



And before the screening From 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM Elmwood Productions and Jim Williams are hosting a day of gaming! Board Games, Card Games, and more will be available, and we invite you to bring a game of your own.



Scheduled Games include:
Talisman
Apples to Apples
Munchkin
The Jim Williams Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Challenge
Magic the Gathering
and many more...



There will be raffles, refreshments, and a lot of general frivolity involved. Bring a friend!
for more information on the gaming please use this link - 



We hope to see you 9/29!

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Clinton Deckert - 25 Year Retrospective


Paris in Plantsville is proud to bring back a fantastic artist and friend of the gallery, Clinton Deckert- and we have the honor to host his 25 Year Retrospective.
We will be holding an Opening Reception for this exhibit on October 6, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and we invite you to join us in the celebration!

About Mr. Deckert:
Award winning contemporary artist, Clinton Deckert is renowned for his paintings where abstract thoughts and surreal imagery collide. Deckert has multiple works represented in t
he Jack and Susan Austin Warner Collection in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He has twice been awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Conncecticut. Recently Deckert served at Curator and participating artist in the celebrated "Beyond The Gate" invitational exhibition at Artspace Hartford, CT. Clinton exhibited as featured artist at White Space Gallery in New Haven, CT where he set their record for their most successful solo exhibition. Deckert is past president of the Artworks Gallery in Hartford Connecticut and served on their Board of Directors for fourteen years. He created an assemblage for the Gala Salvador Dali event at the Wadsworth Atheneum. He has also exhibited at the Senator’s Connecticut Office of the U.S. Senate and at the Steven's Gallery at the University of Connecticut. He has painted a fourteen-foot long wall mural for the UConn Tri-Campus Psychology Department in West Hartford. Deckert painted works for the "CowParade New York" and "CowParade West Hartford" events and Oil Drum Art at ArtSpace, Hartford where his work received Aesthetic First Prize. In New York Deckert has shown in the famous but now defunct Monique Goldstrom Gallery and exhibited in the "Brave Destiny" International Surrealist Exhibition at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn. His work has been featured on the cover of Art Calendar/Professional Artist Magazine, Hartford Magazine and he has achieved inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who in American Art. Clint’s paintings have been represented in ten juried shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art and once at Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, CT. Clinton Deckert has been interviewed on the television show "Beyond the Headlines" on Fox WB-20, also had work featured WVIT-30, appeared on talk radio station WTIC, Hartford, Connecticut and "Live the Journey" on WNHU at University of New Haven. He has conducted numerous Artist presentation lectures throughout Connecticut including Connecticut Art Education Association and The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. He has also served as Judge/Juror for several regional exhibitions. Deckert’s work has been favorably reviewed numerous times in Art New England, The Hartford Courant and The Journal Inquirer twice appeared in The New York Times. Deckert‘s work is in numerous collections throughout the U.S.A. and he continuously exhibits throughout the Northeast, USA. Clint's work is represented by Lotus Fine Art, Woodstock, NY and by Sam Heller Fine Art Chicago.
Please visit:
http://www.clintondeckert.com/

Thursday, September 6, 2012

ALLUSIONS OF HOME


Paris In Plantsville is proud to host Stanwyck Cromwell's impressive solo show Sept 8th-29th. 

We'll be hosting an opening reception September 8th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM


About the artist:
Stanwyck E. Cromwell was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and is a second-generation artist. He inherited his artistic gift from both of his parents. In addition, Cromwell credits much of his growth to his cousin and mentor, Maurice C. Jacobs, a noted Guyanese artist, who nurtured him, and was resourceful in laying the foundation for his artistic development. Cromwell graduated from the former British Guiana Educational Trust High School, with high honors in art and other foreign languages, and was employed at Guyana Lithographic Company, as a graphic artist. During his time of employment at that company, he met and worked alongside well-known Guyanese artist Angold Thompson.

In 1970, he migrated to the United States of America, in pursuit of an art career, and has lived and worked in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for the past thirty-seven years. Cromwell earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Applied Arts, from Charter Oak State College and also a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of Hartford. His memories of Guyana are rich and abundant, but the most striking are the physical and aesthetic differences between the Caribbean and the United States of America as they pertain to art. Such artists as Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, African American artist, Loïs Mailou Jones and Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, influenced some of his earlier works. His current work is two-fold in composition and is a fusion of his earlier and new works. Cromwell refers to his current works as his Transitional Series, because they are hybrids of both old and new ideas, intersecting at cultural crossroads. 

Saturated colors, patterns and textures show themselves in his collages, sculptures, paintings, and drawings. The movement and vibrancy of his colors are like an aesthetic chess game, where one movement affects the other. Cromwell uses a combination of figurative, abstract, and surrealistic art forms, in addition with symbols and metaphors. The most frequently used, is the black-eye-pea, which he associates with his culinary Guyanese heritage. In other cases, Cromwell associates the black-eyed pea with the racial make up of the United States, as it pertains to majority and minority. Other symbols include seashells, fish-like faces and rippled water-like patterns, which are symbolic of the ocean. In addition he uses multiple overlays, to created depth and imaginary mindscapes. His work is very energetic and commands the attention of the viewer.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Stanyck Cromwell - Allusions of Home

Paris In Plantsville is proud to host 
Stanwyck Cromwell's 
impressive solo show Sept 8th-29th. 
We'll be hosting an opening reception September 8th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  
 

Friday, August 17, 2012

FOCUS - Opens Tomorrow

FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - OPEN CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERS

Paris In Plantsville is proud to announce our first open call for photography work!

The Opening Reception is going to be held on Saturday August 18, 2012 starting at 7:00 PM! We hope you join us! The show will run from 8/11 through 8/29, so if you're unable to attend the opening you'll still have plenty of opportunity to see the show.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Artist Profile - Josh Blumenthal - My Glass heART opens tomorrow!


Come and view new and recent works of Joshua Blumenthal. Experience the beauty and expression that mosaic has to offer. You will see how craft can be as expressive as other forms. 
"My works are often connected to music and own personal experiences that are often universal. I hope you enjoy what I've worked so hard one for the past 5 years. See you there." - Josh

My solo Exhibition: My glass heART is sponsored by:

Community Central,

Elmwood Productions,
http://
www.elmwoodproductions.com/

Sixpence Pie Company
http://

www.sixpencepiecompany.com/

** Visit these websites to learn more about my sponsors **

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Focus - Drop off for works starts today!

FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - OPEN CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERS

Paris In Plantsville is proud to announce our first open call for photography work! This is open to any and all photo artists, we hope you participate!

Drops off dates for work are August 7-9, 2012 from 12PM to 8 PM. Work must be ready to hang.

The Opening Reception is going to be held on Saturday August 18, 2012 starting at 7:00 PM! We hope you join us! The show will run from 8/11 through 8/29, so if you're unable to attend the opening you'll still have plenty of opportunity to see the show.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

The Evident and The Essence - Opens Tonight

The Evident & the Essence
a visual collaboration featuring works by 
Eric Stegmaier & Sean Michanczyk

A collection of Oil paintings that will be showing in the Fisher Gallery at the Farmington Valley Arts Center. Please Join us for the opening reception August 4th from 6-8 p.m. The show will be on display Aug 1st-Sept 1 2012

Sunday, July 22, 2012

The Evident and the Essence

The Evident & the Essence
a visual collaboration featuring works 
by 
Eric Stegmaier & Sean Michanczyk

A collection of Oil paintings that will be showing in the Fisher Gallery at the Farmington Valley Arts Center. Please Join us for the opening reception August 4th from 6-8 p.m. 
The show will be on display Aug 1st-Sept 1 2012

Monday, July 16, 2012

FOCUS

FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - OPEN CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERS

Paris In Plantsville is proud to announce our first open call for photography work! This is open to any and all photo artists, we hope you participate!
Drops off dates for work are August 7-9, 2012 from 12PM to 8 PM. Work must be ready to hang.

The Opening Reception is going to be held on Saturday August 18, 2012 starting at 7:00 PM! We hope you join us! The show will run from 8/11 through 8/29, so if you're unable to attend the opening you'll still have plenty of opportunity to see the show.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

My Glass heART - New Works by Josh Blumenthal


Opening August 11, 2012
My Glass heART: 
New Works by Josh Blumenthal
Come and view new and recent works of Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Joshua Blumenthal. Experience the beauty and expression that mosaic has to offer. You will see how craft can be as expressive as other forms. My works are often connected to music and own personal experiences that are often universal. I hope you enjoy what I've worked so hard one for the past 5 years. See you there. - Josh

My solo Exhibition: My glass heART is sponsored by:
Community Central & Elmwood Productions

Friday, July 6, 2012

We The People - Opens Tomorrow!

How It Works:
Every Man, Woman & Child entering the Gallery on July 7th will be handed a voting ballot. Voting will take place all day or their favorite work of art. The vote's will be tallied and the winner will be announced at 10 p.m. July 7th as the Presidential winner, and take home a prize!

We hope you join us tomorrow and vote!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

We The People: Drops off starts today!

We The People: People's Choice Juried Show
How It Works:
Every Man, Woman & Child entering the Gallery on July 7th will be handed a voting ballot. Voting will take place all day or their favorite work of art. The vote's will be tallied and the winner will be announced at 10 p.m. July 7th as the Presidential winner, and take home a prize!

Submission Info:
-$10 per entry
-As many entries as you want!
-Work will be submitted June 28,29,30 during regular gallery hours 12-8 p.m.
-At the closing of the show, work must be picked up Aug 1,2,3

Celebrate Democracy at it's finest! Every vote matters! and everyone has a chance to have a voice! Hope you can join us!

More info HERE!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

We The People: People's Choice Juried Show

We The People: People's Choice Juried Show


How It Works:
Every Man, Woman & Child entering the Gallery on July 7th will be handed a voting ballot. Voting will take place all day or their favorite work of art. The vote's will be tallied and the winner will be announced at 10 p.m. July 7th as the Presidential winner, and take home a cash prize.



Submission Info:
-$10 per entry
-As many entries as you want! 
-Work will be submitted June 28,29,30 during regular gallery hours 12-8 p.m.
-At the closing of the show, work must be picked up Aug 1,2,3


Celebrate Democracy at it's finest! Every vote matters! and everyone has a chance to have a voice! Hope you can join us!   

More Info HERE



...  And now a word from President of Art: Barry O'Bama

Thursday, May 24, 2012

We The People: People's Choice Juried Show Open Call!


We The People: People's Choice Juried Show

How It Works:
Every Man, Woman & Child entering the Gallery on July 7th will be handed a voting ballot. Voting will take place all day or their favorite work of art. The vote's will be tallied and the winner will be announced at 10 p.m. July 7th as the Presidential winner, and take home a cash prize.

Submission Info:
-$10 per entry
-As many entries as you want!
-Work will be submitted June 28,29,30 during regular gallery hours 12-8 p.m.
-At the closing of the show, work must be picked up Aug 1,2,3

Celebrate Democracy at it's finest! Every vote matters! and everyone has a chance to have a voice! Hope you can join us!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Put That Record On! - David Bowie's "Outside"

Every other Sunday, resident artist Josh Blumenthal and music guru Nick Foreman will be hosting music listening parties in the 'Elmwood Room' at Paris In Plantsville Art Gallery.

The Concept:

We'll put on a record (CD, Tape, Vinyl, 8-Track, etc.), listen to it in it's entirety and then discuss both the record and the artist. There will be refreshments, further discussion, and music from the featured artist's catalog.

[There will be alcoholic beverages and food available, however we will NOT serve them until after the listening/discussion. And please no outside alcohol.]



The Album:

David Bowie - 1. Outside 1995 (Arista/BMG)

From Wiki -

Outside is a concept album first released 26 September 1995 by David Bowie on Virgin Records, and this "risky" but successful album was Bowie's "highly anticipated" reunion with Brian Eno, whom Bowie had worked with most famously on his Berlin Trilogy. Subtitled "the Ritual Art-Murder of Baby Grace Blue: A non-linear Gothic Drama Hyper-Cycle," Outside centers around the characters of a dystopian world on the eve of the 21st century. The album put Bowie back into the mainstream scene of rock music with its singles "The Hearts Filthy Lesson", "Strangers When We Meet", and "Hallo Spaceboy" (notably remixed by the Pet Shop Boys).
The liner notes feature a short story by Bowie, the Diary of Nathan Adler, which outlines a somewhat dystopian version of the year 1999 in which the government, through its arts commission, had created a new bureau to investigate the phenomenon of Art Crime. In this future, murder and mutilation of bodies had become a new underground art craze. The main character, Nathan Adler, was in the business of deciding what of this was legally acceptable as art and what was, in a word, trash. The album is filled with references to characters and their lives as he investigates the complicated events leading up to the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. One is meant to assume that Bowie's character, Nathan Adler, works for the British government due to several references to the cities of London and Oxford, but in the liner notes these are revealed to be, at least in some cases, London, Ontario and Oxford, New Jersey, indicating that the entire story may take place in North America—or, indeed, that the distinction between the two places has become blurred and indistinguishable.
 
For more info please see the Facebook Event Page for Put That Record On!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Film Screening - THE CHOICE

Continuing our film series is "The Choice".
Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community. This month's film stars West Hartford native Tim Burke. Mr. Burke will also be joining us for the screening and a Q&A session to follow.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening! We hope you join us 5/18/12!

Synopsis:
Vera is a proprietor of a trendy French restaurant and Jazz club in Chicago. Late one evening, just before closing, Vera confronts a customer who refuses to pay the bill. He claims his name is Paul and that her husband, Tim, owes him a large sum of money. After Vera explains that Tim died a year ago in a car accident, Paul, seemingly crushed, drinks heavily and then abruptly leaves. After closing the restaurant Vera drives by a bus stop when she sees the police lifting drunken Paul from a bench. Feeling sorry and guilty at the same time, Vera rescues Paul from the police. After unsuccessfully trying to find him a motel, Vera is forced to take unconscious Paul to her own house where, in the garage, she leaves him sleeping in the car. The next morning, hung-over Paul and Vera find themselves in an awkward situation attempting to better know each other. Vera questions him about her late husband Tim’s past, but Paul’s answers are vague and cryptic. Following an uneasy breakfast, Paul asks Vera to take him to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave. At the cemetery, their conflict sharpens and a game of cat and mouse ensues culminating in a physical fight, and then reconciliation. Back at her house, Vera discovers a certain attraction to Paul and invites him for dinner at her restaurant. At the restaurant Paul leads Vera back in time where she confronts the mystery of her husband’s death. But, for Vera, a suspicion lurks: is Paul’s story true or is it just a great performance by a sinister con-artist?

Awards Critic's Choice Best Film, Leskovac Interenational Film Festival
Starring Irena Micijevic, Stephen Angus, Timothy Burke
Directed By I. Michael Toth
Screenplay By I. Michael Toth
Produced By Christopher Gentry

For more info visit the official website
http://www.graywhiteblackfilm.com/
And follow the film on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheChoiceFilm

Following the Q&A we will also be presenting the film's "Sisiter" entitled "The Dream Play"
More info on "The Dream Play" and "The Choice" at the Official Website:
http://www.lifeisadreamprod.com/html/films.html

Thursday, May 3, 2012

FUSED - Opens this Saturday - May 5th

Paris In Plantsville is honored to be hosting
Featuring the Art of Rebecca Shemms, Allison Chatelle, and David Hubbard.
This exhibition is in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science Degree in Art at Central Connecticut State University.

Opening Reception is Saturday May 5, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and the exhibition runs 5/5 through 5/31 during normal gallery hours
 
We hope you join us for this great event!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

FUSED - Opening May 5th 2012


Paris In Plantsville is honored to be hosting 
FUSED
Featuring the Art of Rebecca Shemms, Allison Chatelle, and David Hubbard.

This exhibition is in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science Degree in Art at Central Connecticut State University.

Opening Reception is Saturday May 5, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and the exhibition runs 5/5 through 5/31 during normal gallery hours:
Tuesday through Friday 12PM to 8PM,
Saturday 12PM to 5PM,
and Sunday 12PM to 4PM

More info HERE

Monday, April 16, 2012

"Beyond Dreamland" Film Screening this Saturday Night

  



We invite you to join us this Saturday Night for "Beyond Dreamland"

Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community.
April's screening is "Beyond Dreamland", directed by Alex Fuller, the feature-length documentary about a world-class rock drummer who is enduring the severe after-effects of a long battle against stomach cancer (surrounded by loads of comic relief). Made in Connecticut!
 
 The screening is on April 21, doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

We still have a few slots open for films to be booked...
If you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

We hope you join us 4/21/12!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Pinxit! and The Works of Cathy Michanczyk - Opening this Saturday 4/14

 PINIXT! And THE WORKS OF CATHY MICHANCZYK
 
Paris in Plantsville Gallery and Studio is pleased to announce the opening of "Pinxit: New Works by Sean Michanczyk & Eric Stegmaier", and "The Works of Cathy Michanczyk"on view from April 14 to May 1, 2012.

About the Artists:

Sean Michanczyk is a 2008 graduate of the Hartford Art School ( BFA illustration ). His work pays homage to old masters while keeping a contemporary trompe l’oeil edge. His tightly rendered paintings and keen sense of balance create harmonious story telling through symbolism. “ What it is, isn’t always what it is”.

Sean is the owner and founder of Paris In Plantsville Gallery & Studio. He and his Great Dane aptly named Paris reside in Southington, CT

Eric Stegmaier is a 2002 graduate of the Hartford Art School (BFA illustration) and a 2007 graduate of Sacred Heart University (MA religious studies). His work harmonizes tightly rendered and loosely gestural strokes, allowing him to direct the viewer’s eye not only through compositional placement, but also by selective detail.

Eric is an artist in residence at Paris in Plantsville and is the Senior Conservation Assistant in the Paintings Department at the Yale Center for British Art. He and his wife Heather currently reside in Southington, CT.

Cathy Michanczyk is a Southington Native, currently living in Plantsville.  Her works are a mix of still life, landscapes, and wonderful portraits of cats in oils, acrylics, and pencil.  Cathy has been on the Connecticut art scene since the early 1970's and has exhibited all over the state. We're proud to have Cathy in April to kick off our new gallery space as we expand Paris In Plantsville.

For more information on the opening please use this link to our Event Page on Facebook.

We look forward to seeing everyone Saturday night!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

PINXT! - Opening Saturday 4/14

Paris in Plantsville Gallery and Studio is pleased to announce the opening of 
Pinxit: New Works by 
Sean Michanczyk & Eric Stegmaier
On view from April 14 to May 1, 2012.

Pinxit presents some 20 traditional and trompe l’oeil works completed by the award-winning artists over the past two years.
Michanczyk’s trompe l’oeils, with their rich palettes and traditional themes, successfully blend a Baroque style with modern materials and subjects.
Stegmaier’s work explores a vast range of natural, historical, and literary subjects in both charcoal and oils. His style, self-described as being “loosely tight”, reflects compositional complexity and attention to detail.

About the Artists:

Sean Michanczyk is a 2008 graduate of the Hartford Art School ( BFA illustration ). His work pays homage to old masters while keeping a contemporary trompe l’oeil edge. His tightly rendered paintings and keen sense of balance create harmonious story telling through symbolism. “ What it is, isn’t always what it is”.

Sean is the owner and founder of Paris In Plantsville Gallery & Studio. He and his Great Dane aptly named Paris reside in Southington, CT

Eric Stegmaier is a 2002 graduate of the Hartford Art School (BFA illustration) and a 2007 graduate of Sacred Heart University (MA religious studies). His work harmonizes tightly rendered and loosely gestural strokes, allowing him to direct the viewer’s eye not only through compositional placement, but also by selective detail.

Eric is an artist in residence at Paris in Plantsville and is the Senior Conservation Assistant in the Paintings Department at the Yale Center for British Art. He and his wife Heather currently reside in Southington, CT.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Film Screening - BEYOND DREAMLAND

BEYOND DREAMLAND.
Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community.

The screening is on April 21, doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!
We hope you join us 4/21/12!



Above is the trailer for "Beyond Dreamland", the feature-length documentary about a world-class rock drummer who is enduring the severe after-effects of a long battle against stomach cancer (surrounded by loads of comic relief).
Director: Alex Fuller

We still have a few slots open for films to be booked...
If you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

Friday, March 30, 2012

Josh & Todd Tomorrow Night!



Join us and Elmwood Productions as we close out the exhibit of Ten Years of Elmwood Productions with a screening of the R-Rated feature film "Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet"!

More info HERE!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Film Screening: JOSH AND TODD: THE STORY OF A MAN AND HIS PUPPET

Closing out the Tenth Anniversary of Elmwood Productions is a screening of the comedy
"Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet"

If you've missed this in the past at the gallery now's you last chance to see it before it hit's DVD in the fall!  
The screening is on March 31st, The doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!


"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet" is rated R

We still have a few slots open for films to be booked...
If you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com
 
 Up next in our screenings is "Beyond Dreamland" on April 21st

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Beyond the Gate - Hartford Artspace - 3/24/12

We'll be closing early on 3/24 at 3:00 PM to attend

Invitational Group Exhibition

Curator and Participating Artist - Clinton Deckert
Artspace Gallery
Hartford, CT 555 Asylum Street,
First Floor Hartford, CT 06105
Across the street parking at Union Station Reception to meet the Artists will be held Saturday, March 24th from 6:00-8:00 PM.



Participating Artists:

JORDAN DESCHENE

SILAS FINCH

STANWYCK CROMWELL

JOSHUA SMITH

JAMES DEMAIO

and CLINTON DECKERT

Show runs March 18-31st, 2012

Hours; Wednesday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Saturday Noon – 4:00 pm

Sunday Noon – 4:00 pm


Monday, March 12, 2012

PINXIT!

Paris in Plantsville Gallery and Studio is pleased to announce the opening of Pinxit: New Works by Sean Michanczyk & Eric Stegmaier, on view from April 14 to May 1, 2012.
Pinxit presents some 20 traditional and trompe l’oeil works completed by the award-winning artists over the past two years.
Michanczyk’s trompe l’oeils, with their rich palettes and traditional themes, successfully blend a Baroque style with modern materials and subjects.
Stegmaier’s work explores a vast range of natural, historical, and literary subjects in both charcoal and oils. His style, self-described as being “loosely tight”, reflects compositional complexity and attention to detail.

About the Artists:

Sean Michanczyk is a 2008 graduate of the Hartford Art School ( BFA illustration ). His work pays homage to old masters while keeping a contemporary trompe l’oeil edge. His tightly rendered paintings and keen sense of balance create harmonious story telling through symbolism. “ What it is, isn’t always what it is”.

Sean is the owner and founder of Paris In Plantsville Gallery & Studio. He and his Great Dane aptly named Paris reside in Southington, CT

Eric Stegmaier is a 2002 graduate of the Hartford Art School (BFA illustration) and a 2007 graduate of Sacred Heart University (MA religious studies). His work harmonizes tightly rendered and loosely gestural strokes, allowing him to direct the viewer’s eye not only through compositional placement, but also by selective detail.

Eric is an artist in residence at Paris in Plantsville and is the Senior Conservation Assistant in the Paintings Department at the Yale Center for British Art. He and his wife Heather currently reside in Southington, CT.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

This Saturday - New Show - Steve the Vampire Screening and Tenth Anniversary Party


Elmwood Productions have been bringing the puppet fun for ten years!
To celebrate we will be screening for the first time ever "The Complete Steve The Vampire" on March 3, 2012 at Paris In Plantsville Gallery and Studio!

That same day Paris In Plants...ville will open a new exhibition to celebrate the Ten Years of Elmwood Productions! The gallery will be filled with puppets from our films, behind the scenes photography, character designs, and more.

"The Complete Steve The Vampire" follows the adventures of Steve who was turned into a vampire as a teenager and although now in his mid-twenties, he just can't catch a break trying to prove himself in the vampire community. Between his overbearing and in denial mother, his indifferent girlfriend, and his unlikely friendship with Dracula, he still manages to keep his head on straight and do his best to avoid being staked by the local vampire slayer.
And all he wants to do is hang out, watch some Star Trek, and enjoy a good glass a blood...

The screening is also part of Paris In Plantsville's monthly film series showcasing independent films made in and connected to the local film community.

And on March 31st we will also be screening our feature film "Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and is Puppet" to close out the exhibition.

For both screening the doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

We'd like to thank our friends at The Official Beer of Elmwood Productions - Pabst Blue Ribbon - for all their support!

"Steve the Vampire" is rated PG
"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet" is rated R

Visit the Facebook Event Page - Here!

Monday, February 27, 2012

Art By Steg!

Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Eric Stegmaier has set up a new website, and we want to invite you to give it a look -

And also make sure to join us in April when Eric and another Resident, Sean Michanczyk, hold a show together -

 Opens April 14 and runs to May 1, 2012.  Pinxit presents some 20 traditional and trompe l’oeil works completed by the award-winning artists over the past two years.

Michanczyk’s trompe l’oeils, with their rich palettes and traditional themes, successfully blend a Baroque style with modern materials and subjects.

Stegmaier’s work explores a vast range of natural, historical, and literary subjects in both charcoal and oils. His style, self-described as being “loosely tight”, reflects compositional complexity and attention to detail.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Film Screening: STEVE THE VAMPIRE and an Exhibition of Ten Years of Elmwood Productions!

On March 3, 2012 Paris In Plantsville will open a new exhibition to celebrate the Ten Years of Elmwood Productions! 
The gallery will be filled with puppets from Elmwood's films, behind the scenes photography, character designs, and more.
To kick of the event and as part of our monthly film series we'll be screening
"The Complete Steve The Vampire" 

The film follows the adventures of Steve who was turned into a vampire as a teenager and although now in his mid-twenties, he just can't catch a break trying to prove himself in the vampire community. Between his overbearing and in denial mother, his indifferent girlfriend, and his unlikely friendship with Dracula, he still manages to keep his head on straight and do his best to avoid being staked by the local vampire slayer.

And all he wants to do is hang out, watch some Star Trek, and enjoy a good glass a blood...


The screening is also part of Paris In Plantsville's monthly film series showcasing independent films made in and connected to the local film community.


And on March 31st we will also be screening our feature film
"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and is Puppet"
to close out the exhibition.



For both screening the doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

This Saturday Night - THE DREAM PLAY

Kicking off our monthly film series for 2012 is THE DREAM PLAY.

Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community. 
This month's film stars West Hartford native Tim Burke in the lead role of Mark. 
Mr. Burke will also be joining us for the screening.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening! We hope you join us 2/11/12!


The Dream Play
Written and Directed by I. Michael Toth
Synopsis:
Mark is an actor who moves to Chicago with his dog where he finds work acting in “The Dream Play” by August Strindberg at a local theater. During rehearsals, he develops new friendships and a conflict with the eccentric but demanding director of the play. While trying to master the multiple roles he was cast to play, he recollects a gray rainy day from his past when a chance encounter with a hitch...hiker changed the course of his life and his identity. As the rehearsal process drags on, Mark realizes that opening night and payday are far off. Struggling to make ends meet, he answers an ad placed on the theater’s message board by a mysterious young woman. This leads him to participate in a private play that will alter his perspective on acting, theater and his own life. Mark discovers that he is in an ambiguous place where the difference between life and art and what is “real” and what is “make-believe” disappears.


Award nominations and wins:
Audience Choice Award Best Feature Film, East Lansing Film Festival 2010; Nominated Best Feature Film, Midwest Independent Film Festival (also Timothy Burke for Best Actor; Stacie Beth Green for Best Actor; I. Michael Toth for Best Screenplay)

For more info visit the official website
http://www.graywhiteblackfilm.com/

and join The Dream Play Facebook page


We're still putting together this years film selections, if you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - 
jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com


Next Month's screening will be on March 3 - 
STEVE THE VAMPIRE!