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!

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

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!

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!

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

FUSED - Opens this Saturday - May 5th

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

 

We hope you join us for this great event!

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

"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!

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!

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

“BEYOND THE GATE”

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



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.

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!

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 -

Art By Steg

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

Pinxit: New Works by Sean Michanczyk & Eric Stegmaier

 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.

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!

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!

Opening This Saturday

Opening this weekend, February 4th, our 2nd anniversary show....  Time sure does fly!

Join in on the Winters biggest and largest growing juried show in the greater Hartford area with special juror of honor Stanwyck Cromwell. ( Event Image: DIASPORA MARKETPLACE By: Stanwyck Cromwell)

Juror Information:
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. to read more PLEASE visit his amazing site.
www.StanwyckCromwell.com

On behalf of the Paris In Plantsville Gallery we thank you for the great support the first two years of our birth...Here's to you! and to many more years to come!