Goldfarb Results Announced!

The jury process is complete and the accepted entries have been announced!

Click here to download a copy of the results.

Thank you to all who entered!

Enchantment Installation Images

Enchantment at the Joseloff Gallery November 6, 2009 through January 17, 2010.

We were so sad to see it go.  In case you missed the exhibition, or if you just want to see it again, you can see all images from the exhibition on our Flickr page by clicking here: Enchantment

Images courtesy of David Stansbury Photography

Announcing the 2010 Goldfarb Student Exhibition

The Joseloff Gallery is proud to announce the upcoming twenty-first annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Student Exhibition and Awards Presentation, opening Wednesday, February 17, 2010 with a public reception from 5-7pm.

As you may know, the Alexander A. Goldfarb Student Exhibition and Awards Presentation is held each year in the Joseloff Gallery.  All full-time students of the University of Hartford are invited to submit up to two works of art to be considered for the exhibition.  A guest juror – an artist, curator, critic, or other person working in the field of art – is invited to choose the work to be included in the show.  Of the works selected for the show, two undergraduate students are chosen to receive the purchase prizes in the amount of $1,000 each.  The winning students’ artwork then becomes a part of the Goldfarb Memorial Collection, owned by the Hartford Art School and proudly displayed throughout the University in offices and public spaces.

Clint Jukkala, Yale University assistant professor of painting/printmaking and director of undergraduate studies in art will jury this year’s show.  Mr. Jukkala received a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1995 and an M.F.A. in painting from Yale University in 1998. He is represented by Envoy Gallery in New York, and his work has been included in recent exhibitions at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and ZieherSmith Gallery in New York. He has also taught at the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University.

Important dates to remember for University of Hartford students interested in entering work into this year’s Goldfarb exhibition:

Drop-Off Dates
Bring your two best pieces of art in their best shape.
Friday February 5, 2010 from 11-4pm
Saturday February 6, 2010 from 12-4pm

Jury Date:
Monday February 8, 2010, all day
Results will be announced by 5pm on that day.

Collection Dates:
Pick up all unaccepted work by Thursday February 11, 2010 or it will be thrown out.
Wednesday February 10, 2010, 11am-4pm
Thursday February 11, 2010, 11am-4pm

Opening Reception and Awards:
Wednesday February 17, 2010, 5-7pm
Awards announced at approximately 6pm.

Exhibition Dates:
February 17 – March 21, 2010

The Joseloff Gallery is open daily, Tuesday through Friday from 11am-4pm, and Saturday and Sunday 12-4pm.  Please call (860) 768-4090 for more information.

Gallery Closing for Winter Break

The Joseloff Gallery will be closed from Monday December 21, 2009 through Monday January 4, 2010 for the winter break.  We hope to see you all in the new year for your last chance to see the Enchantment exhibition before it closes on Sunday January 17, 2010.

Discussing Enchantment: A Gallery Talk with Zina Davis

DISCUSSING ENCHANTMENT
Wednesday December 9, 2009
11:30am-12:30pm
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford

Please join Zina Davis, the director of the Joseloff Gallery and curator of Enchantment, on Wednesday December 9, 2009 in the Joseloff Gallery for an informal gallery talk from 11:30am-12:30pm titled Discussing Enchantment.

Bring your questions and listen as Ms. Davis describes the pieces in the show, what brought them all together in our gallery, and what she finds “enchanting” about the exhibition.

This hour-long talk in the gallery is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the K-visitor lot in the front of the Hartford Art School.

Please note that no food or beverages are allowed in the Joseloff Gallery during Enchantment. If you would like to make a lunch reservation at the 1877 Club Restaurant next door to the gallery for after the talk, please call 860-768-4876.

Enchantment in the Press

The Joseloff Gallery has been in the news!  Enchantment has recently been mentioned in the Republican-American newspaper (11/15/09), the Hartford Courant (11/05/09), and even in a segment on WFSB Channel 3’s Better Connecticut with Scot Haney (11/06/09).  Visit our press page to read the articles and watch the video.

A Week of Enchantment

Thank you to everyone who came out and made our week of Enchantment such a success.  Wednesday’s lecture with Julie Heffernan was inspiring and engaging; Thursday’s lecture with Peter Trippi was eye-opening and thought-provoking; and Friday’s panel discussion moderated by Peter Trippi was entertaining and exciting with artists James Gurney, Alison Moritsugu, Graydon Parrish, Patricia Watwood, and the director of the Dahesh Museum of Art, Dr. David Farmer.  It was wonderful to see other participating artists including Gail Boyajian and Jennifer Knaus joining the crowds at the lectures and the extremely well-attended opening reception.  It was a wonderful week and we can’t thank everyone enough.

Enchantment, the sixth Distinguished Artists Symposium and Exhibition will be on display through January 17, 2010 at the Joseloff Gallery.  The gallery will be closed for the Thanksgiving weekend from November 26th through the 30th, and again for the winter break from December 21st  through January 4th.

Enchantment Checklist and Press Release

Royal Baby, 2009 by Jennifer Knaus

Are you curious about the artwork that will appear in “Enchantment”?  Well if you are, just click below to download a PDF exhibition checklist.  And just to make sure you’re properly informed, you can even download a PDF version of the exhibition’s press release.  Enjoy!

Checklist

Press Release

Announcing: Enchantment

Enchantment, this year’s Distinguished Artists Symposium and Exhibition, will take place from November 6, 2009 through January 17, 2010 at the Joseloff Gallery.

Enchantment will focus on Romanticism and the figure in academic art with paintings from the late nineteenth century alongside works by contemporary artists who utilize the genre to engage in wider themes.

Lectures will take place on Wednesday November 4 and Thursday November 5 , ending with a symposium panel discussion on Friday November 6, preceding the opening reception.  The exhibition will continue through January 17, 2010.

The exhibition will include painters and illustrators who are dedicated, to some degree or another, to the rigors of the academy, characterized by a formal process of copying prints from past masters, drawing from plaster casts, and drawing and painting from a nude model. Strictly speaking, drawing was the foundation of all academic painting; there was a hierarchy of subjects such as history and mythology, with emphasis on detail through an idealized lens.

Others in the exhibition use contemporary methods to embrace and subvert these themes.  This includes combining the subject from one masterpiece with the style from another; artists who mine the past to create paintings that reinterpret old themes in today’s visual language; use allegorical references to depict contemporary events; through photography, explore the transition between the authentic work of art and its reproduction; exaggerate the idealization of form and subject using humor and irony; depict recognizable contemporary figures as heroic icons from the past.

A goal of the Distinguished Artists program is to bring artists, historians, and critics to campus to engage in a dialogue with students, faculty and the community related to a particular topic through lectures and discussions held in the days leading up to the opening reception.

Lectures

Julie Heffernan
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilde Auditorium

Julie Heffernan’s theatrical and opulent paintings reinterpret allegory, portraiture, history painting, and still life with a haunting mystery and ominous beauty.

Peter Trippi
Thursday November 5, 2009, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilde Auditorium

Peter Trippi is editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, a bimonthly magazine for collectors of representational painting, sculpture, drawings and prints — both historical and contemporary.  Trippi was director of the Dahesh Museum of Art in New York City between 2003 and 2006.

Symposium

Panel Discussion, “Enchantment Then and Now: Drawing Connections” moderated by Peter Trippi
Friday November 6, 2009, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilde Auditorium

This lively discussion will include a panels of participating artists including James Gurney, Alison Moritsugu, Graydon Parrish, and Patricia Watwood, and the director of the Dahesh Museum of Art, David Farmer.

Opening Reception

The opening of the Enchantment exhibition
Friday November 6, 2009, 5:00-7:00pm, Joseloff Gallery

Would you like a sneak peek of the work that will be in the Enchantment exhibition?  Visit our Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photos/joseloffgallery

Hartford Art School Faculty Exhibition 2009

Click on any picture to see it larger.  The exhibition will be on display through October 4, 2009.

See more photos on our Flickr page: Hartford Art School Faculty Exhibition 2009