Beyond Green Links

Last night, the Hartford Art School design department hosted a lecture by graphic designer, University of Illinois assistant professor, and founder of the “green” graphic design resource site renourish, Eric Benson. The presentation was interesting and thought-provoking, as is the site renourish. I encourage everyone, not just graphic designers, to visit and look around.

And while I’m on the subject of linking, and since Mr. Benson put the idea in my head, below are links to the websites of the artists and artist groups that make up Beyond Green. Learn more about the artists, their projects, and how you can help out and go Beyond Green.

Allora & Calzadilla: http://www.gladstonegallery.com/allora_calzadilla.asp

Free Soil: http://www.free-soil.org/

JAM: http://www.noonsolar.com/ (Their spring line of solar bags will be coming out sometime this month!)

Learning Group: http://www.learningsite.info/

Brennan McGaffey: http://www.intermodseries.org/
Temporary Services: http://www.temporaryservices.org/

Nils Norman: http://www.dismalgarden.org/

People Powered: http://www.peoplepowered.org/

Dan Peterman: http://www.andrearosengallery.com/artists/dan-peterman/

Marjetica Potrc: http://www.potrc.org/

Michael Rakowitz: http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/

Frances Whitehead: http://www.lisasettegallery.com/artistsP-Z/Whitehead.htm

WochenKlausur: http://www.wochenklausur.at/index1.php?lang=en

Andrea Zittel: http://www.zittel.org/

And of course, the link that brought Beyond Green to the Joseloff Gallery, Independent Curators International. Thank you to iCI for making this traveling show possible.

Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art will be at the Joseloff Gallery through June 10, 2008.

Recycle! Go Green!

There’s no need to throw that Beyond Green announcement in the trash - why not make a few folds and turn it into a biodegradable seed planter?  Below are the steps for creating such recycled magic.  Be patient, sometimes origami instructions aren’t very easy to follow, but when you make that last fold and suddenly your once flat paper is turned into a seed planter, it will be worth all of the frustration.

There!  Now you’ve done it.  Congratulations.

A little tip: Before you fill your pot with dirt, you can either leave the flaps out like in the picture, or fold them inside the planter for a clean outside finish.

The 20th Annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Student Exhibition

See all photos from the exhibition on our Flickr page.

PostDec Panel Discussion

Better late than never!  The pictures are finally in from the PostDec panel discussion that was held on December 6, 2007 in the Koopman Commons at the Hartford Art School.

It was standing room-only as PostDec artists Joyce Kozloff, Jesse Lambert, Renee Petropoulos, Suzanne McClelland, and Robert Kushner discussed art, art-making, and the evolution of Pattern and Decoration.

Gallery Director Zina Davis moderated the panel as the five artists discussed ideas and answered questions from the audience, then proceeded to the Joseloff Gallery or a brief reception.

Thank you to everyone who attended the discussion and those who donated their services to make the evening a success.  Thank you to Sam Ekwutzel for recording the discussion, and to Roger Castonguay for taking the lovely photographs.  An a big thank you to all of the artists for attending and participating in such an interesting and engaging panel discussion.

PostDec

PostDec: Beyond Pattern and Decoration
November 7, 2007 through December 21, 2007

To see more photos of the installation, please visit the PostDec album on our Flickr page.

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Due to a scheduling squeeze, thanks to the very successful Hartford Art School gala, the graduating illustraton students lost out on their gallery space for their senior show up in the art school. Since we had no shows in the gallery, we offered our space for an unprecedented departmental show in the Joseloff. It’s not generally the sort of show we would have in the Joseloff, a student departmental show, that is, so the illustration students are going all out and taking full advantage of the space.

REEL ILLUSTRATION: A Red Carpet Premiere
opens this Saturday, May 5th with a movie-themed reception in the gallery from 5:30-8:30pm.

Today the installation begins and the job of organizing twenty-seven (that’s right twenty-seven) graduating seniors and their respective work looks like quite a task. Good luck to all of them.  Here’s a peek at how it looks so far.

Don’t Miss Out!

Have you ever wanted to own a Picasso or a Jim Dine print? How about a Robert Indiana “LOVE” print or a Steichen photograph? Well now is the time, come to the gallery and seize your opportunity.

Currently on view is the Hartford Art School Benefit Art Auction Preview Exhibition. On the night of April 21, 2007, the Art School will host its gala fundraising event featuring an elegant dinner, entertainment, a silent auction and an exciting live auction. All proceeds from the event and the auction will benefit the new Renee Samuels Center at the Hartford Art School.

There will soon be a catalog available for download from the gallery website, but in the meantime, if you would like to receive a catalog, please email us and we will forward you a PDF.

Many items are available for silent auction and we are accepting bids now until the close of bidding on Saturday April 21. Please stop by the gallery to register for a bidder number and place your bids.

We will also be accepting absentee bids for the live auction, if you are interested in bidding on a live auction item and will not be attending the gala, you can place an absentee bid by filling out the proxy bidding section of the registration form. The registration form is available at the gallery, or it can be faxed or emailed directly to you. Please email or call if you are interested in receiving a registration form.

Below is a sampling of the items available for auction. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Lot 22 - Pablo Picasso, Untitled, 1948. Framed lithograph. Signed and numbered by the artist. 29.5 x 22 inches. LIVE auction. Estimate range $6,000-8,000.

Lot 16 - Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1982. Framed silkscreen. Signed, dated, numbered and titled by the artist in pencil. 26.75 x 26.75 inches. LIVE auction. Estimate range $2,000-3,000.

Lot 33 - Edward Steichen, Brancusi, Voulangis, France, 1922. Framed photograph. Printed posthumously by George Tice, 1984-1986. 20 x 16 inches. SILENT auction. Estimate range $200-400.

Lot 28 - Alan Shields, Sushi Bar, 1982. Framed lithograph, silkscreen and block print on handmade paper with cut-outs and hand-stitching. 18 x 18 inches. SILENT auction. Estimate range $$700-1,000.

Lot 9 - Jim Dine, Hearts and Hammers, 1982. Framed etching with hand-coloring. 48 x 65.5 inches. LIVE auction. Estimate range $6,000-8,000.

Alexander A. Goldfarb 19th Annual Student Exhibition

Photography by David Stansbury Photography

Hartford Art School Faculty Exhibition 2006

(Photography by David Stansbury Photography)