Nancy Graves in the News

There have been two recent mentions of the Nancy Graves exhibition in the media lately, did you see them?

On April 19, Alan Bisbort of the Hartford Advocate wrote a wonderful review of the show on his Blogbort page titled Nancy Graves, Real Inspired in which he began:

One of the most colorful, engaging and, yes, fun art exhibitions of the year may fly beneath your radars, if you’re not careful.

It is “Nancy Graves: Inspired Vision”, at the Hartford Art School’s Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford.

Thanks, Alan. I think we’d have to agree.

Then on May 3 we had another wonderful surprise.  Did you happen to see the front page of the Arts section in last Sunday’s Republican-American newspaper?  Tracey O’Shaughnessy wrote a lovely article about Nancy Graves and a review of our exhibition.  If you didn’t get a chance to see it in full-color in the paper, please visit Tracey’s website to read the story.

(Photo featured in the Republican-American article courtesy of Roger Castonguay, Jr. of The Defining Photo LLC.)

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That’s right, the Joseloff Gallery has taken the leap, we’re now everywhere online.

We have a Twitter account, http://twitter.com/joseloffgallery for quick updates and reminders.

Or if Facebook is more your speed, we now have a Joseloff Gallery Facebook page.  Feel free to become a fan and receive updates on events and exhibitions, as well as photos and gallery sneak-peeks.

If you have any opinions about what you would like to see on our Facebook page, please email joseloff@hartford.edu.

Holiday Closings

If you’re planning a trip to the Joseloff during the holidays, please note our holiday closing schedule.

For the Thanksgiving break, we will be closed from November 24, 2008 through December 2, 2008.

For the winter break, we will be closed from December 22, 2008 through January 5, 2009

Always make sure to call the gallery to be certain that we are open before you make the trip to visit us. For information on holiday closings or those due to the inclement weather, please call (860) 768-4090.

Gallery Renovation

This summer we started on phase 1 of our gallery renovation: moving the walls. We removed two walls, as well as some drywall that was covering up a window, and we added two new walls to make the space more dynamic and interesting. Phase 2 involves changing the main entrance of the gallery and adding a reception desk, two things we were hoping to complete before our first show opens in September, but we’re not sure if it will all happen in time. In the meantime, I though it would be fun to show some views of the renovations so far.

Here is the current main entrance. Notice something missing? The free-standing wall that used to face the entry doors is now gone. The wall to the right past the place where the free-standing door used to be is also missing.

Now you can really see the difference it made having that wall removed. And against the back wall we have two new 10-foot walls coming out toward us.

This is the area where the current emergency exit is located. Slices of the wall were removed and he window was uncovered. This will be the new main entrance and the location of the new reception desk.

We’re very excited about our new spaces to display our exhibitions. It looks like a whole new gallery!