See the full set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseloffgallery/sets/72157604344108826/

Installation photos by David Stansbury Photography

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.

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.

See all photos from the exhibition on our Flickr page.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the student exhibition named after Hartford Art School trustee and supporter, Alexander Goldfarb.  Mr. Goldfarb endowed this exhibition and awards to further the careers of the young artists he had come to know and admire while on the board of the Hartford Art School.

All students of the University of Hartford are invited to submit up to two works of art in any medium to be entered into the jury process.  A visiting juror selected by the Joseloff Gallery then chooses the top 60-80 pieces to be shown in the exhibition.  From that narrowed pool, the juror then selects to the two pieces that he finds to be the finest works in the exhibition and awards them the $1,000 Purchase Prizes.

Our juror for this year is Jack Tom, local designer, college professor, and owner of Jack Tom Design.  You can find out more about Mr. Tom by visiting his website at www.jacktom.com.

The Goldfarb Exhibition will open on Wednesday February 13th with a reception and awards presentation from 4:30 to 6:30pm in the Joseloff Gallery.  At approximately 5pm, the two Purchase Prize awards will be given.  Please join us!

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: 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.

Its been too long since we’ve updated the Joseloff Gallery blog.  We would like to apologize by offering you bunches of updates coming up in the next couple of days.  Stay tuned!

See more photos and larger views at our Flickr page. Click here.

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!