Current Exhibits
Gallery on the Green Presents “Member/Guest Exhibition” plus solo shows by Kathy Schwartz and Donna Namnoum
Where: Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT.
When: Friday May 30th through June 28th
Opening Reception: Saturday May 31st, 6pm to 8pm
Cost: Free and open to the public
You are invited to the Gallery on the Green’s annual “Member/Guest Exhibition” showcasing artists who are members of the Canton Artists Guild and their invited guests. Members invite artists from their creative networks to display their artistic talents across a variety of media including painting, drawings, prints, sculpture, photography, ceramics, mixed media and fiber art. The result fills the main gallery with a superb display of local artistic talent.
Upstairs are two solo exhibitions. In a show entitled, “Everyday People,” Kathy Schwartz celebrates the human form and the expression of the human spirit through the lines and shapes of the physical body. Each piece is a moment in time which allows each viewer their own interpretation of the work. The twenty pieces on display include a variety of materials including pastels, acrylic pours, fabric, dried plants and more. “My techniques are varied. Experimenting with different materials allows me to better express both the artistry of my work and the subjects themselves”.
Schwartz, a resident of Bristol, graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Fine Arts. Her studies continued at Tunxis College, Central Connecticut State University and San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. She has been in exhibitions at the West Hartford Art League, the Art League of New Britain, the Celeste LeWitt Gallery at the UCONN Health Center, the Art Gallery at the Mill, Open Studio Hartford and the Bird Nest. She is a two-time National Arts Program award winner and has earned an award from the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival.
In “Cracked and Crazed” Donna Namnoum, the second solo artist, is exhibiting over thirty ceramic works that incorporate the covered jar and other wheel thrown forms. Throughout her career Namnoum has used the potter’s wheel as her main tool of expression helping her to create an evolving series of sculptural forms. Her current display features abstracted plant-like growths. “Each of the parts is made on the potter’s wheel and then is altered and assembled, creating forms that look alive – growing, twisting and even wilting.”
Namnoum received her M.A. in Art Education and Ceramics from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. She had a 35 year career as both an art teacher and administrator in the Connecticut public school system. She is now a full-time artist working from her studio in Canton. She has exhibited throughout New England and the United States, often earning awards for her entries. Namnoun’s work has frequently appeared in a variety of publications including the Hartford Courant, Art Scope and Sculpture magazine and Ceramics Monthly magazine.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday May 31st from 6pm to 8pm. The reception, including refreshments, is free, and the public is warmly invited.
The Canton Artists’ Guild at the Gallery on the Green opened its doors in 1960 and is the longest continuously running artist guild in the state. We have three separate galleries and host month-long exhibitions nine times each year. The gallery is located at 5 Canton Green Road in Canton near the intersections of Dowd Ave. and RT. 44. The gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. The main floor gallery is handicap accessible.
Phone: (860) 693-4102
Website: https://www.galleryonthegreen.org
Email Address: cantonartistsguild@gmail.com
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/cantons-gallery-on-the-green-290415973237/
Founders Gallery:
"Member/Guest"
Exhibition
Friday May 30th through June 28th
Opening Reception: Saturday May 31st, 6pm to 8pm
Gallery Hours Friday -Sunday 1-5 pm
