photo by Betty Holcomb
Our Council Members
Rob DeBartolo, President
Pam Carlson, Vice President
Bob Gantner, Treasurer
Nancy King, Secretary
John Berube
Kay Brigante
Peggy Price
Joanne Ryan
Judith Saunders
Administrative Director
Lesley Braren
Essex Art Association - 10 North Main Street - Essex, CT 06426
From Traditional to Cutting Edge
www.EssexArtAssociation.com EssexArtCt@gmail.com
We welcome you to walk through our purple door into our beautiful bright yellow building and become a part of this vital and growing community art orgainization. Join us as an artist, art supporter, lover of art.
Public always welcome to any event free of charge.
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“Less is More” Summer Juried Show 2014
“Less is More” Haike. One color next to another/ a word/ a sound/
A line. When the least number of elements tell the entire story…….
Opening Reception Open
Friday July 25, 2014 July 26. through August 16, 2014
6 – 8 pm 1 – 5 pm, except Tuesdays
Receiving Dates: Sunday & Monday July 20 & July 21, 2014 2-5 pm
Pickup Dates: Sunday & Monday August 17 & 18, 2014 2-5 pm
Show Chair: Bette Ellsworth
Juror: Dolph LeMoult …EducationUniversity of Cincinnati &
CincinnatiAcademy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts & Arts
Students League in NYC. He has done commercial and fine artist
And is a writer. Most recently he is doing contemporary and
Abstract works. He is at ease in many mediums.
Essex Art Association is having its last juried show of the season “Less is More”. This is open to all artists over 18. Out of over 200 entries 80 will be chosen. It’s interesting and exciting to see how the theme will be interpreted by the artists.
Featured in the Exit Gallery will be Chip Rutan “The Reader” The solo show in the Exit Gallery will feature black and white photography by Old Saybrook resident and Essex native, Chip Rutan. The Reader is the result of a six-month collaboration with a homeless woman living in New York City. Books and journals comprise the majority of her belongings, all housed in her suitcase. Her sixteen journals chronicle her time spent in New York since 2006. Chip is in the MFA in Visual Art program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He previously studied graphic design and art history at the University of Bridgeport, and has undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics and business administration, respectively.
The Essex Art Association is a non-profit seasonal gallery established in 1946 and serving the community with art from traditional to cutting edge. Housed in a historic yellow building with a purple door that welcomes all to enter free and share the creativity of its artists. Opening reception is on July 25, 2014 from 6-8 pm, public welcome. This show will run from July 26. to August 16, 2014 open1-5 every day except Tuesdays. For further information visit the website www.EssexArtAssociation.com. Free admission.
Welcome to the Essex Art Association
The Essex Art Association was established in 1946 by a group of nationally recognized avant-garde Connecticut artists who had experienced difficulty finding acceptance in the area's established art associations.
Today, the EAA continues to provide opportunities for young talent, students, amateurs, and professional artists, and a venue for displaying and selling their work. As a non-profit organization, the EAA strives to promote art appreciation and artist's recognition in the communities that we serve.
The Association's first home was a barn off the main square in Essex. Its present quarters, built circa 1837, functioned originally as a meeting house and later as the principal schoolhouse in Essex. The building still retains its historic charm and makes a wonderful setting for exhibiting fine art. Visit us today and see how the arts are flourishing in Connecticut