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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OPEN SHOW “BOLD COLORS” Non –juried - Judged for awards only
Exit Gallery Featuring: Mary Fussell “Big Pink”
RECEPTION: Friday, June 27 6-8 pm
Open 1-5 pm daily except Tuesdays June 28 – July 19
Entry Dates: Sunday & Monday, June 22 & 23 2-5 pm
Pickup: Sunday & Monday, July 20 & 21 2-5 pm
SHOW CHAIRS: Joanne Ryan, Anne Gantner, Mary Bell, Nancy Gould, Carol MacElwee
The Essex Art Association, a non-profit seasonal gallery, announces a new show “Bold Colors”, Opening Reception June 27, 2014 from 6-8 pm public welcome. This is an open show and features the artwork of any artist over the age of 18 who wishes to submit work. Artists from all around Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York are represented. The ”Bold Colors” theme makes for an exciting show of stimulating artwork. The show runs June 28 to July 19, 2014 Open daily 1-5pm, except Tuesdays, Free Admission, Public Welcome.
In the Exit Gallery is the art of Mary Fussell “Big Pink”
Mary Fussell’s new series of nudes are an intense, playful, and confident exploration of the feminine psyche. The women invite us into a dream landscape full of the exuberance of youth with its physical energy, connection, and abundance. These woman are not asking the viewer to observe them passively as much as they invite the viewer to step into the frame and celebrate with them.
These women refuse to mask their feelings or compromise the fullness of their experience. It is an exuberant stance and shows us the range women have to make connection. It is up to the viewer to match the energy of the women and look back directly.
These works are done with acrylic, house paint and charcoal.
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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.
AWARDS
EAA Best interpretation of “Less Is More” Theme $300
EAA $250 EAA $225 EAA $200
EAA $175 EAA $150
Founders $300
Dock $300
The “Exit” Gallery Solo Show Award: For the artist “We’d like to see more of
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