Plein Air Events
We shall meet at a new place, Brooksvale Park in Hamden, for our plein air meeting on Tuesday, August 11. This large park is on the boundary between Cheshire and Hamden. If traveling south from Cheshire on Whitney Avenue, turn right onto Mt. Sanford Road and then left onto Brooksvale Avenue to park entrance. If traveling north from Hamden on Whitney Avenue, turn left onto Brooksvale Avenue and follow to park entrance. There is ample parking, many views, farm animals and barns, and shade under large trees.
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No RSVP is needed and all are welcome. Plenty of room for social distancing and wear your mask. Bring your lunch, if you wish. Looking forward to seeing you, again!
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The first HAL plein air session took place on the grounds of the Eli Whitney Museum on a beautiful day. The painters found many lovely vistas and, because of the size of the property, they were safely apart from each other.
Zoom Event
Madison Art Society will have a zoom lecture on John Constable on Friday, August 21, at 10 am. Contact marianne@rtdtech.com by noon Wednesday August 19 to reserve a zoom place.
Monthly Meetings
Meetings Cancelled
We are certainly facing a difficult time in our country and in the world. We have to be grateful that the experience of seeing, hearing and creating art offers us respite from the worries surrounding us.
The HAL Board has decided that the wisest move is to cancel our Goldenbells Exhibit and our May meeting. We plan to resume HAL’s activities in the fall, starting with a September meeting. In the meantime, let’s share art any way we can. If members send Rosemary Serfilippi a photo of one of their paintings, we will post it on the website. Another sharing idea would be to exchange a photo of your work with a fellow artist and then critique each other. Don’t forget that you can go outside to paint or draw, as long as you keep your distance from others.
Also, the internet is loaded with videos on artists, techniques and analyses. Try the Yale Art Gallery or the Met. Take a free online course at MOMA. In fact, why don’t you tell Rosemary about a video you have seen that you think others would enjoy, and we will put its location on the website.
We wish you much good health and good cheer during this stressful time.
The HAL Board has decided that the wisest move is to cancel our Goldenbells Exhibit and our May meeting. We plan to resume HAL’s activities in the fall, starting with a September meeting. In the meantime, let’s share art any way we can. If members send Rosemary Serfilippi a photo of one of their paintings, we will post it on the website. Another sharing idea would be to exchange a photo of your work with a fellow artist and then critique each other. Don’t forget that you can go outside to paint or draw, as long as you keep your distance from others.
Also, the internet is loaded with videos on artists, techniques and analyses. Try the Yale Art Gallery or the Met. Take a free online course at MOMA. In fact, why don’t you tell Rosemary about a video you have seen that you think others would enjoy, and we will put its location on the website.
We wish you much good health and good cheer during this stressful time.
Here are some museum websites for inspiration, offering mini art projects, classes, podcasts, tours, videos, blogs:
Guggenheim From Home: https://www.guggenheim.org/plan-your-visit/guggenheim-from-home
Museum of Fine Arts Boston: https://www.mfa.org/
Tate Art Museum: https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/
Wadsworth Atheneum: https://www.thewadsworth.org/
Whitney Art Museum: https://whitney.org/
The Smithsonian Institution:
National Portrait Gallery:
https://npg.si.edu/?utm_source=washingtonorg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=national-portrait-gallery
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden:
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/?utm_source=washingtonorg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hirshhorn-museum-sculpture-garden
Yale Center for British Art: https://britishart.yale.edu/
Saint Louis Art Museum: https://www.slam.org/
Guggenheim From Home: https://www.guggenheim.org/plan-your-visit/guggenheim-from-home
Museum of Fine Arts Boston: https://www.mfa.org/
Tate Art Museum: https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/
Wadsworth Atheneum: https://www.thewadsworth.org/
Whitney Art Museum: https://whitney.org/
The Smithsonian Institution:
National Portrait Gallery:
https://npg.si.edu/?utm_source=washingtonorg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=national-portrait-gallery
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden:
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/?utm_source=washingtonorg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hirshhorn-museum-sculpture-garden
Yale Center for British Art: https://britishart.yale.edu/
Saint Louis Art Museum: https://www.slam.org/
