Still Life Weekly Gatherings for Members

HAL Still Life Sessions are most Thursdays in November and December, from 10am to 1pm, at Veterans Memorial Hall, Brooksvale Park.  These are for paid HAL members only.  Sign up to participate.  ​Select each of the days you think you will be attending.  A weekly email will be sent to those who registered.  To sign up CLICK HERE .

Monthly Meetings

December 13, 2022: Reception for Winter Exhibition (7-9pm)

The Hamden Art League does not have a December demonstration, but an opening reception for the Winter Exhibition, held in the Social Hall of the Hamden Senior Center.  Prepared hors d'oeuvres and desserts served.  Members are encouraged to bring in an "art gift" for the raffle (value around $15).

November 9, 2022:  Lisa Miceli​

Hamden Art League hosted award-winning CT artist Lisa Miceli as she presented “Expressive Skies in Watercolor". Lisa illustrated expressive watercolor techniques that capture the spirit of the moment, the light and atmosphere of the sky and water.  For examples of her work go to her website.

October 11, 2022:  Sandra Wakeen

Hamden Art League hosted award winning artist Sandra Wakeen as she presented “Painting a Portrait in Oil".  She demonstrated her technique of creating a poster study (value study) first, then creating the portrait through massing and carving the image with paint.
Website: https://www.sandrawakeenfineart.com, Workshop contact: sandrawakeen@gmail.com

September 13, 2022:  Howard Park

Hamden Art League hosted award-winning CT artist Howard Park as he presented “Oil Landscape using a Palette Knife".  He demonstrated his basic steps for plein air painting and explained his process, color, and mark making with different knives. For samples of his work and more information, see his website https://www.howardparkart.com/

Artist Howard Park during HAL demonstration.

Date	Time	Event
September 13, 2022	7 - 9 pm	Howard Park “Oil Landscape with Palette Knife”
October 11, 2022	​7 - 9 pm	Sandra Wakeen “Painting a Portrait in Oil”​
November 9, 2022​*	7 - 9 pm	Lisa Miceli “Painting Clouds in Watercolor”​
December 6, 2022	4 -6 pm	Winter exhibition drop-off
December 13, 2022	7 - 9 pm	Winter reception
January 3, 2023	4 -6 pm	Winter artwork pick up
January 10, 2023	7 - 9 pm	​Elizabeth Gourlay “Explorations in Color, Light, and Shape”​
February 14, 2023	7 - 9 pm	Carol Vinick “Art for Social Justice”​
March 14, 2023	7 - 9 pm	Leif Nilsson “Contemporary Connecticut Impressionist”​
April 4, 2023	4 -6 pm	Spring exhibition drop-off
April 11, 2023	7 - 9 pm	Spring reception
May 2, 2023	​4 -6 pm	Spring artwork pick up
May 9, 2023	​7 - 9 pm	Aleta Gudelski “Experiments from Chaos to Order”​

The demonstration begins by 7:30 and runs until 8:45 pm. 

Hamden Art League meetings are held in the Social Hall of the Hamden Senior Center, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, behind the Miller Library.  If the library is closed due to inclement weather, the HAL meeting will be cancelled.  Visit the Hamden Public Library website, hamdenlibrary.org/, for the library's schedule.
​                          *Note: Meeting changed to Wednesday due to Election Day on Nov. 8

Workshops​

The Hamden Art League in cooperation with the Hamden Library offered "Improvisational Fabric and Paper Collage workshop with Ed Johnetta Miller" at Miller Library on Saturday, September 24, 2022.  Attended by 19 from the community it was a smashing success.

​​On Thursday, September 29, HAL offered a Plein Air Workshop with Frank Bruckmann at one of our favorite locations, Lockwood Farm.  Frank demonstrated his basic steps for plein air painting in oils and explained his process, creating a pictured work in an hour.  Attendees spent the next several hours working on their own paintings under Frank Bruckmann's guidance.

​On Saturday, November 12, HAL held a critique, from 1:00-3:30 pm at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall at Brooksvale Park in Hamden. Sandra Wakeen, our October presenter, critiqued works from 13 artists.

On Sunday, December 4, Howard Park and Lisa Miceli held Still Life Speed Painting workshop from 11:00-3:00 pm at the Eli Whitney Museum, Carter Studio in Hamden.  20 minutes is very little time to paint a still life, especially as they get more complex. 

​"Support has been provided to Hamden Art League from CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature".