On April 5, HAL’s Goldenbells Art Exhibit opened at the Hamden Senior Center.  More than 60 paintings are displayed until May 16.  The Center is open weekdays 8:30 - 4:30.  Please click here for the catalog.
Well-respected Connecticut artist and teacher Steven Henderson was the Goldenbells judge.  The following artists and paintings were recognized with awards.  We thank the individuals and groups who made these prizes possible.
Rosemary Serfilippi
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Todd Lyon, Sam at Ely
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Mike Eagle, Balcony Scene, Goodspeed
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Floyd Caplan, A Farmhouse in Winter
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Carmina Palarino, Growing Old Together
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Diane Chandler, Sandscape
Elaine Benevides, Self-Nurturance
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Susan Seseske Wolanic, Foxy
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Pam Mancini, Canal Houses, Amsterdam
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Mary Lou Horan, Flowers
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Patty Meglio, By the Light of the Moon
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Jeanette Compton, Pysanky
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Celeste DiNello, Secrets of the Deep
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John Alvaro, Godzilla Does New Haven
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Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Three Clementines
Ruth Resnick Johnson, Carla IV
The annual Silverbells Exhibit and raffle were held Tuesday, December 7, at the Hamden Senior Center.  The judge for this year’s show was artist Kate Henderson, who teaches at Paier College of Art in Bridgeport and is the Director of the Kehler-Liddell Gallery in New Haven.  The award-winning artists were as follows:
 Mary Lou Pellegrino, A New Friend, Oil
Sharon Rowley Morgio, Remembering Colorado, Gouache
Ed Magnotti, Bocce (Too Close to Call), Oil
Ruth Resnick Johnson, Ernst, Oil
Casimir Szeligowski, Wolfman Convention, Oil
Mike Eagle, Above the Baldwin, Watercolor
Elaine Benevides, Game Boys, Pastel
Beverly Johnson, Odyssey of Hope, Ceramic
Rosemary Serfilippi, The Gathering, Oil
Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Sunflower Looking Down, Oil
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Mary Lou Horan, Giraffes, Watercolor
Patty Meglio, Upper Falls, Bretton Woods NH, Watercolor
Wendy Kohli, Rangeley Vista, Acrylic
Click here to download the exhibition catalog.
The HAL plein air painters were busy during 2021 spring and summer, capturing their interpretations of local scenes.  We thought HAL members and friends might enjoy seeing some of the plein air work done in many different media over the last six months.  
Click on an image to see the full painting, the artist's name and a description.