Exhibitions at Hamden Art League

Come one, come all!

This year's Goldenbells will be an online exhibition open to all artists.

The judge is Michael Centrella, who exhibits widely in Connecticut, and is a member of New Haven Paint & Clay Club and Lyme Art Association. Click here for the entry form.

Receiving: April 5 through April 25

The Hamden Art League 2020 Holiday Show, Silverbells, is, of course, being presented online because of COVID. We are pleased that there are so many entrants, some familiar, some new to HAL events. The judge was Professor T. Wiley Carr, who had the challenging task of choosing the winners of this year’s awards. His interesting career in art is given below.

We thank T. Wiley Carr for judging the show. He is Professor of Painting and Printmaking at Southern Connecticut State University, where he has been teaching since 1992. After receiving a BFA from Indiana University, he earned his MFA at the Yale School of Art in 1987. While a grad student at Yale, he taught color and color theory. He recently created a mural for the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. As an artist, he is continuing his "Painter's Pointing Stick Project" where he takes photos of places and things he wishes to document. He sometimes collects samples of rock, roots and other materials and grinds them into a pigment for watercolor paintings of that particular place.

A gallery of entries is provided below. The award winners are featured first. The entrants follow, in alphabetical order by last name. Click here to download the exhibition catalog: HALSilverbells2020catalog.

If you would like to purchase a painting from this show, please fill out the form on the "Contact" page (click here). Enter your name and email. In the "Comment" box, enter the name of the artist and the name of the painting.

We hope you like seeing these wonderful paintings as much as we in HAL do. Enjoy!

Rosemary Serfilippi
HAL President

Judge’s Statement: It was a true pleasure to be asked to jury the HAL 2020 Silverbells Exhibition. The greatest challenge, as is typically the case with juried exhibitions, is that there are never enough awards to match the number of truly deserving artistic accomplishments on display. The exhibition is truly inspiring with the breadth and diversity of styles and subject matter, the wide range of materials and techniques utilized, and the collective sense of community during such an unusual time. I want to commend every participating artist for their commitment to their artwork, and for sharing it so generously in this venue.

Entries
Click on an image to see the artist's name, full image of painting and the description.

Hamden Art League Plein Air Show 2020

The HAL plein air group has been painting in the greater New Haven area during the summer. Here are some of the paintings they did in various media. They plan to keep painting into the fall. Anyone interested in purchasing a painting from this show should fill out the form on the "Contact" page: https://www.hamdenartleague.org/contact.html. Enter your name and email. In the "Comment" box, enter the name of the artist and the name of the painting.

A quote shared by artist Patty Meglio:

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Walk with those who have ideals, with zest to help and lift, to create and contribute. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it...”
― Wilferd Peterson

These are most unusual times but there is beauty in this world, as well. We hope you enjoy all that these artists have captured.

Click on an image to see the full painting.