Monthly Meetings
May 9, 2023: Aleta Gudelski
Hamden Art League hosted Aleta Gudelski, at 7 pm on May 9, as she demonstrated “Experiments from Chaos to Order" using Cold Wax Medium and oil paint techniques. Attendees were treated to this freeing and exciting process for making visually stunning oils. For a copy of her handout CLICK HERE.
For more information see her Website: https://www.aletasgudelski.com/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oilandwatercolorbyaleta/
For more information see her Website: https://www.aletasgudelski.com/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oilandwatercolorbyaleta/
March 14, 2023: Leif Nilsson WAS ON ZOOM
The Hamden Art League hosted Leif Nilsson at 7 pm, on Tuesday, March 14th, as he presents “Contemporary Connecticut Impressionist".
Leif Nilsson showed scenes of the Connecticut River and his boat, the village of Chester and his own garden. His plein air paintings are alive with vivid colors, that are heavily textured, and multi-layered producing the unique effects of changing light.
Website: http://www.nilssonstudio.com/
Leif Nilsson showed scenes of the Connecticut River and his boat, the village of Chester and his own garden. His plein air paintings are alive with vivid colors, that are heavily textured, and multi-layered producing the unique effects of changing light.
Website: http://www.nilssonstudio.com/
February 14, 2023: Carol Vinick
The Hamden Art League hosted Carol Vinick at their meeting on February 14th, where she presented “Art for Social Justice". Carol Vinick uses fabric collage to tell stories. Included in her body of work are stories of the struggle for social justice, her family history, and the wonders of nature. She brought several examples of her textile art in addition to a slide presentation summarizing her body of work and detailing how she makes it. Her most recent accomplishment was a two- person show at the Windsor Art Center, Sewn Stories, Shared Lives, where she and Linda Martin explored the common threads of their Jewish and African American family histories.
January 10, 2023: Elizabeth Gourlay
The Hamden Art League hosted Connecticut artist Elizabeth Gourlay at 7 pm via zoom, as she presents “Explorations in Color, Light, and Shapes". Gourlay’s work has been written about in The New Criterion, Painters’ Table, Gorky’s Granddaughter and most recently in the Art blog, In Their Studios. Gourlay’s work has been shown nationally and internationally, most notably at The Drawing Center, MASS MoCA, The Cummings Arts Center at Connecticut College, The Hecksher Museum and currently the solo exhibition, Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads, at The New Britain Museum of American Art. For more information see her website at https://www.elizabethgourlay.com/ .
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
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.
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.
"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".
