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Local Creations: Quilts gone wild
NAUGATUCK — Terri Takacs’ studio is crammed with color-coded thread, hand-dyed ribbon, and beads, all arranged in neat little holders along the wall, drawers, and cubby-holes. Takacs uses the materials to stitch together scraps of fabric with intricate designs into pillows, purses, and quilts. This style of “crazy quilting” with irregular shapes and embellishments... »
It takes a school community
Two mural projects at Long River are almost ready to hang PROSPECT – Tiny dots of pink, red, blue, green and yellow popped from two nearly-finished community murals at Long River Middle School on Tuesday. Students, staff and parents are using this dotting technique, called pointillism, to create the works of art expected to... »
Moccia’s art on display at Whittemore Library
NAUGATUCK—The Whittemore Library is featuring the artwork of Derby resident Christine Moccia throughout the month of April. Moccia attended Paier School of Art in Hamden where she majored in book illustration and commercial art. Moccia works as a freelance artist and regularly works in a comic strip or cartoon format, submitting her work to... »
Air Borne Creations is officially open
Kiki Michalek recently moved her art studio, Air Borne Creations to 87 Waterbury Rd. in Prospect. Michalek will be holding open studios, artist meets and giving demonstrations periodically. She also offers lessons and “creative space”. Michalek invited the public to her annual holiday open house on Dec. 11 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.... »
Locals hope art exhibition helps community
NAUGATUCK – Michelle Bellemare isn’t a Union City native. But that doesn’t mean the Reynold’s Café owner isn’t doing everything she can to support efforts to revitalize the area. The North Main Street café hosted an art exhibition Sunday to preview a larger exhibition scheduled for Sept. 11 at the Naugatuck Historical Society. “It... »
Students showcase talents at Pride Night
NAUGATUCK — Exploratory education took center stage at Naugatuck High School recently, as educators reminded the community that a cash-strapped school district does not equate to a talent-strapped student body. Displays of various special programs graced the media center and adjoining hallways, student films were screened, and an hour-long presentation of music, dancing and... »
City Hill students explore culture through art
If music, as the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once famously wrote, is the “universal language of mankind,” visual art is probably not far behind. At least that seems to be Andrea Jakiela’s philosophy. The City Hill Middle School art instructor tries to impart a sense of multiculturalism to her students by including in the... »
Woodland AP Art students showcase
BEACON FALLS — The ten artists whose work is featured in the above slideshow are Woodland High School’s AP Two-Dimensional Design and AP Drawing and Painting students. »