The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Galleries to open new shows
TORRINGTON — Five Points Gallery and Five Points Annex Gallery in downtown Torrington are opening new art shows this month.
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St.
Five Points Gallery will open “Presence: Encounters with the Figure,” April 12- May 19. Curated by Ann Finholt, this exhibition includes paintings, drawings and collage. Finholt has brought together seven artists who, as she puts it, “explore, deepen and challenge the instinctive human connection to representations of the figure.” In their own distinctive vocabulary, the artists balance the tension between representation and abstraction. There is always the presence of a figure in these works, but actual resemblance plays a lesser role, sometimes as abstract as a remnant or a mere suggestion, she said.
The exhibition is sponsored by Northwest Community Bank.
The artists featured in the exhibit are Lexa Axon, Charles Cajori, Helen Cantrell, Barbara Grossman, Catherine Kehoe, Ken Kewley and Larry Morelli.
Five Points Gallery will hold two events in conjunction with the exhibition: an opening reception Friday, April 13, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and an artists’ Panel Discussion in the gallery on Friday, May 4, at 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursdays through Mondays, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., and by appointment. There is no admission charge. Five Points exhibitions and educational events are free and open to the public.
Located in an historic downtown building, Five Points Gallery (FPG) is a nonprofit contemporary art gallery showcasing professional regional, national and
international visual artists. The gallery presents exhibitions in three beautifully renovated exhibition spaces, and has earned a reputation as one of Connecticut’s outstanding contemporary art venues. For more information about the gallery, please visit www.fivepointsgallery.org Five Points Annex Gallery, 17 Water Street
At Five Points Annex Gallery, “Creative Affinity,” opened April 3 and continues through April 15.
“Creative Affinity” showcases the work of four artists working in a variety of disciplines such as painting, encaustic, mixed media, sculpture, and drawing.
The artists featured in the Annex Gallery are
Chuck Dmytriw, Gay Schempp, Elizabeth Wolff and Joe Yeno.
The gallery will hold an opening reception on Friday, April 6, from 6-8:30 p.m. Gallery hours are 1 p.m.-5 p.m. everyday throughout the duration of this show. There is no admission charge. All Five Points and Five Points Annex Gallery exhibitions and educational events are free and open to the public.
The next show at the Annex Gallery opens April 17. “Pastel On Sheetrock,” a solo exhibition with works by Ian Roche, runs through April 30.
Roche’s large scale pastel drawings on sheetrock are inspired in part by the human form.
The gallery will hold an opening reception on Friday, April 20, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursdays through Mondays,
1 p.m.-5 p.m., and by appointment. There is no admission charge. All Five Points and Five Points Annex Gallery exhibitions and educational events are free and open to the public.
The Annex, an expansion of the Five Points Hartford Art School/ University of Hartford Launchpad program, is a community popup gallery managed by the Launchpad artists. Located just steps away from the
Five Points Gallery in historic downtown Torrington, The Annex Gallery offers a unique opportunity for local and regional artists/ artisans to engage their community by offering a space to show their work. For more information about the Annex Gallery please visit http://www.fivepointsgallery.org/annex
Five Points is supported in part by the Connecticut Office of the Arts.