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What a beautiful day today was!

2010-11-12T13:29:00.000-08:00

Thought you might enjoy some of today's images as I walked along the foot path behind the Fisher Cat Stadium with my doggies...I happened upon two artists, both students at the NHIA (New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH) who were doing some plein-aire oil and water color painting and drawing!

They were generous enough to let me take a couple images of them, and even told me their names! Cool!

So, meet Scott Panuczak, a Junior, who hails from Cape Cod, Ma. (he was set up with the easel) and Charlotte Callaghan, a end of year Junior, who hails from Guilford, NH (she was doing water color in her lap!)

I hope if you know them, you will share this post with them!

It was a GREAT day for art!

Crystal Nadeau

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TWO ART EXHIBITS in one great space!

2010-03-30T12:49:00.000-07:00

Art on the Wall at City Hall Gallery Exhibit

Artists Reception in conjunction with
Open Doors Manchester Art & Cultural Trolley Event

TWO EXHIBITS in one space

“8 NHIA Students” & “Debbie Curtin”

April 29, 2010

5 to 8:30pm

Public Exhibit Ends 4/30/10

Manchester, NH – “Art on the Wall at City Hall” Gallery
WHAT: Artists Reception in conjunction with 1^st Trolley Night of 2010

When: April 29^th from 5-8:30pm; Exhibit ends 4/30/10
Where: East and West Wings, First Floor, City Hall, Manchester, NH
FREE to public

Please come out and join local artist Debbie Curtin and 9 New Hampshire Institute of Arts artisans for an evening of exquisite traditional and photographic based art. View their work and meet and talk with the artists…find out what made them create the awesome pieces on display. Don’t miss this chance to put your name into a raffle drawing to win a 4 pack of Fisher Cat Baseball Game tickets while enjoying light refreshments and a ride on the first Open Doors Manchester Trolley of 2010! And don’t forget to vote for your personal favorite via the “People’s Choice Award” ballots. Most of the work currently on display is for sale, and the City Hall Gallery does not take a commission on any sales. The doors open for the Trolley event at 5:00 p.m. and will run till to 8:30 p.m. so all are welcome to enjoy the exhibit along with music and refreshments. City Hall is handicap accessible, and groups are welcome. It’s FREE, so bring your family and friends for a great Art-night out!

Meet the Artists

Debbie Curtin of Londonderry NH is showcasing a mixed assortment of art style and use of water media. From representative work to more suggestive images, water is the medium that gives these pieces a distinctive range. The monoprints are what the name implies, one print. Using household objects and random choices the acrylic paint is moved and manipulated until the desired pattern is achieved. A precut mat is used to assess the final design from the pattern and that ultimately becomes the final framed image.

NHIA Artists

Kara Holbert (coordinator of the part of the exhibit) is a painter at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. She also has experience in traditional and digital illustration. Her new work will be exhibited in the NHIA in the Spring of 2010 and 2011. Kara is the coordinator who pulled all the artwork together of other NHIA students.

David Christopher (Art of All Kinds) his focus is to express and provoke dialogue between himself and the viewer. He has exhibited throughout Boston and Manchester. For more information on shows, commissions and to view his work visit http://vilorphiamatrix.daportfolio.com/. Contact him at vilorphian@gmail.com.

Matt Smigiel attends NHIA as an illustrator/cartoonist and has had work featured in CT newspapers as well as in posters for numerous bands and CD's from CT to CA.

Sarabeth Graziano is an artist from Manchester, NH currently focused on photographing the 'found object'... capturing scenes, places, and things in their natural environment, and depicting them in different ways and composition. Her goal is to show the world that everything, and anything, can be beautiful, if you look at it from the right perspective. She can be contacted via sarabeth.graziano@yahoo.com.

http://www.wix.com/saraegraziano/portfolio

Michelle Turgeon attends NHIA, and is a third year Illustration major. “A few summers ago I decided I was going to experiment with different mediums. I bought brushes and colored inks, but by the time I got to the paper I had no idea what to make so I just started inking lines, and then it turned into my “Red Inked Flowers”. A Happy Accident would have been a more appropriate name for the piece.

Corina Willette attends NHIA and is currently painting in oils. The artist says: "Painting is fun work!"

Aimee Cozza attends the NHIA for Illustration and is mainly a digital artist but constantly works with mixed media. She enjoys creating pensive self-explorative and environmentally explorative pieces.

Brad Turgeon attends NHIA as an illustrator who works digitally. He also has an extensive background in the area of graphic design.

Ashley McCarty is an upcoming graduate from NHIA with a concentration in Illustration. Her work is mostly driven by her love for feminine aesthetics and patterning. She has worked on projects for the community such as the 2009 Boy Scouts of America; Moose Parade, where she painted large fiber glass moose. Look for her work at the NHIA 2010 annual exhibition beginning 5/16/2010!

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About the Manchester Art Fund

Artists & Businesses are supporting art in Manchester!

All artists for this exhibit have generously donated $50 p/p to the “Manchester Art Fund”. These donations help the Commission to sustain this fund, which is a “protected” funds source to be used specifically for purchasing public art in the City of Manchester. Individual artist’s and like-minded individuals, business and organizations make contributions which directly support the arts in Manchester with each and every exhibit held at the “Art on the Wall at City Hall” Gallery.

The Board of Mayor and Alderman established the Manchester Art Fund in December 2002. The Art Fund is a non-lapsing fund designated strictly for public art, to which anyone is welcomed to make a donation. This fund ensures that such a vision becomes a reality. This fund, in part with other support, helped us bring sculptures like the Mill Girl & the Verizon Wireless Arena sculpture to fruition…along with other works of art. A new sculpture will be coming to the City in the Fall of 2010…be sure to watch for information about this newest commission! (visit our blog at or follow us on Facebook…) Get a sneak peak of the concept sculpture at City Hall on display in the wing that adjoins the two hallways.

The Manchester Art Fund is a grand legacy for future generations while also enhancing the quality of life, for Manchester’s residents and visitors alike, in the present. If you would like to make a contribution or if you would like more details specific to a sponsorship opportunity, or for the Manchester Art Fun in general, please contact arts@artsmanchester.org

(PLEASE mention this wherever possible!!!)

About the Manchester Arts Commission

The Manchester Arts Commission was created in 1937 and is a group of 5 regular and 2 alternate appointed citizens, dedicated to improving access to and promoting art of all forms within the City of Manchester. The mission is fulfilled in part by the coordination and maintenance of the “Art on the Wall at City Hall” Art Gallery, the Open Doors Manchester Art and Cultural Trolley Tour and it's work to sustain the McInnich Art Gallery. We welcome guests to attend our monthly meetings and Manchester residents to let us know if you would be interested in being on the Commission.

The Manchester Arts Commission is seeking business owners who would like to sponsor an artist with a donation of $50, or to become a sponsor of a Trolley Night event - specifically in support of the Art on the Wall at City Hall location, or with in-kind donations such as food and refreshments, music, event volunteers, etc. If you would like more details on this, please contact the Commission at arts@manchesterarts.org.

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Art on the Wall at City Hall Gallery Exhibit

2009-09-04T15:20:00.000-07:00

Artists Reception in conjunction with
Open Doors Manchester Art & Cultural Trolley Event
Sept. 17, 2009

Public Exhibit
Sept. 2-Oct 29, 2009

Manchester, NH – Art on the Wall at City Hall Gallery
What: Artists Reception in conjunction with Trolley Night Events
When: Sept. 17th, Exhibit from 9.2 – 10.29.09
Where: East and West Wings, First Floor, City Hall, Manchester, NH

FREE to public

Please join 5 NH artisans for an evening of exquisite art. View their work and meet and talk with the artists themselves…find out what made them create the awesome pieces currently on display. And it is FREE to all. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy the late summer evening with some fantastic artists. All work on display is currently for sale, and the City Hall Gallery does not take a commission on any sales.

The doors open for the Trolley event at 5:00 p.m. and will run till to 8:30 p.m. so all are welcome to enjoy the exhibit along with music and refreshments downstairs. It’s FREE, so bring your family and friends for a great Art-night out!

Meet the Artists

Marcia Santore of Plymouth NH www.marciasantore.com
Marcia Green Santore was raised in Connecticut, California, upstate New York and central Texas. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art, with an emphasis in painting and drawing, from the University of Texas at Austin. Since then, she has lived and worked in Austin, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. She currently lives in the lakes and mountains region of New Hampshire, where she has taught art at Plymouth State University and other teaching studios. Santore has exhibited her work, which is in private and public collections, throughout the United States.

Santore serves on the board of the Women's Caucus for Art - New Hampshire, is a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association, and appeared in Who's Who of American Women (Marquis, 1996, 1997, 2004).

Women’s Caucus for Art, http://www.wcanh.org

Tony Luongo of Manchester, NH www.luongoart.com
Tony’s abstract paintings are a way for him to relax and just enjoy the youthful pleasure of putting paint on canvas. He cannot make a “mistake” because if a painting is not turning out the way he likes then he lets it dry and paints over it. This is one of the ways he creates subtle texture and beautiful color, both bold and subdued, that evoke passion and emotion. His work can be found in private collection throughout the United States.

Tony Luongo, a self-taught award-winning artist, illustrator and designer whose portraits have garnered national recognition lives in Manchester, NH. His greatest artistic passion is in portraiture and figurative work in both oil and charcoal. He also enjoys plein air painting when he needs to get out of the studio. He continues to improve his skills and is always trying to impress his loving wife, little boy and baby girl.

MAA, www.manchester-artists.org

Aline Lotter, Manchester, NH www.PaintingsByAline.com
I have been painting landscapes only since October of 2005, but I have aspired to be an artist since childhood. During long decades of denial, I fulfilled my love of art by collecting the paintings of others, including many who are New Hampshire artists. Now that I can express my own artistic impulses, the medium of expression has been oil and the subject has been, for the most part, landscapes. My “day job” is as a tax lawyer with the firm, Lotter & Associates, P.C., Manchester, NH. In furtherance of my legal career, I earned degrees from Cornell University, Suffolk University Law School and Boston University Law School.

MAA, www.manchester-artists.org
NH Plein Air artists, www.nhpleinair.com
Oil Painters of America, www.oilpaintersofamerica.com
Women’s Caucus for Art, http://www.wcanh.org

Debbie Curtin of Manchester, NH
If you are a RED SOX fan, then you are going to LOVE her current exhibit! She loves to work with text and letterforms, and her exhibit showcases cool signs, including a sandwich board style sign, that she has created in the fashion of what one might actually see hanging around the walls of Fenway Park, all using the “Red Sox” typeface as the basis of the piece. Red Sox Nation - you gotta see these signs!

VIEW EXHIBITING ARTISTS WORKS NOW:

Please visit this temporary link to view the artwork (includes titles and prices)

About the Manchester Art Fund
Artists & Businesses are supporting art in Manchester!

All artists for this exhibit have generously donated $50 p/p to the “Manchester Art Fund”. These donations help the Commission to sustain this fund, which is a “protected” funds source to be used specifically for purchasing public art in the City of Manchester. Individual artist’s and like-minded individuals, business and organizations make contributions which directly support the arts in Manchester with each and every exhibit held at the “Art on the Wall at City Hall” Gallery.

The Board of Mayor and Alderman established the Manchester Art Fund in December 2002. The Art Fund is a non-lapsing fund designated strictly for public art, to which anyone is welcomed to make a donation. This fund ensures that such a vision becomes a reality. This fund, in part with other support, helped us bring sculptures like the Mill Girl, and most recently the Verizon Wireless Arena piece, along with other works of art. A new sculpture will be coming to the City in the Fall of 2010…be sure to watch for information about this newest commission! (visit our blog or follow us on Facebook…) Get a sneak peak of the concept sculpture at City Hall on Sept 17th!

The Manchester Art Fund is a grand legacy for future generations while also enhancing the quality of life, for Manchester’s residents and visitors alike, in the present. If you would like to make a contribution or if you would like more details specific to a sponsorship opportunity, or for the Manchester Art Fun in general, please contact arts@artsmanchester.org

About the Manchester Arts Commission
The Manchester Arts Commission was created in 1937 and is a group of 5 regular and 2 alternate appointed citizens, dedicated to improving access to and promoting art of all forms within the City of Manchester. The mission is fulfilled in part by the coordination and maintenance of the “Art on the Wall at City Hall” Art Gallery, the Open Doors Manchester Art and Cultural Trolley Tour and it's work to sustain the McInnich Art Gallery.

The Manchester Arts Commission is seeking business owners who would like to sponsor an artist with a donation of $50, or to become a sponsor of a Trolley Night event - specifically in support of the Art on the Wall at City Hall location, or with in-kind donations such as food and refreshments, music, event volunteers, etc. If you would like more details on this, please contact the Commission at arts@manchesterarts.org.

Art at the Verizon Center

2009-06-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

With funding from the Verizon Center and the privately funded Manchester Art Fund a new piece of art was put in place in front of the Verizon Center.

We are very excited for more art work in the city. Please visit our Facebook Fans group for more information and pictures from the event.

Currently the arts commission is working on finding a new sculptor for an art piece to be put up at the intersection of Old Granite and Granite. We have many exciting submissions and will be letting everyone know who is awarded the project soon. We hope to continue adding progress pictures of the sculpture to this blog, so stay tuned for more information!

A Ton of New Bull in Manchester

2009-05-06T11:04:00.000-07:00

Did you know that there is a ton of new bull in Manchester? And dang is it beautiful!

Today we were lucky to go to the installation of a new piece of public art in Manchester. If you have the oppurtunity to visit it, you should. It's on the east side of the Hand's Across the Merrimack Bridge. It commemorates Manchester’s entrepreneurial tradition, exemplified by the founders and employees of Jac Pac Foods. The sculpture is abstract and represents a bull, i.e., powerful, strong.

The artist explains that it is a "fun style" and that he's been "trying to mix it up". It is bronze, for both durability and color (contrasting well at the river's edge with the water). It is literally a ton of metal, and is approximately 13 feet long. There are no plans to name it, as it is to represent the spirit of the bull.

Much hard work was put forth on this effort by Lee Forgosh, one of the owners of an art studio here in Manchester, Art 3 Gallery If you see her around town, please let her know how much we appreciate her hard work. This would not have been possible without Irwin Muskat, former CEO of Jac Pac Foods, please also thank him.

The art work was done by Chris Williams, an artist from Essex, MA (about an hours drive from Manchester, NH). All Manchester residents should remember what he has learned "There are so many ways to be creative that basically there are no rules. Only the quality of execution that's important." So take an art class, go to the beach and build a sand castle, enjoy some public music at the bandstand in Stark Park, go out. Be creative, and enjoy the new energy it brings to your life.

April 16th Trolley Night

2009-05-06T10:56:00.000-07:00

April 16th was a beautiful evening in Manchester, NH and the day was punctuated by the stunning artwork on display at City Hall.

As taken from Crystal Nadeau's website, which includes pictures from the event:

Art on the wall at city hall

The artists on display who were photographed: In the main wing was artists Diane Terragni (jewelry) and David Preece (water color). In the West Wing were artists Chris Fram (oils, artist not photographed), Benjamin Demers (water color and colored pencil sketches) and a display presented by Bagely Moving (photographs and articles, presenter not photographed). Food Items were furnished by Edible Arrangements, Elm St, Manchester; Coke products by Coca Cola, Manchester; and Snack tray, chips & crackers by Hannaford Supermarkets.

Thank you to all the volunteers!

All images captured by Manchester Art Commissioner & professional photographer Crystal Nadeau.

Want to know more about the artist?

2009-02-25T18:43:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Evelyn Clowes, are husband and wife as well as artistic partners. They have worked closely together artistically since 1995.

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Great Things Happening at MAC

2009-02-18T07:46:00.000-08:00

Check out the progress of our sculpture.

We're excited to find out what it looks like. Many thanks need to go out to Manchester Arts Commissioners before us. This project was brought to Manchester citizens thanks to the Manchester Art Fund.

This project continues to go well because of our wonderful honorary member, Georgie Reagen, and help from Manchester City's Meena Gyawali.

Stay posted to find out more!