The Expressive Photograph and the Landscape

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts has established a new center for community engagement and arts programming to enrich the quality of life throughout the region by developing a robust and dynamic experience in the arts. The new programming offers an extensive array of studio classes and other courses as well as a robust series of lectures, exhibitions, readings, film series and more for high school students and adults with previous or no previous art experience. Area residents and others who are interested in pursuing serious artistic study without being officially enrolled in a degree-seeking program are welcome to take part in these year-round programs in studio instruction and art appreciation.

To be a fine craftsman, one must master the tools of one’s craft. The Expressive Photograph and the Landscape workshop explores the camera as an expressive tool, teaches the fundamentals of good camera technique, and puts those techniques and tricks to work during trips to some of Lyme’s most engaging landscapes. The goal is to reinforce a strong technical knowledge of the camera to enable our vision and creative expression to be realized. This workshop is scheduled for October 23, 24 and 25, Friday - Sunday,  8am - 3pm. Space is limited so register early. The registration fee is $500.00 for this weekend-long workship.

Designed for those who have completed Level 1, and others comfortable with the camera basics and interested in a more in depth exploration of the camera and Lightroom in the service of creating more expressive images.

This workshop will spend equal amounts of time on location deepening an understanding of the camera as an expressive tool, and in the studio working with Lightroom as both a powerful cataloging tool and as an image-enhancing tool.

The course will explore the elements that create a stronger composition and will have a chance to put them into practice on location. Improving one’s digital flow will be stressed. Additionally, students will explore Lightroom’s output capability with its Book and Slideshow modules. For equipment/supplies to bring to the workshop click here.

 

About the Artist:

 

Joe Standart is an award-winning, internationally renown photographer whose successful campaigns for many of the world leading organizations have won him awards from The Andys, The One Show and many others. Joe created a series of monumental public art exhibition/events under the name of Portrait of America, which have been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Associated Press, Photo District News, and ABC News. Joe was a founding director of Photographers and Friends United Against Aids, which, in 1987, gathered 100 of the country’s leading photographers and inspired them to respond to the theme, ‘The Indomitable Spirit.” The resulting work was exhibited at ICP and sold at Sotheby’s, raising over $2 million for AIDS research..


Learn more about Joe Standart at www.JoeStandart.com.

Roslyn Young Memorial Concert

There’s no better way to enjoy a fall afternoon than listening to the glorious music of Mozart!

On Sunday, October 11th at 4:00 pm at the Madison First Congregational Church on the Green there will be a concert featuring two works from Mozart’s mature chamber music, the virtuosic Piano Quartet in E flat Major, K. 493, and the lyric, otherworldly Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581. Performing will be the New York-based chamber music ensemble, Circle of Friends, with Matthew Goodman, clarinet, and Julia Bady, piano.

Matthew Goodman has been praised by the New York Times for his “beautiful range of colors”.  Julia Bady has performed solo and chamber music throughout the New York and New England regions. Circle of Friends is comprised of chamber music specialists Judson Griffin, violin, Andrea Andros, violin, Alissa Smith, viola, and Loretta O’Sullivan, cello, who have performed to acclaim throughout the U.S. and Europe.

The Roslyn Young Memorial is a non-profit organization established by the family of professional violist Roslyn Young to honor her memory by presenting an annual classical music concert near Guilford, CT, her home town.

Tickets are $20, under 18 free, available at the door. 

There will be a Pre-concert Talk at 3:15pm, and a Reception following the concert. 

For more info: nbayreuther@fccmadison.org, 203-245-2739, ext 12, or rymconcert@gmail.com. Please follow us on facebook (Roslyn Young Memorial) and twitter (#RYMemorial)..

Songs for a New World

Artist Rendering by Vladimir Shpitalnik

Be a part of Legacy Theatre's Fall Fundraiser: Dinner and Performance at Bill Miller’s Castle 834 East Main Street, Branford, CT on Thursday, Oct 15th 6:30pm.

Songs for a New World is a collection of music from Jason Robert Brown that features four dynamic singers, who take on some of the most challenging and exciting musical compositions of our day. This full-length concert introduces the audience to a contemporary song cycle which weaves characters and history together, illuminating the timelessness of self-discovery. The first musical from TONY Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges Of Madison County), this moving collection of powerful songs examines life, love and the choices we make.

You won't want to miss this event featuring Stephanie Stiefel Williams, Keely Baisden Knudsen, Matthew Harrison, and, direct from LA, Christin Byrdsong. The show is directed by Joseph Murray, with Musical Director Art Bellucci. Click here for reservations.

For over 100 years, the theater at Stony Creek has delighted generations from silent movies to a rare puppet museum and theater to community and professional live theater. The Legacy wishes to charmingly restore this historic building to produce on-going seasons of professional performances and training.

A tremendous future is in store for the Stony Creek Theater: Legacy is currently in discussions with theatre architects and theatre planners not only to restore the Puppet House, but also to outfit this historic building with a gorgeous theatre, fit to reflect its heritage as well as the vision The Legacy maintains- to be a premier Arts house for local artists and professional companies, and to ensure ongoing seasons of Legacy Rep Company's uplifting, inspiring, and challenging professional theatre and theatre training for all.