Monochrome: Color & Word

Visit the Spring Exhibit

At the Firehouse Gallery

Sat/Sun  April 26, 27,  May 3, 4,  12-4pm

Participants were invited to explore a single color, including white or black, through its various shades and temperatures in any 2-D or 3-D medium – OR

Because April is Poetry month, to submit their poems or prose in a framed format – OR

To combine their words and art in a single composition.

As you will see when you visit the exhibit, the results were overwhelmingly satisfying. 

Written Works

Poetry Judge  –  Elaine Nadal

Elaine Nadal Poet Laureate of Milford
Elaine Nadal is Poet Laureate of Milford, Connecticut.  She is the author of When and Sweat, Dance, Sing, Cut, published by Finishing Line Press. 
A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net-nominee, her work has appeared in several journals. 
Elaine holds a master’s degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan University, as well as degrees in Spanish secondary education and fine arts (music). She has studied in Spain and Puerto Rico and delivered a TEDx talk on hope, poetry, and music. 
For Elaine, writing is a way of making sofrito out of the experiences and varied truths of life. It is also a way of honoring the memory of her Abuela Flor, from whom she learned about struggle, determination, compassion, and love.                www.elainenadal.com

Poetry Awards

Click Title to Read the Poem
Click Title to Read the Poem

Art Works 

Artworks Judge  –  Herm Freeman 

Born in 1948 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Herm Freeman earned a BA from Queens College (CUNY) in 1969 and an MFA in Painting from Indiana University in 1971. 
He studied painting with major American artists, including Fairfield Porter, George McNeil, James Brooks, James McGarrell, and Richard Serra.
Freeman has been living and teaching art in Connecticut since 1973. He maintained a studio at 305 Knowlton Studios, in Bridgeport, CT. for the past 14 years, and now works from a home studio. Herm continues to exhibit and sell paintings primarily in the NYC area and New England. 
He was awarded ‘Best in Show’ at the Silvermine 51st Art of the Northeast USA Annual show.
“I’m usually chasing Cezanne and his incredible landscape motifs. If I could, I’d like to live in those paintings.”

Reception Photos

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