The Center of Your Community
Artist Statement about the exhibit: The show is about my creative journey through the last ten years. It is a reflection of how my art and the memories that lie beneath it have been altered by surviving cancer and living through the pandemic.
This year I was at last able to resume painting with artistic conviction. I recognize how cancer and the pandemic had subsumed my creativity and left me with a new set of experiences that needed to be memorized and incorporated into my repertoire of images. In this context the transitional work can be recognized primarily by my altered color palette during the pandemic. Some works also make use of mixed media to explore the reconstruction of my life after cancer. Both have now been incorporated into my artistic expression and have been successfully integrated with my current work.
I am not a plein air painter. Instead, I call on memories or photos to create my images. At the same time writing about my work helps me focus my artistic intent, so I have included some of my writing as part of this exhibit.
Please join us in the Gallery for an afternoon reception and meet the talented artist on display this month, Constance Patterson. Light refreshments will be served, and all are invited to stop by!
Please join us in the Gallery for a late afternoon reception and meet the talented artists from Avon Middle School on display this month. Light refreshments will be served, and all are invited to stop by!
Please join us in the Gallery for an afternoon reception and meet the talented artists from Avon Middle School on display this month. These 7th and 8th grade students have filled our Gallery with their creative, colorful and cool work – you won’t want to miss it! Light refreshments will be served, and all are invited to stop by!
The Avon Arts Association presents a Members’ Holiday Art Show from December 2 through December 29. Members’ art work will be featured in the library’s Gallery space. An artists’ wine and music reception open to the public will be held on Saturday, December 3, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm. There will be light refreshments and music, which will feature the pianist John Brighenti.
Avon Arts Association provides annual college scholarships to Farmington Valley graduating high school students who were selected for their exceptional artistic talents. The Avon Arts Association is a 501 (c) (3) organization that promotes visual art in the Avon area by holding art exhibits, monthly (September through June) demonstrations and workshops. For more information or to become a member, please visit www.avonarts.org or email avonartsassociation@gmail.com.
Artist Statement: As a child, photographs always mesmerized me in many ways and I always wondered how photographers were able to do such a wonderful job in bringing life into a still picture and tell a story with it. I grew up in India in a family of health care professionals and most of the people I knew growing up were in business but I always had interests in wildlife/nature photography. Once I moved to the US, I actually had a chance to pursue my interests in photography as an amateur photographer. I have been taking photographs of wildlife and nature as my main subjects along with architecture and landscape photography. My special interests are around birds. It is very interesting that I learn a lot about wildlife each day as I photograph them. Photographing wildlife has built my patience and my perception to nature drastically. Photography has given me the motivation to travel and to meet people with similar interests. I became a part of the Simsbury Camera Club, Simsbury, CT where I’ve learned a lot from mentors and peers in the club. I try to take my camera with me where ever I travel because you never know what you will run into. It is always nice to appreciate what we have around us and find a good way to freeze the moment when possible. Photography brings freedom to express myself. I am currently a faculty at UCONN School of Dental Medicine, Farmington, CT and I would like to think that I try to make every effort to balance work / life and make time for photography. I have a very supporting spouse, Pooja and daughter, Anika who have fueled my passion and respect it.
Artist Reception: Saturday, October 8th, 2:30pm – 4:45pm in our Gallery
At the beginning of 2022, the Avon Library held an art contest to design new library cards. Avon residents were invited to submit their designs in one of four age groups: Elementary, Middle School, High School and Adult. Our Summer Gallery Exhibit features all of the creative and colorful submissions from the contest!
Congratulations to our winners:
Aishwarya Balaji
Sara Curran
Shadan Gadkarim
Lidia Kapylova
Dagny Tang
Shriya Vinodh
Our April exhibit features the work of the talented students of Artistic Edge Studio. Heather Bondorew Sawtelle is the founder and sole teacher at Artistic Edge Studio. You can learn more about the studio or lessons by visiting www.artisticedgect.com.
There will be an Artist Reception on Saturday, April 2nd from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. The public is invited to attend and meet Heather and her students!
