Yale faculty, students, staff and alumni will strut their artistic stuff during the City-Wide Open Studios celebration on Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30. In all, 250 artists will exhibit their works, either in their own studios or in "alternative studios," spaces donated by New Haven landlords for the event. The latter include rental properties in several historic downtown buildings. There will be a preview exhibition featuring one work by each participating artist May 21-30 at the Chamberlain Building, 77 Crown St. (in the Ninth Square section of the city). An opening reception for that show will take place 5-8 p.m. on Friday, May 21. The artists will open their studios to the public noon-5 p.m. during Memorial Day weekend. Complete details of the event and a "Map of the Arts," showing studio locations, will appear in the May 26 edition of The Advocate newspaper in New Haven, Hartford, and Fairfield counties. Free shuttle buses, donated by the Yale Bookstore, will take visitors from the main exhibition site to the major studio clusters. Works of art will be for sale, including the pieces on display at the Chamberlain Building. Dimitry Chamy, who designed the graphic identity for the City-Wide Open Studios, is among the School of Art students, alumni and faculty who will participate in this year's event. The others are Jan Cunningham, Jason Cuvelier, Eileen Doktorski, Eugenia Fayen, John Gambell, Susanna Jacobson, Taisha Hutchinson, John Keefer, Annette Lee and Melanie Mowinski. Visiting critic Christina Spiesel will also be featured. Several staff members of the Peabody Museum of Natural History will mount an exhibition of their art. They are Michael Anderson, John Maisano, Armand Morgan and Ava Orphanoudakis. Other Yale faculty, alumni, and staff who will be showing their work will be Mark Depman, Bill Graustein, Ginger Hoffman, Jerry Meyer, Henry Miller, Jonathan Weinberg and Joy Wulke. As part of the Open Studios event, the School of Architecture will also feature an exhibition of 19 student design projects nominated for this year's H.I. Feldman Prize at the A&A Gallery, 180 York St.; this show was curated by Dean Sakamoto, director of the school's exhibitions program. On the seventh floor of the A&A Building, there is an exhibit showcasing work by graduating architecture students and another featuring works by first- and second-year students that have been selected by the faculty for display. Sakamoto and several architecture students are expected to be on hand to speak with visitors during Open Studios. The downtown locations used as alternative studios this year were donated by the Ninth Square Project, LP; Schiavone Management; the Yale Office of University Properties; Bradford Advertising at the New Haven Water Co. Building; The James English Building at 105 Court St.; The Hurley Group/39 Church St.; LoRicco Towers Association; 99 Ninth Square LLC. The spaces are being developed as rental properties. City-Wide Open Studios is a program of Artspace, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and nurturing local artists. It is made possible with support from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, The Community Foundation, the Abe & Ethel Lapides Foundation, The Town Green Special Services District and the Greater New Haven Convention & Visitors Bureau. The New Haven Advocate is the event's grand sponsor with additional sponsorship from Yale, New Haven Savings Bank and The Yale Bookstore. Additional information is available on the World Wide Web at www.cwos.org or by calling 787-2992. T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S Commencement, 1999 Style Facility to enhance strength in environmental sciences Guide again taps Yale as a 'must-see' attraction 'Under My (Green) Thumb': Rolling Stones sideman talks about life . . . Summertime at Yale Endowed Professorships City-Wide Open Studios celebrates work of Yale and area artists A Conversation About Welfare and the Media Eleven honored for strengthening town-gown ties Special award, Jovin Fund commemorate student's good works From design to construction, program gives architecture students . . . Graduate students cited for excellence in teaching 1999 Commencement Information Beinecke exhibition celebrates the art of collecting books New line of Yale ties and scarves combine architectural elements . . . Studio classes again to highlight annual festival of arts and ideas Project X Update Leffell to speak about surgery for skin cancer Kaplan honored for his work with children Guide shows motorists where to park downtown Bulletin Home|Visiting on Campus|Calendar of Events| Bulletin Board Classified Ads|Search Archives|Production Schedule|Bulletin Staff Public Affairs Home|News Releases|E-Mail Us|Yale Home Page

 Graduate student Annette Lee is one of the Yale artists who will showcase their works in City-Wide Open Studios, a celebration of local talent that will be held on Memorial Day weekend.