 | Among the many artworks by Yale community members that will be featured in this year's City-Wide Open Studios festival is "Omen," a painting by Christopher Mir, a museum technician at the Yale University Art Gallery. |
Yale faculty, staff members and students will be among the more than 400 artists who will show and talk about their work during the sixth annual City-Wide Open Studios, a visual arts festival celebrating local talent, which began on Oct. 7 and continues through Oct. 29.
Over the course of the 23-day event, the public will have the opportunity to meet hundreds of area artists who work in a variety of media, and, in some cases, witness firsthand their approach to making art. Yale is a lead sponsor of the event, which is presented by Artspace.
A highlight of City-Wide Open Studios is a central exhibition at Artspace, 50 Orange St., which features a representative work from every participating artist. This exhibit is open daily through Oct. 29, noon-5 p.m.
City-Wide Open Studios -- the third largest open studios event in the nation -- is a twist on classic open studios because, in addition to showcasing artists as they work in their own spaces, the festival provides "alternative spaces" to artists without access to a studio and artists from outside New Haven. This year, these temporary installations will be located on five floors at 25 Science Park at Yale. The building is the former Winchester Repeating Arms Factory and is located on a site that connects to the Yale campus via the new Farmington Canal Trail, just behind Hammond Hall and the Seeley G. Mudd Library on Mansfield Street.
An opening reception for the festival will take place on Friday, Oct. 10, 5-8 p.m. at Artspace. It is free and open to the public.
The first weekend of the festival -- Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12 -- will feature artists working in their own studios and in a dozen small studio complexes across New Haven, Hamden, North Haven and West Haven. Free guided bike and bus tours to studios will be led by artists, architects and community leaders. The studios will be open noon-5 p.m. Reservations are encouraged.
The second weekend -- Friday-Sunday, Oct. 17-19 -- will feature 75 artists who have studios at Erector Square, New Haven's largest studio complex, in what was once the factory that made the A.C. Gilbert Erector Sets. Erector Square is located at 315 Peck St. in Fair Haven.
The final weekend -- Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26, features 300 temporary studios and site-specific installations at 25 Science Park at Yale, along with an outdoor exhibition, "Sculpture on the Trail," on a section of the Farmington Canal Trail. Segway HT (Human Transporter) rides will be available on the trail to bring visitors from the campus to Science Park. Studio spaces will be open 4-8 p.m. on Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Also on Oct. 24, the Yale School of Art will host Open Studios at Hammond Hall, 14 Mansfield St., and Holcombe T. Greene Jr. Hall, 1156 Chapel St. Student artists will participate. Painters' studios in Hammond Hall will be open 6-9 p.m.; sculptors' studios in Greene Hall will be open 5-8 p.m.
Complete details and an official 20-page "Map of the Arts" showing artists' locations will be available at Artspace. The New Haven Advocate's Oct. 9 issue also includes a map of artist studios and spaces.
Lyme Properties LLC is the grand sponsor of City-Wide Open Studios and has made 25 Science Park at Yale available to artists. In addition to Yale, the other lead sponsors of the event are Southern Connecticut State University and the New Haven Advocate. Other sponsors include the New Haven Savings Bank, the City of New Haven and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
Artspace is a non-profit organization dedicated to catalyzing artistic efforts; connect artists, audiences and resources; and to redefining "art spaces."
For reservations for the first weekend of City-Wide Open Studios or for more information, call (203) 227-2709.
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