Reception for Paper New England show at Artspace Saturday

Paper New England at Artspace
555 Asylum Ave., Hartford, 06103
Our Expanding Circle
June 15—July 14, 2013.
Opening reception: Sat., June 15, 6:30-9 p.m.

Press release from Paper New England

Paper New England (PNE) is pleased to present Our Expanding Circle, its 5th Anniversary Show Celebration. Consistent with PNE’s mission of expanding its network of exceptional artists working on paper, PNE has invited 14 artists who have previously shown with the organization to introduce a highly regarded peer to participate together in this exhibit. We are grateful to participating PNE artists for introducing us to a favored peer and we welcome them into our circle.

Artist include Alexis Brown, Susan Clinard, Pat Carrigan, Maggie Nowinski, Robert Dente, Walter Kendra, Jenny Freidman, Matt Best, Anne Hebebrand, Kim Sobel, Nona Hershey, Randy Garber, Chet Kempczynski, John Kempczynski, Jenny Knaus, Patricia Weiss, Martha Lewis, Rashmi Talpade, Sabrina Marques, Andres Garces, Dennis Pinnette, Matt O'Donnell, Andrew Rafferty, Brian Shure, Paul Selwyn, Randy Gilman, Jillian Vento and Nick Rice.

Paper/New England is a nonprofit art center dedicated to presenting works of art on or of paper. Co-founded by Michael Shortell and Freddie McInerney, the center displays, collects and promotes art produced by artists who are either New England based or were trained or produced work on or of paper while residing in New England.

Artwork by Robert Dente

The exhibition will be on view from June 15 through July 14, 2013 at Artspace in downtown Hartford. An opening reception will be held on June 15, 6:30—9 p.m.