"Up Close" reception at City Gallery in New Haven Sat., Nov. 2

City Gallery
994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489
Up Close: New Works by Judy Atlas and Tom Peterson
Oct. 31—Nov. 24, 2013.
Opening Reception: Sat., Nov. 2, 2—5 p.m.

Press release from City Gallery

City Gallery presents Up Close, Oct. 31 through Nov. 24. The opening reception is on Sat., Nov. 2, from 2—5 p.m.

Judy Atlas: "From the Outside"

Up Close features new works by Judy Atlas and Tom Peterson. Atlas' paintings and Peterson's photographs are abstractions of small, colorful urban subjects that we often pass by but rarely notice. City Gallery invites the public to view this free exhibit.

Tom Peterson: "Variations with Red"

Opening reception for Judy Atlas show at City Gallery this Saturday

City Gallery
994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489
Exploring Layers: New Work by Judy Atlas
Feb. 2—26, 2012.
Opening Reception, Sat., Feb. 4, 2—5 p.m.
Closing Reception: Sun., Feb. 26, Noon—5 p.m.

Press release
Judy Atlas (Web) drew inspiration for her abstract paintings from the "scenery of the street"—ranging from remnants of European antiquities in ancient Pompeii to the notices, flyers and graffiti seen on the streets of contemporary New York. The acrylic and mixed media paintings utilize shapes, images, light and mark making to reflect the artist’s personal journey, and to begin one for the viewer.

Exploring Layers will be on view at City Gallery from Feb. 2—26. An Opening Reception will be held this Saturday, Feb. 4, from 2—5 p.m. A Closing Reception for the exhibit will be held Sun., Feb. 26, from noon—5 p.m.

Saturday opening at City Gallery in New Haven

City Gallery
994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489
Judy Atlas: Expressions
Apr. 29—May 30, 2010.
Opening reception: Sat., May 1, 2—5 p.m.
Press release

Judy Atlas will be exhibiting paintings and collage through the month of May at City Gallery in New Haven.

There will be an opening reception for Expressions on Sat., May 1, from 2—5 p.m.

City Gallery Line-Up to run concurrently with Open Studios

City Gallery
994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489
Line-Up
Oct. 3—26, 2008 (with special extended hours City-Wide Open Studios' weekend)
Closing reception: Sun., Oct. 26, 2008, 2—5 p.m.

Press release

City Gallery is pleased to present Line-Up, a mixed media exhibit, by gallery members.
The exhibit is planned to run concurrently with City Wide Open Studios. The hours will be: Fri., Oct. 3, 12—8 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 4, 12—8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 5, 12—5 p.m. The Closing Reception is Sun., Oct. 26, 2—5 p.m. Free.

The artists are working in all kinds of media: painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and each is responding to ideas about line.

The artists presenting are: Judy Atlas, Orange; Meg Bloom, New Haven; Phyllis Crowley, New Haven; Jennifer Davies, Branford; Nancy Eisenfeld, North Haven; Freddi Elton, Woodbridge; Barbara Harder, New Haven; Jane Harris, Madison; Sheila Kaczmarek, Guilford; Mary Lesser (see image), New Haven; Deborah McDuff, New Haven; Liz Pagano, New Haven; Jefri Ruchti, Guilford.

City Gallery Give Art opening tomorrow

City Gallery
994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489
Give Art
Nov. 24—Dec. 23, 2007.
Opening reception, Sun., Dec. 2, 12—4 p.m.

Tis the season, I guess, for abstraction. But that's usually the case at City Gallery in New Haven. For its annual year-ending holiday Give Art show, City Gallery members are showcasing a lot of smaller works. All the works are available for sale at the fixed price of $100 each. The full spectrum of materials and techniques employed by gallery artists is on display. Show participants include new members Deborah McDuff (mask making) and Freddi Elton (photography). This holiday season, City Gallery members are offering the opportunity to give the gift of art at an affordable price.

For the most part, the work is collage-based. Several artists incorporate found or non-traditional materials. (Although what might have been considered a non-traditional material in the past—a delicate twig as used by Meg Bloom, a torn piece of corrugated cardboard employed by Jane Harris, fine mesh screening added by Connie Pfeiffer, a strip of rough tree bark completing a Nancy Eisenfeld composition—is increasingly becoming the new norm.)

Deborah McDuff offers lively collages in which she creates masks out of things like cut-up soda cans, feathers, fabric and beads. There are some beautiful watercolors by Judy Atlas. Almost pastel-like, they radiate deep vibrant color. One, speckled with light blue dots, looks like some beautiful chaos attending the Big Bang or other cosmic event. Another (there was no sheet with titles available when I visited), in which washes and spatters of green range over a background of black, orange and cream, offers a convincing illusion of depth.

Jefri Ruchti's charcoal and/or graphite drawings revel in rich twists of light and shadow, suggesting natural if unidentifiable forms. With Freddi Elton's photographs, there is a sense of time in suspended animation. Her images zoom in close on layers of ice, capturing a vision of cracks, bubbles and needle-like forms.

The opening reception is Sun., Dec. 2, from 12—4 p.m.