Thursday opening at Atticus Bookstore/Cafe: Liz Pagano

Atticus Café
1082 Chapel St., New Haven, (203) 776-4040
Liz Pagano: Little Infinities
Through Oct. 31, 2010
Opening Reception: Thurs., Sept. 23, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Press release

For the month of October, Atticus Bookstore/Café presents Little Infinities, a show of multimedia works by New Haven artist Liz Pagano.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT:

Accidental beauty inspires me. I am interested in textures and how they reveal a history. I search for unexpected possibilities, using layers of seemingly unrelated pieces. My work magnifies moments, capturing movements, sometimes reactions or fusions. My process is about exploring interactions of chance and control, coincidence and intent. I am interested in the visual change that takes place with form and light.

ABOUT ATTICUS BOOKSTORE/CAFE
Atticus is an independent bookstore and cafe, serving downtown New Haven for over 30 years. Atticus offers fresh bread, coffee, sandwiches, soups, salads, and desserts, as well as a selection of fine books and cards. For more information, see the Atticus website at www.atticusbookstorecafe.com.

There will be an opening reception for Little Infinities on Thurs. evening, Sept. 23, at 6:30 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.

Fortin/Pagano opening Friday night with music

The River Street Gallery @ Fair Haven Furniture
72 Blatchley Ave., New Haven, (203) 776-3099
1/1: An Exhibition of Work by Oi Fortin & Liz Pagano
Apr. 11—May 23, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri., Apr. 25, 5—8 p.m.

Press release

An opening of artwork by Oi Fortin and Liz Pagano at Fair Haven Furniture. With music by the Inflatables.

City Gallery Nest opening on Saturday

City Gallery
994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489
Nest
Sept. 8—30, 2007.
Opening reception, Sat., Sept. 8, 4—7 p.m.

Press release

City Gallery announces it first fall season exhibit titled "Nest" The theme was determined by curator Liz Pagano, a member of City Gallery and concerns ideas of the Nest, or the act of nesting. Nest is an ancient word, *ni-zd-os in Indo European, composed of the prefix *ni-"down," plus a form of the verbal root sed, "to sit". Followed by a suffix used to form nouns, *-os. Thus a *nizd-os literally means "(place where the bird) sits down."

The four artists invited to show with Pagano are Meg Bloom, a New Haven based artist and City gallery member, Howard el-Yasin, a New Haven artist and Gallery Director of ALL Gallery in New Haven, Laura Moriarty, a nationally renowned encaustic artist based in the Hudson Valley area of New York, and Colleen Tully, a New Haven artist and the founder of Pixel Pops. (A show at ALL Gallery featuring Pagano and Tully was reviewed on Connecticut Art Scene in April.)

Each artist brings a unique and personal vision using a variety of media, including but not limited to: encaustic, mixed media construction and installation. The work is a range of abstract interpretations. Each artist having his/her own focus on the idea of "NEST". All exhibit regionally, nationally and internationally.