The Silo Gallery 2010 Juried Still Life Exhibition Prospectus

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August 7 - September 12
The still life exhibition is a juried competition organized by The Silo Gallery Director, Valerie Culbertson with guest juror, painter Bob Lenz, seen in the self portrait above.
Artists include:

ELLEN ASBYLL
PAUL BATCH
BASCOVE
CHRISTINE CAHALANE
NANCY WHITE CASSIDY
CHELSEA COON
PATRICIA LOUISE CORBETT
TERRANCE FALK
MICHAEL GARLAND
BANJE GETSINGER
STEPHEN B. HENDERSON
JOAN JARDINE
LAURA LEVINE
ARIANE LUCKEY
WILLARD LUSTENADER
ELIZABETH MACDONALD
BRIE MCDONALD
MEIGHAN MORRISON
ERIN NAZZARO
LORRAINE RYAN
JILL SARVER
EILEEN TAVOLACCI
Don’t miss this show

Landscape Painting in the Tonalist Tradition

with Paul Batch, Instructor

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Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 9 am - 4 pm


Painting in the Tonalist tradition allows the artist to interpret the landscape into poetic imagery.

Painting en plein air, we will discuss techniques used to create dramatic landscapes.
$125

An hour break for lunch.

After registering please call Gallery Director Valerie Culbertson at 860.355.0300 or email her at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
for a materials list.

Book Binding for Beginners

with Artist Cecilia Marshall

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Saturday, August 14, 10 - 4pm
Creating beautiful hand made books is easier than you think! In this one day workshop you will learn how to make books using the Japanese “stab binding” method. Working with binders cloth and board and a wide variety of beautiful paper, each participant will make one to two blank journals or sketchbooks. All materials are provided by instructor, although you are welcome to bring any decorative papers you would like to use.
Artist Cecilia Marshall, art faculty member at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT, has shown works throughout Connecticut as well as in Maryland and Washington, DC.  Cecilia has studied with painters George McNeil, Jake Berthot, and book artists Bob Ebendorf and Sas Colby.  A recipient of the Skidmore College Summer Six Fellowship, Marshall is also a teaching artist for the After School Arts Program in Litchfield County and offers workshops at the Westport Public Library, the Hartford Public Library and beginning Saturday August 14 Marshall at The Silo at Hunt Hill Farm, New Milford

Class size limited to 10 students. Bring a brown bag lunch and drink
$100 (includes a 25 materials fee).
Rain date August 22nd

Programs & Events

What's New at The Silo

Recipe of the Month

Suvir Saran’s
Roasted Baby Potatoes with Southern Indian Spices
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On June 19th and 20th 2010
Suvir Saran will be at the Silo Cooking School. Suvir Saran is chef, consultant, and the author of the critically acclaimed cookbooks
American Masala: 125 New Classics From My Home Kitchen
and
Indian Home Cooking.
There’s still room, so sign up soon! See This Recipe!

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Pictures from Hunt Hill Farm

The Christmas Tree Story!
The Valentines Day Class was Great!
The Kerry Boys Concert
Wine & Beer Event
Artists Demonstrations

Recent Events
Featured Story
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Portell Foundation

The Henderson American Music Archive launched an online database of over 300 digital image collections of musical scores from Skitch Henderson’s personal library. Please be aware that some of these files are large and will be slow to load on some computers. > Visit the archive

Hear Skitch Play

Here is an opportunity to experience Skitch.
Listen to excerpts of his CD's!

“How We Got Here”

– an excerpt from the introduction to Ruth & Skitch Henderson’s Seasons in the Country, 1990.
We did not go looking for Hunt Hill Farm – it looked for us. In 1967 we were both immersed in a busy urban life. Skitch, as Musical Director of NBC, appeared nightly on the Tonight Show, which taped in New York in those days. Ruth was chairwoman of Friends of City Center and an active fund-raiser and drum-beater for the arts. We had just opened a restaurant, Daly’s Dandelion...
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Hunt Hill Farm Trust, 44 Upland Road, New Milford CT 06776-2199; T 860.355.0300