35th Reunion Weekend
Thursday, October 20 - Saturday October 22
Real Art Ways will host a reunion weekend for alums, artists, and friends from near and far. The weekend will feature the best of Real Art Ways: contemporary art, music, interesting conversations and opportunities for people to meet or reconnect.
Thursday, October 20, Creative Cocktail Hour
The reunion begins Thursday, October 20 with our monthly Creative Cocktail Hour.
Entertainment Nation Beat.
From the hours 6-8pm will be the opening for Ephermeroom,
an exhibition created from relics in our archives and loaned to us from our members, friends and fans.
Do you have memorabilia, photos, ephemera that you would like to include in the Ephemeroom? Contact John O'Donnell at jodonnell@realartways.org or 860-232-1006 x 113.
Friday, October 21, "Realie" Awards Dinner 6 PM
Gershon Fox Room at Marquee | 960 Main Street | Hartford Complimentary Parking at One Talcott Plaza
Friday, October 21 we will have the "Realie" Awards Dinner presenting four exemplary individuals with the Realie Awards. These individuals are Denise Merrill, Howard Fromson, Henry Zachs and Pepon Osorio.
Individual Ticket: $150
Table of 10 Tickets: $1500
Purchase Tickets Below
Saturday, October 22, Stone Field Walk and Concert
Saturday, October 22 at 12 PM will be a geo-architectural tour of buildings in Hartford given by Robert Thorson, Professor of Geology at the University of Connecticut, author of Stone by Stone and coordinator of Stone Wall Initiative: Saving New England's historic stone walls. The tour will begin and end at Carl Andre's Stone Field Sculpture.
Saturday, October 22 at 8 PM is the first concert of our live music series presented by Stephen Haynes and Joe Morris.
Joe Morris guitar
Alex Ward clarinet
Dominic Lash contrabass violin
Stephen Haynes trumpet
Charlie Waters reeds
Ken Filiano contrabass violin
Those who attend the reunion will be able to share their memories of Real Art Ways throughout the weekend!
More Information Coming Soon
35th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate our past, present, and future with us.
Coinciding with Executive Director Will K. Wilkins’ twentieth year of service, Real Art Ways looks back on 35 years.
Honor all the things you love about Real Art Ways – the films, the exhibitions, concerts, Creative Cocktail Hours, and other events – and let us know us where you want to see Real Art Ways in the future.
Today, Real Art Ways is widely regarded as an outstanding contemporary art space, one with a special link with its own community.
This weekend is your chance to ask questions with us about how contemporary art, alternative spaces, and community dialogues shape our world.
It’s your chance to celebrate with the artists, musicians, arts professionals, thinkers, philanthropists, and generally good people who shaped Real Art Ways into what it is today.
The 35th anniversary weekend begins a year of events. It will conclude with a Real Art Ways Reunion Weekend, October 20-23, 2011.
Schedule of Events
Anniversary Kick-Off Weekend
Thursday, October 21 - Saturday, October 23
Creative Cocktail Hour 6-10 PM
The anniversary events began with Real Art Ways’ popular monthly Creative Cocktail Hour.
Where We Live @ Real Art Ways, LIVE 9 AM
Real Art Ways hosted a live broadcast of an episode of WNPR's Where We Live with John Dankosky.
At the Pond House at Elizabeth Park
To Benefit Real Art Ways' Educational Programs
and to celebrate Will's 20th year of service
Comedian Scott Blakeman MC'd this opportunity for drinks, dinner and setting the record straight. An array of roasters took aim at our long-standing director.
Opening Reception: Saya Woolfalk, Olu Oguibe and Cary Smith 6-8 PM
Sponsors
It takes a village...
The 35th Anniversary Celebration is sponsored by:
Supported by the City of Hartford Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant Program, Pedro Segarra, Mayor.
If you or your company are interested in sponsoring any aspect of the 35th Anniversary programming, contact Meghan Maguire Dahn (860-232-1006 x109).
