For Immediate Release April 20, 2020 For More Information Megan Bent Marketing & Communications Coordinator mbent@realartways.org Real Art Ways & Area Middle School Partner To 3D Print PPE for Medical Professionals Real Art Ways Cinema Coordinator Ian Ally-Seals has initiated a way to help with the Co-Vid 19 crisis. Ally-Seals, who also teaches […]
Real Art Ways presents artwork by Bethani Blake Blake translates a present day world which depicts personal nostalgia, recontextualizing appropriated and personal images. A first generation Black person in an immediate family of white Americans, she grew up surrounded by iconography and other paraphernalia specific to American culture and first-world consumption. Conflicting agency as a […]
This rendering shows a major addition to Real Art Ways in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood. (DBVW Architects) By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN | kgosselin@courant.com | Hartford Courant PUBLISHED: September 29, 2023 HARTFORD — Hartford’s Real Art Ways — the contemporary arts center that has been a fixture in the Parkville neighborhood for three decades — will break […]
Real Art Ways presents a Real Wall installation by Karl Goulet. Curated by David Borawski. Goulet works between painting and sculpture to create layered abstract forms that embody concepts of identity and memory. In Goulet’s words, these works “glorify larger bodies – bodies that aren’t typically represented or appreciated in our society.” Using acrylic, latex, […]
Real Art Ways presents damnNation, a collection of mixed media works by artist Traé Brooks and part of the Real Wall series. “I have always had a great fascination with history. Whether through studying the subject in school, or learning about the complexities of my genealogy and familial relationships, I find history to be a […]
Real Art Ways presents to phone a friend, an installation by Connecticut-based artist Maxim Schmidt and part of the Real Wall series. Artist Statement: “to phone a friend is a self-portrait of loneliness and not-belonging. It is a collection of memories I hold dear or hardly remember, trinkets and treasures alongside testaments to unwavering sadness […]
Real Art Ways presents Through the Veil, an installation and performance by Hartford-based artist Lauren Be Dear and part of the Real Wall series. The installation will open on Thursday, July 15 with performances at 7:00 PM and 9:15 PM during the Creative Cocktail Hour. Artist Statement: “Through the Veil is an interactive collage of […]
Real Art Ways is proud to announce the 2023 Real Art Award recipients. Artists Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo, Tielin Ding, Dylan Hausthor, Sae Jun Kim, Ezra Moth, and Alex Dolores Salerno will each receive a $2,500 award, a solo exhibition, and curatorial support. Recipients were selected from a highly competitive pool of nearly 350 applicants from the […]
Combining found objects and materials with yarn, Angelica Hilliman Cotto creates sculptures that subvert the familiar to create intriguing compositions. Open spaces, spokes and rubber straps create intricate shadows on the wall, acting as an additional layer in her work by creating a greater sense of depth. Artist Statement “The Forever Bound project addresses […]
Using a technicolor palette, Noé Jimenez’ work creates layered connections ranging from pop culture references to pure abstraction. Organic compositions within his small paintings are then mimicked through his clustered installation on the wall. Alongside collage, the physicality of his painting fully exploits the fluid and viscous nature of his materials. Connecticut Art Review […]
Thank you for Getting on Board and Supporting Real Art Ways! On Tuesday, September 26 we celebrated Get On Board, with members of our community to celebrate Real Art Ways and our growth as an organization. Thank you so much for attending and participating in this event. Congratulations again to our Realie Award recipients, four special people […]
“Star-is-born performances from its two young leads.” – IndieWire “Gritty, realistic, triumphant.” – AP (Associated Press) “A rich, complex, heartfelt, and at times painful coming-of-age story.” – The Hollywood Reporter 91% on Rotten Tomatoes Synopsis: At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Whether it’s siphoning gas, delivering goods or breeding Poodles, he is determined to […]
Real Art Ways presents Megafauna (these desperate earthly forms), a solo exhibition by Real Art Awardee Ezra Moth. My work teeters on the edge of speculation and functionality, between science fiction and practicality, and it always deals with the intersection of ecology and queer liberation. It is not medium specific and has been presented in the […]
Real Art Ways presents thick, hazy, cleer, blew, a solo exhibition by Shona Macdonald. thick, hazy, cleer, blew explores the effects of weather as ephemeral, mundane records of our daily lives. In addition to weather and forecasts, these three bodies of work explore the atmosphere and atmospheric perspective. ‘The Vapors so Whiten’ series pulls imagery out […]
BURNT SUGAR THE ARKESTRA CHAMBER’S first New England “Toast & Roast the Coast” tour kicks off at Real Art Ways on Friday, June 6, at 7 pm. The tour supports their latest release, If You Can’t Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth Pt. Two, and their latest sonic “play pen,” The Burnt Sugar SmokeHouse! Each Show […]
“One red square can change your entire perception of the world.” – Science.org In his new documentary, OBSERVER, filmmaker Ian Cheney (THE ARC OF OBLIVION, KING CORN, THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO, THE CITY DARK) embarks on an experiment in which he brings a series of keen eyed observers – scientists, artists, a hunter – to a range […]
Real Art Ways presents Distant Bystander; a solo exhibition by Priya N. Green Priya N. Green’s work delves into the fragile interplay between sight, perception, and reality. Anchored in the relentless repetition of images from the 24-hour news cycle, Green’s paintings grapple with the tension between agitation and desensitization. This constant barrage of mediated visuals […]
Above image: Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar, El VIH se enamoró de mi (HIV Fell in Love With Me), 2024. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Red Reminds Me… Day With(out) Art 2023: Red Reminds Me… Real Art Ways is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2024 by presenting Red […]
“An emotionally exhilarating debut by Titus Kaphar.” – Variety “Andre Holland gives a career best performance.” – Rogerebert.com Check out this profile written in The New York Times and film review in Time. On Saturday, October 26, we will host a conversation with facilitator Derek Hall following the 6:45 pm screening. For more info and […]
We will host a post-screening conversation with Real Art Ways Board Member, community facilitator, speaker, and activist Derek Hall on Saturday, October 26. Derek Hall is a dynamic anti-racist intergroup dialogue facilitator, public speaker, and activist committed to challenging beliefs and institutional culture rooted in systemic racism and other forms of oppression. Derek has worked […]