Creative Cocktail Hour at Real Art Ways

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Creative Cocktail Hour

Creative Cocktail Hour (CCH) returns for December! on 12/21 from 6-10pm, enjoy live music from several local musicians, exhibitions and openings, hands-on art making activities, food and beverages, and community!

Live Music:

DJ Kasey Cortez: Kasey Cortez is a multidisciplinary artist currently working to merge her many realms of creative expression. She has delved into worlds of music, theatre, photography, design, fashion, & installation art. Her work across mediums is inspired by a deep fascination with collective trends/culture, the minutiae of human choice & the mundane passing of time. She’s also a yoga teacher of nearly 10 years, & DJing has become her new favorite form of expression!

DJ Kasey Cortez laying down in front of a plain background.

Exhibitions:

Exhibition Opening from Bhen Alan: 

Langit Lupa (Heaven and Earth) by Bhen Alan (Exhibition Opening): this exhibition spotlights the banig – a Filipino indigenous mat – to investigate the artist’s relationship with cultural objects, relocation, diaspora, and experiences as an immigrant. Bhen Alan is the recipient of a 2022 Real Art Award. On view through Sunday, January 28.

Opening Reception 6-8pm

A large art piece hanging on a wall.

Exhibition Opening from Steven DiGiovanni

In this exhibition, Steven DiGiovanni seeks to navigate in the liminal terrain between the disinterested aesthetics of forensic photography and the poetics of space and narrative. These paintings are based on pictures that Steven took in his Westville, New Haven neighborhood. Others are based on photos taken around Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan.

A painting of buildings interlaced by wires.

Opening Reception 6-8pm

sub-marine: jeweler of memory – Simon Benjamin 

Tubular Times – Curated by Terri C. Smith

Food Truck:

Nibbles N’ Noms: gourmet food truck!

Hands-on art making activities led by Real Art Ways staff!

Additional Info

Thursday, December 21
CREATIVE COCKTAIL HOUR IS EVERY THIRD THURSDAY, 6 - 10 PM

$15 General Admission
Free for RAW members

REAL ART WAYS' FACILITIES ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CAFÉ.