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Rhythm and Flow: The New Yorker Mia Reinoso Genoni – October 21, 2009
By Mia Reinoso Genoni New Haven Advocate

Why Architecture Matters is an extended meditation on the deceptively simple three-word phrase, a meditation that allows for rumination, emotion, observation and even contradiction.

Successful architecture, he tells us, “makes life better,” “take[s] our breath away,” “invites belief,” and “evokes indescribable joy.” Architecture is “the making of place and the making of memory,” and a great building “must have a use, it must stand up — and it must be a work of art.”

Paul Goldberger will speak on Public Architecture at 6 p.m. Oct. 28. New Haven Public Library, Main Branch, 133 Elm St. 203-946-8130 ext. 314, newhavenlibrarypatrons.com. Free. No reservations required.

-Tanya

New Haven Through The Architect’s Eye

2 articles on: “Through the Architect’s Eye — New Haven & the World”
On view in the atrium of New Haven’s City Hall until Oct. 23.

Latino architects show off shutter skills New Haven Register October 17, 2009 – Pamela McLoughlin

NEW HAVEN — The first floor of City Hall has never been as architecturally sound as it is right now.

Photographic works of 40 architects from some 20 Latin American countries who have visited, worked or are working in the city are on display until Friday as part of Arte Inc.’s citywide celebration of Hispanic heritage. October is Hispanic Heritage month.

Exhibit Shows View From Architects’ Eyes Allan Appel | October 9, 2009 New Haven Independent

If photography is the art of light, what happens when architects, who trade in solid masses, pick up the camera?

The result: a vision of the world and the city filled with design and drama.

-Tanya

International Festival of Arts and Ideas 2009

The International Festival of Arts and Ideas starts this Saturday!

List of all events for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas

International Festival of Arts & Ideas Kicks Off This Weekend By FRANK RIZZO Hartford Courant 6/11/2009

Mary Lou Aleskie believes that in a year in which economies throughout the world are traumatically shaken, making international connections is more vital than ever.

As executive director of New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which begins its 14th year Saturday, Aleskie has created more collaborations than ever for the programming, especially at a time when her budget hasn’t grown, corporate sponsorships are down and the dollar is devalued.

We Need Arts & Ideas More Than Ever: There’s no downturn in the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, the festival that helps us cope with reality Christopher Arnott New Haven Advocate 6/9/2009

The festival’s program director, Cathy Edwards, describes this year’s festival vibe as “something really uplifting about working together, the community coming together at a difficult time.” She sees the community theme as a chance to explore “the relationship of global to local,” and also “an opportunity for families to do things together.”

-Tanya

Westville Village Artwalk this weekend

Via Infonewhaven.com:

Historic Westville Village for the 12th Annual ArtWalk Festival on Friday, May, 8, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Saturday, May 9, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. This free community family event features art exhibitions from local, regional and national artists, a craft fair and a full day of events for kids and adults of all ages.

Full schedule available here.

-Chris

Kevin Roche at NH Preservation Trust, May 12th

Via the Arts Council of Greater New Haven:

12 Tuesday
The Value of Preserving the Past. Presentation by Kevin Roche, FAIA, principal in the firm of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, LLC. New Haven Preservation Trust Annual Meeting and Silent Auction of collectibles/historical items. Reception to follow Mr. Roche’s talk. 5-7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven. (203) 562-5919. www.nhpt.org.

-Chris

Inaugural show at the new School of Art Gallery

Thomas McDonald for The New York Times

“The inaugural show in the gallery, ‘Shifting Shapes — Unstable Signs,’ brings to New Haven works by 13 artists and one artists’ collective from India and the Indian diaspora. It was organized by Mr. Storr and Jaret Vadera, a student in the School of Art, and focuses on works that manipulate signs and symbols of cultural, national and gender identity. All told it is a handsome, thoughtful exhibition that feels both relevant and timely.”

“Shifting Shapes — Unstable Signs,” the School of Art Gallery, Yale University School of Art, 32 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, through Feb. 27. Information: (203) 432-2605.

For a Fresh Gallery Space, Contemporary Indian Art Benjamin Genocchio NYT 2/20/09

More here, here and here.

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Home Movie Day 2008

New Haven Home Movie Day will be an open screening on Saturday October
18th, in which members of the community will be asked to bring in home
movies. The films will be inspected by trained film lab technicians
and archivists, and then projected in front of an audience. Home
movies do not need to be your own family’s but can also include found
films. Formats accepted: 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm.

There will be information available on how to properly care for your
movies, transfer options and local vendors, and fun prizes to give
away!

Saturday, October 18
Film drop-off and inspection: noon to 2pm.
Home Movie Screenings: 2pm to 6pm.
People’s Center 37 Howe Street, New Haven
Free and open to the public (wheelchair access available)

Video PSA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RAXZrOaI_w

www.homemovieday.com/newhaven
www.myspace.com/newhavenhomemovieday

2008 Building Project Dedicated

Aileen Agricola/Staff Photographer

Less than four months ago, a wood-and-metal home on 20 King Place was nothing more than a dream of 64 Yale architecture students.

Yesterday at 5:30 p.m., the Yale School of Architecture dedicated the building as its 2008 first-year building project. The house, designed for occupancy by a low-income, disabled veteran, is the 20th affordable home the architecture school has built for members of the New Haven community, School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65 said.

“We, as a school, hope to make a positive, cohesive impact on the King Place neighborhood,” Stern said.

Homeward Bound Alex Plana Yale Daily News 9/26/08

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Wrapup of the Festival of Arts and Ideas 2008

Bright Ideas: The verdict is in on Arts & Ideas 2008. New Haven Advocate Christopher Arnott 7.1.08

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Tomorrow @ YUAG

The Yale University Art Gallery and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas invite you to attend a gallery tour

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From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry
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Saturday, June 28, 4:00 PM

This gallery tour will be presented by Sarah Stolfa, M.F.A. 2008. Stolfa is one of the student curators who organized the exhibition “From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry.” This exhibition celebrates the remarkable photography collection of Doris Bry currently on long-term loan to the Gallery. Featured artists include Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Laura Gilpin, and Garry Winogrand, among others.

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Yale University Art Gallery
Free and open to the public.
1111 Chapel Street (at York Street), 203.432.0600
HTTP://ARTGALLERY.YALE.EDU

Obit Art Gallery: part of Ideat Village

The People’s Art: Ideat Village gallery opens its walls to, well, everyone. New Haven Advocate July 6, 2008 -Jacob Cohn

“This out-of-the-way space just off the Green resembles a bizarre combination of a legit art gallery and the backyard of a worryingly creative junk dealer. It contains somewhat conventional paintings, metal and wooden sculptures and seemingly random bric-a-brac, all assembled around the room in a strange semblance of order. It’s the ultimate public art.

“Ideat Village is presenting the ‘free, unjuried, uncensored’ Orbit Art Gallery through June 28.”

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V. little empty entertainment at this year’s Arts and Ideas Fest

Underture: Some big events were a literal wash-out, but Arts & Ideas’ spirits couldn’t be dampened. -June 24, 2008- New Haven Advocate- Christopher Arnott

“This year’s festival has shown how progressive, industrious, profitable, practical and socially minded the arts can be. Very little of the fest could be said to be empty entertainment. Even the elements that were set in stone, brought in from existing tours or theaters, commented on raging national debates.”

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What’s up at this year’s Festival of Arts and Ideas

More Arts, Bigger Ideas: The International Festival of Arts & Ideas reasserts itself with fresh confidence in its 13th year.
June 12, 2008 New Haven Advocate Christopher Arnott

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Upcoming @ YUAG

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“Van Gogh’s Cypresses and The Starry Night: Visions of Saint-Rémy”
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Two of Vincent van Gogh’s most renowned paintings, “Cypresses” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and “The Starry Night” (Museum of Modern Art, New York) will be presented side by side for the first time in New England. The installation will be on view from June 15-September 7.

To ensure a leisurely viewing, obtain your free timed tickets online at http://artgallery.yale.edu. Tickets are available now.

Signals and Noise Blog!

Check out Tom MacMillan’s excellent blog covering art and music in New Haven, Signals and Noise.

He recently covered the Olive Tree Circus’ (seen above) fund raiser for their trip to Palestine. More on the circus here.

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