At Guilford Art Center: Art is for everyone in this class
By Sarah Page Kyrcz, March 13, 2018 Googly eyes, shiny jewels, pipe cleaners, swatches of fabric and bright, multicolored feathers are neatly arranged on long tables awaiting the start of the Guilford Art Center Unified Art Class. Within minutes after taking their spots around the horseshoe-shaped table, there is no order at all as the […]
Filling GAC’s Artistry is a Joyful Job for Albergo
By Pam Johnson, Shore Publishing, November 15, 2017 Talk about work you love—Elena Albergo has the joyful job of finding the best inventory possible to fill a unique shoreline shopping destination, Artistry at Guilford Art Center (GAC). Now through Sunday, Jan. 7, Artistry’s array of holiday gifts beckons from GAC’s gallery. It also spills into […]
Best Artisans Jewelry Store: The Shop at the Guilford Art Center
by Kelly Goddard, Shoreline Times Jewelry pieces made from enamel, ceramic, semi-precious metals and stones, glass and silver sparkle in the lighted cases and shelves of The Shop at the Guilford Art Center. Everything from necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings, The Shop has it all. “We have a very broad range of different types of […]
Burnham Lands Inspiring Residency at Guilford Art Center
By Pam Johnson, Zip06, October 10, 2017 Just weeks into her new role, Tori Burnham will throw herself in to directing GAC’s Bowl-a-Thon this Saturday, Oct. 14. Working with GAC potters, Tori will add her whimsical style to a potters’ production line of hand-crafted bowls. “I’m really excited; it’s going to be a big day,” […]
Guilford Arts Center shows its stuff at age 50
By Joe Amarante, New Haven Register, July 21, 2017 The latest exhibit in this art-loving shoreline town is “The Friday Night Painters Show Their Stuff” in the Mill Gallery at the Guilford Art Center, which gives us works by “a feisty, dedicated, close-knit group of painters, some of whom have been working at GAC since […]
Making a Masterpiece at the Guilford Art Center Annual Craft Expo
The Guilford Courier, July 2017 The Guilford Art Center held its annual Craft Expo this weekend on the Guilford Green. Here, Claire Leu (left) holds up her colorful scarf which she created with the help of Julian Dresser (right). Shibumi Silks offered expo patrons the chance to create their own original silk scarfs. ( Read […]
GAC Celebrates Exhibit with Opening Reception
The Guilford Art Center’s opening reception of the faculty and student art exhibit on Friday, February 3. • See a photo gallery from the event here.
Good for GAC: Resident Potter Monica Hewryk
By Pam Johnson, Senior Staff Writer, Zip06 Published October 19, 2016 As the new Resident Potter at Guilford Art Center (GAC), Monica Hewryk feels a bit like a kid in a toy shop. That suits her playful style with clay and her joyful approach to collaborating with others perfectly. The New Britain resident and newly […]
Fiery competitor Parkinson forges reputation as bladesmith
by Lisa Backus, New Britain Herald, August 14, 2016 Matthew Parkinson can recall the vivid arc of sparks the first time he saw a blacksmith at work, when his parents took him to Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts as a child. “There were sparks flying everywhere,” the 40-year-old New Britain resident said. “It was just […]
Jasmine Gonzalez, Guilford Art Center Resident Potter, Featured in Gallery
Zip06, Published August 11, 2016 Guilford Art Center will stage an exhibition of the ceramic works of Jasmine Gonzalez, the center’s resident potter since January 2015. The exhibition is on view in the gallery Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 4, with a closing reception on Thursday, Septe. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. Gonzalez […]
