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Artist Registry
Andrea Aron
Visual Artist and Educator
Andrea taught Jewelry and Ceramics at New London High School for 34 years. She is currently teaching at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown. Andrea’s focus is on the contrast of textured metal and color using gemstones and enameled glass with silver.
Email: artchr27@aol.com
Andrea taught Jewelry and Ceramics at New London High School for 34 years. She is currently teaching at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown. Andrea’s focus is on the contrast of textured metal and color using gemstones and enameled glass with silver.
Email: artchr27@aol.com
Francis Barkyoumb
Stained Glass & Fused Glass Artist
Stained glass and fused glass artist, art, classes, restoration, custom design.
Website: glassdancestudio.com
Email: francis@glassdancestudio.com
Stained glass and fused glass artist, art, classes, restoration, custom design.
Website: glassdancestudio.com
Email: francis@glassdancestudio.com
Jacklyn Ann Belmonte
Musical Theatre Vocal Coach
Adult Piano Instruction, Pianist/Organist
Jackie has performed professionally throughout Connecticut and New York in genres from musical theatre to light opera to church music, conducting orchestras and singers for Regional, Summer Stock, Dinner, and Community Theatre. Jackie attended Hartt School of Music where she designed the first musical theatre curriculum there and went on to earn her degree from Manhattanville College. She is a member of ACDA, AGO, and AFM. Jackie currently maintains a private voice and piano studio.
Email: ecodev61@gmail.com
Phone: 203 442 3299
Website: https://www.jbmusic.online/
Adult Piano Instruction, Pianist/Organist
Jackie has performed professionally throughout Connecticut and New York in genres from musical theatre to light opera to church music, conducting orchestras and singers for Regional, Summer Stock, Dinner, and Community Theatre. Jackie attended Hartt School of Music where she designed the first musical theatre curriculum there and went on to earn her degree from Manhattanville College. She is a member of ACDA, AGO, and AFM. Jackie currently maintains a private voice and piano studio.
Email: ecodev61@gmail.com
Phone: 203 442 3299
Website: https://www.jbmusic.online/
Briana Benn-Mirandi
Art and Soul Therapy, LLC
Briana approaches life with a level of "joie de vivre" enjoyed by adults who have never fully "grown up". A founder of ConnectiCon, a multi-genre fan convention, Briana has seen both the industry- and fan sides of pop culture art forms such as animation, film, comics, and gaming. With a love of these art forms, her art styles of choice focus on illustration of a whimsical nature.
Briana's love of art is interwoven into her life, both personally and professionally as an art therapist. She has great success working with children, teens, young adults and creative people of all ages. Her aim is to move therapy as slowly or as quickly as the client is ready to move, in a comforting, supportive environment. She is most at home working with clients wrestling with anxiety, depression, anger issues, trauma, ADHD, and creatives who are in a career rut.
Briana received her master's degree in art therapy from Albertus Magnus College in 2008, and before that, her bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Connecticut in 2003. She holds two licenses with the state of Connecticut; she is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Licensed Art Therapist. She is also a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist through the Art Therapy Credentialing Board. She was trained in hypnotherapy by the Scottish Strategic Life Academy, and was trained in Brief Solution-Oriented Trauma Resolution by the Center for Authentic Living.
Email: artandsoulct@gmail.com
Phone: 203-350-3717
Website: https://www.artandsoul-arttherapy.com
Briana approaches life with a level of "joie de vivre" enjoyed by adults who have never fully "grown up". A founder of ConnectiCon, a multi-genre fan convention, Briana has seen both the industry- and fan sides of pop culture art forms such as animation, film, comics, and gaming. With a love of these art forms, her art styles of choice focus on illustration of a whimsical nature.
Briana's love of art is interwoven into her life, both personally and professionally as an art therapist. She has great success working with children, teens, young adults and creative people of all ages. Her aim is to move therapy as slowly or as quickly as the client is ready to move, in a comforting, supportive environment. She is most at home working with clients wrestling with anxiety, depression, anger issues, trauma, ADHD, and creatives who are in a career rut.
Briana received her master's degree in art therapy from Albertus Magnus College in 2008, and before that, her bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Connecticut in 2003. She holds two licenses with the state of Connecticut; she is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Licensed Art Therapist. She is also a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist through the Art Therapy Credentialing Board. She was trained in hypnotherapy by the Scottish Strategic Life Academy, and was trained in Brief Solution-Oriented Trauma Resolution by the Center for Authentic Living.
Email: artandsoulct@gmail.com
Phone: 203-350-3717
Website: https://www.artandsoul-arttherapy.com
Candace Bialczak
Painter
Candace Bialczak is a local watercolor artist and instructor and a member of the Guilford, Madison and Clinton art leagues. A retired Wallingford middle school art teacher, she now teaches adult classes at Artsplace in Cheshire and Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook. Her art work is usually botanical in its subject matter with an emphasis on nuanced color and detail.
Email: candybialczak@gmail.com
Website: cbialczak.com
Candace Bialczak is a local watercolor artist and instructor and a member of the Guilford, Madison and Clinton art leagues. A retired Wallingford middle school art teacher, she now teaches adult classes at Artsplace in Cheshire and Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook. Her art work is usually botanical in its subject matter with an emphasis on nuanced color and detail.
Email: candybialczak@gmail.com
Website: cbialczak.com
Michael Bower
Woodturner
Email: pondbower@gmail.com
Phone: 203-494-1355
Website: www.mikebowerwoodturning.com
Email: pondbower@gmail.com
Phone: 203-494-1355
Website: www.mikebowerwoodturning.com
Nancy Breakstone
Visual Artist
Nancy is a life long photographer living in Westport, CT and specializing in nature photography.
Website: www.nancybreakstonephotography.com
Email: Info@nancybreakstonephotography.com
Phone: 914-261-0118
Nancy is a life long photographer living in Westport, CT and specializing in nature photography.
Website: www.nancybreakstonephotography.com
Email: Info@nancybreakstonephotography.com
Phone: 914-261-0118
Bill Burkhart
Visual Artist - Photographer
Photojournalist, worked for magazines, newspapers, wire services finally coming 'home' to Wesleyan University, University Photographer for 22 years
Email: bill@billburkhart.com
Photojournalist, worked for magazines, newspapers, wire services finally coming 'home' to Wesleyan University, University Photographer for 22 years
Email: bill@billburkhart.com
William Canosa
Photographer
Email: wac61@att.net
Email: wac61@att.net
Susie Capezzone
Multi Media Artist
Susie is a graphic designer, exhibit designer, sign painter and lettering artist living in Guilford. She uses photography as a medium of expression.
Susie is a graphic designer, exhibit designer, sign painter and lettering artist living in Guilford. She uses photography as a medium of expression.
Chloe Carlson
Artistic Director at GUSTO Dance
Chloe Carlson, an Old Saybrook resident, directs GUSTO Dance through which she shares her lifelong passion for dance through performing, teaching and choreographing. She has taught dance for decades to movers of all ages and backgrounds. Chloe believes that dance should be everywhere, so she performs and teaches both in conventional venues and more unusual settings like art galleries, parks and sidewalks. An alumna of Mount Holyoke College and UCONN Law School, she feels fortunate to spread the empowering, transformative magic of dance!
Email: chloedance@comcast.net
Chloe Carlson, an Old Saybrook resident, directs GUSTO Dance through which she shares her lifelong passion for dance through performing, teaching and choreographing. She has taught dance for decades to movers of all ages and backgrounds. Chloe believes that dance should be everywhere, so she performs and teaches both in conventional venues and more unusual settings like art galleries, parks and sidewalks. An alumna of Mount Holyoke College and UCONN Law School, she feels fortunate to spread the empowering, transformative magic of dance!
Email: chloedance@comcast.net
Lynda James Carroll
Visual Artist
I am an art teacher/photogapher/drawer
Phone: 203-856-8867
Website: https://www.lyndajamescarroll.com/
I am an art teacher/photogapher/drawer
Phone: 203-856-8867
Website: https://www.lyndajamescarroll.com/
Alice Chittenden
Visual Artist
I am a studio artist living and working on the shoreline.
Phone: 203-640-1325
I am a studio artist living and working on the shoreline.
Phone: 203-640-1325
Sandra Wolfe Christie
Kaleidoscope Artist
Sandra Christie is a photo restorer, metalsmith and kaleidoscope artist. She received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in NYC and studied in Paris. Sandra started creating stained glass kaleidoscopes in 1991 and silversmithing in 1998. Her work has evolved through the years as she combined her kaleidoscope glass work with her love of metalsmithing.
Email: sandra@gchristie.com
Phone: 203-470-7440
Website: https://marriedmetals.com/
Sandra Christie is a photo restorer, metalsmith and kaleidoscope artist. She received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in NYC and studied in Paris. Sandra started creating stained glass kaleidoscopes in 1991 and silversmithing in 1998. Her work has evolved through the years as she combined her kaleidoscope glass work with her love of metalsmithing.
Email: sandra@gchristie.com
Phone: 203-470-7440
Website: https://marriedmetals.com/
Kelly Clark
Fine Artist - Painter
Born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut, I’ve been absorbed in anything creative as long as I can remember. I attended Pratt Institute where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications Design. I now live and work as a painter and graphic designer. For me, art is an endless and ever-changing exploration of color, form and feeling. Beautiful things seen and felt send me to my easel, where I feel compelled to say something in paint.
Email: Kelly@kellyclarkart.com
Website: kellyclarkart.com
Born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut, I’ve been absorbed in anything creative as long as I can remember. I attended Pratt Institute where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications Design. I now live and work as a painter and graphic designer. For me, art is an endless and ever-changing exploration of color, form and feeling. Beautiful things seen and felt send me to my easel, where I feel compelled to say something in paint.
Email: Kelly@kellyclarkart.com
Website: kellyclarkart.com
Anne Coffey
Visual Artist
I am a retired high school math teacher who was always interested in creating art. My professional teaching career has definitely influenced my art making. I value precision and neatness, calm and quiet spaces. I am intrigued by the relationships between shapes and marks, colors and patterns—and at times I am delighted by what happens when I put brush to paper or board. Art making does not come easily but the effort is so worthwhile!
Email: anniectct@gmail.com
Website: https://annecoffey.com
I am a retired high school math teacher who was always interested in creating art. My professional teaching career has definitely influenced my art making. I value precision and neatness, calm and quiet spaces. I am intrigued by the relationships between shapes and marks, colors and patterns—and at times I am delighted by what happens when I put brush to paper or board. Art making does not come easily but the effort is so worthwhile!
Email: anniectct@gmail.com
Website: https://annecoffey.com
Kathy Conway
Photographer
My birth as a photographer took place as an oil painter. Photography was simply a resource for creating paintings and an excuse to explore the wonderfully diverse world we live in. It was my way to connect with people in their environments and learn about their culture. Then photography became my vehicle for self-expression. Initially, I focused on seeing this world in color - Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth’s use of light and contrast were a source of inspiration
Email: kconway.ct@gmail.com
My birth as a photographer took place as an oil painter. Photography was simply a resource for creating paintings and an excuse to explore the wonderfully diverse world we live in. It was my way to connect with people in their environments and learn about their culture. Then photography became my vehicle for self-expression. Initially, I focused on seeing this world in color - Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth’s use of light and contrast were a source of inspiration
Email: kconway.ct@gmail.com