Summer 2018 "First Sunday at The Mill Works"
[Free Admission - To give us an idea how many folks will be attending, please click the button below to obtain your free ticket. Thanks!]
Come join us on Sunday, June 3rd, from Noon to 5:00pm for the Summer Season “First Sunday at The Mill Works” sponsored by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP)!
Live performances in The Packing House:
1:00pm - Hall Memorial School "Select Chorus" and "Falcon Treble Chorus"
3:00pm - "Jarmony": Acoustic Harmony (Rock, Roots, & Blues)
4:30pm - Original Poetry Readings presented by Slag Review
Hall Memorial School Falcon Treble Chorus
Jarmony
Visit with EC-CHAP Resident Artist, Rebecca Zablocki; Stroll through The Mill Works artist community open studios; and explore the new "Availaflex" De-Vel-Op-Ment Visual Arts Exhibition Space. Enjoy period refreshments typical of the mid 19th century and begin the Summer Season with us at this local historic landmark.
Rebecca Zablocki - EC-CHAP Resident Artist
Rebecca Zablocki completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Hartford’s Hartford Art School in 2014. Rebecca, primarily a printmaker, is originally from Long Island, NY, and curently lives in Vernon, CT.
Directly following graduation from the Hartford Art School, Rebecca returned to NY for a year where she worked in a gallery and art studio, teaching and managing the space. She then applied to work at the Worcester Center for Crafts, where she currently holds the position of Assistant Director of the Gallery and Gallery Store.
"Availaflex" De-Vel-Op-Ment Exhibition Space
Current Shows: Reimagine New England - Photography; Boston Color - Photography; Two Stools - Installation Art
Paul Eric Johnson - Paul Eric Johnson is photographer, printmaker, and writer. A current project is the Reimagine New England suite of forty–eight prints each with an original poem based on the insights and imagery gained from decades as a creative specialist licensed internationally by the Liaison Agency. A selection has been published in the Black Earth Institute's About Place Journal, and he is also the author/photographer of two travel books on the Mid-Atlantic published by Voyageur Press. Formerly a gallery director in Provincetown, he currently maintains a private gallery in Stafford Springs, exhibiting regularly in regional museums ( www.reimaginenewengland.com)
Explore the Gardiner Hall Jr. Museum and play "trivia"games throughout the day. Learn about EC-CHAP membership opportunities, and how you can become a CHAP! All activities are free to the public.
Rich deBrito
SCHEDULE
THE PACKING HOUSE: Performances
1:00pm - Hall Memorial School "Select Chorus" and "Falcon Treble Chorus"
3:00pm - "Jarmony": Acoustic Harmony (Rock, Roots, & Blues)
- 4:30pm - Original Poetry Readings presented by Slag Review
PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
- 2:00pm - Artist Talk: "Reimagine New England" with Paul Eric Johnson (Suite 2302)
- 2:30pm - Pastel Painting with Carol Mackiewicz, Whalesong Arts (Suite 2104)
ONGOING 12:00PM TO 5:00PM
THE MILL WORKS CREATIVE COMMUNITY
REBECCA ZABLOCKI - EC-CHAP RESIDENT ARTIST
GARDINER HALL JR MUSEUM (Suite 2106-A)
"TRIVIA" GAMES (Suite 2106-A)
"AVAILAFLEX" VISUAL ARTS DE-VEL-OP-MENT EXHIBITION SPACE (Suite 2302)
GUITAR AND VOCALS BY RICH DEBRITO (All three floors)
EASTERN CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR HISTORY, ART, AND PERFORMANCE (EC-CHAP)
PERIOD REFRESHMENTS
For more information, please call 518-791-9474.
The Mill Works is located at 156 River Road, Willington, CT 06279.