THE EXCHANGE

Longtime friends and artists, Howard el-Yasin and Suzan Shutan decided in 2022 to partner and become SomethingProjects. It is a nomadic and provisional space providing short-term exhibitions that dually highlight artists as well as introducing communities to new viewpoints and practices by state, regional, national and international artists. As an incubator for ideas it encourages artists to step outside their boundaries and experiment with the intersection of materials, production, presentation and means of engagement with audience and space. Their locations will change, and offer site-specific opportunities.

SomethingProjects is launching its first project, a statewide Connecticut Artist Treasure Hunt called THE EXCHANGE. It includes Geo-tracking & QR codes, adventuring to designated sites accessed through a map on its website.

Get ready to become part of the adventure, which will take place throughout Connecticut starting on August 15 and running daily through November 1, 2022 rain or sun. The map will be accessible on August 15 at: www.SomethingProjects.net, so you can plan for an outing or geo-tracking in the towns participating. Exciting projects in which the public is invited to engage in fun and meaningful ways will take place in the towns of: Beacon Falls, Easton, Fairfield, Darien, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, Meriden, North Haven, Hamden, Branford and Washington Depot. Learn about the artists in your community through participating in the act of discovering what they created for you


Selected Artist:


Jeff Becker- Easton
Meg Bloom- New Haven
David Borawski- Hartford
Susan Breen- Bridgeport
Joy Bush- Hamden
Susan Clinard- New Haven
Jennifer Davies- Branford
Sierra Dennehy- New Haven
Ellen Hackl Fagan- Darien
Crystal Heiden- Milford
Allison Hornak- New Haven
Fritz Horstman- Bethany
Joe Bun Keo- Vernon/Rockville
Judith Kruger- New Haven
Susan McCaslin- New Haven
Bailey Murphy- Meriden
Adam Niklewicz- North Haven
Jen Payne- Branford
Roxy Savage- Fairfield
Max Schmidt- Meriden
Rosanne Shea- Waterbury
Kim Van Aelst- Hamden
Jo Yarrington- Fairfield


 






MARCH 2022 – JANUARY 2023
THE EVOCATIVE MARK TWAIN Inspires the Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England



Location: Second Floor, Exhibit Gallery
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Along with Jo Yarrington’s work on exhibit she is also taking part in the Printmakers Workshop focusing on Memory Jog: Using Cyanotypes. Join her September 17th 2022 at 10:30am. Click here for more information.






Join The Mark Twain House & Museum’s own Jacquelyn Andrews as she talks with Jim Lee, Margot Rocklen, and Jo Yarrington about the themes, inspiration, and techniques on view in The Evocative Mark Twain Inspires the Printmakers Network of Southern New England exhibit taking place at the Mark Twain House & Museum March 24, 2022 through January 23, 2023.

Jo Yarrington will explain her artistic response to THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, what Twain calls a “mental kaleidoscope”  and the marking of time, through the cyanotype and photogram image rendering processes that record in real-time the sun and the journey of the earth in its spinning, which best encapsulates the imprint of Twain’s work and its thingness in Yarrington’s words.

Virtual conversation via Zoom. Tickets: $5 per stream. REGISTER HERE.

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