Housatonic Museum of Art opened yet another great exhibit Thursday night with a reception that attracted crowds (from toddlers to senior citizens, students and professors to business people and art-lovers) at the Bert Chernow Galleries at Housatonic Community College in downtown Bridgeport.
The turnout was a fitting salute to artist Stanley Boxer (1926-2000), a true American master who is renowned internationally for his spirited thickly painted abstract works of art.
“Rememberingstanleyboxer: A Retrospective 1946-2000″ is a traveling exhibition that celebrates one of the most prolific artists of the 20th century with about 50 of his paintings and sculpture.
It will be on view through March 28.
In other Bridgeport arts news:
Bridgeport has waited years for an arts council to get up and running. And now that it finally has one, folks had been looking forward with great anticipation to Wednesday’s welcoming celebration at the HMA for the group’s first executive director Penny Harrison.
And we’re still waiting ….
The reception was postponed because of the snowstorm (which turned out to be a minor one at that!).
The reception will be re-scheduled for sometime in March, HMA director Robbin Zella has announced.
Harrison was chosen from among 40 candidates to lead the Bridgeport’s Arts & Cultural Council, Zella has said. Her primary responsibility as executive director will be to organize and enlarge the city’s arts and cultural community so that it can play a more significant role in the city’s economic growth and renaissance.
Harrison may be reached at 203-505-0200 or via e-mail at Penny.BridgeportArtsandCulture@gmail.com. Her office is in Room C 108 at the college, which is donating office space for two years.
Housatonic Community College is at 900 Lafayette Boulevard in downtown Bridgeport. The HMA galleries are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursdays to 7 p.m.; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. The galleries are closed on all college holidays, including Monday, Feb. 15, for Presidents’ Day. Admission is free. For additional information on the museum, visit www.hctc.commnet.edu/artmuseum/. Additional information on the artist is available at www.stanleyrboxer.com/.
Phyllis A.S. Boros
