Pathways: Hartford Art School Faculty Show Begins September 12

The show features works from the past two years by full-time, part-time, and visiting faculty, celebrating the many talented minds that shape the Art School's educational experience. The artwork is diverse in materials, subject matter, and style, but represents a collective commitment to curiosity, process, and making. From porcelain to painting and even augmented reality, the exhibition paints a rich portrait of the multiple creative realms explored by HAS faculty members. In many cases, the work engages ideas that expand beyond art to touch on fields of study as varied as literature, science, social systems, and psychology.

This year's exhibition was organized by eight students from the spring 2024 Art History Internship class. The students chose the title "Pathways" to evoke the ways in which the faculty's artistic practices intersect with their role as educators at the University of Hartford. Through research and interviews, the students gained insight into the varied backgrounds, perspectives, and journeys that led these artists to a career focused on education. In the exhibition wall labels, visitors can read the students' interpretations of each faculty member's unique pathway.

These pathways will be explored further in a slate of exciting programming led by our student interns throughout the run of the exhibition:

• The exhibition kicks off with an Opening Reception at Joseloff Gallery on Thursday, September 12 from 5-7 p.m.
• On Wednesday, September 25 from 12:45-2 p.m. learn about the artistic practices, career paths, and pedagogies of six faculty artists in an Artist Talk Panel in Wilde Auditorium.
• On Monday, October 7 from 12:45-2 p.m., six art historians from the University share more about their current scholarship and research interests in an Art History Panel in Wilde Auditorium.
• On Friday, October 25 from 4:30-6 p.m., we welcome faculty from the Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz for an evening of live music in Joseloff Gallery.
• On Thursday, November 14 from 5:30-7 p.m., poets from the faculty of Hillyer College and the College of Arts & Sciences will place their work in conversation with visual art from Pathways in a group poetry reading in Joseloff Gallery.

All programs are free and open to the public.

Visit the Shaw Center in Hillyer Hall to view the Faculty Annex Exhibition, featuring work by faculty artists from across the University of Hartford campus.

The exhibition and associated programming are made possible by the Joseloff Gallery Programming Fund and the Howard and Dorothy Whitney Student Activity Fund held by Hartford Art School Endowment, Inc., and the University of Hartford Art on Campus program.

The Joseloff Gallery is located in the Harry Jack Gray Center at the University of Hartford. It is free and open to the public Monday-Thursday, noon-6 p.m.; and Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. For more information, visit www.hartford.edu/gallery.