Stonington Galleries

Lorraine Lans, Lobster Car on the Rocks, oil

September 4th Lineup for Stonington Galleries First Friday Open Gallery Night

Stonington. The galleries and studios of Stonington will once again hang their orange banners for September’s First Friday Open Gallery Night, from 4 to 7 on September 4th. The public is invited to see artist demonstrations and meet the artists at opening receptions for shows featuring new work.

Book artist Anne-Claude Cotty will give a demo on pinhole cameras in her studio gallery at 65 N Main Street at 5 p.m. Currently on the faculty at Haystack teaching a workshop entitled, "Poetry through a Pinhole", she will discuss some of the joys and secrets of low-tech photography in a digital age. Pinhole mementos will be offered to all visiting the gallery on Friday.

Anne-Claude Cotty, Pier, artist book with letterpress poem & pinhole photographs

Continuing south on Route 15, visitors to the Geoffrey Warner Studio can check-out finely-crafted furniture and paintings of local scenes, along with slides on the craft of restoring Willow, a 50 year-old classic sailboat.

The Seasons of Stonington features ceramics, paintings, photography and metals by ten artists, inclucing locals Marcia Kola, Lorraine Lans and Herman Kidder. Just up North Seabreeze Avenue, the Lorraine Lans Studio will feature “Docks and Rocks,” plein aire paintings of Stonington Harbor docks and ledges. At the east end of Main Street, Hoy Gallery’s new show is called “Waterfront: Working & Wild”.

On Main Street, the gWatson Gallery will have an opening reception for a show of new paintings by Nancy Morgan Barnes, while Isalos Fine Art has an opening for new paintings by Barbara Brady, Carolyn Caldwell and Rebecca Daugherty.

Brochures with maps are available at all participating galleries and studios. For more information, go to stoningtongalleries.com, or call 367-2699 or 367-2700.