Where ART Thou?
Take a front-row seat to artistic expression with your host Ray Hardman as he tours the state's artists, cultural groups and arts-related businesses throughout Connecticut. Each episode will profile two artists -- anyone from a sculptor at work in their studio to a group of singers bringing colonial tunes to life. Go explore with Ray as he introduces you to the artists' history, influences and motivations that lead them to create.
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Take a front-row seat to artistic expression with your host Ray Hardman as he tours the state's artists, cultural groups and arts-related businesses throughout Connecticut. Each episode will profile two artists -- anyone from a sculptor at work in their studio to a group of singers bringing colonial tunes to life. Go explore with Ray as he introduces you to the artists' history, influences and motivations that lead them to create.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Middletown
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
Ray journeys to the residence of instrument and aviary builder, Michael Pestel, who composes harmonics interpreting many extinct bird species' Latin and vernacular names. See where Oddfellows Playhouse stores circus equipment for The Children's Circus of Middletown. Haitian artist Pierre Sylvain welcomes us to his home studio to view his latest creations in mosaics featuring historic figures.
Episode 2
Waterbury Region
Sun, Jul 3, 2022
Ray Hardman tours the Children's Community School and hears the choir at Bravo Waterbury, an after-school music education program. Ray's tour continues to The Barnes Museum where he ventures up to the attic to peer through 18th century items, and to Meriden for a demonstration of stunning religious images created using gold leaf and self-made natural pigment.
Episode 3
North Central Connecticut
Sun, Jul 10, 2022
Ray Hardman begins his trip with a stop at Nowashe Village, which transforms visitors to a time of New England Indigenous culture, then introduces us to illustrator Rick Stromoski, who started in comic strips, and now publishes children's books. Ray also stops at the New England Air Museum to give us a look at "Area 51," a warehouse packed with historic aviation restorations.
Episode 4
Greater Danbury
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
In Greater Danbury, Ray Hardman journeys to Bridgewater with Pamela Sztybel, who is inspired by her family's history to sketch images of news in Ukraine. A stop at the Danbury Museum and Historical Society reveals 17th century artifacts and an exquisite wardrobe. In Ridgefield, mixed media artist Jackeuline Walters tells her story of transitioning from a corporate professional to full-time artist.
Episode 5
East Hartford-Wethersfield
Sat, Jul 23, 2022
East Hartford and Wethersfield are two of the oldest towns in Connecticut, and curator Roz White guides Ray to a mixed media artist who creates images of people and symbolism to illustrate experiences of trial, tribulation and triumph, and a costume designer and choreographer who incorporates her Caribbean culture. Plus, a visit to the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum to see many items from the 1700s.
Episode 6
Connecticut's Quiet Corner
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Ray Hardman is joined by our Show Curator Bruce John, Co-Founder of Bread Box Theatre. Outsider Artist, Kerri Quirk uses her remarkable gifts of color and patterns in her paintings. UConn English professor Sean Frederick Forbes, shares his latest poetry writings. And David Foster from Shaboo Productions gives us a peek at music memorabilia that's been stored at the iconic venue.