The 124th Juried Exhibit will be held from March 31st through April 26th, 2025 at the Creative Arts Workshop.
The Juror will be Stephanie M. Heydt, PhD, New Britain Museum of American Art.
Reception to be held on Sunday, April 6th from 1-3 pm.
Drop off will be Friday, March 28th from 3-5 pm and Saturday, March 29th from 9-12 pm. Pick up will be on Friday April 25th from 3-5 pm and Saturday, April 26th from 10-12 pm.
The NHP&CC will have a winter Show at the Zahn Gallery at Middlesex Hospital from December 9th through February 28th. A reception will be held on December 11th from 5-6:30 pm. The art pieces in this show are priced just right for holiday shoppers to buy something special for someone or themselves!
Woodland Perception Oil on canvas, 20x24, $475
THE NEW HAVEN PAINT & CLAY CLUB ANNOUNCES AN ACTIVE MEMBERS WINTER HOLIDAY SHOW & SALE AT THE VALENTINE H. ZAHN COMMUNITY GALLERY IN WESTBROOK, CT
PLACE: Valentine H. Zahn Community Gallery, The Gallery at Middlesex Health Shoreline Medical Center, 250 Flat Rock Place, Westbrook, CT 06498
SHOW DATES: December 9, 2024 through February 28, 2025 Click HERE for prospectus.
The annual fall Active Members Exhibit is currently scheduled for this coming August and September at the Silpe Gallery at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117. The juror will be Florin Ion Firimita. Drop off on August 17th from 1-3 pm and the 18th from 10-12 pm. Reception is September 7th from 1-3 pm. Pick up is Friday, September 27th 3-5 pm and Saturday, September 28th 10 am -12 noon, The exhibit will run from August 19th to September 27th. The prospectus will be emailed to all members. Click here for prospectus.
March 18 – April 12, 2024 at The Gallery at Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT 06437. This Year’s Juror is Kathryn Myers, Professor of Painting, The University of Connecticut at Storrs. Awards Up to $4000 in prizes and purchase funds for the NHP&CC’s Permanent Collection
Guilford Art Center hours: The Gallery at Guilford Art Center is open on Mondays through Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, and on Sundays from 12 noon to 4 PM
Reception Sunday, March 24, 1 to 3 PM, with awards presented at 2 PM.
Works from this years Selected Member Artists are now on view! Click HERE
*Not all pieces will be on display at the upcoming exhibit at the Lyme Art Association.
March 18 – April 12, 2024 at The Gallery at Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT 06437. This Year’s Juror is Kathryn Myers, Professor of Painting, The University of Connecticut at Storrs. Awards Up to $4000 in prizes and purchase funds for the NHP&CC’s Permanent Collection
Guilford Art Center hours: The Gallery at Guilford Art Center is open on Mondays through Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, and on Sundays from 12 noon to 4 PM
Reception Sunday, March 24, 1 to 3 PM, with awards presented at 2 PM.
Online Submission Dates January 7 through February 3, 2024. Enter through Online Juried Shows.
Once the exhibit opens, all works will be displayed on the 2023 Active Members Exhibit page.
Every now and then works by artists who were associated with the New Haven Paint & Clay Club and are no longer with us appear on the open market or are brought to the Club’s attention by individuals who prize these works in their personal collections. This new section of the Club’s website will feature some of these recent discoveries. See our latest discovery of works by Trafford Allpass here.
The New Haven Paint and Clay Club announce their 2023 Selected Members Exhibition, an event that showcases artists who were specially selected from our Annual Juried Exhibition by juror, Kate Henderson. Included in this exhibition are Peggy Bekeny, Katya Lebrija, Ruth Sack, Anita Soos and Rosemary McClain. The exhibit will be held at the Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371. The exhibit will run from Wednesday, July 19th through Thursday, August 10th. A reception will take place Sunday, July 23rd from 1-3 pm. The Lyme Art Association will be open Wednesdays through Sundays 10-5 pm. Go here to see more images from our artists.
We invite you to see our 122nd Annual Juried Exhibition and listen to Greg Shea, past president of NHPCC and Senior Preparator at the Yale Center for British Art, speak on “Making Art Work”.
Our reception this past Sunday was a great success. Visit our 122nd Annual Juried Exhibition page to see all the entries, the winners and the work purchased for our permanent collection.
Ellen Gordon, I AM SOMEWHERE
CORRECTION! The pick up date, May 29th, has been changed to May 31st, 1-3 pm
The New Haven Paint and Clay Club announce their 122nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, an annual event that highlights the art of regional artists. The New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Connecticut’s oldest continuously active arts organization, holds a long history of promoting the visual arts throughout New Haven and beyond. Through its sustained support of the visual arts and artists for over a century, the NHP&CC has become a well-known and respected asset for the community as a whole.
Showcasing the work of its members and regional artists through annual exhibitions, the New Haven Paint & Clay Club actively supports, encourages, and promotes exploration of and involvement with the visual arts in the Greater New Haven area and beyond. The club further engages local communities by sharing loaned artworks from its permanent collection, offering merit awards, scholarships, free programs and lectures, and other art related activities.
This year’s exhibit will be held at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art at the John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510. The exhibit will run from Monday, May 8th through Saturday, May 27th. The reception will take place Sunday, May 14th from 1-3 pm. There will be multiple awards in excess of $4000 announced at the opening reception. The Ely Center of Contemporary Art will be open Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 12-5 pm and Thursday from 3-8 pm. The juror for this exhibition is Robert Burns, the executive director of the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Award winning artist, Peter Seltzer, has had paintings in oil and pastel exhibited at numerous public venues including the Butler Institute of American Art (OH), the New Britain Museum of American Art (CT), the Noyes Museum of Art (NJ), Canton Museum of Art (OH), National Arts Club (NYC), National Academy of Design (NYC) and the Salmagundi Club (NYC). His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Butler Institute of American Art, the New Britain Museum of American Art, Harvard University (MA) and the New Haven Paint and Clay 100+ year collection (CT).
Read our interview with Peter here.
CORRECTION! The pick up date, May 29th, has been changed to May 31st, 1-3 pm
The New Haven Paint and Clay Club announce their 122nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, an annual event that highlights the art of regional artists. The New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Connecticut’s oldest continuously active arts organization, holds a long history of promoting the visual arts throughout New Haven and beyond. Through its sustained support of the visual arts and artists for over a century, the NHP&CC has become a well-known and respected asset for the community as a whole.
Showcasing the work of its members and regional artists through annual exhibitions, the New Haven Paint & Clay Club actively supports, encourages, and promotes exploration of and involvement with the visual arts in the Greater New Haven area and beyond. The club further engages local communities by sharing loaned artworks from its permanent collection, offering merit awards, scholarships, free programs and lectures, and other art related activities.
This year’s exhibit will be held at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art at the John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510. The exhibit will run from Monday, May 8th through Saturday, May 27th. The reception will take place Sunday, May 14th from 1-3 pm. There will be multiple awards in excess of $4000 announced at the opening reception. The Ely Center of Contemporary Art will be open Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 12-5 pm and Thursday from 3-8 pm. The juror for this exhibition is Robert Burns, the executive director of the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Robert Burns is the Director of the Mattatuck Museum; a position he has held since 2012. He recently led a successful multi-year, $9 million capital project to reimagine the museum. The completed project, which included the addition of a new tower and roof terrace, new classrooms, gallery and collections storage, was completed in February 2021. Burns is on the Leadership Council of W3R (The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association Inc.) and is an at-large member of the Executive Committee of the Western Connecticut Tourism District. He currently serves as vice president of Main Street Waterbury and a member of the board of the Waterbury Development Corporation. He serves in an advisory role on the Post University Masters in Public Administration program, the Shippensburg University (PA) Interdisciplinary Arts program, the Naugatuck Valley Community College Regional Advisory Council, and the Waterbury Community Investment Program. He has been a juror for many exhibitions at museums and organizations across Connecticut. Bob has been identified as one of the “50 Most Influential People in Litchfield County” by Litchfield Magazine and he received Main Street Waterbury’s Community Partnership Award in 2018. A native of West Virginia, he earned his MFA from the University of South Carolina and BFA from West Virginia University. He currently resides on a former dairy farm in Goshen, CT with his husband, writer Gary Schiro.
To be eligible, artists must be from the northeast, including New York and New Jersey. Artists may submit up to three artworks. The active members fee for the first submission is $20 and $10 for each additional submission. For all other artists, the fee is $30 for the first submission and $10 for each additional submission. Entering through OnlineJuriedShows.com begins on February 12, 2023 and ends on March 18, 2023. Artists will be notified by April 3, 2023.
All media and styles are acceptable, including photography and digital art, except video and ai generated work. No wet work will be accepted. All art must be original; no class work, reproductions or giclees. Work must have been produced in the last three years and not previously exhibited with the New Haven Paint & Clay Club. Work produced with watercolors, pastels, graphics, photography and mixed media on paper supports must be framed and under glass. All wall art must be securely wired for hanging. No clip or saw tooth brackets. All sculpture must be under 75 pounds and, if appropriate, accompanied by a stand. No work greater than 48 inches in width including frames will be accepted. All work must remain for the entire exhibition, through 3 pm on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Drop off will take place on Thursday, May 4th from 5-7 pm and Saturday, May 6th from 9 am to 12 noon. Pick up dates are Saturday, May 27th from 3-5 pm and Wednesday, May 31st from 1-3 pm.
The New Haven Paint & Clay Club receives a 20% commission on all works that are sold.
We hope all artists can enter this prestigious exhibition that showcases the creative energy and talents of regional artists.
To download the prospectus and print submission tags, click here.
Five artists were chosen at our 2022 Active Members Exhibit by judge, Kate Henderson, to be the Selected Artists for 2023. This exhibit will take place at the Lyme Art Association this coming summer. The artists are Peggy Bekeny, Ruth Sack, Katya Lebrija, Rosemary McCain and Anita Soos. More details will be upcoming when the dates have been finalized. To see some of the works by these artists, click here.
