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August 9th, 2010 Permalink
06.01.2010: West Hartford, CT - With a painting he made of the Buddha behind him, Alan Schiffer comforts his dog Molly after she was barking at people at the door of the West Hartford Art League studio on Raymond Road. Schiffer, a clinical psychologist, said he started coming to the class about three months ago because painting was something he always wanted to try. Art instructor Deb Wadsworth, who teaches Schiffer's class, said she invited him to bring Molly after he left her outside when he first started coming to the class. "They were inseperable," she said.

06.01.2010: West Hartford, CT - With a painting he made of the Buddha behind him, Alan Schiffer comforts his dog Molly after she was barking at people at the door of the West Hartford Art League studio on Raymond Road. Schiffer, a clinical psychologist, said he started coming to the class about three months ago because painting was something he always wanted to try. Art instructor Deb Wadsworth, who teaches Schiffer's class, said she invited him to bring Molly after he left her outside when he first started coming to the class. "They were inseperable," she said.

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May 10th, 2010 Permalink
04.16.2010: Windsor, CT - Sonam Tenzin a Tibetan Buddhist Monk works on a sand mandala inside Loomis Chaffee's Founders Chapel. Using millions of grains of colored sand, a small group of the monks are working on the mandala through Saturday afternoon. The piece will then be destroyed in a ceremony as a symbol of the impermanence of life.

04.16.2010: Windsor, CT - Sonam Tenzin a Tibetan Buddhist Monk works on a sand mandala inside Loomis Chaffee's Founders Chapel. Using millions of grains of colored sand, a small group of the monks are working on the mandala through Saturday afternoon. The piece will then be destroyed in a ceremony as a symbol of the impermanence of life.

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December 28th, 2009 Permalink
12.18.2009: Hartford, CT - Alex Rodriguez, Pat Motter and Dean Mullings (L-R) install wings on The Genius of Connecticut statue Capitol rotunda. The 18-foot, 5,600-pound statue, is a replica of a bronze statue that was perched atop the state Capitol dome until it was blown off during the 1938 hurricane. Workers expect to have the wings installed and the wrap removed later today. The scaffolding is scheduled to come down next week.

12.18.2009: Hartford, CT - Alex Rodriguez, Pat Motter and Dean Mullings (L-R) install wings on The Genius of Connecticut statue Capitol rotunda. The 18-foot, 5,600-pound statue, is a replica of a bronze statue that was perched atop the state Capitol dome until it was blown off during the 1938 hurricane. Workers expect to have the wings installed and the wrap removed later today. The scaffolding is scheduled to come down next week.

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December 28th, 2009 Permalink
12.15.2009: Hartford, CT - Sharon, Connecticut, artist Ellen Griesedieck (R) talks with a group of student from the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Scienceabout her American Mural project on display at the Hartford Public Library. According to the artist's website, "Ten years ago, Ellen was painting pictures of Americans working at various jobs. From these paintings came the idea of combining the images into a single painting. Ellen recalls, "I had been with people doing tough, uncompromising work in copper mines and orange groves, driving cabs and doing open heart surgery, and I realized these men and women were heroes to me. I decided to do a painting - a big painting - paying tribute to this American energy." The painting would be called the American Mural Project. When finished, it will be 120 ft. long and five stories high. It will be made of a wide variety of materials, including honeycomb aluminum panels, fiberglass, ceramic tiles, fabric, marble, and blown glass." Upon completion, the American Mural Project will be housed in a factory building in Winsted.

12.15.2009: Hartford, CT - Sharon, Connecticut, artist Ellen Griesedieck (R) talks with a group of student from the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Scienceabout her American Mural project on display at the Hartford Public Library. According to the artist's website, "Ten years ago, Ellen was painting pictures of Americans working at various jobs. From these paintings came the idea of combining the images into a single painting. Ellen recalls, "I had been with people doing tough, uncompromising work in copper mines and orange groves, driving cabs and doing open heart surgery, and I realized these men and women were heroes to me. I decided to do a painting - a big painting - paying tribute to this American energy." The painting would be called the American Mural Project. When finished, it will be 120 ft. long and five stories high. It will be made of a wide variety of materials, including honeycomb aluminum panels, fiberglass, ceramic tiles, fabric, marble, and blown glass." Upon completion, the American Mural Project will be housed in a factory building in Winsted.