{"id":129123,"date":"2017-09-06T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T19:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=129123"},"modified":"2017-09-06T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T19:02:19","slug":"jill-nichols-sharon-kocay-art-display-uconn-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/09\/jill-nichols-sharon-kocay-art-display-uconn-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Nichols and Sharon Kocay Art on Display at UConn Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jill Nichols\u2019<\/strong> painting career emerged from a commercial art background. Her works reveal the transience of life, unveil the hauntingly familiar, and revere the wonders found in daily encounters. Imbuing paint with color and light, she captures her profound appreciation and reverence of nature. Her distinctive marks add a directness and freshness to her range of subject matter. Her career includes national juried exhibitions in galleries, museums and inclusion in notable collections, such as James Comey, the former Director of the FBI and the Yale Medical Center. Her painting, \u201cPhi,\u201d was a part of the \u201cNasty Woman\u201d art social movement, at the Institute Library in New Haven. She is an active member of the Lyme Art Association, participating in many exhibitions including the Lyman Allen Museum and the American Society of Marine Artists juried exhibitions. Most recently, Kelly Baum, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, selected her painting “Cloud in Blue Minor\u201d for the Greenwich Art Society annual juried exhibition. Jill teaches at the University of New Haven and holds an MFA in painting. Please visit www.jillnichols.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Painting by Sharon Kocay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sharon Kocay<\/strong>\u00a0works in a variety of mediums and believes in freedom of expression and having fun with artwork. A resident of\u00a0West Hartford, she attended the University of Connecticut majoring in English and Art.\u00a0She had a career in retailing and then was a preschool teacher for 18 years, developing art programs for youngsters.\u00a0For ten years she was the art director at Camp Renaissance at Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford. An award winning artist, Sharon has exhibited in various shows and galleries including, \u00a0the West Hartford Art League, the Golden Thread Gallery, the Hartford Art School, the Town and County Club, and the New Britain Museum of American Art Member\u2019s Juried Show. She is a member of the Connecticut Watercolor\u00a0Society, the West Hartford Art league, the Connecticut Academy, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the UConn Health art committee.<\/p>\n

The art exhibits of both Jill Nichols and Sharon Kocay will be shown at the Celeste LeWitt Gallery at UConn Health until Dec. 14, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UConn Health\u2019s collection of fine art serves to enhance the environment and promote the sense of a caring community for patients, visitors, staff and students. Art is selected, acquired and exhibited by the UConn Health Art Advisory Committee. To view a selection of the permanent collection visit:\u00a0UConn Health Art Collection.<\/a><\/p>\n

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