{"id":39686,"date":"2011-05-20T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=39686"},"modified":"2011-07-21T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:56:38","slug":"watercolors-puppets-and-kindergarten-masterpieces-on-display-in-lobby-and-lewitt-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/05\/watercolors-puppets-and-kindergarten-masterpieces-on-display-in-lobby-and-lewitt-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercolors, Puppets and Kindergarten Masterpieces on Display in Lobby and LeWitt Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Puppet<\/a><\/strong>
Puppet from the Epic Shadows exhibit by Andhra Pradesh, on display at UConn Health Center (Photo provided by UConn Health Center Auxiliary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What:<\/strong> Epic Shadows<\/em> puppets of\u00a0Andhra Pradesh<\/strong>,\u00a0Nature\u2019s Watercolors, <\/em>paintings by\u00a0Sharon Kocay<\/strong>, and\u00a0Kindergarten Masterpieces<\/em> by\u00a0Eric G. Norfeldt School, West Hartford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Main and Mezzanine lobbies and Celeste LeWitt Gallery, UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> May 19 through August 24, 2011<\/strong> daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

About the Artists:<\/strong>
\nEpic Shadows<\/strong> is a special exhibit featuring a lavish selection of wildly colorful and dramatic shadow figures from the collection of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. The shadow figures were part of the collection of the late anthropologist Walter Fairservis, and were donated to the Ballard Institute by his wife, Jano Fairservis. The puppets were used to perform tales from the Ramayana and other Hindu epics in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh by traveling puppet troupes in the early twentieth century.<\/p>\n

\"Painting<\/a>
Painting by Sharon Kocay. (Photo provided by UConn Health Center Auxiliary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Award winning artist\u00a0Sharon Kocay <\/strong>of West Hartford has exhibited in a variety of galleries and shows, including the New Britain Museum of American Art Members Juried Show. Her works are also in a number of public and private collections. As a preschool teacher, she helped develop art programs in schools and summer camps and was the art director at Camp Renaissance at Kingswood Oxford School. She is an active member of the West Hartford and Wintonbury art leagues, the UConn Health Center Art Committee and the Connecticut Watercolor Society.<\/p>\n

Kindergarten students<\/strong> at West Hartford\u2019s Eric G. Norfeldt School created their own masterful versions of famous paintings by artists such as DaVinci, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Warhol, O\u2019Keeffe and various others. As part of a five-week course, the students study the artists\u2019 lives and their works before painting their own masterpieces.<\/p>\n

The University of Connecticut Health Center\u2019s collection of fine arts 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 UCHC Art Advisory Committee. To view a selection of the Health Center\u2019s permanent collection visit:\u00a0http:\/\/auxiliary.uchc.edu\/art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Artwork<\/a>
Artwork by a kindergarten student at West Hartford's Eric G. Norfeldt School. (Photo provided by UConn Health Center Auxiliary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Artwork<\/a>
Artwork by a kindergarten student at West Hartford's Eric G. Norfeldt School. (Photo provided by UConn Health Center Auxiliary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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