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The Kent Art Association was founded in 1923 by nine well
established artists who knew each other when they lived in New York before
moving to Kent: Rex Brasher, Elliot Clark, Floyd Clymer, Williard Dryden
Paddock, F. Luis Mora, George Laurence Nelson, Spencer Nichols, Robert Nisbet
and Frederick Waugh. Six of these artists were National Academicians.
When the Kent Art Association was first founded, these nine
artists held an annual show in which only their work was exhibited. Later, more
artists were accepted into the Association and others were invited to be
associates. Today the Kent Art Association invites emerging and
established artists to display their artwork to a wide audience in their gallery’s
several times a year.
Inside this well lite and spacious gallery, located on Rte. 7
(Main Street) in Kent about 100 yards south of the intersection of Rte. 7 and
Rte. 341, you will find two stories of exhibition rooms. In addition to the works exhibited on the
walls, all of which are for sale, there is a Portfolio Gallery offering
unframed work by members of the Association.
To kick off spring in the beautiful Litchfield Hills, the Kent Art Association is holding its first juried show of the season that runs Sunday, April 21 through Monday, May 27. The Gallery is open April- May 17, Friday – Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and May 21 – Oct. 18, Thursday – Sunday from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Visitors
will also enjoy the work of Juror Rick Daskam, chairman for Oils at the Hudson
Valley Art Association and a a graduate of Paier College of Art in Connecticut where
he studied with Rudolf Zallinger and Ken Davies. Daskam was honored with the “Most Outstanding
Illustrator Award in addition to the Dumond Award from the Hudson Valley Art
Association, Collectors Award from the Butler Art Institute, and the Larry
Newquist Award for Excellence at SCAN.
The Judges
for this exhibition are Marc Chabot, Diane Dubreuil, and Rick Daskam and $1000
in prizes will be awarded. All
work must be original and for sale. A copy of the prospectus can be found
at www.kentart.org.
For more information call the Gallery at 860.927.3989.
For area information visit
www.litchfieldhills.com.
