Fifteen internationally
acclaimed local artists will show selections from their works in “Thinking
Visually: The Art of Connecticut Illustrators,” an exhibition celebrating the
rich diversity of illustration as an art form that will run through Sunday, Dec. 3, in the Visual and Performing Arts
Center Art Gallery at Western Connecticut State University.
The exhibition is open to the public during gallery hours from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 1 to
4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The exhibition will provide a sweeping presentation of works
encompassing a broad spectrum from popular children’s book illustrations,
magazine covers, cardboard constructions and stamp designs for the U.S. Postal
Service to evocative graphic images for cartoons, albums, advertising, video
games, films and television series. Each of the participating illustrators
resides in Connecticut and has attained critical recognition nationally and
abroad through unique contributions to the art of illustration.
Artists who will be featured in the show include
Guy Billout,
Leslie Cober-Gentry, Robert Crawford, Bruce Degen,
Randy Enos, Robert Giusti,
James Grashow, Gerard Huerta, Roger Huyssen, Christine Kornacki, Ross
MacDonald, Wendell Minor,
Jon Sideriadis, Bill Thomson and David Wenzel.
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