Theme Challenge: Dreams
Join us at the January Monthly meeting of Arts Alliance of Stratford. Meet and network with other local creative people.
The December/January challenge is Dreams.
Dreams are your goals, aspirations and fears. When you dream, implausible and impossible things can happen. People and places from your current and past life mingle in your dream reality. This gives you plenty to work with for this art challenge.
You can use the etherial photo of night fog in the forest as a starting point to make it your own (download your own copy from pixabay.com), or follow your own inspiration and create something new and unexpected.
Grab your paints, pencils, writing pad or other creative implements and make something inspired based on Dreams Use the theme to create something unique. Follow your imagination where it takes you.
The challenge is open to visual art, writing, poetry, music or performance.
Each month the challenge theme is announced at the end of the monthly meeting. The finished challenge work will be presented at the following meeting.
Share some of your artwork
- Ask for advice if you are stalled on a piece and don’t know how to proceed
- Have you attended an online figure group (doesn’t have to be ours)? show us some of your figure work.
- Have you written something you would like to share?
- Have some recent work? let us see it.
Guests are welcome to share work for a total of 2 meetings. If you would like to continue to participate, please consider becoming a member. Members enjoy discounts and other benefits for workshops, shows and other Alliance events
Free to attend but you must register for the meeting below.
The Zoom link and password will be emailed to you
The above drawing is a generic representation of a figure model for this calendar listing. Visit our registration page to see which model has been booked.
This will be a digital session. Register here.
Sessions will meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month
Time:
5:45 – 9:00 PM, Eastern Time
2:45 – 6:00 PM, Pacific Time
If you live between the 2 North America coasts or outside of the USA, be sure to adjust for your time difference.
Cost*:
Members: $8.00
Non-members: $13.00
The first 20-minute block begin with the model taking 1- to 2-minute poses to get everyone warmed up. After the first break, we will move to 5- & 10-minute poses the remainder of the session will be 20-minute poses. Artists may suggest poses to the model to ensure variety.
Attendees must be 18 years of age or older.
Read our refund policy on our Zoom Figure Drawing Terms & Conditions page
Register here: https://artsallianceofstratford.org/figure-drawing-zoom
For specific information on who will be posing, visit the registration page
This will be a digital session. Register here.
Sessions will meet the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month
Time:
5:45 – 9:00 PM, Eastern Time
2:45 – 6:00 PM, Pacific Time
If you live between the 2 coasts, be sure to adjust for your time zone.
Cost*:
Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $8.00
Non-members: $13.00
*We are a membership-based organization. Members enjoy discounts to figure drawing, Long Pose Figure Study and other activities. These discounts also include submission fees for shows and online and in-person workshops. An “Artist” membership is $35.00 annually. Visit our membership application to join.
Please note: registrations from non members who use the member discount will be treated as incomplete until the $5.00 balance is paid, or a membership is purchased.
Join us for an extended pose with a professional model. Artists can focus more deeply on the finer details of the figure and explore light and shadow.
The first 20-minute block begin with the model taking 2- to 5-minute poses to get everyone warmed up. The remainder of the session will be a single pose. The moderator will set the pose, but suggestions from the artists are welcome.
When you register and pay on the registration form, you will be sent an email with the meeting link. If you don’t get the email, check your SPAM folder.
Attendees must be 18 years of age or older.
Read our refund policy on our Zoom Figure Drawing Terms & Conditions page.
Visit the registration page here
Directions to Sterling House Community Center
The show runs from Monday, January 16 to Friday, February 10
The Alliance invited artists to share their interpretation of the theme “Strength in Colors: Our Differences Make Us Stronger.”
For this show, we encouraged artists to show us what unites us, rather than what divides us.
Light refreshments served.
The above drawing is a generic representation of a figure model for this calendar listing. Visit our registration page to see which model has been booked.
This will be a digital session. Register here.
Sessions will meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month
Time:
5:45 – 9:00 PM, Eastern Time
2:45 – 6:00 PM, Pacific Time
If you live between the 2 North America coasts or outside of the USA, be sure to adjust for your time difference.
Cost*:
Members: $8.00
Non-members: $13.00
The first 20-minute block begin with the model taking 1- to 2-minute poses to get everyone warmed up. After the first break, we will move to 5- & 10-minute poses the remainder of the session will be 20-minute poses. Artists may suggest poses to the model to ensure variety.
Attendees must be 18 years of age or older.
Read our refund policy on our Zoom Figure Drawing Terms & Conditions page
Register here: https://artsallianceofstratford.org/figure-drawing-zoom
For specific information on who will be posing, visit the registration page
This will be a digital session. Register here.
Sessions will meet the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month
Time:
5:45 – 9:00 PM, Eastern Time
2:45 – 6:00 PM, Pacific Time
If you live between the 2 coasts, be sure to adjust for your time zone.
Cost*:
Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $8.00
Non-members: $13.00
*We are a membership-based organization. Members enjoy discounts to figure drawing, Long Pose Figure Study and other activities. These discounts also include submission fees for shows and online and in-person workshops. An “Artist” membership is $35.00 annually. Visit our membership application to join.
Please note: registrations from non members who use the member discount will be treated as incomplete until the $5.00 balance is paid, or a membership is purchased.
Join us for an extended pose with a professional model. Artists can focus more deeply on the finer details of the figure and explore light and shadow.
The first 20-minute block begin with the model taking 2- to 5-minute poses to get everyone warmed up. The remainder of the session will be a single pose. The moderator will set the pose, but suggestions from the artists are welcome.
When you register and pay on the registration form, you will be sent an email with the meeting link. If you don’t get the email, check your SPAM folder.
Attendees must be 18 years of age or older.
Read our refund policy on our Zoom Figure Drawing Terms & Conditions page.
Visit the registration page here
The above drawing is a generic representation of a figure model for this calendar listing. Visit our registration page to see which model has been booked.
This will be a digital session. Register here.
Sessions will meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month
Time:
5:45 – 9:00 PM, Eastern Time
2:45 – 6:00 PM, Pacific Time
If you live between the 2 North America coasts or outside of the USA, be sure to adjust for your time difference.
Cost*:
Members: $8.00
Non-members: $13.00
The first 20-minute block begin with the model taking 1- to 2-minute poses to get everyone warmed up. After the first break, we will move to 5- & 10-minute poses the remainder of the session will be 20-minute poses. Artists may suggest poses to the model to ensure variety.
Attendees must be 18 years of age or older.
Read our refund policy on our Zoom Figure Drawing Terms & Conditions page
Register here: https://artsallianceofstratford.org/figure-drawing-zoom
Calling all writers!
Please join us for the monthly Writers’ Group meeting online!
New dates and times: Meets the first Tuesday of each month 11:45 AM-12:45 PM.
Alliance member, Brian Hogan is heading up this event. Brian Hogan is a Public Speaker as well as a Creativity and Clarity Life Coach specializing in helping artists and creatives from all walks of life find clarity and move past blocks as they discover and honor their own artistic processes. Brian also speaks on alignment, the nature of existence, and how to find the messages and order within the seeming chaos of our fast-paced everyday reality. He used to operate a compassionate care cannabis delivery service in West Hollywood CA for seven years before returning to Connecticut to pursue his MFA in storytelling which he earned in 2019 at Sacred Heart University. In addition to his monthly creative writing workshops with the Stratford Arts Alliance Brian currently serves as an Artist-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at Sacred Heart University’s Graduate Film & Television Program where he teaches Screenwriting. He is also pursuing a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He has released multiple award-winning short films and a TV pilot. He is currently working on a web series that he wrote, directed, and will star in, arriving in 2024. You can find out more about Brian at his website www.LifeStoryHacking.com.
Join us the first Tuesday of the month at 11:45 AM (ZOOM ONLINE ONLY)! Registration for Zoom attendance may continue right up until the meeting time.
$10 suggested donation in the registration form below.
Pre-registration is required.
The zoom link remains the same month to month, so after you have attended once, join us again.
Theme Challenge: Snow
Join us at the February Monthly meeting of Arts Alliance of Stratford. Meet and network with other local creative people.
The January/February challenge is Snow.
For those of us living in the northeast of the USA, snow is an inevitable part of Winter. Snow can be a nuisance when you have to clear it from your driveways and walkways or a gift for students when it means a snow day. When it first falls, snow makes everything look new. You can roll the snow into the body parts of a snowman and on a sled with good runners, you can go down a hill at a good clip. We have to live with snow this time of year, so we might as well let it inspire our creativity.
You can use the photo of the snow-covered lake and dock as a starting point to make it your own (download your own copy from pixabay.com), or follow your own inspiration and create something new and unexpected.
Grab your paints, pencils, writing pad or other creative implements and make something inspired based on Snow. Use the theme to create something unique. Follow your imagination where it takes you.
The challenge is open to visual art, writing, poetry, music or performance.
Each month the challenge theme is announced at the end of the monthly meeting. The finished challenge work will be presented at the following meeting.
Share some of your artwork
- Ask for advice if you are stalled on a piece and don’t know how to proceed
- Have you attended an online figure group (doesn’t have to be ours)? show us some of your figure work.
- Have you written something you would like to share?
- Have some recent work? let us see it.
Guests are welcome to share work for a total of 2 meetings. If you would like to continue to participate, please consider becoming a member. Members enjoy discounts and other benefits for workshops, shows and other Alliance events
Free to attend but you must register for the meeting below.
The Zoom link and password will be emailed to you
For specific information on who will be posing, visit the registration page
This will be a digital session. Register here.
Sessions will meet the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month
Time:
5:45 – 9:00 PM, Eastern Time
2:45 – 6:00 PM, Pacific Time
If you live between the 2 coasts, be sure to adjust for your time zone.
Cost*:
Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $8.00
Non-members: $13.00
*We are a membership-based organization. Members enjoy discounts to figure drawing, Long Pose Figure Study and other activities. These discounts also include submission fees for shows and online and in-person workshops. An “Artist” membership is $35.00 annually. Visit our membership application to join.
Please note: registrations from non members who use the member discount will be treated as incomplete until the $5.00 balance is paid, or a membership is purchased.
Join us for an extended pose with a professional model. Artists can focus more deeply on the finer details of the figure and explore light and shadow.
The first 20-minute block begin with the model taking 2- to 5-minute poses to get everyone warmed up. The remainder of the session will be a single pose. The moderator will set the pose, but suggestions from the artists are welcome.
When you register and pay on the registration form, you will be sent an email with the meeting link. If you don’t get the email, check your SPAM folder.
Attendees must be 18 years of age or older.
Read our refund policy on our Zoom Figure Drawing Terms & Conditions page.
