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Waking the Dead with sculptor and author Lisa Bailey. Find out about the Art and Science of Forensic Sculpting! Burt Chernow Galleries on Friday, May 6 @ 9:30am!! Space is LIMITED!

Waking the Dead with Forensic Sculptor Lisa Bailey on Friday, May 6 @ 9:30am in the Burt Chernow Galleries. Space is Limited.

Housatonic Museum of Art’s new exhibitions focus attention

on World Hunger and Habitat Destruction

Bridgeport, CT—The Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) is pleased to announce the opening of two new installation pieces by New York artists Mary Giehl and Kim Waale. With both artists using maps to orient the viewers, the installations are intended to raise awareness about our relationship to the environment and, in the case of Giehl’s work, its/our ability to sustain life and to support the almost 1 billion people now facing issues of hunger, water shortages and habitat destruction. Both exhibits will be on view from February 12 through March 18, 2016. The HMA will host an opening reception for the artists on Thursday, February 11 from 6pm until 7:30 pm. with an informal gallery talk by the artists from 5:30 until 6:00 pm. This event is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.

On March 18, the last day of the show, from Noon until 5:30pm the public is invited to bring a canned food item to be donated to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission and in return will receive one of the bowls from the Rice Is Life installation to keep.

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Housatonic Museum of Art’s new exhibitions focus attention

on World Hunger and Habitat Destruction

Bridgeport, CT—The Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) is pleased to announce the opening of two new installation pieces by New York artists Mary Giehl and Kim Waale. With both artists using maps to orient the viewers, the installations are intended to raise awareness about our relationship to the environment and, in the case of Giehl’s work, its/our ability to sustain life and to support the almost 1 billion people now facing issues of hunger, water shortages and habitat destruction. Both exhibits will be on view from February 12 through March 18, 2016. The HMA will host an opening reception for the artists on Thursday, February 11 from 6pm until 7:30 pm. with an informal gallery talk by the artists from 5:30 until 6:00 pm. This event is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.

On March 18, the last day of the show, from Noon until 5:30pm the public is invited to bring a canned food item to be donated to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission and in return will receive one of the bowls from the Rice Is Life installation to keep.

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THE HMA invites you to HAVE a BALL this Holiday Season!!!!

Remains on view through December 17th

Babette Bloch will offer a FREE talk about her artistic process on Monday, November 16, 2015 in the HCC Event Center at 5PM! All are welcome.

The POEMobile is presented by City Lore and Bowery Arts + Science and is sponsored by Housatonic Museum of Art at Housatonic Community College and supported in part by the Downtown Special Services District, City Lights Gallery, the National Endowment for the Arts, and by the City of Bridgeport Mayor's Office and the Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council.

As part of the POEMobile’s event, the instrumental Impulse Ensemble will perform an introductory 30 minute set beginning at 7:30 and then accompany the poets’ performances. Impulse Ensemble describe their sound as a free-flow fusion of World Music, Jazz and Spoken Word. It’s easy to pick out the Middle Eastern, African and Jazz elements in their sound, but their music goes far beyond any particular influence and right into a world of their own creation. The group is composed of Tony Vacca on balafon, gongs, percussion and spoken word, Jim Matus on electric laoutar and vocals and Derrik Jordan on electric violin, percussion, and vocals.

On Saturday, July 11

at 8:30pm, the POEMobile, a beautifully hand-painted truck covered in multilingual poetry that houses an innovative, open-air text projection system, will visit Bridgeport’s Arts Fest for the 3

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year in a row. This popular event, led by poetry ambassador Shanna T. Melton, features Bridgeport’s best and brightest poets performing along with their verses writ large on the façade of the McLevy Building at State and Broad Streets.

Artists included in this exhibit: Jason Buening (New Haven), Susan Classen-Sullivan (Canterbury), Jaclyn Conley (Brooklyn), William DeLottie (Pomfret), Kevin Harty (West Haven), Will Holub (Mystic), Brian Huff (New Haven), Nathan Lewis (Seymour), Phil Lique (New Haven), Nomi Lubin (New Haven), Willard Lustenader (New Haven), Margaret Roleke (Redding), Joseph Saccio (New Haven), Kyle Staver (Brooklyn, NY) and Mark Williams (New Haven).

For further information contact Robbin Zella, Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art at [email protected] or (203) 332-5052. Visit the HMA website: www.HousatonicMuseum.org.

Housatonic Museum of Art presents Remythologies: New Inventions of Old Stories curated by Stephen Vincent Kobasa. This exhibit will be on view in the Burt Chernow Galleries, 900 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT., from June 11 through July 24, 2015 with a reception on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. The Burt Chernow Galleries are free and open to the public. Visit the website, www.HousatonicMuseum.org for gallery hours.

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Lisa Lampanelli @HMA

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Queen-of-Mean-Lampanelli-to-do-HMA-benefit-6255969.php

Lisa Lamapnelli/Comedy Benefit for the HMA

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Contact: Robbin Zella (203)-332-5052

Lisa Lampanelli Comedy Show

Benefit for the Housatonic Museum of Art

Housatonic Museum of Art will host a benefit stand-up comedy show starring the Lovable Queen of Mean, Lisa Lampanelli, on Saturday, May 16, at 8 p.m. in the Events Center in Beacon Hall. The show will follow a VIP champagne reception and special exhibition of artwork by Leonard Lampugnale, Lisa’s father and an alumnus of Housatonic Community College, in the Burt Chernow Galleries at 6 p.m.

The VIP reception in honor of Leonard Lampugnale will include a meet-and-greet and exclusive one-on-one photographs with the comedian. This special evening will benefit the Museum’s general operating fund, educational programs and the care, study and exhibition of the collection.

Lisa Lampanelli, known best from her appearances on the Comedy Central and ESPN roasts, Howard Stern’s Sirius Satellite radio shows, and the “Celebrity Apprentice, Season 5” has also appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Show with David Letterman,” NBC’s “Today” show, “Chelsea Lately,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “The Dr. Oz Show,” and “Good Morning America.”

In 2009, Lisa entered the ranks of comic greats when she premiered her first ever one-hour HBO comedy special, “Long Live the Queen,” to tremendous ratings. That same year, her autobiography, “Chocolate Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat and Freaks,” hit the bookstores to critical acclaim.

Lifelong learning and access to education is the core mission of Housatonic Community College, and the Housatonic Museum of Art is an essential part of that mission, providing students, faculty members, administrators and visitors with an opportunity to experience art as an integral part of the learning environment. Leonard Lampugnale, after a twenty-five year career with Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, enrolled in the studio art program at HCC to pursue his passion for painting and drawing. He attended classes at the school between 1986 and 1996 and demonstrated a commitment to lifelong learning, therefore an Honorary Alumnus Award will be given to Lisa Lampanelli on behalf of her father. This exhibition will be on view in the Burt Chernow Galleries in Lafayette Hall, through May 31, 2015.

Tickets for the benefit range from $65 to $150, and can be purchased by visiting www.Housatonicmuseum.org. The ticket levels are as follows:

· $150.00 ticket level includes one ticket for the Lisa Lampanelli Comedy Benefit show for Housatonic Museum of Art and includes access to the special VIP reception, exhibition and a photograph with Lisa Lampanelli.

· $65.00 ticket level includes one ticket to the Lisa Lampanelli Comedy Benefit show in the Events Center.

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