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“RAILS TO WHALES” ART EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM ON THE GREEN
Date and Time
Sunday Apr 23, 2017 Thursday May 4, 2017
The “Rails to Whales” exhibit will be featured at the Museum on the Green for six days over the course of two weeks beginning Monday, April 24th and ending Thursday, May 4th. Museum hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. There will be an inaugural celebratory reception on Sunday, April 23rd from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Location
Historical Society of Glastonbury Museum on the Green 1944 Main Street Glastonbury, CT 06033
Fees/Admission
Both the reception and exhibit are free and open to the public.
Website
Contact Information
James Bennett, Executive Director 860.633.6890
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Yearly Local Artist Exhibit Every spring, the Historical Society of Glastonbury’s Museum on the Green displays the work of a prominent local artist. Recent featured artists include Christopher Gurshin, Lynn A. Damon, Josie Campbell Dellenbaugh, Harry White, Dave Magee, Glastonbury Art Guild Nutmeg Pastelists, Duffy Schade and April Quast. The Historical Society is proud to announce that this year’s featured artists are Don Sineti and Ken Roberts in a two-person exhibit entitled “Rails to Whales”. Train enthusiasts and whale lovers both are encouraged to stop by to see this unique combination. The “Rails to Whales” exhibit will be featured at the Museum on the Green for six days over the course of two weeks beginning Monday, April 24th and ending Thursday, May 4th. Museum hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. There will be an inaugural celebratory reception on Sunday, April 23rd from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Both the reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. Don Sineti will be exhibiting and selling the renditions he uses to produce his scrimshaw art. Don is a long-time advocate for whales, belonging to the Cetacean Society International a Connecticut-based, all-volunteer, non-profit conservation, education and research organization working on behalf of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and their marine environment. The late Ken Roberts, formerly of Glastonbury, was a photographer whose family gave the Cetacean Society hundreds of his photos of steam trains to sell as a way of raising money for the Cetacean Society. This show not only benefits HSG’s education programs and preservation projects, but also the work of the Cetacean Society. About the artists Ken Roberts was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1925. After graduating from Syracuse University, he entered the world of black-and-white darkroom photography. Influenced by American masters such as Ansel Adams, Ken began traveling in the Southwest and Europe in the 1960s in pursuit of subjects for his evocative still life and landscape photography. Eventually Ken expanded his artistic focus to include self-printed color digital photography. His studio and darkroom were in Glastonbury and his award-winning work has been exhibited in galleries across southern New England. It can also be found in many private collections. Roberts passed away in September 2015. Don Sineti, folksinger, songwriter, and shanteyman at historic Mystic Seaport Museum, is also an award-winning marine mammal illustrator with a number of prestigious exhibitions and books to his credit. For over forty years, Don has combined his extensive knowledge of cetaceans with his boundless energy in delivering rousing renditions of songs from the days of wooden ships and iron men with his own compositions, all dedicated to saving whales and preserving their threatened environment. Blessed with a booming voice and a hearty laugh, he shares his music and his unrestrained love for the whale with audiences of all ages.
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