Zufar Bikbov Demo Sunday, 10/5 at 1PM

Stone Walls by Zufar Bikbov

POP's own Zufar Bikbov will demo at 12:30 PM on Sunday in Norwalk. He told me he'd be painting stone walls! Looking forward to seeing his one-man show too. 

Location: ARTWorks Gallery on the Green 
St. Paul's on the Green
Chittim-Howell House
60 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT

POP Visits Flanders Nature Center Saturday 10/4

Final Season Event at Flanders Nature Center, Saturday, October 4th, 2014

Flanders offers many views perfect for painting.  

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) will host a free painting/sketching event in Woodbury at the Flanders Nature Center October 4^th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The nature center is located at 5 Church Hill Road.  Flanders offers preserved pastoral scenes with barns, colonial architecture, ponds and a variety of fields with hiking trails, and the home and former studio of noted artist Natalie Van Vleck – many painting opportunities for artists. The event is free and open to artists of all skill levels to come and sketch or paint for the day—no instruction provided. Young painters welcome with a parent.  Parking is adjacent to the center.  Participants should bring an easel and art supplies, water, bug spray, a sack lunch.  Group will break for lunch around noon.  Facilities available.  Rain cancels.

Directions to event: from I-84, Exit 15, travel North on Route 6, pass through Woodbury, then turn left on Flanders Road.  Center will be at the intersection of Flanders Road and Church Hill Road. 

Painters to Gather at Southford Falls 9-27 (note DATE CHANGE)

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters Event at Southford Falls, Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Photo by Robin Seabury, State of CT Photo Gallery

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) will host a free painting/sketching event in Southbury at Southford Falls Saturday, September 26^th 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, in cooperation with the Southbury Historical Society.  Southford Falls, located off Route 188, offers water views (lake, and waterfall spillway from old Diamond Match Factory) and painting opportunities for artists. The event is free and open to artists of all skill levels to come and sketch or paint for the day—no instruction provided. Young painters welcome with a parent.  Parking is adjacent to the park.  Participants should bring an easel and art supplies, water, bug spray, a sack lunch.  Group will break for lunch around noon.  Facilities available.  Non-artists may enjoy the moderate hiking terrain.  Rain cancels.

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and to help in the preservation of natural and historical spaces in Southbury and the surrounding area.  

Directions to event: from I-84, Exit 15, travel South on Route 6, turn right on Route 188.  Park will be on left hand side of 188. 

POP Painters Invitational Pine Meadow Gardens

POP and CCS Invitational Event Saturday 8/16 (Rain Date 8/17)

Garden, art, and music lovers are invited to experience special music, plein air art, and the beauty of Pine Meadow Gardens on Saturday, August 16th.  Twelve invited POP Painters will participate in the Connecticut Choral Society fundraiser to be held at the gardens, in conjunction with a chamber music concert, and gourmet seated dinner.   In the event of rain, the fundraiser will take place the following day, Sunday.  CLICK Photos for large versions

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Tickets required.

POP Paints by Lake Zoar in Southbury July 26th

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) will host a free painting/sketching event in Southbury on Lake Zoar on Saturday, July 26^th, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, in cooperation with the Southbury Historical Society.  Free and open to artists of all skill levels to come and sketch or paint for the day—no instruction provided. PARKING: IN FIELD adjacent to cul de sac.  PLEASE do not park in cul de sac.  Rain cancels.

Lake Zoar offers many water views and painting opportunities for artists. Directions: travel North on Route 172, turn left on West Flat Hill Road at South Britain Country Store, turn right on Purchase Brook Road and then left on West Purchase Road.  Finally, turn left on West Gilbert Road and follow to end.  Location is on Right..  Participants should bring an easel and art supplies, water, bug spray.  Group will break for lunch around noon.  

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and to help in the preservation of natural and historical spaces in Southbury and the surrounding area.  

For more information on this event or future events, please call or email:

Ellie Boyd, 203-264-2313, ellie@ellieboydstudio.com

POP Paint Topsmead State Forest in Litchfield CT Saturday July 12

Entrance to Topsmead State Forest in Litchfield on Buell Road

Saturday, July 12th, POP will venture to Litchfield and take in the grand vision of Miss Edith Morton Chase.

Please attempt to carpool if you can.  Parking may be limited.  Be prepared to WALK to your painting spot, which may be a ways away from the parking lot.  There is plenty of shade, and a zillion views to satisfy every painter:  meadows, mature trees, a genuine English "cottage" in the Cotswold style, beautifully maintained flower plantings/planters.  If you tire of painting, you are welcome to picnic and/or hike around the property.  Families welcome.  Restrooms available.  There is no fee.  Grounds open 8 a.m to sunset.  House will be open to the public for tours 12-4.  Group will break for lunch (bring your own) around noon.  You may want to bring a blanket or stool to sit on.  Definitely bring water, sunscreen and bug spray.  Ellie Boyd

Western facade of "Topsmead", summer home of Edith Morton Chase.

Link to Photo Album

Directions:

From Route 8: take Exit 42. Go west on Route 118 for 2.0 miles. Turn left onto Clark Road to the stop sign. Take a right at the stop sign then the first left onto Buell Road. The first right off Buell is the entrance to Topsmead.

From Litchfield Center: take Route 118 east for 1.5 miles. Take a right onto East Litchfield Road. Take the first right onto Buell Road. Topsmead will be the first road on the right.

Property History, from the DEEP Website:

"Topsmead State Forest is the former summer estate of Miss Chase, daughter of Henry Sabin Chase and Alice Morton Chase. Henry Sabin Chase was the first President of Chase Brass and Copper Company in Waterbury. Chase Brass was one of the leaders in the brass industry when Waterbury was the Brass Capital of the world.

In 1917, Miss Chase received from her father approximately 16 acres on Jefferson Hill in Litchfield. Here she built a rustic cabin, which was replaced with a more substantial summer home in 1923. She hired noted architect Richard Henry Dana, Jr. to help her design and build the English Tudor style house which was completed in 1925. The exterior woodwork is of cypress, the downspouts are lead, the walls of brick and stucco, and the roof is slate. The interior woodwork is oak, as is most of the flooring. The foyer, hallway and dining room floors are of polished terra cotta tile. Most of the interior walls are of the same type of stucco as is found on the exterior. Fine craftsmanship, an eye for detail and understated wealth are evident throughout the house, which is tastefully and simply furnished with 17th and 18th century English country antiques.

Miss Chase loved the outdoors and as much care was given to the landscaping as was given to the design and furnishings of her home. Surrounding her home are plantings of holly, lilac, and juniper. Apple trees line the drive and formal gardens on each end of the house compliment the English Tudor architecture.

Edith Chase shared her summer home with her life-long companions, Mary and Lucy Burrall. The ladies spent the winter months at the Burrall sisters' home on Church Street in Waterbury. Because it was their dream to create a pocket of serenity, the ladies' lifestyle at "Topsmead" was relaxed. Guests were entertained informally.

Miss Chase was a clever businesswoman. She built up her financial inheritance and subsequently her real estate holdings. One of her most significant acquisitions was the 1927 purchase of the Buell Farm which was renamed Topsmead Farm to reflect its location at the "top of the meadow". The farm produced food used on the estate. In addition to vegetable and flower gardens there were beef cattle, poultry, sheep, pigs, and at one time, draft horses.

Upon her death in 1972, Edith Chase left her beloved country estate to the people of Connecticut and to be known as Topsmead State Forest. In her will, Miss Chase requested that Topsmead State Forest "be kept in a state of natural beauty". To ensure that Topsmead would remain undisturbed, Miss Chase left an endowment to be used toward maintaining and operating the buildings and grounds as they were upon her death.

Nestled in the Litchfield Hills, Topsmead State Forest remains a precious piece of an era past." The DEEP has exceeded expectations in maintaining this property and enhancing passive recreation uses.

Paintout on Mansion House Road, Southbury, June 28, 2014

White Oak Schoolhouse, Southbury CT

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) will host a free painting/sketching event in Southbury on Mansion House Road on Saturday, June 28^th, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, in cooperation with the Southbury Historical Society.  Free and open to artists of all skill levels to come and sketch or paint for the day—no instruction provided.  Children welcome, accompanied by a parent.  Parking in field adjacent to 7 Mansion House Road.  Rain cancels.

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and to help in the preservation of natural and historical spaces in Southbury and the surrounding area.  

Mansion House Road, and adjacent Crook Horn Road offers many views and painting opportunities for artists featuring open fields, mature floodplain forest, beautiful old adjacent farmhouses and barns, an historic bed and breakfast, and even an old school house. Mansion House Road may be reached by turning left off of Route 6, just north of town.  Participants should bring an easel and art supplies.  No pets allowed.  Non-painting visitors also welcome to view artwork in progress.

Saturday, May 24th, 2014 Southbury Historical Society Paintout

RAIN DELAY--Saturday,
May 24th, 2014

Southbury Historical Society 

Paintout in South Britain

RAIN EXPECTED TO CLEAR BY 10 for a few painting hours. This season Pomperaug Outdoor Painters will paint at locations with ties to history.  For our next paintout, we'll explore the historical properties of South Britain, located about 2 miles north of I-84, off Exit 14, on Route 172.  Please join us, especially if you like history! Saturday, 5/24,  9-4, Park on the street in front of the Old Town Hall, on adjacent streets, or at the United Church of Christ South Britain up the street, on the right.  (Large paved parking lot.) Rain cancels.  Tarps appreciated.  Scenes of historical buildings, including residences, old library, old New England church, the Pomperaug River, an old factory.  Facilities available until 2 p.m.  Parking lot must be cleared by 4:30. Painters will have access to the Old Town Hall Museum from 12:00-1:00 for lunch break and to tour the collection on their own.  Open to all painters.  Painters supply own materials and equipment.  No instruction.  Children over 12 welcome with parent. POP and the Southbury Historical Society(SHS) will team up to offer painters additional painting spots as the season progresses. If you'd like to plan ahead, check the calendar.   Please forward this to all your painting buddies.

Strawberry Festival --Show Opportunity --UCC Southbury

Jennifer Holquin, organizer of the UCC Strawberry Festival, welcomes POP artists and other vendors to participate:

Hello!

It is that time of the year when we begin to seek vendors for our 38th annual Strawberry Festival at United Church of Christ, Southbury.  The event is set for Sunday, June 8th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. (yes, we listened and extended the hours!)

We attract approximately 500 people with our delicious strawberry desserts, grilled food, children’s activities, live music, bouncy-house and plenty of diverse vendors.  The UCC lawn is perfectly suited for this incredible outdoor event as it is very large, flat, partially shaded, and on Main Street in Southbury.

You will get an abundance of advertising in all the local papers leading up to June 8th, along with lawn signs and flyers posted in the area.  

The price is $45.00 for a 10' x 12' space, $65 for a 10' x 18' space.  Returning vendors get a free upgrade to 10' x 14'!! 

If you need to rent tables, they are $10 per 6' table.  Food permits are the responsibility of the vendor.  Electricity will not be available.

If you would like to join us on June 8th, please fill out the attached registration form to guarantee your space, and email it back to me.

We have made changes to make this year's event better than ever!  Be sure to tell your followers, friends, and families that there is no admission fee, so come by and enjoy this kick-off-to-summer party!

I hope to see you there!

Best Regards,

Jennifer Holguin

Co-Chair Strawberry Festival

203-232-0868

Link to Vendor Form 

Merry Month of May 2014 Events

POP 2014 Let's get HISTORICAL! 
This season Pomperaug Outdoor Painters will paint at locations with ties to history within the river watershed. Several unique spots are going to be open to POP. 





Here are our first two paintout days:
Friday, 5/2, 9-4,Pomperaug River, Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury (Registration required) Scenes of the Pomperaug River, a dam area with a spillway and old mill, spectacular multi-colored rock wall with river running below, and a number of interesting historic buildings in the neighborhood. (Please send me an email to register for this location--ellie@ellieboydstudio.com.) Parking will be scarce--please plan to buddy up.

Saturday, 5/3, 9-4, Mill House Antiques,1068 Main St North, Woodbury, CT 06798. This again is a very old, very beautiful site of a former mill gracing the edge of the Pomperaug River. Our host, William Hildreth, invites you to paint the lovely old buildings, the formal gardens, or the peaceful river as it winds its way on to Woodbury. 3.2 miles North of Woodbury on Route 6. Please plan to drop your gear at the main entrance and then move your car to a lot across the street. Bathrooms on site. If you complete a study at either of these sites, you will be eligible to enter it in a juried benefit event sponsored by the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition to be held Saturday evening, 6/7. (See event info below.) Click for artist prospectus

POP and the Southbury Historical Society (SHS) will team up to offer painters additional painting spots as the season progresses.
Here's a sampler: South Britain (Old Town Hall, South Britain Country Store, UCC South Britain, Old LIbrary) Southford Falls Park O & G Quarry Mansion House Road Bullet Hill School A season schedule is being developed. A show has been proposed for Spring of 2015. Thanks to all who made 2013 a great season.  Here's to 2014 and sunshine! Please forward this to all your painting buddies.
Ellie Boyd 


Here's the PRWC Event info:

"SCENE by the river" Mill House Antiques & Gardens in Woodbury, Saturday June 7, 2014, 4:30 – 7:30 pm, Rain Date: June 8, 2014 Join invited artists Ellie, Zufar Bikbov, Robert Noreika, Diane Debreuil for a delightful evening of music, exquisite food, in a stellar setting by the Pomperaug River, to help the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition further its mission of environmental stewardship.  Faith Middleton, host and executive producer of the popular, long-running Faith Middleton Show on WNPR, is honorary co-chair for the event.   The event features live and silent auctions.   For more info or to purchase tickets ($75) click button.

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