Westville Gallery Launches Indiegogo Campaign
Westville’s Kehler Liddell Gallery (KLG) is dedicated to
celebrating the arts. Its member artists believe in the power of the arts to
challenge and illuminate our understanding of the world and to connect us with
one another across great divides. For more than a decade, KLG has presented
high-quality monthly art exhibitions by local artists and hosted a wide breadth
of public programming often charged by the excitement of cross-disciplinary
collaborations.
This year, KLG plans to expand the programming side of
the Gallery by developing a robust schedule of community arts programs and
events for children, young people, adults and families in the greater New Haven
region. Artists will lead monthly story-time events, portfolio review days,
family movie nights, artist talks, workshops, demonstrations and more. An
apprenticeship program will be established for students seeking to gain
experience in a retail gallery. Additionally, KLG plans to offer new
opportunities for more artists to share in this unparalleled space for creative
expression. In the past few months, KLG has presented several of these programs
to the community, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive.
To support the first year of programming, KLG is
launching an Indiegogo campaign on February 11, 2017 that features an
online sale of artwork and a number of curated events at the Gallery. The
ArtEcon Initiative, a new neighborhood-based non-profit, will act as fiscal
sponsor. Please visit www.kehlerliddellgallery.com/programs for
further details on this exciting community initiative, and don't miss these
upcoming events:
Saturday,
February 11
IT’S A
GO-GO! Daytime Dance Party
Indiegogo
Launch, Second Saturday @ KLG, 2-5pm
Sunday, February 12
INAUGURATION
NATION
Community
Exhibit of Original Art with Political and Social Messages
Final
Day, 10am – 4pm
Sunday, February
12
LET'S
PLAY! STORIES AND SONGS
Monthly
Story-Time for All Ages, Every Third Sunday of the Month
Sunday,
February 26
LET'S
PLAY! STORIES AND SONGS with Muffy Pendergast
Monthly
Story-Time for All Ages, Every Third Sunday of the Month
Located in the heart of New Haven’s Westville village,
Kehler Liddell Gallery is a cooperative gallery owned and operated by member
artists. Its mission is to represent, present, promote, and sell work of local
contemporary artists. As champions of free speech, the Gallery does not censor
its artists’ work or written statements. It is dedicated to representing
critical perspectives that challenge and illuminate our culture and enrich our
aesthetic experience.
Founded by eight artists in 2003, KLG is New Haven’s longest
running retail gallery. Historically though, KLG has always been more than just
a store. An outgrowth of the Westville-based arts renaissance, KLG has anchored
such beloved local arts events as the Westville Artwalk, the Halloween Parade
and the Holiday Open House. Additionally, KLG has hosted a number of
cross-disciplinary events including projects with musicians, theatre troupes,
filmmakers, and authors, all of which are free and open to all.
As fiscal sponsor, ArtEcon Initiative will be assisting
with this programming initiative. Since 2004, ArtLoftsWest (ArLoW), Westville's
affordable artist housing development, has been working to catalyze an arts
revitalization in this distinct New Haven neighborhood. The ArtEcon Initiative
seeks to expand ArLoW’s mission with the creation of additional opportunities
for bringing arts and creative culture to the community.
We hope you will join Kehler Liddell Gallery as it
embarks on an enlivened mission to broaden its audience, strengthen its impact
and create high quality arts programming and events for the greater New Haven
region. If you are unable to donate, but still support this vision, please
contact KLG: kehlerliddell@gmail.com,
203-389-9555. There are many opportunities to get involved!
Images courtesy of Kehler Liddell Gallery: Gallery Opening Panorama and Let's
Play Stories and Songs in the Gallery.
