Cultural Alliance of Western CT Closes out 10th Anniversary Year with Final Accessible Art Exhibts Beginning December 5

In a presidential election year, or any year for that matter, "Art speaks out with fundamental significance," a tenet which Lisa Scails, Executive Director of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, believes and supports - and Danbury's rich community of artists, businesses, neighbors, enthusiasts of design, color and form, and those who seek expression shares. "Art speaks to, and with, and joins diverse audiences," she says. "The Accessible Art program provides a unique community-building platform for which the Cultural Alliance elected to take the lead."

 The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, celebrating its 10th anniversary season, will close out its 2016 Accessible Art series of exhibitions, a year-long, multi-site program joining Business with Art, with shows opening Monday, December 5th. Made possible, in part, by the Fairfield County's Community Foundation, the exhibitions will feature the works of Alex J. Andrade (Danbury), Vickie Foy (Newtown), and Neil Zobler (New Fairfield).

The exhibitions will be on view through February 3rd, 2017. Hours at the venues vary, so call ahead. For more information about Accessible Art, call (203) 798 0760 or visit www.artswesternct.org (All exhibitions are subject to change.)

 Alex J. Andrade Hodge Insurance Agency, 283 Main Street, Danbury, (203) 792-2323

 Alex has always been a tinkerer. He's been taking things apart for as long as he can remember, dissecting, and began drawing at an early age.  As a student in Syracuse University's art media studies, Alex was introduced to pioneering video art, and nowadays, he shifts between video art, painting, and drawing on paper, canvas, and paper napkins. His compendiums of ballpoint pen have been showcased from the Morrison Gallery in Kent, CT to the Art Basel festival in Miami, FL.  Art leads Alex to community, to connection, to collaboration, and to show others that struggle equals character. He is currently focusing his efforts on working with learning disabled youth combining the arts and community-building.

 Vickie Foy CityCenter Danbury, 268 Main Street, (203) 792-1711

 Vickie began working with ceramics in 1998, dappling in many kinds of art-and-craft media before falling in love with pottery. She recently expanded her work with experimentation in glazing techniques and new styles. Biologist by trade, crafter by heart, Vickie has worked with a number of mediums including stained glass, wood and cloth over the years, but her all-time favorite medium is clay. After raising a family and sending them off to college, Vickie started at Village Center for the Arts in New Milford, taking pottery classes, where she now is an instructor, specializing in combining work on the wheel with hand-building.

 Neil Zobler Danbury Public Library, 170 Main Street, (203) 797-4505

 The World is My Back Yard: A resident of New Fairfield and Manhattan,  Neil  grew up in a multicultural home, speaks several languages, and as a result, loves to travel, enamored with the subtleties and differences in the many cultures around the world and capturing them during his trips, which he refers to as "adventures." In this show, images from some of his favorite places include Cuba, Iceland, New Fairfield, and Manhattan. He is a member of the Connecticut Association of Photographers and has received numerous honorable mentions from the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) and Photographic Society of America (PSA).

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