You are cordially invited to the Opening Reception of an exhibition of my work on Tuesday, November 6, 5 pm to 7 pm.

On view:
October 30 - December 22, 2018

New Haven Lawn Club
193 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, Connecticut 06511

Free and open to the public seven days a week, 9 am - 5 pm.

This event is made possible in part by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Office of the Arts and the New Haven Lawn Club.

I have the great honor to announce that I have been recognized by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Office of the Arts with the Artist Fellowship Excellence Award in the discipines of Visual Arts, Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, and Works on Paper.

The Artist Fellowship Program recognizes the artistic excellence of individual Connecticut artists in a variety of disciplines and allows these artists the opportunity to pursue new works of art and to achieve specific creative and career goals. The program is highly competitive: over 235 applicants were received for the 2018 round with applications reviewed by 48 professional panelists representing a wide array of artistic disciplines.

You are cordially invited to the Opening Reception of an exhibit of my work sponsored by the Friends of the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library on Sunday, February 4, 4pm to 6pm.

On view:
February 4 to 27, 2018

Keyes Gallery
Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library
146 Thimble Islands Road
Stony Creek, Branford, CT 06405

Come by and say hello! I will be participating in the City-Wide Open Studios this weekend. My studio will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, 12 PM to 6 PM at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT 06510

City Wide Open Studios New Haven

Private Studios Weekend - October 21-22

I will be participating in the City-Wide Open Studios. I will be displaying my new cut-paper work alongside 300+ artists at Artspace New Haven. I hope to see you there!

Friday, Oct 6, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Artspace, 50 Orange Street, New Haven, CT

I am thrilled! I have been selected to be one of the Artist-in-Residence for the Ely Center of Contemporary Art residency program. The residency will run from October 17 - November 17.

I will be leading a cut paper collage workshop for all ages. Participants will create art inspired by the Connecticut woodlands. The workshop is free, but registration is required.

Wednesday, August 30th at 6:30 p.m., Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Island Road, Stony Creek, CT 06405

This event is sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven as part as their Community Engagement Projects.

I will be leading a hands-on workshop for children ages 8+ on the process of making self-portraits with cut paper collage. Parents are welcome & materials provided. The workshop is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Thursday, July 27 at 6:30 p.m., Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Island Road, Stony Creek, CT 06405

This event is sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven as part as their Community Engagement Projects.

RISD|CE Celebrated the 2017 Certificate Program Graduates. I had the great honor to be the Certificate Graduate speaker at their Commencement. Thank you for having me!

My cut paper illustration "The Embrace" was selected to be part of the Madison Art Society 42nd Annual Exhibition and Sale.

May 1- 26, 2017

Scranton Memorial Library

801 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT

I am honored to have been selected to exhibit my artwork at the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library in Stony Creek during the month of February. More information to come.

February 4 - 27, 2018

Keyes Gallery, Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library

146 Thimble Island Road, Stony Creek, CT 06405

I had the pleasure to be once again a guest at Hamden Hall Country Day School and offer a collage workshop for their Third Grade students. With the collaboration of this amazing group of 16 talented young artists, we created a billboard for their upcoming art show!

You are invited to the DaSilva Gallery open house on Saturday, December 10th from 12-8pm. My three-dimensional cut paper collage work will be featured then and during the month of December.

Location: 897-899 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515

My work is in great company at the Creative Arts Workshop, next to hundreds of beautifully handcrafted objects from New England artists and beyond. Come visit!

November 26 - December 24, Thusday - Sunday 10-6pm

Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT

Come visit the The Arts Council of Greater New Haven Annual Members Show.

On view from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, November 10 to December 30, 2016

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery , 70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor, New Haven, CT. The gallery is free and open to the public.

Come by and say hello! I will be participating in the City-Wide Open Studios this weekend. My studio will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, 12 PM to 6 PM at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT 06510

City Wide Open Studios New Haven

Private Studios Weekend - October 22-23

This year, I will be participating in the City-Wide Open Studios. Come find my new cut paper collage. I will be displaying my work alongside 300+ artists at Artspace New Haven. I hope to see you at the Opening Reception!

Friday, Oct 7, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Artspace, 50 Orange Street, New Haven, CT

I am participating in a two-part exhibition featuring randomly selected artist members of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, organized by Debbie Hesse.

Part 2, Shake: August 11—September 8, 2016

Closing Reception on Thursday, September 8, 5-7 p.m.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday The Arts Council of Greater New Haven 70 Audubon Street, 2nd Floor New Haven, CT 06510

Great CT Caper book launch

We celebrated the arrival of the hardcover edition of The Great Connecticut Caper at the Russell Library in Middletown today. After a lovey event, I came back with my own copy of The Great CT Caper. I am so honored to be the illustrator of Chapter IV!

Arts Council of Greater New Haven 12th Annual Member's Show

Come to see my barred owl at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven 12th Annual Member's Show. Opening reception: Friday, November 13, from 5 to 7 p.m.

On view: November 10 to December 23, 2015, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday through Friday

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery , 70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor, New Haven, CT

As the receipient of the R. Michelson Galleries Emerging Artist Award, I have the honor of being included in the 26th Annual Illustration Celebration with my illustration Good Morning.

On exhibit: November 8th, 2015 – January 15th, 2016

Opening reception: Sunday November 8th, 4pm-6pm

R. Michelson Galleries, 132 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060

My work is featured on the Sub It Club blog. Thank you Dana Carey for the interview. Go check it out!

My work is featured in the Illustrator Spotlight at the amazing website KidLit- 411. Thank you to Elaine Kiely Kearns and Sylvia Liu for inviting me to do this interview.

Written in 12 chapters by 12 authors, aided by 12 illustrators, The Great Connecticut Caper is a serialized mystery published on the Connecticut Humanities website that both educates and entertains readers. I am the illustrator of Chapter 4 and my ilustration was also selected for the poster art!

Follow the clues and read along at ctcaper.cthumanities.org

In honor of National Book Month in October, The Milford Arts Council and the Milford Public Library will feature a collaborative exhibit of Children’s Book Art. I will have the pleasure of participating in this show with so many talented illustrators and authors from the New England area.

Show Dates:  October 6-November 14, 2014
Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue South Milford, CT 06460

I was invited to join a blog tour of writers and authors describing their creative process.

Check it out on my blog!

One of my Plain Air paintings is on display at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven 11th Annual Members Show from July 10th through September 19th.

Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery
70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor, New Haven, Connecticut

Our exhibiton The Art of Picture Books: Creative Process in Visual Storytelling has been featured in the January/February 2014 issue of The Arts Paper.

Thank you to The Arts Paper Editor, David Brensilver, for the article!

Click here to view.

Eight award-winning children’s book artists from the New Haven area, in collaboration with the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, have curated an exhibition of their work, with an eye toward revealing the fascinating process of creating original work for young readers. The exhibition features the work of Doe Boyle, Frank W. Dormer, Deborah Freedman, Lynn Reiser, Sanna Stanley, Jennifer Thermes, and Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and myself.

On display at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven November 8 through January 31, 2014. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery
70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor, New Haven, Connecticut

Summer in Narragansett Bay, one of my plain-air oil paintings, is on display at the Carriage Barn Arts Center from September 15th through September 29th.

Home of the New Canaan Society for the Arts, The Carriage Barn is located in Waveny Park, 681 South Avenue (Route 124), New Canaan, Connecticut

One of my Plain Air paintings is on display at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Annual Members Show from July 19 through September 13. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery
70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor, New Haven, Connecticut

My illustration We are going to tell the King has been selected for the Danforth Museum of Art Annual Children's Illustration Juried Exhibition that showcases new and original artwork created by picture book illustrators. The selected works will be exhibited from June 9–September 16, 2013.

This Year's Juror is Joann Hill who is currently Art Director at Disney•Hyperion Books in New York.

My painting, Flying by Lighthouse Point, has been selected for the Madison Art Society 38th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale at Madison’s E. C. Scranton Memorial Library. The juror for the show is well-known Rhode Island plein air painter Cindy Baron, who is nationally recognized in both watercolors and oils, painting the grand landscapes of the western mountains and coastal shorelines.

The show runs from May 6 through May 30, 2013 at the Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut.

Good Morning has been awarded the James Jafferis Prize at the New Haven Paint and Clay Club 112th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. More than 113 pieces were selected by the juror, Helen Klisser During, for the show.

John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Connecticut, from March 24th through April 14th, 2013.

Two of my illustrations, Good Morning and We are going to tell the King, have been accepted by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles's 51st annual competition, Illustration West 51. An exhibit displaying the winning entries will be held at Gallery Nucleus in California, from March 8th through March 12th, 2013.

My illustration Good Morning has been selected for the Danforth Museum of Art Annual Children's Illustration Juried Exhibition that showcases new and original artwork created by picture book illustrators. The selected works will be exhibited from September 9 through November 4.

Spoonflower asked designers to create a cake-themed collage using paper and glue in order to produce a fabric design. My fabric pattern "100 Percent Paper Cakes" came second!

My illustration We are going to tell the King is a merit winner of the 3x3 Children's Illustration Show No.9 and it's going to be included in the 3x3 Children's Show Annual due out in the Winter.

One of my illustrations is on display at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Annual Members Show from July 20 through September 14. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery
70 Audubon Street 2nd floor, New Haven, Connecticut

May 8, 2012

April 20, 2012

March 31, 2012

I was featured in Kathy Temean's blog Writing and Illustrating. It was great to do this interview and have the opportunity to share my art and step-by-step techniques.