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Scott Rhoades, of Storrs, won the Marty and Don Wilmot Award for his acrylic painting, Kindred Spirits. The work depicting the giant moose and tiny turtle amid reflected autumnal glory earned the top prize at the 2025 Celebrating New England’s Natural Beauty Art Show hosted by the Granby Land Trust and the Granby Artists Association at Lost Acres Vineyard.
The Granby Artists Association held its Annual Open Studio Tour Oct. 4 and 5. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the 18 participating artists at their home studios or in gallery spaces and learn how they make their art.
How blessed we are to have a warm home
and friends and family to share this day of Thanksgiving.
We are rich in things that truly matter.
The Granby Artists Association presents its Annual Open Studio Tour on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This favorite October event in Granby is now a week earlier.
Red leaves, orange pumpkins, and bittersweet vines.
Do you cry when the leaves fall?
Connect with your local Granby artists at the annual Granby Artists Open Studio weekend on Oct. 4 and 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Open Studio tour invites visitors to artists’ studios to meet the artists, watch demonstrations and find art and gifts.
The Farmington Valley Quilters Guild will present From Fabric to Fabulous on Sept. 20 and 21 at the Kingswood Oxford School’s Hoffman Field House on Trout Brook Drive in West Hartford.
By the time you read this, Chris Fisher’s photography exhibit at Lost Acres Vineyard will probably be closed, so you will have to go to the libraries in East Granby (September), Simsbury (October) or Avon (November) to experience it, but it will be well worth the drive. He started taking pictures on a seven-week summer Eurail trip in 1971 and hasn’t stopped since!
Alexander Anisimov will open his Granby studio at 2 Park Place Gallery for an exhibition from July 1 through Aug. 5. Among the works the public can enjoy is this photograph of a family of black bears, titled Midday visitors.
The Granby Memorial High School dramatic arts program closed out its 2024–25 season with a standing ovation, earning an impressive 15 nominations and two wins at the prestigious Connecticut Halo Awards.