Lindsay Aromin
Lindsay Aromin
During my travels, I feel drawn to flowers for their vibrant colors, tones and fantastic textures. Going through my photos I realized I took more pictures of flowers than people. Only my museum shots outnumbered them. I have even stopped the car so I could go out and take pictures of some vivid colors that caught my eye along the roadside.
I wanted to tell a story about artists and how we worked and thought and planned before we picked up a brush. My paintings start with one of my photos and devolve into a small painting and then into an abstraction of that painting. They are happy paintings that come out of a difficult time in my life and also in our country's life. I believe that you have to look at the brighter side of things and art will take you there
My background in art is strange. I was told as a third-grader that I could not draw and I took music lessons and I never had an art class. After taking a drawing-one class in a local college at the ripe old age of 52 and then transferring to U Conn where I graduated with a BFA Summa Cum Laude at age 58 and then on to my MFA at Vermont College at 60 years. After school, I reached out to Norwich Arts Gallery and have been a member since then.
An Hour (or so) with the Poes
Friday, October 23
Saturday, October 24
7:00pm
Come spend AN HOUR (OR SO) WITH THE POES. It's an entertaining, informative, surprising, and frightening 80 minutes. Conceived and performed by Gary Allan Poe, who directed two popular shows at NAC this season (Frost Warnings – A Portrait of the Marriage of Robert and Elinor Frost and Fresh Hell – The Life and Loves of Dorothy Parker). An Hour (or so)…is subtitled Some Poems, Some Tales, and Some Stuff You Probably Don’t Know.
Marion Markham – Artistic Director, Colonial Theatre of Rhode Island, Westerly, RI says "An Hour (or so) With The Poes” is as educational as it is fun. Gary Allan Poe offers up the written word with energy, intelligence, and humor as he draws the audience into the world of E. A. Poe. He provides important historical context through media and then thoroughly captivates us with his storytelling. It is an evening not to be missed!"
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Adults — $22.13
Senior/Military/Student — $20.03
Members — $18.98
Gary A. Poe (Director) made his professional acting debut with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park in 1968. He spent two seasons with the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, CT. He has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in regional theatres and on television. Gary is the co-founder of Oldcastle Theatre Company, located in Bennington, VT. He has appeared with the Flock Theatre (New London, CT), the Colonial Shakespeare Company (Westerly, RI), Ivoryton Playhouse (Essex, CT) and the Globe Theatre in Hollywood, CA, among others. He is the creator and solo performer of the program, An Hour (or so) with the Poes, featuring the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Gary studied theatre at Kent State University and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.