Max Coyer was a Windsor-born artist best known for painting in a style he described as “synthetic art,” an amalgamation of academic and modernist movements. Max passed away in 1988 at the age of 34. This retrospective focuses on the importance of his work in relation to art itself, and highlights how the creative process…

1 day workshop Sunday, Oct 18th from 11-2pm $65, $58.50 Member’s Price (all materials included) Learn the art of dip pens and black ink with artist and professor Christy Corey! Students will use a combination of ink washes along with pen and ink mark making techniques to draw plant studies (either from life or from…

  Join Windsor’s Inaugural Poet Laureate VersatilePoetiq for a monthly open mic night every 4th Thursday of the month from 6–8pm in the Windsor Art Center gallery. Poetry, singing, rapping, music, spoken word–everyone is welcome! Sign ups at the door, bluetooth capabilities available. Come share your talent in a safe space, free to attend. Let’s…

As a part of our ongoing CT River & Roots Series, Windsor Art Center welcomes back R&B / soul musician Kimaya Diggs to debut her new album, Green. As an added bonus, local singer/songwriter Zak Trojano will open the show.   TICKETS: $12 / $10 for WAC Members Tickets can be purchased ahead of time here, or at the door. Doors open at 6:00pm.   ABOUT THE SHOW Green, is Kimaya’s third studio album, a love note to the New England landscape showcases twelve tracks of glittering, genre-bending indie pop, carried by Diggs’ powerful, honeyed vocals, and honest, attentive lyricism. Backed by a band of longtime Western Mass artists who are fresh off tour dates with Trombone Shorty, Emily King, and Mavis Staples, Kimaya’s band gifts audiences with a connected, intentional experience that’s just as likely to make you dance as it is to make you cry. You can learn more about Kimaya here.         Opener Zak Trojano is multi-instrumentalist–a finger-style guitar player, a fly-fisherman, and a beer drinker.…

Instructor: Eggie Jovaisa Saturday, Oct 24th from 11am–1pm $20 (all materials included)    Students will celebrate Inktober by learning classic pen-and-ink drawing techniques to create their own eerie, atmospheric black ink illustrations. Inspired by the delightfully macabre style of artist Edward Gorey, kids will explore how simple lines can build deep shadows, creepy textures, and…

    A Catalogue of Enthusiasms Sun, Oct 25 @2pm Rachel Stratton from the Wadsworth will discuss Max Coyer and the Old Masters. Rachel Stratton is the Interim Emily Hall Tremaine Assistant Curator for Contemporary Art at The Wadsworth in Hartford, Connecticut. Her curating and scholarship span twentieth- and twenty-first-century art, with particular interests in…

4 week workshop Wednesdays, 1–3pm starting Oct 28th $125, $112.50 Member’s Price (all materials included) Instructor: Michelle Hawran     Practice drawing and painting the human face from photographs in a relaxed, stress free environment! Learn about facial proportions, measurements, and how to add the right shadows and highlights to make your portrait pop. No…

NOV/ DEC SESSION – SIGN UP NOW 6 WEEKS Instructor: Beth Gibbs Sundays 6-7 pm (1 hour) Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec 6   Charge: Non-members $72 and members $64.80 per person for this 6 week series. Class can be done in chair (provided) or on floor (bring your own yoga mat!) All…

Sunday, November 8th, 11-2pm $50, $45 Member’s Price (plus a $35 bring a friend rate!)  Instructor: Ayana Williams For ages 13+ (all participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)     Spend a fun fall day crafting with your best friend! Local artist Ayana Williams will lead students through creating pom pom “flowers”…

Featuring Paola Bari and Jenny Wu, Reverberations asks the question “who are we when we push beyond the boundaries of what seems possible?” Playing with the limitations of their mediums, Bari, a porcelain artist, and Wu, a painter, each transform the materials they use to provide new context and invite users to question their own…