By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer Harvest the Arts, which encompasses the second weekend of the Apple Harvest Festival, featured a wide range of art including pottery, paintings, photographs, poetry and much more. There was also an interactive light arts show called Light Artists Making Places. Southington Community Cultural Arts President Mary DeCroce, who is in charge of Harvest the Arts, said it was a different and new experience for many people in town. “There was a person that was actively painting and then it would project on the wall,” said DeCroce. “People liked that because at first they didn’t know what she was doing and then all of a sudden it was like ‘Oh she’s doing an elephant!’” DeCroce said Harvest the Arts provides a unique opportunity not only for artists, but for Southington residents. “I think it gives people an opportunity to connect to the arts and that’s what this is all about,” said DeCroce. “They watch and then they may get to try spinning pottery themselves. Instead of thinking that they can’t draw or that their not an artist, but they learn that art is something fun that anyone can do.” Harvest the Arts is truly an interactive […]
By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer Harvest the Arts, which encompasses the second weekend of the Apple Harvest Festival, featured a wide range of art including pottery, paintings, photographs, poetry and much more. There was also an interactive light arts show called Light Artists Making Places. Southington Community Cultural Arts President Mary DeCroce, who is in charge of Harvest the Arts, said it was a different and new experience for many people in town. “There was a person that was actively painting and then it would project on the wall,” said DeCroce. “People liked that because at first they didn’t know what she was doing and then all of a sudden it was like ‘Oh she’s doing an elephant!’” DeCroce said Harvest the Arts provides a unique opportunity not only for artists, but for Southington residents. “I think it gives people an opportunity to connect to the arts and that’s what this is all about,” said DeCroce. “They watch and then they may get to try spinning pottery themselves. Instead of thinking that they can’t draw or that their not an artist, but they learn that art is something fun that anyone can do.” Harvest the Arts is truly an interactive […]