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May 26 - June 4
PERU: THE MONUMENTAL AND THE SPIRITUAL
MACHU PICCHU & THE PENTECOST
Photography workshop with Harvey Stein
Join Harvey Stein on a photography workshop to Peru, May 26 - June 4, 2012. "This will be a busy, exciting, fun workshop, filled with many wonderful shooting opportunities with time also for critiques, discussion of techniques, photographic philosophies and personal exploration." - H. Stein
January 27 - January 29
Outsider Art Fair
Save the date!
20th Anniversary
Join us at our booth, 7A, at the Outsider Fair. Margaret Bodell will be honoring the many artists she has represented at the fair over the years!
January 16 - March 19
HOME
Call for Entries - 2012
Juror Harvey Stein
Umbrella Arts and juror Harvey Stein are happy to announce a Call for Entries to HOME, the forth in a series of themes that explore the basic yet complex and necessary needs and desires of the human condition.
"The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not to be questioned." - Maya Angelou
January 4 - January 4
Excellence in Teaching Award
Harvey Stein
Honorable Mention
Harvey Stein is named as one of two honorable mentions for the Excellence in Teacher Award, presented by CENTER, a non-profit photographic organization based in Santa Fe, NM. This annual award is highly recognized in the photographic teaching community. It was established in 1998 “to recognize great teaching and its exceptional contribution to photographers’ artistic and personal development”.
December 20
Umbrella Arts in Connecticut
Margaret Bodell will manage Umbrella Arts latest program, the Public Art and Design Center in Bridgeport. The center will focus on organizing public art and creative economy projects. The center is also home to Northeast Folk, an arts workshop program for underserved populations.
July 15
National Endowment for the Arts
Our Town Grant
Awarded to Project Storefronts
"Communities across our country are investing in the arts and smart design to enhance American's quality of life and to promote the distinctive identities of our communities."
Congratulations to Umbrella Arts visionary, Margaret Bodell.
May 20
Award Winning
Project Storefronts
Mass MoCA Creative Communities Exchange
Margaret Bodell receives the Creative Economy Award for Project Storefronts from NEFA, New England Foundation for the Arts.
