A Medley of Arts
10:15 AM – Noon Room: East 223

Charles Lamb has arranged a series on the many fascinating facets of the arts presented by accomplished practicing artists and teachers.

January 27–Neil O. Hardy,
Medical Illustrator
Hardy is a free-lance illustrator and professor of art as applied to medicine.  His work is in over 80 books and dictionaries.  Over 400 of his illustrations appear in the 27th edition of the Stedman’s Medical dictionary.  His illustrations have also appeared in such publications as Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Scientific American and numerous medical and biological journals.

February 3 – Larry Silver,
Commercial Photographer and Artist
Silver’s work has evolved from documentary reporting about the streets of New York to suburbia, China and nature.  Among his early achievements is the celebrated muscle beach series.  His work has been recognized by the International Photo Awards Committee and is included in numerous museum collections.  His current abstract water series takes photography to a new level.

February 10- Joe Fucigna,
Art Professor and Multi-Media Artist
Fucigna has been a full time professor of art at NCC since 1993.  In addition to teaching, his art work involves taking modest industrial materials and transforming them into provocative abstractions.  These sculptures are about more than material.  They project an underlying theme creating a balance between suggestive content and the formal qualities of the material.

February 17- Frank Foster Post,
Evolution of an Artist
Post is an Artist/Musician that toured for three years and performed in more than a dozen countries before settling in a loft in Chelsea to paint full time.  Post has taught in the Buffalo school system, St. George’s Academy (NYC), Continuing Ed at Staples High School and private instruction.  He is the recipient of numerous awards and has exhibited nationally, locally in Fairfield County and in NYC.  His work is currently at the Woodward Gallery, NYC.

February 24 – Bob Berthelson
Public Works of Art in Connecticut
Bob Berthelson, a longtime LLI facilitator and photographer with a lifelong interest in American history, has prepared over 55 similar programs presented to over 1900 audiences in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. He has received the Award of Merit of the Connecticut League of Historical Societies and the Commendation of the American Association of State and Local History.