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Greater Hartford Arts Council, Matthew Best, art, artini, artist, painting Entries in Greater Hartford Arts Council (4)
Artini benefit for the Greater Hartford Arts Council
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 7:21AM DRINK, DANCE & PARTY! Try mixed-up martini concoctions created by the area's best bartenders and check out one-of-a-kind "ARTini" sculptures designed by local artists and celebrities. Eat, drink, dance and enter our special auction for a chance to take one of the ARTini sculptures home!
ARTINI
Thursday, September 27 from 6-9PM
Great Hall, Hartford Union Station
more information: http://www.letsgoarts.org/page.aspx?pid=922
my "artini" glassSummer update
Friday, August 24, 2012 at 7:49AM 
I began a busy summer by moving studios. Same building, different floor, more space. The extra space is such a luxury and has really helped my work by giving me more space to move and maybe the best part, storage space so I'm not tripping over my own work.
I've done a lot of drawing this summer. This drawing is from a series I've designated the $25 drawings. They are of roughly uniform size, 11 by 15 inches. All are ink on paper. They began as a way of using up older drawings that didn't work. I tore the paper into quarters and used the backside of the paper as a warm-up for the day. What began as a warm-up has turned into a stack of drawings and an exciting way of generating new imagery.
Untitled drawing, 22 by 30 inches. Ink on paper.
A second series of drawings was inspired by the move to the new studio. The previous tenant of the studio left behind a plexiglass box with 50 cents embossed on it. I don't know what he used it for but I immediately thought it had possibilities.
In the process of drawing I generate a lot of scrap paper. I decided that I could do a series of small sketches and sell them for 50 cents to studio visitors. It has become a lot of fun to work on these drawings, the box contains scraps of old drawings, modified pieces of paper that I've used to test colors on, prints I did in 1995 that I drew on top of.
Personally I think the most valuable part of it has been the reevaluation of doodles that I normally would have recycled. There are some exciting things happening there.
It is currently hanging next to the studio door slowly filling up with quarters.
My paintings have changed this summer. I've started working with this linear, quasi-symmetrical imagery inspired by half remembered dreams and exploring the space between drawing and writing/calligraphy. Above are three 18 by 18 inch acrylic on panel paintings that have turned into an unofficial triptych.
Images from Interface, 100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7:21AM A virtual walk around the gallery at 100 Pearl Street in Hartford. The show will be up until June 1 and the opening reception will place on Thursday, April 12 from 5-7pm. More information can be found at the Greater Hartford Arts Council website: http://letsgoarts.org/gallery
100 Pearl Street Gallery is located at 100 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT. The show is on veiw from March 30- June 1 2012.
Interface: New Work solo exhibition
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 8:06AM 
I'm pleased to annouce I will be having a solo exhibition thanks to the Greater Hartford Arts Council http://www.letsgoarts.org/Page.aspx?pid=777) at the 100 Pearl Street Gallery. It will run from March 30- June 1 2012 with an opening on Thursday, April 12 from 5-7 pm.
Interface consists of a series of paintings created in 2011 and 2012. The theme of the show is the fusing of opposites, want vs. need, mind vs. body. A whole made out of conflicting parts.
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a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
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the facts, problems, considerations, theories, practices, etc., shared by two or more disciplines, procedures, or fields of study: the interface between chemistry and physics.
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a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or human beings.
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a thing or circumstance that enables separate and sometimes incompatible elements to coordinate effectively: The organization serves as an interface between the state government and the public.