Opening Saturday March 26th from 7-10pm
Hygienic Art Galleries 79 Bank Street New London CT 06320 860.443.8001

The hygienic will open on the 26th of March to present “Talk To Strangers”, and you should consider doing just that. The contributors are no strangers to the art world. Traveling around the world and back again this group has used the opportunity to provide a dynamic array of sculpture, woodcut prints and mixed media drawings.

Talk to Strangers:
Ann Holley, Erin Schultz and Alton Spence on Saturday March 26th from 7-10pm.

Ann Holley growing up in Boulder Colorado spent her childhood out doors exploring the natural environment. She developed a love for the outdoors and manifested her appreciation through artistic experimentation. With her love of the human form Holley focusing her appreciation at the Lyme Academy College of Fine arts continued to earn a degree in Sculpture. Receiving numerous awards during her undergraduate work, Holley upon graduation, continued with a month residency at the Vermont Studio Center and a four month residency at the Sitka Center For Arts and Ecology in Otis Oregon. Holley now lives at the Art Space building in Bridgeport Connecticut. Holley’s current works represent her investigations and observations during her recent residencies. The focus has become the inevitability of self creation. In Holley’s case she creates self, through art. Each piece she sees as a journey of discovery and rediscovery, each time, with each piece speaking to someone or some thing new. “Talk to Strangers” demonstrates her ability to speak through art something that is continually evolving and reflecting this strange life.

Erin Shultz Born in Santa Barbara California has explored the world along side the love and support of her family. Shultz studying at the Columbus College of Art and Design and the University of New South Wales, finalized her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Shultz currently a resident of Boston Mass, considers her self an explorer fascinated continually by the simple idea of everything happening at once. The rich layering of events, existence and entities offer Shultz limitless possibility in developing a language that best articulates her fascination with the mingling of society and the relationship of one to all. Shultz uses her work to suggest that everything is secretly present in everything else.

Alton Spence born in New Orleans, grew up in Sulpher Louisiana. Entering the navy after high school Spence ended his military service at the Groton Naval Submarine Base and remained in the area for ten years. working for a major pharmaceutical firm as a chemist Spence realized his love of art and ventured to the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts where he earned a bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture. It is during this time that Spence developed a love of printmaking. Nourished by the act of creating, simple occurrences such as his face in the mirror, have encourage numerous visual discoveries. Inspired to create, it is in the tilt of the head, the gesture of a figure, that Spence connects with. In the simple acts of life he works to deliver the depth of their reality. Shaped into something more tangible, “Talk to strangers” for Spence offered an opportunity to reconnect with images and ideas from past observations.

The 26th of March should be an interesting time to connect with some new strangers, but there is nothing strange about it. It’s more along the lines of inspiring, dynamic and full of the familiarity of life. This event is free to the public and will open at 7pm.