By N.F. Ambery, Special to The Register Citizen
POSTED: 03/29/15, 5:44 PM EDT | UPDATED: 2 HRS AGO

Image: N.F. Ambery - Special to The Register Citizen Robert Calafiore, assistant dean at the University of Hartford's art school; Power Boothe, professor of painting at the University of Hartford's art school; and Janet Nesteruk, professor of fine arts at Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted conduct a question-and-answer session to a group of 40 participants during "Portfolio Day" at Five Points Gallery in Torrington on Saturday morning. 


TORRINGTON >> Representatives from three area colleges evaluated local aspiring artists’ portfolios Saturday morning during the inaugural “Portfolio Day” program at Five Points Gallery at 33 Main St.

Forty high school and community college students looking to transfer schools also attended the gallery’s subsequent panel presentation entitled “Not All Artists Are Starving,” in which the college representatives outlined career possibilities in the visual arts today.

 A reminder that art is a hands-on activity
BY TRACEY O'SHAUGHNESSY | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN 
Friday, March 13, 2015 8:41 AM EDT
Image:  Torre Di Vetro, Due, Unique C-Print, 40"x30", Robert Calafiore

Twenty years ago, when Robert Calafiore wanted to teach his art students how to make a pinhole camera, the instructions were pretty straight-forward: Cut up a few pieces of cardboard; make a box; pierce a small hole in it.

Today, he spends a day teaching them how to use a ruler. How to mark a quarter of an inch. How to cut a straight edge.