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Saturday, September 26 was an
afternoon to celebrate the arts with five well-known area artists who are extraordinarily talented. Included in the tour are WestConn alumni and art professors in their New Fairfield studios.
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| The tour began at The Barn Gallery, a gallery
and frame shop owned by Sue Newton '81.
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Sue signs up two tour participants. |
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 Mary Lou Alberetti shows some sketches that provide ideas for her larger ceramic pieces but are also art by themselves. |
 She provides a demonstration of how the clay is cut. |
 and shows some of her finished 3 dimensional works. |
 Once finished the pieces are stored for future shows. |
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Mary Lou and Bob share the space in the studio. The studio has storage areas as well as work areas. Mary Lou has a large kiln to fire her ceramics. |
 Bob shows some of his completed work |
 and explains the processes used to create his paintings. |
Plonia welcomes guests to her workspace beginning with the studio used as a classroom.
She shows the closet space and explains that the floor of the upstairs studio is specially designed for use for exercise classes as well as for her art classes. Plonia teaches watercolor classes for WestConn every summer in this area. |
 Moving downstairs, the tour participants see finished work and a table set up for adding details. |
 Her paintings and collages are on the walls and lined up along the floor by type. |
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 her actual work area has bits and pieces saved for possible collage use. |
Plonia explains the story behind some of her work.
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 Jean Mann shows a porcelain bowl, allowing a guest to hold the piece and view the transparency. |
 Florence Froeder is surrounded by her watercolors, many of flowers from her gardens. |
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The tour ended back at The Barn Gallery with a reception featuring the artists. |
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 Mary Lou Alberetti talks with some of the tour participants and Jean Mann |
 Florence Froeder discusses some of her work on display at the Gallery |
 All artists participating in the tour had work on display at the Gallery. The Alberettis share this space. |
 Sue Ann Newton talks about the tours. |
 Bob Alberetti discusses art with Dominick Tomanelli, a New Fairfield artist. |
 Jean Mann enjoys a cup of tea while talking with an admirer. |
 Plonia Nixon enjoyed the day of art and fun. |
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