Connecticut Spring Antiques Show Looking for Volunteers
 

Amy Roper, Volunteer Coordinator Extraordinaire, is looking for volunteers to work at our largest fundraiser, the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show in March. We have slots available Friday, Saturday and Sunday (March 20 to March 22). If you are interested please shoot her an email at wonkyworks@comcast.net or contact the museum- contact@haddamhistory.org or 860-345-2400. 

Connecticut Flower and Garden Show is at the Hartford Convention Center this Thursday through Sunday, February 19-22. Connecticut's Historic Gardens will have a booth at the show with volunteers from Haddam Historical Society on Friday and Saturday. Stop by and say hello. 

POSTER ART CONTEST WINNER 2015

Connecticut's Historic Gardens group is pleased to announce West Simsbury, Connecticut artist Lori Racicot-Burrous as the winner of its 2015 Historic Gardens Day Poster Art Contest.

Launched in 2012, the Historic Gardens Day Poster Art Contest gives local artists a chance to showcase their talents while advertising this important, statewide event. The contest aims to join Connecticut artists with the group's historically significant homes and gardens.  Along with a cash prize, the contest offers the winning artist widespread exposure - at the annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show (February 19-22, 2015, booth 413), at each of the 14 Connecticut's Historic Gardens sites throughout the year, and at Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day itself, an event that attracts thousands of garden lovers throughout the state and beyond. This year's Historic Gardens Day takes place on Sunday, June 28, 12-4 pm.

Contest winner Lori Racicot-Burrous has been painting since she was a child, but only recently began painting full-time on a professional level. She has a B.A. in business from the University of Texas at Dallas, a Master of Education from Texas A & M Commerce and she taught elementary school for many years.  Whether she is painting barnyard animals, landscapes, florals or still-lifes, she uses multiple layers of color to create paintings full of texture with an impressionistic feel. She is inspired by the artists she studies - such as Wolf Kahn, Bonnard and Richard Schmid. Lori is a member of Simsbury Open Studios, West Hartford Art League, and the Canton Artist Guild.  She currently is showing her work at Infinity Music Hall Gallery in Norfolk (January 8 to April 4, 2015), Gallery on the Green in Canton, and at the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, CT.  You can see more of her work at www.LoriRacicot.com and Facebook.com/LoriRacicotArt.