What's So Interesting About These Portraits?

Art Inspires Poetry: "The Rooster"

Tavo, a student at the Hotchkiss School, responds to one of my portraits with an original poem.

Opening at the Tremaine Gallery

If you couldn't make it there in person, here's a recap of my 'Sneak Peek' opening at the Tremaine Gallery in Lakeville, CT. I had a wonderful time, thanks for all of you who were able to make it. What a great turn out!

Stay tuned,
Joe

Banners Banners Everywhere!

Here's a link to the Google map that shows the locations of all our banners on display throughout the city. There will be more than 240 9ft tall banners going up in the downtown area. Each banner features an individual Hartford resident who has participated in my project.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=116532979037239267371.000467b07bfe8022d937c&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=15


View Greater Hartford Arts Council's 2009 Street Banner Program in a larger map

Kimberly & Ivon Perez

Kimberly and Ivon tell us about their struggles as young single moms in Hartford.

Portrait of America in the News

Reporter Maggie Behringer wrote a lovely article about my project for the Litchfield County Times.

Click the link below to read:
http://www.countytimes.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20288186&BRD=2303&PAG=461&dept_id=478976&rfi=8

This is a photo taken by my assistant William Hereford. Here I am in the Hartford studio, posing with the photo wall.

Stay tuned!