Coming to the Gallery:
“Random Encounters” by Random Acts of Artists
A RAA Exhibition
Entries Saturday, May 8 from 11 noon to 3PM
Saturday, May 15 through Saturday June 26, 2021
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Volunteers
We are so grateful for the support you have given us through these challenging times during the Covid-19 crisis!
You all have given of yourself, working hard to keep our doors open. You have helped us to take extra precautions in the gallery and gift shop including social distancing,
wearing masks, sanitizing the shop, and adjusting to our new hours and procedures.
Going forward, we will continue to adjust and adapt accordingly with all future decisions about operations following guidelines and keeping our patrons and volunteers safe and healthy.
An extra thank you to the special volunteers that worked consistently every month. Everybody's loyalty and support are important and appreciated at TAG.
Salli Kowalski
Volunteer Committee Chair
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Membership
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL CAMPAIGN
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With all the challenges this year, TAG has survived and will continue to do so with the support of our membership.
Renewal letters with membership envelopes were sent out at the beginning of February. We hope yours has been delivered. If not please notify us by phone at (330)395-4876 or by email at Info@TrumbullArtGallery.com
We hope you will renew your TAG membership. Now more than ever, we need your continued support. And because of you and that support, we’re confident that TAG will weather the current health crisis and come out stronger.
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ON-LINE MEMBERSHIP IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Sign up and join TAG on line at
Kirsten Burkey, Membership Chair
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We thank all TAG volunteers and in particular the core group of volunteers and committee members who have been able to work throughout this past year so the gift shop & gallery could remain open after the initial Spring 2020 closure.
We did finish the year with a fantastic holiday season. The “Trees at the Gallery” holiday marketplace event was a great success rewarding the creativity and enthusiasm of the organizing committee. It was wonderful and uplifting to see so many visitors, customers and faithful friends stop in to shop and show their support.
The artist of the month program is still running and will feature the artwork of John Fire, photography in March, Jane Hogan, Acrylics & oils in April, Suzy Mikusevich, oils in May. We are signing up artists for 2022. The TAG/ Warren Library Partnership venue will showcase the art of Casey Dickson, Acrylic Fluid Art through March, and of Katherine Infante, Textiles through Spring 2021.
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Everyone is hard at work to ensure that we continue to offer a wide variety of fine arts and crafts created by local artists as well as a pleasant and safe environment to enjoy browsing the gift shop and viewing ongoing exhibits. We are certainly looking forward to a return to full activity. We hope to see very soon all our volunteers’ friendly faces ready to welcome visitors, customers, artists, and students.
We are looking forward to your visit!
Veronique Gerard
Gift Shop Committee Chair
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Education Program
Our education program will resume soon!
TAG offers a wide range of educational experiences.
Classes are available for children, young adults and adults.
Special children's programs include TAG's Summerfest (Note Summerfest has been suspended for 2021due to the pandemic) and many classes for children and young adults.
TAG is a partner for the ANY GIVEN CHILD PROGRAM with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Warren City Schools.
Clay classes will resume during the late spring / early summer.
For more information or if you would like to teach a class contact:
Sue Senvissky
Education Chairperson @
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Coming in April
Warren City and Trumbull County Schools Student Exhibition
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TAG Underground Committee
Before the pandemic took over our lives, TAG was experiencing an exciting momentum of growth. Much of that was attributed to the success of the TAG Underground and our educational programming.
Sadly, that momentum came to a screeching halt last March when TAG closed its doors due to the coronavirus. And although, we’ve reopened on a limited basis in the months since and successfully held some events and shows, TAG’s art education classes, including our popular Clay@TAG program, remain on hiatus.
However, to prepare for the safe reopening of the TAG Underground so that classes can resume, both the Education and Building Facilities Committees have come together in a collaborative effort to form a special committee whose primary goals are to further improve the downstairs facility in addition to evaluating and enhancing the Clay@TAG program.
A number of Board members and an army of volunteers have been spending hours behind the scenes cleaning and scrubbing the downstairs area. Equipment that has been sitting idle for the past year is being brought back to life. Test firings of the kilns have been successful. Scrap clay is being recycled in the pug mixer for future class use. Thanks to a COVID Relief Grant, upgrades to the existing HVAC system are in the works which will help improve the air quality throughout both floors of the building. And some exciting changes are being developed for our Clay@TAG program.
So, the next time you find yourself in the downtown Warren area, stop by and check things out for yourself. We’d love to see you!
Stephanie Sferra, Chair
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The Tale of the Holiday Trees at TAG Event
A long, long time ago, January 2020, in a pre-pandemic world, a small group of volunteers had the idea of dressing the TAG gallery and displaying artists’ work that reflected a seasonal theme, thru the year-end holidays. Then, the Covid-19 virus hit, and all event planning came to a sudden halt! As more was learned about living in the epidemic, the idea was conceived to hold an event, adhering to medical and social guidelines, that ensured safety for participants and attendees alike. With renewed purpose and vigor, the committee for planning “Trees at the Gallery” was reborn.
As a hybrid Craft/Art Show, Trees at the Gallery is an exposition, displayed on assorted trees, arranged as a pathway walk through a winter-land forest. Gallery wall space was also made available for the holiday art items. With overhead lighting, reminiscent of the corner Christmas tree sales lot, twenty-two artist/vendors rented tree, and wall spaces, for displaying their creations. Through the last month and a half of 2020, TAG became one of the few places in town to acquire quality, hand-made, holiday gifts and decorations.
With the huge success of this initial “Trees at the Gallery” show, all eyes have begun to look towards the Christmas 2021 holiday season, in anticipation of creating an even greater shopping experience for the TAG family and friends. If you were unable to enjoy the fantastic atmosphere and ambiance of the 2020 show, please plan to join in the festivities during the 2021 holiday season.
Patricia Cleary-Talstein, Chair
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Holiday Trees at TAG Event Photos: |
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Above: The eye-catching front window for the TAG “Trees at the Gallery” holiday event as decorated by volunteer Linda Graham.
Right: TAG volunteer, Linda Graham creates the front window display for the TAG “Trees at the Gallery” 2020 holiday event.
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Above: TAG “Trees at the Gallery” holiday event. |
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Current Hours
Regular hours
Fridays noon - 4:00pm and Saturdays, 11:00 am – 3:00pm
until end of March 2021.
We hope to expand our regular hours again in the Spring.
TAG is also open by appointment for
individuals or small groups up to 10 people.
Call: 330-395-4876
to make an appointment
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TRUMBULL ART GALLERY
PHONE: 330-395-4876
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