The New Haven Paint and Clay Club announce their 2026 Active Members
Active Members Exhibition Prospectus is here! /
2026 Active Members Exhibit Announced! /
Award Winners and Permanent Collection Purchases /
Select HERE to see the list of winners and those works purchased by the NHP&CC Board for our permanent collection at the 125th Annual Juried Exhibition.
125th Juried Art Exhibition Opens Tomorrow! /
Reception Sunday, May 31st from 1- 3 pm. See the art from this exhibition here.
2026 Annual Members Meeting /
Welcome all members!
Our 125th Annual Juried Exhibition prospectus is here! /
2026 Selected Members Exhibit /
The Juror for this exhibit was Nathan Lewis, BFA, MFA, an award-winning artist, educator, and professor and chairman of the Department of Art and Design at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. He chose five artists that exhibited exceptional works at our 2025 Members Exhibit to be in our Select Members Exhibit during the year, online and at the Lyme Art Association, Mile Brook Gallery, July 24th through September 11th. Opening Reception: Saturday, August 1st, 5-7pm.
Artists chosen for this Selected Members Show in 2026 are Ed Lisi, Christopher McLaughlin, David Ottenstein, Greg Shea and Janet Warner.
Lyme Art Association exhibition schedule /
To view the Lyme Art Association exhibition calendar for 2026, click this link. https://lymeartassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2026-Exhibition-Calendar-rev-1.pdf
Announcing our spring Open Juried Exhibition! /
Our Open Juried Exhibition will be held at the Guilford Art Center from May 25th through June 19th, 2026. The juror will be Nancy Stuart, former Dean of Hartford Art School, now at Five Points Art Center. Prospectus, submission dates and reception date will be announced soon. Mark your calendars!
2025 Active Members Exhibit opens August 25th /
Reception is Friday, September 12th from 5-7 pm.
New England Art News article on the NHP&CC /
Michael Rose recently wrote an excellent article in New England Art News about New Haven Paint and Clay Club’s 125th Anniversary. See the link below for the full article.
2025 Active Members Exhibit Announced! /
Our exhibit this year will be held at the Creative Arts Workshop from August 25th to October 4th. The judge for this exhibit is Nathan Lewis, an award winning artist, educator and chairman of the Department of Art and Design at Sacred Heart University. Submission deadline for this exhibit is August 10th. For the full prospectus and Entry Form click HERE.
2025 Selected Members Exhibit /
Jill Butcher Waiting In the Wings
Awards Judge, Florin Ion Firimita, International Fine Artist, Educator, and Author chose five artists that exhibited exceptional works at our 2024 Members Exhibit to be in our Select Members Exhibit during the year, online and to have a physical exhibit at the Lyme Art Association July 25th through August 16th. A reception will be held on Saturday, August 2nd from 5-7 pm.
Artists chosen for this Selected Members Show in 2025 are Aspasia Anos, Jill Abele Butcher, William Butcher, Frank Bruckmann and Heidi Harrington. To see some of the work by these artists, go to Selected Artists on our website.
The New Haven Museum's Reception for "Enduring Creativity" /
EXHIBITION OPENING
Enduring Creativity: Celebrating 125 Years of the New Haven Paint & Clay Club
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Reception, 5:30–7:30 pm
New Haven Museum | 114 Whitney Avenue | New Haven, CT 06510 US
The exhibition will feature over 50 works of art and objects drawn from the Club’s significant permanent collection and archives. Included works will span the years from the Club’s inception through today. Founded in 1900, the New Haven Paint & Clay Club is one of New England’s oldest, continuously active, arts organizations, and the oldest in Connecticut.
Learn more about the Club and its history.
The exhibition runs through June 28, 2025.
(image) John Niemeyer, Summer Landscape, 1900, oil on canvas, Collection of the New Haven Paint & Clay Club
We're Celebrating our 125th Anniversary! /
Here’s the link to Eventbrite, to reserve your seat: Eventbrite Reservations
Announcing the NHP&CC 2025 124th Juried Exhibit /
The 124th Juried Exhibit will be held from March 31st through April 26th, 2025 at the Creative Arts Workshop.
The Juror will be Stephanie M. Heydt, PhD, New Britain Museum of American Art.
Reception to be held on Sunday, April 6th from 1-3 pm.
Drop off will be Friday, March 28th from 3-5 pm and Saturday, March 29th from 9-12 pm. Pick up will be on Friday April 25th from 3-5 pm and Saturday, April 26th from 10-12 pm.
*Audubon Street will be closed to traffic on Saturday, March 29th due to a market festival. Please try to drop off Friday if possible or early Saturday.
NHP&CC winter Show at the Zahn Gallery /
The NHP&CC will have a winter Show at the Zahn Gallery at Middlesex Hospital from December 9th through February 28th. A reception will be held on December 11th from 5-6:30 pm. The art pieces in this show are priced just right for holiday shoppers to buy something special for someone or themselves!
Woodland Perception Oil on canvas, 20x24, $475
ACTIVE MEMBERS WINTER SHOW & SALE! /
THE NEW HAVEN PAINT & CLAY CLUB ANNOUNCES AN ACTIVE MEMBERS WINTER HOLIDAY SHOW & SALE AT THE VALENTINE H. ZAHN COMMUNITY GALLERY IN WESTBROOK, CT
PLACE: Valentine H. Zahn Community Gallery, The Gallery at Middlesex Health Shoreline Medical Center, 250 Flat Rock Place, Westbrook, CT 06498
SHOW DATES: December 9, 2024 through February 28, 2025 Click HERE for prospectus.