MCC and Dehn Foundation Sponsor Visiting Artist Talks

MANCHESTER, Conn. (October 25, 2018) – The Adolf and Virginia Dehn Foundation visiting artist series at Manchester Community College continues with painter Josephine Halvorson on Thursday, November 8, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Halvorson, who gives herself only one day to complete each canvas, will talk about her work in the SBM Charitable Foundation Auditorium on the college’s main campus. The event is free to the public.

Halvorson is one of the featured artists in the Art21 series. The nonprofit organization Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from contemporary artists. Its mission is to inspire a more creative world. (https://art21.org/artist/josephine-halvorson)

Halvorson often selects scenes that convey a sense of postindustrial grit.  She has taught at Cooper Union, Princeton University, the University of Tennessee Knoxville and Columbia University. 

The Dehn Foundation was established by Virginia Dehn to promote the arts, and it is now administered by Virginia’s niece and nephews whose father, Frederick Lowe, Jr., served as Manchester Community College’s first president. The foundation has generously supported the MCC visiting artist program for several years.