A year of Plain Air Painting

A Year of Plein Air Painting on Horsebarn Hill

by Blanche Şerban

Sat, Sep 14 - Sat, Dec 14

This fall Jorgensen Gallery will feature 366 canvases, painted plein air daily over the course of an entire year on Horsebarn Hill in Storrs by award-winning artist and educator, Blanche Şerban. Alternating panoramic views, local scenes, and minute subjects, the project poetically documents the light and the atmosphere on the hill rolling through the seasons. Based in Storrs, Şerban said “I look to paint the air between things that hold the shape of seen and unseen, the transient beauty of changing light, the passing hours and seasons, the fragile balance between the wealth of the material world and the simplicity of formless.”

NEW VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING HORSEBARN HILL EXHIBITION:
“A Year of Plein Air Painting on Horsebarn Hill” | UCTV Advertising

Filmed and edited by Hailey Madramootoo



Fall 2024 Gallery Hours:
Mon - Wed, 10 am - 4 pm
Thurs, 1 pm - 4 pm
Fri, 10 am - 4 pm

Prior to performances and during most intermissions

Coming Winter/Spring 2025

Connecticut Women Artists 2025 Council Show
January 5 – January 31, 2025
Opening Reception: Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 3 pm

UConn Alumni Art Exhibition
“Calming Chaos”
Erin Boughamer, ’94, BFA,Art & Art History
February 3 – March 21, 2025
Opening Reception: Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 6 pm
(Prior to Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Featured above: Finding Balance


UConn Digital Media and Design
Senior Thesis Show
March 31 – April 25, 2025
Opening Reception: Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 6 pm