Author: Janelle Faignant

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

On slow news days it still falls on photographers like Jon Olender to find something interesting to shoot for the paper. But it’s those days when you open the newspaper or pull it up online and see a gorgeous shot of some scenic corner of 

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

After an ice storm hit Manchester not too long ago, Matthew Lerman grabbed his camera and went for a walk in the ice-covered stillness. “It was just so beautiful,” he recalled by phone recently, “I wanted to take pictures of the ice.” Some of the 

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Some say that to surmise what drives an artist is either unanswerable, or too personal to share. But Roscoe Stark, 33, pinpoints connection, community, and creative expression. He’s our artist of the month. His large paintings are currently on the wall leading up the staircase 

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Artist Nicholas Santoro ~ In His Own Words I returned to Brooklyn after earning a BA in Literature at the University of Iowa. While visiting the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in 1972, I recall the first time I heard the distinctive ping of a hammer striking