Real Art Ways

{{Short description|Non-profit art space in Connecticut, U.S.}} {{Infobox venue | name = Real Art Ways | image = | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | location = 56 Arbor Street<br />Hartford Connecticut, U.S. | coordinates = | type = Art and event space | event = Art exhibitions, film screenings, music, theater, literary, community events | broke_ground = | built = | opened = {{start date and age|1975| | }} | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | former_names = RAW | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | public_transit = | website = {{URL|http://www.realartways.org}} | embedded = }}

'''Real Art Ways''' is a non-profit art space established in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/entertainment/museums-galleries/hc-news-real-art-ways-relocation-announcement-20180924-story.html|title=Executive Director Of Real Art Ways Announces Expansion Plans|last=Dunne|first=Susan|website=courant.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> Located at 56 Arbor Street in the Parkville neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut, Real Art Ways exhibits visual art, houses an independent cinema and presents live music, theater, and literary and community events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realartways.org |title=real art ways dot org |publisher=Realartways.org |date= |accessdate=2010-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertatkins.net/beta/shift/more/edge.html|title=On Edge: Alternative Spaces Today|last=Atkins|first=Robert|date=November 1998|publisher=Art in America|pages=57–61|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Genocchio|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/nyregion/connecticut/21artsct.html|title=Collective Strangeness in Hartford|date=2008-12-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

It has shown such artists as Sol LeWitt, Pepon Osorio, Jenny Holzer, Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, David Salle, Roxy Paine, and Louise Bourgeois. Real Art Ways has also hosted notable performances by John Cage, Philip Glass, Ornette Coleman, Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson, Allen Ginsberg and others.<ref name="courant1">{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/entertainment/hc-xpm-2010-10-21-hc-raw-35-1021-20101021-story.html |title=Real Art Ways Marks 35 Years and Counting - Hartford Courant |publisher=Courant.com |date=2010-10-21 |accessdate=2019-11-21}}</ref> The cinema at Real Art Ways regularly wins Best Art Cinema in the ''Hartford Advocate'''s annual Best of Hartford awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/the-arts/best-art-cinema |title=Best Art Cinema |publisher=Hartford Advocate |date= |accessdate=2010-12-09}}</ref>

== History ==

Real Art Ways was founded in 1975 by artists Ruth Cutler, Dan R. Talley, Al Baccili, Joseph Celli and Stan Sharshal.<ref name="courant1"/>

In 1982, Real Art Ways (R.A.W.) sued the comics magazine ''RAW'' over its name.<ref>"RAW Sued over Name by Real Art Ways," ''The Comics Journal'' #77 (Nov. 1982), p. 20.</ref>

== Public Art ==

Real Art Ways has presented a number of public art projects in Hartford, Connecticut. This includes an installation by the sound artist Alvin Lucier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/intermediaart/alvin_lucier_biography.shtm|title=Intermedia art: Alvin Lucier|publisher=Tate Gallery|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref> Most recently, Real Public 2009 included work by Margarida Correia, Satch Hoyt, Sofia Maldonado and Matthew Rodriguez.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yankee Magazine |url=http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/art/hartford |title=Real Art Ways Hartford Connecticut public art |publisher=Yankee Magazine |date=2009-07-01 |accessdate=2010-12-09}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links==  * {{Official website|http://www.realartways.org}}

Category:Arts centers in Connecticut Category:Art museums and galleries in Connecticut Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1975 Category:1975 establishments in Connecticut Category:Nonprofit cinemas and movie theaters in the United States