New Haven Independent

The White Space Gallery, 2nd floor of 1020 Chapel St., is featuring Denise Parri’s “Zen of Opulence” through Sept. 30. Pictured at their opening reception are the artist (left) with the gallery’s charming guru of marketing, Marie Accrino.

Meanwhile, another reception, Thursday evening, marked a display at Haskins Laboratories, 300 George St., of works by artists of Westville’s Kehler Liddell Galleries. In photo: Haskins CEO Philip Rubin and Hon. Joette Katz of the Connecticut State Supreme Court. The artists on display include Jessica Cuni Applebee, Frank Bruckman, Dean Fisher, Matthew Garrett, Blinn Jacobs, Keith Johnson, Gigi Horr Liverant, Lawrence Morelli, Edith Borax Morrison, Josephine Sheridan Robinson, Roger Van Damme, Gar Waterman.

That’s Douglas Whalen, VP of research at Haskins, with Rubin and Katz.

Artist Dean Fisher with Susan Galli, grants and contracts manager at Haskins Laboratories.