New Haven Independent

Exhibit Revives Public Art & The “Average Citizen”

by Linda Cuckovich | December 1, 2006 2:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This painting used to hang in a Fair Haven school. It captures part of New Haven’s revolutionary history (the Goffe and Whalley escape) — and, hanging in a new exhibit at the New Haven Museum, it evokes a time when a different kind of revolution brought art closer to the people and helped artists earn a living amid a depression. Click here for more on the exhibit — and on some of the people with firsthand memories who showed up at the opening.

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