Dress DOWN, roll up your sleeves, and come ready to get DIRTY.

EVENT SCHEDULE

  • 5–5:30PM: Check-in and registration

    • Light refreshments and beer/wine will be available.

  • 5:40–7:30PM: Classes or lectures

    • Each session will be led by our renowned faculty or staff, and assisted by our talented students.

  • 7:40–9PM: Reception and “show-and-tell”

    • Attendees, faculty, staff, and students will gather for a cocktail-style reception to show off their created artworks or chat about new skills.

    • Heavy hors d’oeuvres and beer/wine will be served.

Detailed class descriptions
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Tickets start at $100/per person. Sales are managed through the University of Hartford website - please use the button above to purchase your ticket!

All event proceeds benefit artistic/professional development for Hartford Art School faculty and staff.

THANK YOU

Our thanks and appreciation to the sponsors who help make this event possible:

Filthy Sponsors
Jerry’s Artarama of CT
Anna and Steve Webersen

Smudged Sponsors
Tom Bradley
Danuta Syp Gordon
Susan Hight
Lawrin Rosen

Muddy Sponsors
Dale Merrill
Masthay Studios
Naomi and Cal Tussin
Richard Voigt

See below for additional sponsorship opportunities

CLASS OFFERINGS

  • Art History with Fran Altvater and Zee Onuf

  • Book Arts and Letterpress with Jenni Freidman and Rebecca Zablocki

  • Ceramics with Stephanie Lanter

  • Cyanotypes & Solar Printing with Robert Calafiore

  • Neon Glass Bending with Jared Holt

  • Fresco Painting with Jeremiah Patterson

TICKETS

Messy VIP Ticket- $200

  • 1 ticket ($75 FMV)

  • Name in event program and digital screen in HAS Lobby

 Dirty Ticket- $100

  • 1 ticket ($75 FMV)

Not able to join us? Consider making a donation towards our goal!

Visit www.hartford.edu/give and when prompted select the “Other” designation and enter “Down and Dirty support”

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Filthy VIP Sponsor - $2,000

  • 8 tickets ($600 FMV)

  • Priority class assignment

  • Recognition in event materials; pre-event communications to attendees, event program, digital screen in HAS Lobby

  • Recognition in event promotions: social media, HASE, Inc. website (w/ hyperlink), HAS digital newsletter

 

Smudged Sponsor- $1,000

  • 4 tickets ($300 FMV)

  • Priority class assignment

  • Recognition in event materials; pre-event communications to attendees, event program, digital screen in HAS Lobby

  • Recognition in event promotions: social media, HASE, Inc. website (w/ hyperlink), HAS digital newsletter

 

Muddy Sponsor- $500

  • 2 tickets ($150 FMV)

  • Priority class assignment

  • Recognition in event program and digital screen in HAS Lobby

  • Recognition in event promotions: social media, HASE, Inc. website (w/ hyperlink)