Ellen’s Work Blog
September 2025
Growing up, I dreaded that moment of going back to school in September. It marked the end of the total freedom to do whatever I wanted, drawing and painting in a back room of our house or, outside, hula-hooping my way up to Trary Baumstark’s house to idle away another summer day.
Now, as fall approaches, I am excited about what is ahead. Justin, Rick and I have been working on installing the Regeneration Project in our ramp gallery. This project represents the work of over 100 students in ten Connecticut schools, completed over a span of seven months this past year. Getting to know all these kids was special and every piece of artwork drilled into the plywood triggers great memories.
Not unlike completing all the portraits on the mural itself, each time a section goes up and is bolted into place, I breathe easier.
On Regeneration, the experience of working with all these fabulous kids cannot be over until their work is permanently up there for all to see and admire.
We are getting so close.
