35 Menthe Wells Art works in Faculty Exhibition: oil paintings,  acrylic paintings, mixed media paintings and enameled paintings. One sculpture in ceramic was exhibited which was thematically “Lovers”

Hartford Courant Sunday Edition – full page spread  – museum Events using Animated Sculpture

The Animated Sculpture for the museum’s events – included Jingle Jangle, which is a large rabbit, shown on the left with Menthe.  On the right,  one of the transitional works shows the change from the earlier works seen in Museum Events at the Wadsworth Atheneum to the growth of current work in welded steel sculpture.

Events were created within the galeries of the museum and for CBS Television

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Exhbition of Paintings (oil) (mixed media) and Enameled Paintings – Faculty Exhibition

Exhibition of Impressions – first sight sound intermedia – the museum directors, Director James Elliott and Director Roger Selby credited with being the first sight sound intermedia to take place in the galleries of a museum. The year long project, Impressions, was a Happening in the period when Happenings were transitioning to Events.  Written up in Arts in Society by Menthe who was the originator, director and editor of Impressions Workshop, the museum showed Impressions in the Gallery of the Senses when it first opened  and was curated by the directors as Impressions was focused on synaesthesia and synaesthetic experience which was the core theme of the intermedia.  The Gallery was later renamed the Tactile Gallery.

Menthe Wells developed, originated and directed children’s plays for the museum used as CBS local network productions. These productions were part of her work at the museum and used  synaesthetic experience and large animated sculptures.  The work reached several states.

Article published by Menthe in Arts in Society on Impressions Workshop which was the first sight-sound inter-media at a museum

record the experience  sight sound intermedia

Happening
Impressions – Wadsworth Atheneum

Among the significant photographic projects:

Menthe Wells originated, directed and edited the first sight-sound intermedia at the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Museum. (Impressions). The 3 day Happening was edited over the period of one year post even, was repeatedly presented and then housed at the Wadsworth Atheneum and institutions of higher education teaching fine art. 

A  year long project to create the first happening/sight-sound intermedia

 The happening used all the galleries of the museum for 3 days with over 30 individuals participating.

Menthe Wells, Originator, Director Art Editor and Art Director, Museum Specialist.

The Impressions happening was juried/selected experience with Menthe Wells as the Artist

juried by by Roger Selby and Jim Elliott Museum Directors

Arts and Society published article  – author Menthe