Trinity Banter | Sue Denning | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/sdenning/activity/ Activity feed for Sue Denning. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 685ea01d7581bc10d398fbb51225ace7 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Video Example, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=1242 Wed, 03 May 2017 19:25:01 -0400 [iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/OyAUbh89NM8″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen]

]]> a57ea33f97c92834d2193634e71d4bbe Sue Denning wrote a new post, What's Nearby?, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/hartfordartdev2/?p=726 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:32:20 -0400 Are you out and about in the greater Hartford area, and looking for some art near your current location?

]]> 494e24c37e9fb55b407fd1a770a7de6e Sue Denning wrote a new post, Tours, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/hartfordartdev2/?p=724 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:31:36 -0400 Select one of many thematic tours.

]]> 17b7e5abe2c0544b9654a6ae34ebc628 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Artists, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/hartfordartdev2/?p=722 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:23:58 -0400 Directory of all the artists featured on our site.

]]> dc6f7725bd7f855c7ddd52b17f8bb966 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Catalog, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/hartfordartdev2/?p=720 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:13:10 -0400 Browse through all works on this site.

]]> e5cb3617dfc2d71851a87d4a510777c3 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Charter Oak, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=285 Thu, 12 May 2016 00:47:54 -0400 Salewski depicted a very famous object from Connecticut’s history. In 1687, the Colony’s Royal Charter, which was a liberal document granting many freedoms to colonists, was hidden in an oak tree in Hartford by […]

]]> d5fbca56678af3f47e4460d44e5325da Sue Denning wrote a new post, Genius of Connecticut, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=283 Thu, 12 May 2016 00:46:38 -0400 The Genius of Connecticut by Randolf Rogers was a winged female figure which crowned the Hartford Capitol dome. She was crowned with oak leaves, the emblem of strength. With uplifted arms she extended wreaths of […]

]]> b56c9d5026b7559810a19092be15780b Sue Denning wrote a new post, Red Dancer, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=279 Thu, 12 May 2016 00:42:39 -0400 Red Dancer, or Isadora, by Evolin De Deus is made of freely welded steel painted red. This “direct metal sculpture” consists of steel tubing, three inches by three inches wide and stands fifteen feet tall. The con […]

]]> c4c54ce5576a34e2dbd907fdb7111634 Sue Denning wrote a new post, General Casimir Pulaski Statue, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=277 Thu, 12 May 2016 00:41:19 -0400 The General Pulaski statue is a traditional equestrian monument naturalistically portrayed. Pulaski was a Revolutionary war hero who had come to America from Europe to fight for democracy. This heroic bronze was […]

]]> 303a01de41cb089c7242bdcbd08cd31b Sue Denning wrote a new post, Colonel Thomas Knowlton, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=263 Sun, 08 May 2016 01:05:43 -0400 Woods conceived of Colonel Thomas Knowlton, which is located at the East Entrance of the State Capitol Building, as a companion piece to the Nathan Hale statue, which is located outside of the Wadsworth […]

]]> 868af00eb29b1f68ebd806ecaf8622b9 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Reverend Horace Bushnell, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=256 Sun, 08 May 2016 00:53:10 -0400 The Reverend Horace Bushnell was a local Congregational minister and civic leader who was the primary force behind the conversion of the slum of Hartford into what is now known as Bushnell Park.  This portrait […]

]]> 3a3f1e7c74f502dd2da094551192e965 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Doctor Gallaudet and his First Deaf Mute Pupil, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=252 Sun, 08 May 2016 00:42:29 -0400 Doctor Gallaudet And His First Deaf Mute Pupil is the second casting of a bronze statue completed in 1889.  The original stands on the grounds of Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. Thomas Gallaudet was a […]

]]> 8167e79e75d4a6c899a6929f23b8f2f5 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Handful, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=250 Sun, 08 May 2016 00:36:13 -0400 Johnson’s Handful consists of six large arching beams of steel.  Handful is about twenty-six feet high.  Steel shanks intersect to form three-like images.  The softening color of the weathered steel further unit […]

]]> e7dace0c0c38b3645262c6f0d9d75298 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Richard D. Hubbard, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=244 Sun, 08 May 2016 00:28:11 -0400 Richard D. Hubbard was executed as an above life-size figure and is located on the southeast side of the State Capitol grounds.  This statue, commissioned by Hubbard’s friends, who were led by George Sargent of Ha […]

]]> 5d67bc9852214c79f9cd0df1d7496355 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Captain Joseph Wadsworth Hiding The Royal Charter In The Charter Oak, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=218 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:01:48 -0400 In 1662 John Winthrop Jr., the fifth governor of the Connecticut Colony, traveled to England to secure from King Charles II a Royal Charter which would give the Colony a legal basis for self government. Upon the […]

]]> 4844b1bc43dd6243029d3af6055e84a7 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Roger Ludlow, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=214 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:58:36 -0400 Windsor lawyer Roger Ludlow (1590-not known) drafted the Fundamental Orders, a constitution adopted by the Connecticut Colony in 1639.  A tome under his right arm, apparently deep in thought, Brooks’ portr […]

]]> 9d5c7b200fd4e93a0b799770aaa3f079 Sue Denning wrote a new post, John Haynes, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=203 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:54:08 -0400  

After the completion of the State Capitol building in 1878, the Connecticut State Commission of Sculpture named Brooks, Paul Wayland Bartlett and Albert Entress as those sculptors who would decorate the nor […]

]]> 56aa8edd668ce0c3dad490fb41caa288 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Reverend Jonathan Edwards, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=211 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:53:20 -0400 Niehaus treats these Connecticut patriots quite uniformly. Set within the round shape of a roundel, each portrait head stares directly out from its position above the entrance to the building. This alignment of […]

]]> 2bae0bc8f95d6ed7a304434fa15573b8 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Reverend Bridge Berkeley, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=209 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:52:41 -0400 271c030faea32ec6a5befd373c0e1a5a Sue Denning wrote a new post, Joel Barlow, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=206 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:51:59 -0400 c37595843f206b82abce50fcb99c18a7 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Reverend John Davenport Preaching to the Puritan Settlers of New Haven, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=202 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:50:52 -0400 Niehaus has depicted two important scenes from the history of the settling of Connecticut in these two tympana. In fact, the entire east façade of the Capitol Building deals with the early history of the […]

]]> ad8e7738058e5f82c58a73d16e82a097 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Reverend Thomas Hooker Leading the First White Settlers to Hartford, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=200 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:49:54 -0400 2e6f990c566c2877a87c582b9c263b5e Sue Denning wrote a new post, Andersonville Boy, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=186 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:33:21 -0400 The Andersonville Boy is an above life-sized bronze representing the Connecticut soldiers imprisoned in the Civil War. The statue “portrays a Union soldier with dejected but unconquered mien.” Dedicated in 190 […]

]]> 4b093a8da48959caf01499b95ce1fbf6 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Amaryllis, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=180 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:19:09 -0400     Although considered an attractive flower, Smith saw something ugly about the plant. He claimed the flower did not conform to ordinary “notions of pretty.” In Smith’s eyes, the amaryllis appears to be made o […]

]]> d54a1a35ccf11df75654cac31197a690 Sue Denning wrote a new post, DG, MS, VT, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=178 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:17:59 -0400     The pieces D.G., M.S., V.T. were originally designed on a paper-weight scale and were intended for friends, hence the various initials. Smith says the works relate to three larger pieces he was working on at […]

]]> 710b7e96164b66fba847634928b9c37f Sue Denning wrote a new post, Playground, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=176 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:16:52 -0400     Playground, can be most accurately understood if it is viewed in the context of fun. Smith would probably not hold any objections if it were moved to an actual playground for recreational purposes. Smith say […]

]]> 1005ad1a489e8dbbd4484fd1e519dd66 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=174 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:13:33 -0400      General Edwards was Commander of the Twenty-Sixth Division of the United States Army during the years 1917 and 1918, when he led the Sons of New England to many victories on the battlefields of France. This […]

]]> 4473a4c9bb59c9bc8dd8ee46e388b35f Sue Denning wrote a new post, The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=68 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:46:08 -0400 The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch (1884 -1886) was constructed to commemorate the soldiers and seaman of Hartford who had died in the Civil War. Discussions and competitions for the design of a Memorial to […]

]]> 41a14fc77831abea3e010e88a4ad5255 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Union Soldier, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=66 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:38:06 -0400 After the civil war a number of New England historical societies commissioned commemorative statues of civil war soldiers. This particular union soldier was probably cut from a block of Connecticut brownstone, […]

]]> 1b567a1d7d117be5d2667e096f5adbff Sue Denning wrote a new post, Traho, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=63 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:32:12 -0400 Traho consists of two components and falls into two of Katzen’s three categories: “strata” and single section works. This work is secluded from traffic and noise by its architectural and environmental surro […]

]]> 45fbfd548592c9eff31048310c63df4d Sue Denning wrote a new post, Jonathan Trumbull, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=59 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:18:48 -0400 Jonathan Trumbull by Chauncey Ives is a seven foot marble statue commemorating an outstanding Connecticut historical figure. Trumbull (1710-1785) was a noted soldier, and statesman and figured prominently in […]

]]> c55e4abdc1543999b70e721246208707 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Roger Sherman, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=57 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:13:53 -0400 Roger Sherman by Chauncey Ives is a seven foot marble statue made in 1878 and is currently located at the State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut. The Roger Sherman statue makes up part of the scheme of […]

]]> eddeceaa240474af0536a60c758cd01e Sue Denning wrote a new post, Thomas Church Brownell, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=55 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:06:51 -0400 Thomas Church Brownell by Chauncey Ives is a larger-than-life sized bronze statue made in 1869 and supported by a Quincy granite pedestal. It is currently located on the Trinity College, Quadrangle in Hartford, […]

]]> f09de50b7282cd984caf1d2b771a87fe Sue Denning wrote a new post, Samuel Colt Monument, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=38 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:56:20 -0400 The Samuel Colt Monument by Rhind marks the entrance to Colt Park. On April 26, 1905, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt commissioned Rhind to make this statue in memory of her late husband. Samuel Colt was the first […]

]]> 63f5773dc1d25d4057ab21f455610b34 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Orville Hitchcock Platt, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=33 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:55:10 -0400 Orville Hitchcock Platt (1827-1905) served his native Connecticut as a State representative, a State senator, and also as a United States senator. Shown seated by a table piled with books, Senator Platt’s c […]

]]> cd7162baf5d633a7dd468608398d3da7 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Thomas Hooker, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=41 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:54:41 -0400 The Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford commissioned this work in 1940. Hooker, a great Puritan divine, led the first settlers from Massachusetts Bay Colony to Hartford. As no paintings, […]

]]> 46b7d891386c7ee14536936e60b4de44 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Lafayette, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=37 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:50:46 -0400 The model for Lafayette was completed in 1907 and was later cast in 1932. The statue is bronze and is placed on a marble base. It can be found at the intersection between Capitol Avenue at Lafayette […]

]]> e6a57497f0db9cffb0dd9b5865b8b8c6 Sue Denning wrote a new post, The North Facade of the State Capitol, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=25 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:45:54 -0400 These statues were all completed circa 1906-08 and were all done in marble. Paul Bartlett had a specific vision for the sculptural program for the Capitol.

The north façade was conceived as the principal […]

]]> 88abba06880c3a0bf15c3987277f9fbf Sue Denning wrote a new post, Corning Fountain, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=28 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:45:19 -0400 Corning Fountain was built to commemorate a Hartford merchant, John J. Corning. Charles Dudley Warner, chairman of the Public Architectural Monuments Commission, headed the project. Letters from Rhind to Warner […]

]]> 701eefeb4911c3377368bac8eb8cb8c5 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Gallaudet Statue, on the site Art Hartford https://commons.trincoll.edu/arthartford/?p=24 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:44:47 -0400 Wadsworth was commissioned by the National Association for the Deaf to create a statue which commemorated the founding in 1817 of the American School for the Deaf, the first institution for the education of the […]

]]> 831613569895275c18e8f97e2e078632 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Captive, Interpreter, Negotiator: John Gyles in Wabanakia, on the site Sense of Place in the Native Northeast http://commons.trincoll.edu/nativenortheastplacenames/?p=2940 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:34:23 -0400 [geo_mashup_map map_cat=502]

John Gyles lived in New England from 1680 until 1755 and in his lifetime he served as one of the most influential proponents of the interaction between English settlers and native […]

]]> 561966f1137583143411d227d529a011 Sue Denning wrote a new post, About Transcripts, on the site History Chart http://commons.trincoll.edu/historychart/?p=239 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:12:38 -0400 8ccd00e2072b389adae081b3bad004d3 Sue Denning wrote a new post, 2011, on the site Samba Fest http://commons.trincoll.edu/sambafest/?p=720 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:47:55 -0400 Listen to the Colin McEnroe Show Interview below:

]]> 315750d60b3e32f707de6a6610f8428a Sue Denning wrote a new post, 2010, on the site Samba Fest http://commons.trincoll.edu/sambafest/?p=718 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:47:08 -0400 WRTC Interview 2010: 

]]> 1a6d57641df455bfe98225dfeb1d5509 Sue Denning wrote a new post, 2009, on the site Samba Fest http://commons.trincoll.edu/sambafest/?p=711 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:57:55 -0400 Listen to the Faith Middleton NPR Interview

Watch the 60 second 2009 Samba Fest commercial (en espanol)

]]> 47ec40d91e3b5c6a877f370405dc81fa Sue Denning wrote a new post, 2014, on the site Samba Fest http://commons.trincoll.edu/sambafest/?p=708 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:59:45 -0400 e9d5c1ac8e64635756c98ae9f6716fa3 Sue Denning wrote a new post, 2013, on the site Samba Fest http://commons.trincoll.edu/sambafest/?p=690 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:36:46 -0400 Listen to our spot on Where We Live from May 2nd, 2013
2013 Flickr Stream

]]> a7ec1f721bef2cc5d1241ce7f93744c2 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Consulate General of Brazil in Hartford, on the site Samba Fest http://commons.trincoll.edu/sambafest/?p=679 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:43:11 -0400 Consulate Official Website

Consulate Facebook Page

]]> 5ed92ca7c6352cff2db397dedc068f42 Sue Denning commented on the post, Lampedusa Tragedy, October 3rd, 2013, on the site History Chart http://commons.trincoll.edu/historychart/2014/06/24/lampedusa-tragedy-october-3rd-2013/#comment-6805 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 18:25:25 -0500 The new mapping engine won’t accept multiple sources, like this post have. Not migrating it over at this point in time – let me know if I should find a work-around.

]]> 821de9abfd81d14f3ab9d4323eb57410 Sue Denning wrote a new post, Tribal Affairs of the United Colonies, on the site Sense of Place in the Native Northeast http://commons.trincoll.edu/nativenortheastplacenames/?p=2635 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:54:08 -0500 [geo_mashup_map map_cat=491]

My mapping project provides an in-depth look into the relationship between, the commissioners of the United Colonies, colonists of Connecticut, the Narragansett and Niantic tribes.  […]

]]>