Artwork by Jack McConnell, from the series “A Walk Down Park Street.”  Middle photograph (“Madonna on Porch”) is actually of a porch on Putnam Street.

Connecticut artists were invited to create or submit works representing their favorite blocks in Hartford. The results can be seen on the walls in Charter Oak Cultural Center‘s gallery.

The Blocks is inspired by Romare Bearden‘s work “The Block.” It includes work by Joan Coderre, JoAnne Bauer, Stanwyck Cromwell, Andres Chaparro, Joy Floyd, Gabriela Galarza-Block, Jack McConnell, Clymenza Hawkins, Anita Balkun, Robert Charles Hudson, Nina Salazar, and Jill Friedman.

This exhibit can be viewed through June 27, 2014.

Acrylic paintings, “Frog Hollow Series,” by Anita Balkun