Arts & Culture of Fairfield County

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Whether you're planning family adventures, a cultural date, or quality time with grandkids, the Bruce offers captivating experiences for every visitor. 

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With a wide selection of programs and events, from interactive science to stunning art collections, there's always something new to spark your curiosity this summer!

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The Southport Garden Stroll, one of Pequot Library’s signature fundraisers, features exciting events and activities showcasing some of Southport’s finest private gardens. Don’t miss out on our June 5 (6:00 p.m.) ticketed Cocktail Kickoff Party at a private home featuring ceramicist, author, and photographer Frances Palmer. The celebration continues on June 6 with garden tours, engaging conversations, food trucks, rosé sold by the glass, live music, raffle items, vendor displays, and more!

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• New this year:  Start your day with drip coffee by the cup from the Sound Coffee Cart available for purchase from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
• Bud Bucks:  Use your bud bucks to enter to win raffle items, purchase a glass of rosé in our exclusive Rosé Tent, sponsored by Sturges Ridge of Fairfield, and partake in some treats along the stroll.
• Food trucks:  Grab a bite to eat from local food trucks on the Great Lawn, featuring BFF Grill Truck and Proof Pizza, available for purchase from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Find information on companion programs, parking, vendors, sponsors, and volunteer opportunities here. Click here to reserve your tickets! Many thanks to our premier event sponsor, On the Harbor real estate, as well as the other local businesses that have lent us their support.

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15th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition

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Exhibition Dates: June 1 - August 24, 2025

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The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 15th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition is limited to original prints that are no bigger than four square inches (25.8 sq cm). The miniature format encourages artists to explore the essence of their work and refine it to the most important details. It also provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to exhibit their work, and exposes the public to the most current interests of the international printmaking community. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted diverse entries from thousands of artists across the globe.

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For 2025, 416 prints were submitted by 173 artists from 19 countries and 23 states. Juror Ann Shafer selected 89 works by 89 artists from 11 countries and 21 states.

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AWARDS JUROR

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Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

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The Geary Gallery of Darien proudly presents its June exhibition, "Floral Light," featuring the luminous floral compositions of Saddle River, NJ artist, Patricia Nebbeling. Her exhibit runs June 4-28. All are welcome and admission is free. The Geary Gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located at 576 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820. For more details, call (203) 655-6633 or visit our website: www.gearygallery.com.

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The Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to present Barbara Kasten: Structure, Light, Land. For five decades, Chicago-based artist Barbara Kasten has created photographs and sculptural installations that reorient our sense of perception and explore the dynamic relationship between space, material, and form. Her artistic influences are deeply rooted in modernist architecture, the principles of Constructivism, and the interdisciplinary legacy of the Bauhaus, particularly the photograms of László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy.

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“Placing my work in and around The Glass House campus is an opportunity for me to take on a canonical modernist site. Each of the structures on the grounds is like a monument to one of many aesthetic phases of architectural history. Abstraction allows us to consider possibilities that are not the norm,” said Barbara Kasten.

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Structure, Light, Land features Kasten’s work from multiple series, including Architectural Sites, Collisions, and Progressions, as well as new iterations of digital projections, cyanotypes, and sculptures. With a striking interplay of light, color, and form, Kasten’s work infiltrates the grounds of The Glass House and responds to the site’s varied built environment and landscape.

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In the Brick House (1949), Kasten’s brilliantly hued Architectural Site 1, June 10, 1986–featuring the Philip Johnson-designed Lipstick Building (1986) in Manhattan–resonates with the ’80s postmodern interior of the Reading Room, which includes two 1986 Feltri Chairs designed by Gaetano Pesce. Five new cyanotypes by Kasten line the building’s serene 1949 hallway, illuminated by the circular skylights above.

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Kasten’s new installation of fluorescent acrylic I-beams, modeled after the structural components of the Glass House, will be interspersed throughout the Sculpture Gallery (1970). The seven-foot-long beams respond to the site’s permanent collection of works by Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Robert Morris, George Segal, and Michael Heizer. The intervention brings attention to the structure’s exposed I-beam twenty feet overhead and responds to the gallery’s interior patterning of ever-changing natural light and winding staircases.

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The Painting Gallery (1965) features three works: a photograph from the Collision series and two sculptural Progressions. Situated near Stella’s shaped canvases, Kasten’s fluorescent forms extend the narrative around post-painterly abstraction across mediums and into the present moment.

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Da Monsta (1995), the last building Johnson designed at The Glass House, was named following a conversation between Johnson and the critic Herbert Muschamp. It was inspired in part by German Expressionism, an unrealized museum design by Frank Stella, and the work of Frank Gehry. Kasten’s Sideways Corner (2016/2025), a video projection of three-dimensional cubes in primary colors, activates the warped and torqued walls.

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The exhibition is curated by Cole Akers, Curator at The Glass House.

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Special thanks to Bortolami Gallery, New York.

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The 2025 Glass House tour season begins on April 17, 2025. Tickets are available now! All tours include access to the newly restored Brick House. Following an extensive restoration project , we are excited to share this essential design element of the site and its history with you!

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For the final exhibition of its 2024-25 season, the Flinn Gallery is pleased to present Elemental: Work by Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists. The show runs from May 8 to June 18 and features the work of 13 artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery. The sculptors in the exhibition work with a wide range of materials – clay, fabric, metal, plastic, wood, and mixed media – and their artwork ranges in height from three inches to over eight feet.  

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While the sculptures encompass a wide range of materials, sizes, and techniques, they were selected with a unifying theme in mind – Elemental. This word has multiple meanings, which range from primitive or basic to the four elements of nature to the chemical elements from which many of the objects are created. Visitors to the Gallery will see artwork that can be grouped into four elemental categories: Beginnings, Organisms, Earth, and Water.  

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The artists are all inspired by the beauty and fragility of the natural world along with our connections to and impact upon it. For Mo Kelman,“water is the ideal subject to reflect on the laws that govern nature as it ceaselessly advances and embarrasses our every effort to keep it at bay.” In Lagoon, Kelman merges an abstracted body of silk water with bamboo structures that ensemble towers or bridges. Artist Jessica Strauss has three pieces in the exhibition from her Packing for Mars series. In Missing You, Blue Planet, and No More Polar Ice Cap, human figures gaze at images of Earth. The sculptures express “black humor, longing, and regret” as Strauss looks toward a “future when humans must flee a devastated Earth to settle on far flung and arid worlds.” 

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Several artists use traditional domestic crafts such as crochet, embroidery, and sewing in innovative ways. In her three sculptures Ascent, Larvae, and Nests, Michelle Lougee crochets post-consumer plastic bags into monumental sculptures, which “examine the relationships between humans, plastic, and nature amidst irreversible environmental changes”. Cascading from the ceiling, Keri Straka’s “Soft Cell Division” is composed of stuffed and sewn textiles. According to Straka, “the suspended sculpture is evocative of the ebb and flow of human life as mirrored in the blooming of a single cell.” Her sculpture, “Portal: Past” is made of multiple wooden embroidery hoops of varying sizes with water-color painted fabric embedded with a wide range of materials to represent dividing cells and biological cycles.  

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Since the majority of sculptors are women, it is only natural that some artwork addresses feminine sensibilities, and as mentioned, domestic life. Ellen Schön has four ceramic pieces in the exhibition. Two of her pieces – Five Hills Font and Lotus Pod – are part of her Wellspring Series. For Schön, “the pieces in this series explore the ceramic vessel as a wellspring or womb. They are meant to evoke sources of life-whirlpools, fonts, pods, seed of hope, as well as the landscape of the female body.” Several of Jodie Colella’s sculptures are ceramic and one incorporates fabric. According to Colella, her three pieces – Offspring, Seeds, and Attempts at Conviviality Exhaust Me – “comingle rigid forms with fibers to create vessels containing the stories that embody domestic life.” 

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Elemental is curated by Flinn Gallery committee members, Barbra Fordyce and Nancy Heller. It will include over 40 works of art by the following Boston Sculptors Gallery artists: 

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 Jodie Colella (clay, fiber, stone, and mixed media), Carrie Crane (mixed media),  

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Anna Kristina Goransson (felt and wool), Mo Kelman (silk, wood, and mixed media), Michelle Lougee (crocheted plastic and wire), Ellen Schön (stoneware and fired-clay), Julia Shepley (mixed media), Keri Straka (fabric and mixed media), Jessica Strauss (mixed media), Margaret Swan (aluminum), Nora Valdez (limestone), Leslie Wilcox (steel screen and mixed media), and Andy Zimmerman (wood).  

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The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library. The Gallery welcomes visitors daily Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm, Thursday until 8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm, and is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.  

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The Boston Sculptors Gallery (BSG) was founded in 1992 by 18 artists as a venue for contemporary sculpture. It is located in Boston’s SoWa arts district and has 38 member artists from Boston and New England. There is a natural kinship between the Flinn and Boston Sculptors Galleries. Both are nonprofit entities that are volunteer-run and operated with support from a part-time staff member.  

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Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8 from 6-8pm 

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Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7 from 2-3pm. 

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 The Greenwich Art Society is pleased to announce its 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, at the Bendheim Gallery at 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT. Exhibition dates are May 8th thru June 8th. There will be an opening reception and awards ceremony on Saturday May 8th from 5:15 - 6:30 PM. An online digital and virtual gallery will be available on our website, www.greenwichartsociety.org . All work will be for sale.

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JUROR: Kelly Long is an art worker and writer currently serving as Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, where she has worked with the Photography Acquisitions Committee since 2017), developed exhibitions across mediums, including Rachel Harrison Life Hack (2019), Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (2023, and a forthcoming exhibition focused on surrealism and the 1960’s. Most recently, she curated Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and the Last Gullah Islands (2024), and Trust Me (2023), a group exhibition exploring the role that vulnerability plays in forging connection, and the overlapping lives and loves of photography’s creators, viewers, and caretakers. Previously, she has held curatorial and teaching positions at the George Eastman Museum and at the University of Rochester. Her writing has appeared in the catalogues for Chiharu Shiota: The Hand Lines and Gail Thacker: Fugitive Moments, and in publications such as InVisible Culture and MOSSFLOWER. She holds a B.A. in art history from Vassar College, and an M.A. in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester, where her research focused on the engagement of postmodern and contemporary art with housing, exploring notions of being and belonging, access, and ownership in the art of our time.

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AWARDS : Cash and other awards totaling over $2000 will be presented at the opening reception.

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"Fiber Artists of Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut" will be showcased in Wilton Library's June art exhibition. The Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, was started in 1948 by a small group of women and has grown to a membership of 270. The Guild invites handweavers, spinners, and other fiber artists from all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend a Guild meeting and consider becoming a member. The Guild meets five times a year at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury on the third Saturday of the month, bimonthly from September to May. 

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Guild members reside all across the state of Connecticut, as well as in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The artists from the group will be exhibiting their works in an array of styles and fiber content. 

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Opening Reception on Friday, June 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 5. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library. 

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Please join us at Silvermine Galleries on Saturday May 17th from 5 - 7pm for the opening reception of the Fiber 2025 Exhibition.

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This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art, architecture and craft.

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The exhibition will run from May 10th through June 19th, 2025.

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It will be accompanied by two small exhibitions curated by browngrotta arts: Masters of the Medium: CT and Mastery and Materiality: International.

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 Heather Gaudio Fine Art  is pleased to present Martin Kline: The World In All Its Plenitude, the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Saturday, May 3, 4-6pm, and the exhibition will remain on view through June 14th. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay written by art critic and poet Carter Ratcliff accompanies the exhibition. 

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“…ever since he made his first mature work, Kline has felt free to make paintings that are not flat and sculptures that are powerfully pictorial.  He is not just inventive. He is reliably – startlingly – original.” [1]

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The show brings together thirty-nine works executed between 1997 and 2025, surveying Kline’s long-standing engagement with encaustic. Kline’s output has consistently been one of working in series, creating several paintings, drawings and sculpture surrounding a theme or idea. At times he has revisited these themes to expand his material investigations, technical mastery and visual explorations. The distinguishing motif in the paintings and sculptures presented in this show, regardless of the year or series they belong to, is that they all share in the color blue. Arguably one of the favorite colors on the spectrum, blue has for millennia captivated the human eye and carried a special allure for its symbolic and emotive qualities. From ancient China and Egypt to the Celtic times, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, from the Industrial Revolution and the nineteenth century to the modern and contemporary era, blue has fascinated artists, musicians and writers. Sourced from cobalt, lapis lazuli, indigo, ultramarine and other materials, blue can transform into varying hues: cyan, navy, turquoise, aqua, midnight blue, sky blue, royal blue and aquamarine. 

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Kline’s nimble use of the color takes its hue and shade ranges in different directions, accentuating its characteristics and evocative nature with his adroit use of encaustic.  Whether applied in flat bold brushstrokes, dripped or layered to create textured surfaces, Kline modulates the color and manipulates the material to create a vast range of visual experiences. Some grided paintings are structures that take on a retro feel with lighter and darker tones and hues, such as Blue Order and Blue and White Impression. The brushstrokes create a patchwork of tetris-like tiles seeming to compete for space. A mixture of values and tones in other panels such as Blue Grid are not as delineated and appear to meld into one another. These networks are transformed into more complex systems in Blue Mosaico (Tondo) and in the camo-bot series such as Patchwork Blue and Camo Bluebot.  

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Razzle Dazzle may be visually related to the latter two but is also part of another seminal body of work by the artist, the Hammock paintings. In this large panel, Kline’s line of enquiry comes from a narrative referenced in Leo Steinberg’s essay “Other Criteria.” In it, he touches on the 19th century artist Thomas Eakins’ addressing the question whether painting and sculpture should have the same moral standing as traditionally defined manual labor, and not just be considered an activity of leisure or pleasure. Kline’s Hammock paintings are created on actual canvas service hammocks, some dating back to WWII, that the artist has collected over the years. Razzle Dazzle, with its honey-combed surface and blue color patterns, camouflages the hammock on the panel, keeping the object used for work and /or leisure not readily apparent.  

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Audiences familiar with Kline’s artistic trajectory will enjoy viewing the deep, midnight blue, almost black The Prussian Blues (II), an encaustic on linen that would be a precursor to an important series in Kline’s oeuvre, the white linen, or Tabula Rasa, paintings.  Other works on view include the artist’s signature additive layered Bloom, Jewel, and Leda paintings, with their surfaces so textured they become quasi sculptural, where shadow plays an important part in the visual engagement. When does a textured painting become a sculpture? The coup de grâce that drives this concept home is Diagonal Blue Growth on Canvas, a painting the artist cast into a unique bronze and finished with a rich blue patina to make it look like a painting. 

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About Martin Kline

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Kline has had a prolific career as a painter, sculptor and draughtsman and his works have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. His works are in many notable public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Brooklyn Museum and the Morgan Library in New York City; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Albertina, Vienna; The Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio University, Athens; the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain; Triton Foundation, Belgium; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, among others. Kline lives and works in upstate New York.

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About Carter Ratcliff

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American critic and poet Carter Ratcliff has published writings on art for The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; Maxxi Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome and many other institutions.  He has contributed to notable art publications such as Art in America, Art Forum, Art News, Arts, Tate, and Art Presse, as well Vogue, Elle, and New York Magazine. Books include The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art, Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art, and monographs on Andy Warhol, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gilbert & George among others. His books of poetry include Fever Coast, Give Me Tomorrow and Arrivederci, Modernismo. Born in Seattle, Ratcliff lives and works in upstate New York.

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Heather Gaudio Fine Art  specializes in emerging and established artists, offering painting, works on paper, photography, and sculpture. The gallery provides a full-range of art advisory services, from forming and maintaining a collection, to securing secondary market material, to assisting with framing and installation. The focus is on each individual client, selecting art that best serves his or her vision, space, and resources. The six exhibitions offered every year are designed to present important talent and provide artwork appealing to a broad range of interests. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday; 10:30am to 5:30pm; and by appointment. 

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[1] Carter Ratcliff, “Martin Kline: The World in All Its Plenitude”, 2025, Martin Kline, exhibition catalogue

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This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century artists like James Brenan, Daniel Macdonald, James Arthur O'Connor and Jack B. Yeats, as well as sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary artists including John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, and Hughie O'Donoghue. The exhibition is presented by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.

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A new show at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), “Community Sponsored Awards,” will be on view May 18 through June 15, 2025. The artwork in this exhibition will feature local scenes by RAC Exhibiting Members with cash awards thanks to individuals and merchants in the area. This year's awards have been made possible by the support and generosity of the following: All Seasons Marine Works, Arden’s Rowayton, Brendan’s 101, Cucina Daniella, Darien Rowayton Bank, E.R. Salvatore Associates, Fairfield County Bank, Avery and Rob Flowers, Gway Printing, HTG Investment Advisors, Images of Old Greenwich, Kim and Gil Kernan, Rowayton Wine Shop, Sails American Bar & Grill, Seaside Delights, The Bait Shop Marine Services, The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood, Whitebridge Wines & Spirits and William Raveis/Tammy Langalis.

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The opening reception on Sunday, May 16 from 4 pm to 6 pm is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 12 to 5 pm plus Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm.

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RAC celebrates the study, creation and appreciation of the arts through classes, exhibitions and events open to all in the community. For over 60 years, this nonprofit organization has been a cultural gem in Rowayton, CT. The gallery and art school overlook the scenic Five Mile River at 145 Rowayton Avenue with space for regional artists to exhibit their art and a classroom for workshops and classes at all levels offered to children and adults. Visit rowaytonarts.org and follow @rowaytonarts.

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"Fiber Artists of Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut" will be showcased in Wilton Library's June art exhibition. The Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, was started in 1948 by a small group of women and has grown to a membership of 270. The Guild invites handweavers, spinners, and other fiber artists from all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend a Guild meeting and consider becoming a member. The Guild meets five times a year at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury on the third Saturday of the month, bimonthly from September to May. 

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Guild members reside all across the state of Connecticut, as well as in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The artists from the group will be exhibiting their works in an array of styles and fiber content. 

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Opening Reception on Friday, June 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 5. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library. 

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Join us for a reception for The Artists Collective of Westport’s summer exhibit at The Westport Library, Interiors: A Look Inside, in the Sheffer Gallery and South Gallery, and as the Collective reveals its Piece by Piece installation in the Jesup Gallery.

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For Interiors, each of the Artists Collective members were invited to display a work in the medium of their choice that explores what “interiors” means to them. Contributors this year include Bonnie Edelman, Lynn Carlson, Peggy Dembicer, and Ros Shaffer, as well as Norm Siegel, Suzanne Benton, Julie Leff, Diane Pollack, Miggs Burroughs, Kat Evans, Niki Ketchman, and more.

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Piece by Piece is a 6-foot by 8-foot art installation composed of the work of 48 Artists Collective members. Each artist received a 12-inch by 12-inch blank panel along with a 12-inch square section randomly selected from a well-known modern painting. The artists created their individual piece, replicating a part of the larger painting in their own style, without knowing what the final painting will look like until it is revealed at the opening reception.

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Each 12-inch by 12-inch “piece” of Piece by Piece will be available for purchase starting the night of the reception. Each square will be $100, with 50% of the proceeds supporting the Library’s art programs and 50% going to the artist.

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The additional artworks on display in the Sheffer and South Galleries will also be available for purchase, with a percentage of the proceeds also going to benefit the Library’s art programming. Additional exhibit support is provided by The Drew Friedman Community Arts Center.

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The Artists Collective of Westport is a nonprofit organization composed of 150 local artists who have joined forces to discuss, create, and develop dynamic experiences for the Fairfield County community. The collective is open to all active artists in pursuit of expanding their careers and in developing a strong, diverse arts community.

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For more about the Library art exhibits, visit the Art at the Library page.

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Join us for an inspiring evening of art, flavor, and community!

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Mingle with talented artists and fellow art lovers while savoring a Signature Cocktail, local wines, craft brews, and festive bites. Be among the first to preview this year’s collection of exceptional artwork by some of the region’s finest artists.

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Our fantastic biennial Art Show includes a silent auction, live art demonstrations, and engaging activities for both children and adults—all set against the backdrop of nature and agrarian life that inspires our work and defines our beautiful property.

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$50 per person

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(includes a $25 art purchase credit)

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Registration is required. Please register at[](https://newpondfarm.org/event/art-show-preview-party)[www.newpondfarm.org](http://www.newpondfarm.org)

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Don’t miss the reception and reveal: Friday, June 6, 6 to 7:30 pm

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(Mingle with the artists and art lovers and have a conversation over a glass of wine.)

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The Artists Collective of Westport explores the inner world of physical, metaphysical, and emotional spaces through the visual arts with an all-member show INTERIORS: A LOOK INSIDE at The Westport Library this summer. Some of the contributors this year are Bonnie Edelman, Lynn Carlson, Peggy Dembicer, and Ros Shaffer, as well as Norm Siegel, Suzanne Benton, Julie Leff, Trace Burroughs, Diane Pollack, Miggs Burroughs, Kat Evans, Niki Ketchman, and more.

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On June 6, the two-part exhibition will encompass all three of the Library’s galleries — One exhibit, INTERIORS: A LOOK INSIDE in the Sheffer Gallery and South Gallery, and the PIECE BY PIECE reveal in the Jesup Gallery.

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Piece by Piece is a 6-foot by 8-foot art installation composed of the work of 48 Artists Collective members. Each artist received a 12-inch by 12-inch blank panel along with a 12-inch square section randomly selected from a well-known modern painting. The artists created their individual piece, replicating a part of the larger painting in their own style, without knowing what the final painting will look like until it is revealed at the opening reception.

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Each 12-inch by 12-inch “piece” of Piece by Piece will be available for purchase starting the night of the reception. Each square will be $100, with 50% of the proceeds supporting the Library’s art programs and 50% going to the artist.

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The additional artworks on display in the Sheffer and South Galleries will also be available for purchase, with a percentage of the proceeds also going to benefit the Library’s art programming. Additional exhibit support is provided by The Drew Friedman Community Arts Center.

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The Downtown Cabaret in partnership with Family Entertainment Live presents the third installment of our signature Decades in Concert series, The 1980s! Following the huge success of Sounds of the Seventies and Spirit of the Sixties, this production transports audiences back to the 1980s to revisit the sights and sounds of the era where walls were torn down, we believed in miracles, and greed was good. Using music from some of the most prominent and influential artists of the 80’s such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, U2, The Police, Bon Jovi and many many more, Decades in Concert: The 1980s tells the story of the history and culture of America in the “Me First” decade. This amazing performance with a talented cast will immerse you in nostalgic multimedia and transport you back to the decade that changed America and defined a generation!

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Adapted for the stage by Dave Johns and Owen O'Neill. Based on the beloved movie and the novella by Stephen King.

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PLOT: When Andy Dufresne is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in Shawshank prison, he must use his wits and newly forged friendships to keep himself and his hope alive. But will he be able to survive the corruption and danger he faces within this notorious prison’s walls? Based on the novella by Stephen King and popularized by the highly acclaimed movie, The Shawshank Redemption is a story of resilience and is sure to be a theatrical experience like no other.

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Create unforgettable memories while exploring science, art, and nature together – or gift a membership to share the wonder with someone special!

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This year's incredible finds are at First Congregational. Don't miss the huge Tag Sale to find everything you are looking for and more. There is something for everyone. Lunch items for sale as well. Get your goodies hot off the Grill.

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Don't miss the fun and the bargain hunt Saturday, June 7th 9:oo-4:00 at 46 Main St, Bethel, CT, First Congregational Church, UCC. Most items are 1/2 price between 3-4 pm!

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Donations may be made between 9:30-12:00 M-F or by calling the church at 230-743-1877 to schedule a time for drop off.

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You can learn more by visiting the Church Website: Click Here

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15th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition

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Exhibition Dates: June 1 - August 24, 2025

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The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 15th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition is limited to original prints that are no bigger than four square inches (25.8 sq cm). The miniature format encourages artists to explore the essence of their work and refine it to the most important details. It also provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to exhibit their work, and exposes the public to the most current interests of the international printmaking community. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted diverse entries from thousands of artists across the globe.

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For 2025, 416 prints were submitted by 173 artists from 19 countries and 23 states. Juror Ann Shafer selected 89 works by 89 artists from 11 countries and 21 states.

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AWARDS JUROR

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Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

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Where Culture and Conversation Percolate

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Join us for a poetic morning with poet William Huhn as he discusses and reads excerpts from his first published book "Bachelor Holiday." This intimate gathering offers attendees the unique opportunity to engage with the author's creative process and inspiration behind his compelling debut collection.

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William Huhn will share selected poems from "Bachelor Holiday," offering insights into his creative journey and the themes that shape his work. Following the reading, guests are invited to participate in an open discussion with the author.

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Coffee, tea, and light bites will be provided, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere for literary appreciation and conversation.

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About the Series

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This event is part of our Meet for Coffee at the Bruce series, designed to blend culture with conversation. Our coffee gatherings bring together artists, writers, and cultural figures with our community in a relaxed setting that encourages meaningful dialogue.

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This event is free and open to the public.

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Secure your spot today for a morning of rich insights and community discussion over coffee—an opportunity to explore the stories that inspire us all.

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The Geary Gallery of Darien proudly presents its June exhibition, "Floral Light," featuring the luminous floral compositions of Saddle River, NJ artist, Patricia Nebbeling. Her exhibit runs June 4-28. All are welcome and admission is free. The Geary Gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located at 576 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820. For more details, call (203) 655-6633 or visit our website: www.gearygallery.com.

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The Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to present Barbara Kasten: Structure, Light, Land. For five decades, Chicago-based artist Barbara Kasten has created photographs and sculptural installations that reorient our sense of perception and explore the dynamic relationship between space, material, and form. Her artistic influences are deeply rooted in modernist architecture, the principles of Constructivism, and the interdisciplinary legacy of the Bauhaus, particularly the photograms of László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy.

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“Placing my work in and around The Glass House campus is an opportunity for me to take on a canonical modernist site. Each of the structures on the grounds is like a monument to one of many aesthetic phases of architectural history. Abstraction allows us to consider possibilities that are not the norm,” said Barbara Kasten.

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Structure, Light, Land features Kasten’s work from multiple series, including Architectural Sites, Collisions, and Progressions, as well as new iterations of digital projections, cyanotypes, and sculptures. With a striking interplay of light, color, and form, Kasten’s work infiltrates the grounds of The Glass House and responds to the site’s varied built environment and landscape.

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In the Brick House (1949), Kasten’s brilliantly hued Architectural Site 1, June 10, 1986–featuring the Philip Johnson-designed Lipstick Building (1986) in Manhattan–resonates with the ’80s postmodern interior of the Reading Room, which includes two 1986 Feltri Chairs designed by Gaetano Pesce. Five new cyanotypes by Kasten line the building’s serene 1949 hallway, illuminated by the circular skylights above.

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Kasten’s new installation of fluorescent acrylic I-beams, modeled after the structural components of the Glass House, will be interspersed throughout the Sculpture Gallery (1970). The seven-foot-long beams respond to the site’s permanent collection of works by Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Robert Morris, George Segal, and Michael Heizer. The intervention brings attention to the structure’s exposed I-beam twenty feet overhead and responds to the gallery’s interior patterning of ever-changing natural light and winding staircases.

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The Painting Gallery (1965) features three works: a photograph from the Collision series and two sculptural Progressions. Situated near Stella’s shaped canvases, Kasten’s fluorescent forms extend the narrative around post-painterly abstraction across mediums and into the present moment.

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Da Monsta (1995), the last building Johnson designed at The Glass House, was named following a conversation between Johnson and the critic Herbert Muschamp. It was inspired in part by German Expressionism, an unrealized museum design by Frank Stella, and the work of Frank Gehry. Kasten’s Sideways Corner (2016/2025), a video projection of three-dimensional cubes in primary colors, activates the warped and torqued walls.

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The exhibition is curated by Cole Akers, Curator at The Glass House.

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Special thanks to Bortolami Gallery, New York.

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The 2025 Glass House tour season begins on April 17, 2025. Tickets are available now! All tours include access to the newly restored Brick House. Following an extensive restoration project , we are excited to share this essential design element of the site and its history with you!

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Join us Saturdays at 10 am on the terrace next to our Design Barn for inspiring speakers and answers to your pressing gardening questions! Make a morning of it by grabbing coffee at our coffee bar, strolling our park-like grounds, checking out our curated selection of vendors and connecting with our gardening community!

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 Our eight-week session of SPRING 2025 DRAMA ARTS CLASSES for kids, teens and adults is now available on our website! Classes begin April 19, 2025, and take place after school, evenings and weekends at The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Avenue in Stamford, Connecticut: a professional facility with two theatre spaces and three studio classrooms. Our faculty consists of local, professional artists and arts educators dedicated to creative enrichment in the community. Classes are offered in acting, improv, sketch comedy, musical theatre, dance, on-camera, AND MORE!

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ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME! (From the novice beginner to the seasoned veteran.)

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Discounts for siblings/spouses registering together!

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Payment plans available!

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Scholarships for those who qualify!

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Visit  www.curtaincallinc.com

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or contact our Education Director Brian Bianco at brian@curtaincallinc.com or

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203-329-8207 x700.

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ACT NOW TO ACT OUT!

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Curtain Call, Inc. is Stamford, Connecticut's longest-running and only nonprofit, theatre-producing company, offering year-round, live, theatrical productions, concert events, and educational workshops. Voted Best Local Theatre Group 10 years in a row by Fairfield County Weekly's Annual Reader's Poll, and Best Performing Arts Group 12 years in a row by StamfordPlus Magazine. Recipient of the 2011 2011 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Culture and Tourism and the 2016 ACE Award for Excellence in the Arts.

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For the final exhibition of its 2024-25 season, the Flinn Gallery is pleased to present Elemental: Work by Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists. The show runs from May 8 to June 18 and features the work of 13 artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery. The sculptors in the exhibition work with a wide range of materials – clay, fabric, metal, plastic, wood, and mixed media – and their artwork ranges in height from three inches to over eight feet.  

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While the sculptures encompass a wide range of materials, sizes, and techniques, they were selected with a unifying theme in mind – Elemental. This word has multiple meanings, which range from primitive or basic to the four elements of nature to the chemical elements from which many of the objects are created. Visitors to the Gallery will see artwork that can be grouped into four elemental categories: Beginnings, Organisms, Earth, and Water.  

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The artists are all inspired by the beauty and fragility of the natural world along with our connections to and impact upon it. For Mo Kelman,“water is the ideal subject to reflect on the laws that govern nature as it ceaselessly advances and embarrasses our every effort to keep it at bay.” In Lagoon, Kelman merges an abstracted body of silk water with bamboo structures that ensemble towers or bridges. Artist Jessica Strauss has three pieces in the exhibition from her Packing for Mars series. In Missing You, Blue Planet, and No More Polar Ice Cap, human figures gaze at images of Earth. The sculptures express “black humor, longing, and regret” as Strauss looks toward a “future when humans must flee a devastated Earth to settle on far flung and arid worlds.” 

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Several artists use traditional domestic crafts such as crochet, embroidery, and sewing in innovative ways. In her three sculptures Ascent, Larvae, and Nests, Michelle Lougee crochets post-consumer plastic bags into monumental sculptures, which “examine the relationships between humans, plastic, and nature amidst irreversible environmental changes”. Cascading from the ceiling, Keri Straka’s “Soft Cell Division” is composed of stuffed and sewn textiles. According to Straka, “the suspended sculpture is evocative of the ebb and flow of human life as mirrored in the blooming of a single cell.” Her sculpture, “Portal: Past” is made of multiple wooden embroidery hoops of varying sizes with water-color painted fabric embedded with a wide range of materials to represent dividing cells and biological cycles.  

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Since the majority of sculptors are women, it is only natural that some artwork addresses feminine sensibilities, and as mentioned, domestic life. Ellen Schön has four ceramic pieces in the exhibition. Two of her pieces – Five Hills Font and Lotus Pod – are part of her Wellspring Series. For Schön, “the pieces in this series explore the ceramic vessel as a wellspring or womb. They are meant to evoke sources of life-whirlpools, fonts, pods, seed of hope, as well as the landscape of the female body.” Several of Jodie Colella’s sculptures are ceramic and one incorporates fabric. According to Colella, her three pieces – Offspring, Seeds, and Attempts at Conviviality Exhaust Me – “comingle rigid forms with fibers to create vessels containing the stories that embody domestic life.” 

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Elemental is curated by Flinn Gallery committee members, Barbra Fordyce and Nancy Heller. It will include over 40 works of art by the following Boston Sculptors Gallery artists: 

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 Jodie Colella (clay, fiber, stone, and mixed media), Carrie Crane (mixed media),  

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Anna Kristina Goransson (felt and wool), Mo Kelman (silk, wood, and mixed media), Michelle Lougee (crocheted plastic and wire), Ellen Schön (stoneware and fired-clay), Julia Shepley (mixed media), Keri Straka (fabric and mixed media), Jessica Strauss (mixed media), Margaret Swan (aluminum), Nora Valdez (limestone), Leslie Wilcox (steel screen and mixed media), and Andy Zimmerman (wood).  

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The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library. The Gallery welcomes visitors daily Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm, Thursday until 8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm, and is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.  

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The Boston Sculptors Gallery (BSG) was founded in 1992 by 18 artists as a venue for contemporary sculpture. It is located in Boston’s SoWa arts district and has 38 member artists from Boston and New England. There is a natural kinship between the Flinn and Boston Sculptors Galleries. Both are nonprofit entities that are volunteer-run and operated with support from a part-time staff member.  

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Events: 

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Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8 from 6-8pm 

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Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7 from 2-3pm. 

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"Fiber Artists of Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut" will be showcased in Wilton Library's June art exhibition. The Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, was started in 1948 by a small group of women and has grown to a membership of 270. The Guild invites handweavers, spinners, and other fiber artists from all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend a Guild meeting and consider becoming a member. The Guild meets five times a year at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury on the third Saturday of the month, bimonthly from September to May. 

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Guild members reside all across the state of Connecticut, as well as in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The artists from the group will be exhibiting their works in an array of styles and fiber content. 

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Opening Reception on Friday, June 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 5. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library. 

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Please join us at Silvermine Galleries on Saturday May 17th from 5 - 7pm for the opening reception of the Fiber 2025 Exhibition.

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This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art, architecture and craft.

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The exhibition will run from May 10th through June 19th, 2025.

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It will be accompanied by two small exhibitions curated by browngrotta arts: Masters of the Medium: CT and Mastery and Materiality: International.

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A new show at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), “Community Sponsored Awards,” will be on view May 18 through June 15, 2025. The artwork in this exhibition will feature local scenes by RAC Exhibiting Members with cash awards thanks to individuals and merchants in the area. This year's awards have been made possible by the support and generosity of the following: All Seasons Marine Works, Arden’s Rowayton, Brendan’s 101, Cucina Daniella, Darien Rowayton Bank, E.R. Salvatore Associates, Fairfield County Bank, Avery and Rob Flowers, Gway Printing, HTG Investment Advisors, Images of Old Greenwich, Kim and Gil Kernan, Rowayton Wine Shop, Sails American Bar & Grill, Seaside Delights, The Bait Shop Marine Services, The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood, Whitebridge Wines & Spirits and William Raveis/Tammy Langalis.

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The opening reception on Sunday, May 16 from 4 pm to 6 pm is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 12 to 5 pm plus Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm.

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RAC celebrates the study, creation and appreciation of the arts through classes, exhibitions and events open to all in the community. For over 60 years, this nonprofit organization has been a cultural gem in Rowayton, CT. The gallery and art school overlook the scenic Five Mile River at 145 Rowayton Avenue with space for regional artists to exhibit their art and a classroom for workshops and classes at all levels offered to children and adults. Visit rowaytonarts.org and follow @rowaytonarts.

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The Greenwich Art Society is offering:

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YOUNG ARTISTS IN THE STUDIO, AGES 6-8

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with OLGA KLYMYK

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10 SATURDAYS

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April 12 – June 21 (Except May 24)

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10:30 am to 12:00 pm

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Program Description

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This class will explore new approaches to creativity with children. Using drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture children will learn new skills and improve on old ones as they experiment with new media and different techniques. To reinforce their understanding, children will learn about important artists who are either historically significant or are forerunners in contemporary art. Come join in and stretch your imagination in a relaxed, fun environment. Materials supplied. 

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Instructor

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Olga Klymyk

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Olga Klymyk was born in the fall of 1977 in the Ukraine and grew to become a talented creative artist. A graduate of Arts & Crafts College in Kociv, she majored in Monumental Art, then completed graduate studies in graphics at University Stefanyke at Ivano-Frankivst, in the Ukraine.

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After teaching art on the college level, painting murals in commercial buildings, consulting as an interior designer, as well as selling her art in retail stores, Olga emigrated to the USA in 2006 to continue exploring career opportunities.

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She became a US citizen in 2011, and actively engages in a variety of work experiences to provide income for her and her teenage daughter living in Stamford, Ct. Olga gives private art instruction and teaches at the Ukrainian school. Although she has moved on from her membership, Ms. Klymyk spent the last few years as an active member of the Stamford based Loft Artists Association, now in its 40th year.

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Olga is painting more, creating a new series, and pursuing new opportunities to exhibit and sell her growing collection of watercolor art that now consists of more than 30 pieces all professionally presented and ready to complete interiors.

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 Heather Gaudio Fine Art  is pleased to present Martin Kline: The World In All Its Plenitude, the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Saturday, May 3, 4-6pm, and the exhibition will remain on view through June 14th. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay written by art critic and poet Carter Ratcliff accompanies the exhibition. 

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“…ever since he made his first mature work, Kline has felt free to make paintings that are not flat and sculptures that are powerfully pictorial.  He is not just inventive. He is reliably – startlingly – original.” [1]

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The show brings together thirty-nine works executed between 1997 and 2025, surveying Kline’s long-standing engagement with encaustic. Kline’s output has consistently been one of working in series, creating several paintings, drawings and sculpture surrounding a theme or idea. At times he has revisited these themes to expand his material investigations, technical mastery and visual explorations. The distinguishing motif in the paintings and sculptures presented in this show, regardless of the year or series they belong to, is that they all share in the color blue. Arguably one of the favorite colors on the spectrum, blue has for millennia captivated the human eye and carried a special allure for its symbolic and emotive qualities. From ancient China and Egypt to the Celtic times, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, from the Industrial Revolution and the nineteenth century to the modern and contemporary era, blue has fascinated artists, musicians and writers. Sourced from cobalt, lapis lazuli, indigo, ultramarine and other materials, blue can transform into varying hues: cyan, navy, turquoise, aqua, midnight blue, sky blue, royal blue and aquamarine. 

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Kline’s nimble use of the color takes its hue and shade ranges in different directions, accentuating its characteristics and evocative nature with his adroit use of encaustic.  Whether applied in flat bold brushstrokes, dripped or layered to create textured surfaces, Kline modulates the color and manipulates the material to create a vast range of visual experiences. Some grided paintings are structures that take on a retro feel with lighter and darker tones and hues, such as Blue Order and Blue and White Impression. The brushstrokes create a patchwork of tetris-like tiles seeming to compete for space. A mixture of values and tones in other panels such as Blue Grid are not as delineated and appear to meld into one another. These networks are transformed into more complex systems in Blue Mosaico (Tondo) and in the camo-bot series such as Patchwork Blue and Camo Bluebot.  

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Razzle Dazzle may be visually related to the latter two but is also part of another seminal body of work by the artist, the Hammock paintings. In this large panel, Kline’s line of enquiry comes from a narrative referenced in Leo Steinberg’s essay “Other Criteria.” In it, he touches on the 19th century artist Thomas Eakins’ addressing the question whether painting and sculpture should have the same moral standing as traditionally defined manual labor, and not just be considered an activity of leisure or pleasure. Kline’s Hammock paintings are created on actual canvas service hammocks, some dating back to WWII, that the artist has collected over the years. Razzle Dazzle, with its honey-combed surface and blue color patterns, camouflages the hammock on the panel, keeping the object used for work and /or leisure not readily apparent.  

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Audiences familiar with Kline’s artistic trajectory will enjoy viewing the deep, midnight blue, almost black The Prussian Blues (II), an encaustic on linen that would be a precursor to an important series in Kline’s oeuvre, the white linen, or Tabula Rasa, paintings.  Other works on view include the artist’s signature additive layered Bloom, Jewel, and Leda paintings, with their surfaces so textured they become quasi sculptural, where shadow plays an important part in the visual engagement. When does a textured painting become a sculpture? The coup de grâce that drives this concept home is Diagonal Blue Growth on Canvas, a painting the artist cast into a unique bronze and finished with a rich blue patina to make it look like a painting. 

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About Martin Kline

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Kline has had a prolific career as a painter, sculptor and draughtsman and his works have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. His works are in many notable public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Brooklyn Museum and the Morgan Library in New York City; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Albertina, Vienna; The Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio University, Athens; the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain; Triton Foundation, Belgium; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, among others. Kline lives and works in upstate New York.

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About Carter Ratcliff

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American critic and poet Carter Ratcliff has published writings on art for The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; Maxxi Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome and many other institutions.  He has contributed to notable art publications such as Art in America, Art Forum, Art News, Arts, Tate, and Art Presse, as well Vogue, Elle, and New York Magazine. Books include The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art, Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art, and monographs on Andy Warhol, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gilbert & George among others. His books of poetry include Fever Coast, Give Me Tomorrow and Arrivederci, Modernismo. Born in Seattle, Ratcliff lives and works in upstate New York.

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Heather Gaudio Fine Art  specializes in emerging and established artists, offering painting, works on paper, photography, and sculpture. The gallery provides a full-range of art advisory services, from forming and maintaining a collection, to securing secondary market material, to assisting with framing and installation. The focus is on each individual client, selecting art that best serves his or her vision, space, and resources. The six exhibitions offered every year are designed to present important talent and provide artwork appealing to a broad range of interests. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday; 10:30am to 5:30pm; and by appointment. 

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[1] Carter Ratcliff, “Martin Kline: The World in All Its Plenitude”, 2025, Martin Kline, exhibition catalogue

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Interested in learning about New Pond Farm Education Center and all we have to offer?

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Stop by anytime between 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. to learn more about our stunning landscape, the diverse habitats, our fascinating history, the varied wildlife, the multitude of educational opportunities, in addition to our warm and welcoming staff.

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Meet our barnyard residents, tour our Woodland Indian encampment, explore our trails, visit with our delightful program animals, and enjoy a delicious farm treat!

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No Registration Required!

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If you have any concerns about the weather, please check www.newpondfarm.org after 9 a.m.

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This fantastic biennial event will showcase artwork by some of the region’s finest artists. With paint and canvas, pencil and paper, wood, metal, or clay, their creativity will transform the enduring themes of nature and farm into beautiful works of art. A silent auction, art demonstrations, plein air painting, and activities for all ages will all be a part of this inspiring show.

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All art is for sale with proceeds to benefit our programs.

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Free admission to the gallery, auction, demonstrations, lectures, and classes.

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More details can be found at www.newpondfarm.org

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This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century artists like James Brenan, Daniel Macdonald, James Arthur O'Connor and Jack B. Yeats, as well as sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary artists including John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, and Hughie O'Donoghue. The exhibition is presented by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.

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 The Greenwich Art Society is pleased to announce its 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, at the Bendheim Gallery at 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT. Exhibition dates are May 8th thru June 8th. There will be an opening reception and awards ceremony on Saturday May 8th from 5:15 - 6:30 PM. An online digital and virtual gallery will be available on our website, www.greenwichartsociety.org . All work will be for sale.

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JUROR: Kelly Long is an art worker and writer currently serving as Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, where she has worked with the Photography Acquisitions Committee since 2017), developed exhibitions across mediums, including Rachel Harrison Life Hack (2019), Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (2023, and a forthcoming exhibition focused on surrealism and the 1960’s. Most recently, she curated Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and the Last Gullah Islands (2024), and Trust Me (2023), a group exhibition exploring the role that vulnerability plays in forging connection, and the overlapping lives and loves of photography’s creators, viewers, and caretakers. Previously, she has held curatorial and teaching positions at the George Eastman Museum and at the University of Rochester. Her writing has appeared in the catalogues for Chiharu Shiota: The Hand Lines and Gail Thacker: Fugitive Moments, and in publications such as InVisible Culture and MOSSFLOWER. She holds a B.A. in art history from Vassar College, and an M.A. in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester, where her research focused on the engagement of postmodern and contemporary art with housing, exploring notions of being and belonging, access, and ownership in the art of our time.

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AWARDS : Cash and other awards totaling over $2000 will be presented at the opening reception.

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Come join us in the gallery for a vibrant talk with the artists from our latest exhibit, Elemental: Juried Work by Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists. An engaging way to learn about their process and inspiration. The show features the works of 13 member artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery.

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The sculptors in the exhibition work with a wide range of materials – clay, metal, wood, fabric, plastic, and mixed media – and range in dimension from hand-sized to over 8 feet.

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Experience the highlights of the Bruce Museum’s exhibitions during a guided tour that is free with museum admission. No reservations are required but capacity is limited to twenty people on a first-come, first-served basis. Please check in with the front desk if you wish to join. Tours depart from the bottom of the staircase in the Grand Hall.

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Sculpture 2025 is an outdoor exhibit of 15 Connecticut Sculptors

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In the Gallery we will be Featuring paintings by Megan Marden

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Musical Guest the Bad Slugs will be performing their original music and a few of their favorite covers. There will be refreshments and it is Free to the Public, a family friendly outing in Bethel Connecticut.

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June 7, 2025 - 2:00-5:00PM

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Trailer Box Project at Jim Felice Studios

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12 Francis J Clarke Circle

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Bethel Ct. 06801

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203-797-0230

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Documentary Film

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This film will explore the connection between food sustainability and cultural sustainability for Indigenous communities, a Diné woman (Natalie Benally) travels from New Mexico to the Andes in Peru to connect with a Quechua community who are developing their own solutions to address the same challenges seen in their region.

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As extraction, water displacement, and climate change impact food sustainability in indigenous communities, this is having a direct impact on cultural sustainability.

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A Diné woman travels from the Navajo Nation to a Quechuan community in Peru that has developed a way to address this challenge in their own region.

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The Loft Artists Association (LAA) is excited to announce its Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, titled “ ZING”. The exhibition will be on display at the Loft Artists Gallery from April 26 through June 8, 2025, with an opening reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, April 26 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM. The Gallery located at 575 Pacific Street in Stamford, CT is open weekends from 1:00 – 4:00 PM. Beth Gersh Nešić, visiting juror and independent curator, invited artists to submit works that celebrate joy, positivity, excitement, good energy, and humor. This “ZING” should communicate directly to the viewer through color, line, form, composition, and/or content. It should move hearts and minds viscerally, intellectually, cognitively, and/or spiritually.

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The Downtown Cabaret in partnership with Family Entertainment Live presents the third installment of our signature Decades in Concert series, The 1980s! Following the huge success of Sounds of the Seventies and Spirit of the Sixties, this production transports audiences back to the 1980s to revisit the sights and sounds of the era where walls were torn down, we believed in miracles, and greed was good. Using music from some of the most prominent and influential artists of the 80’s such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, U2, The Police, Bon Jovi and many many more, Decades in Concert: The 1980s tells the story of the history and culture of America in the “Me First” decade. This amazing performance with a talented cast will immerse you in nostalgic multimedia and transport you back to the decade that changed America and defined a generation!

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" Dreamscape" is a series of Contemporary Dance Performance to encapsulate the ability to dream, imagine, and celebrate dance artistry through a variety of dance styles including lyrical contemporary dance and ballet, as well as a variety of music including modern, classical, and even big band! Come float on air with us!

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“ Jewels :" original performances by our academy, showcases distinct dance and musical styles, each inspired by a different jewel: Emeralds, Rubies, Amethysts, and Diamonds. The ballet is a celebration of our dancers artistic journey, reflecting their strengths and joys.

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"Borealis:"a celebration of light in motion—an ethereal dance inspired by the northern skies. 

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" Frank Sinatra Suites :" a celebration of Prom, flirty and jovial lyrical ballet paired with "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra, famous for his baritone, which emerges in slow, steady sweeps, reaching reeling you into the magical moments of Prom.

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" Sleeping Beauty Prologue :" The fairies bestow gifts to the Princess Aurora in this timeless Tchaikovsky scored ballet.... and much more!

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Spend the evening getting to know Cole Porter in the cabaret "Down in the Depths", a musical deep dive into Porter's life and catalog. The music selections range all throughout his career, from the biggest shows to obscure pieces rarely performed. One might make you shed a tear and the next will have you rolling with laughter. Always captivating, cabaret singer-storyteller Mel McGuire will be accompanied by maestro Rodney Loren on piano bringing fresh arrangements of jazz standards like "DeLovely", "You're the Top", and "Night and Day". If you're interested in early 20th century American history and pop culture or just love good music, this show is not to be missed!

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Mel McGuire is a cabaret singer, personal trainer, fitness author, and mom living in Stamford, CT. As a cabaret performer, Mel is best known for her autobiographical cabaret show Tinder Roulette which ran at the 13th Street Repertory throughout the fall of 2015 and received rave reviews. 

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The Downtown Cabaret in partnership with Family Entertainment Live presents the third installment of our signature Decades in Concert series, The 1980s! Following the huge success of Sounds of the Seventies and Spirit of the Sixties, this production transports audiences back to the 1980s to revisit the sights and sounds of the era where walls were torn down, we believed in miracles, and greed was good. Using music from some of the most prominent and influential artists of the 80’s such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, U2, The Police, Bon Jovi and many many more, Decades in Concert: The 1980s tells the story of the history and culture of America in the “Me First” decade. This amazing performance with a talented cast will immerse you in nostalgic multimedia and transport you back to the decade that changed America and defined a generation!

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Adapted for the stage by Dave Johns and Owen O'Neill. Based on the beloved movie and the novella by Stephen King.

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PLOT: When Andy Dufresne is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in Shawshank prison, he must use his wits and newly forged friendships to keep himself and his hope alive. But will he be able to survive the corruption and danger he faces within this notorious prison’s walls? Based on the novella by Stephen King and popularized by the highly acclaimed movie, The Shawshank Redemption is a story of resilience and is sure to be a theatrical experience like no other.

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Whether you're planning family adventures, a cultural date, or quality time with grandkids, the Bruce offers captivating experiences for every visitor. 

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With a wide selection of programs and events, from interactive science to stunning art collections, there's always something new to spark your curiosity this summer!

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Enjoy 10% off all membership levels.

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The 2025 Glass House tour season begins on April 17, 2025. Tickets are available now! All tours include access to the newly restored Brick House. Following an extensive restoration project , we are excited to share this essential design element of the site and its history with you!

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The Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to present Barbara Kasten: Structure, Light, Land. For five decades, Chicago-based artist Barbara Kasten has created photographs and sculptural installations that reorient our sense of perception and explore the dynamic relationship between space, material, and form. Her artistic influences are deeply rooted in modernist architecture, the principles of Constructivism, and the interdisciplinary legacy of the Bauhaus, particularly the photograms of László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy.

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“Placing my work in and around The Glass House campus is an opportunity for me to take on a canonical modernist site. Each of the structures on the grounds is like a monument to one of many aesthetic phases of architectural history. Abstraction allows us to consider possibilities that are not the norm,” said Barbara Kasten.

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Structure, Light, Land features Kasten’s work from multiple series, including Architectural Sites, Collisions, and Progressions, as well as new iterations of digital projections, cyanotypes, and sculptures. With a striking interplay of light, color, and form, Kasten’s work infiltrates the grounds of The Glass House and responds to the site’s varied built environment and landscape.

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In the Brick House (1949), Kasten’s brilliantly hued Architectural Site 1, June 10, 1986–featuring the Philip Johnson-designed Lipstick Building (1986) in Manhattan–resonates with the ’80s postmodern interior of the Reading Room, which includes two 1986 Feltri Chairs designed by Gaetano Pesce. Five new cyanotypes by Kasten line the building’s serene 1949 hallway, illuminated by the circular skylights above.

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Kasten’s new installation of fluorescent acrylic I-beams, modeled after the structural components of the Glass House, will be interspersed throughout the Sculpture Gallery (1970). The seven-foot-long beams respond to the site’s permanent collection of works by Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Robert Morris, George Segal, and Michael Heizer. The intervention brings attention to the structure’s exposed I-beam twenty feet overhead and responds to the gallery’s interior patterning of ever-changing natural light and winding staircases.

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The Painting Gallery (1965) features three works: a photograph from the Collision series and two sculptural Progressions. Situated near Stella’s shaped canvases, Kasten’s fluorescent forms extend the narrative around post-painterly abstraction across mediums and into the present moment.

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Da Monsta (1995), the last building Johnson designed at The Glass House, was named following a conversation between Johnson and the critic Herbert Muschamp. It was inspired in part by German Expressionism, an unrealized museum design by Frank Stella, and the work of Frank Gehry. Kasten’s Sideways Corner (2016/2025), a video projection of three-dimensional cubes in primary colors, activates the warped and torqued walls.

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The exhibition is curated by Cole Akers, Curator at The Glass House.

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Special thanks to Bortolami Gallery, New York.

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A new show at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), “Community Sponsored Awards,” will be on view May 18 through June 15, 2025. The artwork in this exhibition will feature local scenes by RAC Exhibiting Members with cash awards thanks to individuals and merchants in the area. This year's awards have been made possible by the support and generosity of the following: All Seasons Marine Works, Arden’s Rowayton, Brendan’s 101, Cucina Daniella, Darien Rowayton Bank, E.R. Salvatore Associates, Fairfield County Bank, Avery and Rob Flowers, Gway Printing, HTG Investment Advisors, Images of Old Greenwich, Kim and Gil Kernan, Rowayton Wine Shop, Sails American Bar & Grill, Seaside Delights, The Bait Shop Marine Services, The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood, Whitebridge Wines & Spirits and William Raveis/Tammy Langalis.

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The opening reception on Sunday, May 16 from 4 pm to 6 pm is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 12 to 5 pm plus Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm.

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RAC celebrates the study, creation and appreciation of the arts through classes, exhibitions and events open to all in the community. For over 60 years, this nonprofit organization has been a cultural gem in Rowayton, CT. The gallery and art school overlook the scenic Five Mile River at 145 Rowayton Avenue with space for regional artists to exhibit their art and a classroom for workshops and classes at all levels offered to children and adults. Visit rowaytonarts.org and follow @rowaytonarts.

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 Discover the Heroes of 1779 and Beyond during our Paths of Patriots Walking Tour!  

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On July 8, 1779, Green’s Farms became a battleground in the fight for freedom, as British soldiers attacked and burned buildings to the ground.  Step into the past and uncover the untold stories of Westport’s role in the American Revolution. As you stroll through a historic cemetery, you’ll pay tribute to the brave men and women who served in the war for independence. 

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Hear the gripping tale of that fateful day when Green’s Farms burned, discover the stories of enslaved Africans who, against all odds, fought for their freedom, choosing sides in the hope of having their voices heard in the battle for liberty.  

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This is not just a walk through history—it’s a vivid journey through the sacrifices and struggles that shaped our nation.  Experience Westport’s place in the Revolution in a way you never have before. 

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Park on Nyala Farms Road and meet us at the marked green at the back entrance to the cemetery.  The terrain is uneven, and with the possibility of warm weather, we recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes and bringing bottled water. 

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Tickets are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers, and pre-registration is required.  Space is limited to just 25 participants per tour, so don’t wait! If demand is high, additional tours may be added. Should the tour sell out or if you’re interested in a private tour, please contact us at programming@westporthistory.org. 

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Please note, tickets are nonrefundable.  If you need to cancel, your ticket will be considered a donation, and we’ll be happy to issue you a receipt for your generous contribution. 

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Join us for a compelling, immersive experience into Westport’s Revolutionary history—register today!  

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Easily accessible via public transit—if you make it back!  The Westport-Saugatuck railroad station has connections on the MTA New Haven line from Norwalk, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, and New Haven, and more. Uber 2.3 miles to the Museum or take the Norwalk Wheels bus transit system when available to Post Road West at Myrtle Avenue, which is a brief 7-minute walk from the Museum!  

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Park on Myrtle Avenue and Avery Place or behind Westport Town Hall or in the Baldwin Parking lot.  Westport Museum is a privately funded 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or managed by Westport Town government. Please support our work by donating here. 

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 Heather Gaudio Fine Art  is pleased to present Martin Kline: The World In All Its Plenitude, the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Saturday, May 3, 4-6pm, and the exhibition will remain on view through June 14th. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay written by art critic and poet Carter Ratcliff accompanies the exhibition. 

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“…ever since he made his first mature work, Kline has felt free to make paintings that are not flat and sculptures that are powerfully pictorial.  He is not just inventive. He is reliably – startlingly – original.” [1]

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The show brings together thirty-nine works executed between 1997 and 2025, surveying Kline’s long-standing engagement with encaustic. Kline’s output has consistently been one of working in series, creating several paintings, drawings and sculpture surrounding a theme or idea. At times he has revisited these themes to expand his material investigations, technical mastery and visual explorations. The distinguishing motif in the paintings and sculptures presented in this show, regardless of the year or series they belong to, is that they all share in the color blue. Arguably one of the favorite colors on the spectrum, blue has for millennia captivated the human eye and carried a special allure for its symbolic and emotive qualities. From ancient China and Egypt to the Celtic times, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, from the Industrial Revolution and the nineteenth century to the modern and contemporary era, blue has fascinated artists, musicians and writers. Sourced from cobalt, lapis lazuli, indigo, ultramarine and other materials, blue can transform into varying hues: cyan, navy, turquoise, aqua, midnight blue, sky blue, royal blue and aquamarine. 

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Kline’s nimble use of the color takes its hue and shade ranges in different directions, accentuating its characteristics and evocative nature with his adroit use of encaustic.  Whether applied in flat bold brushstrokes, dripped or layered to create textured surfaces, Kline modulates the color and manipulates the material to create a vast range of visual experiences. Some grided paintings are structures that take on a retro feel with lighter and darker tones and hues, such as Blue Order and Blue and White Impression. The brushstrokes create a patchwork of tetris-like tiles seeming to compete for space. A mixture of values and tones in other panels such as Blue Grid are not as delineated and appear to meld into one another. These networks are transformed into more complex systems in Blue Mosaico (Tondo) and in the camo-bot series such as Patchwork Blue and Camo Bluebot.  

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Razzle Dazzle may be visually related to the latter two but is also part of another seminal body of work by the artist, the Hammock paintings. In this large panel, Kline’s line of enquiry comes from a narrative referenced in Leo Steinberg’s essay “Other Criteria.” In it, he touches on the 19th century artist Thomas Eakins’ addressing the question whether painting and sculpture should have the same moral standing as traditionally defined manual labor, and not just be considered an activity of leisure or pleasure. Kline’s Hammock paintings are created on actual canvas service hammocks, some dating back to WWII, that the artist has collected over the years. Razzle Dazzle, with its honey-combed surface and blue color patterns, camouflages the hammock on the panel, keeping the object used for work and /or leisure not readily apparent.  

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Audiences familiar with Kline’s artistic trajectory will enjoy viewing the deep, midnight blue, almost black The Prussian Blues (II), an encaustic on linen that would be a precursor to an important series in Kline’s oeuvre, the white linen, or Tabula Rasa, paintings.  Other works on view include the artist’s signature additive layered Bloom, Jewel, and Leda paintings, with their surfaces so textured they become quasi sculptural, where shadow plays an important part in the visual engagement. When does a textured painting become a sculpture? The coup de grâce that drives this concept home is Diagonal Blue Growth on Canvas, a painting the artist cast into a unique bronze and finished with a rich blue patina to make it look like a painting. 

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About Martin Kline

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Kline has had a prolific career as a painter, sculptor and draughtsman and his works have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. His works are in many notable public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Brooklyn Museum and the Morgan Library in New York City; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Albertina, Vienna; The Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio University, Athens; the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain; Triton Foundation, Belgium; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, among others. Kline lives and works in upstate New York.

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About Carter Ratcliff

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American critic and poet Carter Ratcliff has published writings on art for The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; Maxxi Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome and many other institutions.  He has contributed to notable art publications such as Art in America, Art Forum, Art News, Arts, Tate, and Art Presse, as well Vogue, Elle, and New York Magazine. Books include The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art, Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art, and monographs on Andy Warhol, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gilbert & George among others. His books of poetry include Fever Coast, Give Me Tomorrow and Arrivederci, Modernismo. Born in Seattle, Ratcliff lives and works in upstate New York.

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Heather Gaudio Fine Art  specializes in emerging and established artists, offering painting, works on paper, photography, and sculpture. The gallery provides a full-range of art advisory services, from forming and maintaining a collection, to securing secondary market material, to assisting with framing and installation. The focus is on each individual client, selecting art that best serves his or her vision, space, and resources. The six exhibitions offered every year are designed to present important talent and provide artwork appealing to a broad range of interests. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday; 10:30am to 5:30pm; and by appointment. 

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[1] Carter Ratcliff, “Martin Kline: The World in All Its Plenitude”, 2025, Martin Kline, exhibition catalogue

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This fantastic biennial event will showcase artwork by some of the region’s finest artists. With paint and canvas, pencil and paper, wood, metal, or clay, their creativity will transform the enduring themes of nature and farm into beautiful works of art. A silent auction, art demonstrations, plein air painting, and activities for all ages will all be a part of this inspiring show.

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All art is for sale with proceeds to benefit our programs.

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Free admission to the gallery, auction, demonstrations, lectures, and classes.

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More details can be found at www.newpondfarm.org

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Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 8, to celebrate Pride Month at Saugatuck Congregational Church’s Family Pride Picnic and Party. Bring your friends and family and enjoy a bounce house, lawn games, face painting, crafts, hot dogs, cake, and more! This afternoon of fun for LGBTQ families and allies will run from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the church’s front lawn, at 245 Post Road East, Westport. Admission is FREE!

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 The Greenwich Art Society is pleased to announce its 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, at the Bendheim Gallery at 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT. Exhibition dates are May 8th thru June 8th. There will be an opening reception and awards ceremony on Saturday May 8th from 5:15 - 6:30 PM. An online digital and virtual gallery will be available on our website, www.greenwichartsociety.org . All work will be for sale.

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JUROR: Kelly Long is an art worker and writer currently serving as Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, where she has worked with the Photography Acquisitions Committee since 2017), developed exhibitions across mediums, including Rachel Harrison Life Hack (2019), Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (2023, and a forthcoming exhibition focused on surrealism and the 1960’s. Most recently, she curated Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and the Last Gullah Islands (2024), and Trust Me (2023), a group exhibition exploring the role that vulnerability plays in forging connection, and the overlapping lives and loves of photography’s creators, viewers, and caretakers. Previously, she has held curatorial and teaching positions at the George Eastman Museum and at the University of Rochester. Her writing has appeared in the catalogues for Chiharu Shiota: The Hand Lines and Gail Thacker: Fugitive Moments, and in publications such as InVisible Culture and MOSSFLOWER. She holds a B.A. in art history from Vassar College, and an M.A. in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester, where her research focused on the engagement of postmodern and contemporary art with housing, exploring notions of being and belonging, access, and ownership in the art of our time.

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AWARDS : Cash and other awards totaling over $2000 will be presented at the opening reception.

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15th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition

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Exhibition Dates: June 1 - August 24, 2025

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The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 15th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition is limited to original prints that are no bigger than four square inches (25.8 sq cm). The miniature format encourages artists to explore the essence of their work and refine it to the most important details. It also provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to exhibit their work, and exposes the public to the most current interests of the international printmaking community. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted diverse entries from thousands of artists across the globe.

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For 2025, 416 prints were submitted by 173 artists from 19 countries and 23 states. Juror Ann Shafer selected 89 works by 89 artists from 11 countries and 21 states.

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AWARDS JUROR

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Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

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For the final exhibition of its 2024-25 season, the Flinn Gallery is pleased to present Elemental: Work by Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists. The show runs from May 8 to June 18 and features the work of 13 artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery. The sculptors in the exhibition work with a wide range of materials – clay, fabric, metal, plastic, wood, and mixed media – and their artwork ranges in height from three inches to over eight feet.  

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While the sculptures encompass a wide range of materials, sizes, and techniques, they were selected with a unifying theme in mind – Elemental. This word has multiple meanings, which range from primitive or basic to the four elements of nature to the chemical elements from which many of the objects are created. Visitors to the Gallery will see artwork that can be grouped into four elemental categories: Beginnings, Organisms, Earth, and Water.  

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The artists are all inspired by the beauty and fragility of the natural world along with our connections to and impact upon it. For Mo Kelman,“water is the ideal subject to reflect on the laws that govern nature as it ceaselessly advances and embarrasses our every effort to keep it at bay.” In Lagoon, Kelman merges an abstracted body of silk water with bamboo structures that ensemble towers or bridges. Artist Jessica Strauss has three pieces in the exhibition from her Packing for Mars series. In Missing You, Blue Planet, and No More Polar Ice Cap, human figures gaze at images of Earth. The sculptures express “black humor, longing, and regret” as Strauss looks toward a “future when humans must flee a devastated Earth to settle on far flung and arid worlds.” 

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Several artists use traditional domestic crafts such as crochet, embroidery, and sewing in innovative ways. In her three sculptures Ascent, Larvae, and Nests, Michelle Lougee crochets post-consumer plastic bags into monumental sculptures, which “examine the relationships between humans, plastic, and nature amidst irreversible environmental changes”. Cascading from the ceiling, Keri Straka’s “Soft Cell Division” is composed of stuffed and sewn textiles. According to Straka, “the suspended sculpture is evocative of the ebb and flow of human life as mirrored in the blooming of a single cell.” Her sculpture, “Portal: Past” is made of multiple wooden embroidery hoops of varying sizes with water-color painted fabric embedded with a wide range of materials to represent dividing cells and biological cycles.  

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Since the majority of sculptors are women, it is only natural that some artwork addresses feminine sensibilities, and as mentioned, domestic life. Ellen Schön has four ceramic pieces in the exhibition. Two of her pieces – Five Hills Font and Lotus Pod – are part of her Wellspring Series. For Schön, “the pieces in this series explore the ceramic vessel as a wellspring or womb. They are meant to evoke sources of life-whirlpools, fonts, pods, seed of hope, as well as the landscape of the female body.” Several of Jodie Colella’s sculptures are ceramic and one incorporates fabric. According to Colella, her three pieces – Offspring, Seeds, and Attempts at Conviviality Exhaust Me – “comingle rigid forms with fibers to create vessels containing the stories that embody domestic life.” 

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Elemental is curated by Flinn Gallery committee members, Barbra Fordyce and Nancy Heller. It will include over 40 works of art by the following Boston Sculptors Gallery artists: 

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 Jodie Colella (clay, fiber, stone, and mixed media), Carrie Crane (mixed media),  

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Anna Kristina Goransson (felt and wool), Mo Kelman (silk, wood, and mixed media), Michelle Lougee (crocheted plastic and wire), Ellen Schön (stoneware and fired-clay), Julia Shepley (mixed media), Keri Straka (fabric and mixed media), Jessica Strauss (mixed media), Margaret Swan (aluminum), Nora Valdez (limestone), Leslie Wilcox (steel screen and mixed media), and Andy Zimmerman (wood).  

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The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library. The Gallery welcomes visitors daily Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm, Thursday until 8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm, and is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.  

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The Boston Sculptors Gallery (BSG) was founded in 1992 by 18 artists as a venue for contemporary sculpture. It is located in Boston’s SoWa arts district and has 38 member artists from Boston and New England. There is a natural kinship between the Flinn and Boston Sculptors Galleries. Both are nonprofit entities that are volunteer-run and operated with support from a part-time staff member.  

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Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8 from 6-8pm 

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Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7 from 2-3pm. 

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"Fiber Artists of Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut" will be showcased in Wilton Library's June art exhibition. The Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, was started in 1948 by a small group of women and has grown to a membership of 270. The Guild invites handweavers, spinners, and other fiber artists from all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend a Guild meeting and consider becoming a member. The Guild meets five times a year at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury on the third Saturday of the month, bimonthly from September to May. 

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Guild members reside all across the state of Connecticut, as well as in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The artists from the group will be exhibiting their works in an array of styles and fiber content. 

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Opening Reception on Friday, June 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 5. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library. 

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Adapted for the stage by Dave Johns and Owen O'Neill. Based on the beloved movie and the novella by Stephen King.

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PLOT: When Andy Dufresne is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in Shawshank prison, he must use his wits and newly forged friendships to keep himself and his hope alive. But will he be able to survive the corruption and danger he faces within this notorious prison’s walls? Based on the novella by Stephen King and popularized by the highly acclaimed movie, The Shawshank Redemption is a story of resilience and is sure to be a theatrical experience like no other.

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The Loft Artists Association (LAA) is excited to announce its Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, titled “ ZING”. The exhibition will be on display at the Loft Artists Gallery from April 26 through June 8, 2025, with an opening reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, April 26 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM. The Gallery located at 575 Pacific Street in Stamford, CT is open weekends from 1:00 – 4:00 PM. Beth Gersh Nešić, visiting juror and independent curator, invited artists to submit works that celebrate joy, positivity, excitement, good energy, and humor. This “ZING” should communicate directly to the viewer through color, line, form, composition, and/or content. It should move hearts and minds viscerally, intellectually, cognitively, and/or spiritually.

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The Downtown Cabaret in partnership with Family Entertainment Live presents the third installment of our signature Decades in Concert series, The 1980s! Following the huge success of Sounds of the Seventies and Spirit of the Sixties, this production transports audiences back to the 1980s to revisit the sights and sounds of the era where walls were torn down, we believed in miracles, and greed was good. Using music from some of the most prominent and influential artists of the 80’s such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, U2, The Police, Bon Jovi and many many more, Decades in Concert: The 1980s tells the story of the history and culture of America in the “Me First” decade. This amazing performance with a talented cast will immerse you in nostalgic multimedia and transport you back to the decade that changed America and defined a generation!

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Come join us for a mesmerizing evening at  St. Theresa Church  as we showcase the incredible talent of scholarship winner Daniel Colaner. Prepare to be enchanted by the powerful and beautiful sounds of acoustically resonant St. Theresa RC Church in Trumbull which features two magnificent pipe organs. Daniel’s exceptional skills and passion for music will surely leave you in awe. Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience a truly special performance. See you there!

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Daniel Colaner gained international recognition at the age of 12 with his remarkable same-day performances on piano at Carnegie Hall and organ at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. His talents have been featured on major media outlets such as ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and the BBC World Service Newsday. In 2023, Daniel made his orchestral debut with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, showcasing his exceptional skills. Currently, he is a student at the Curtis Institute of Music and serves as the Michael Stairs Organ Scholar at the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, PA.

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" Dreamscape" is a series of Contemporary Dance Performance to encapsulate the ability to dream, imagine, and celebrate dance artistry through a variety of dance styles including lyrical contemporary dance and ballet, as well as a variety of music including modern, classical, and even big band! Come float on air with us!

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Acts included :

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“ Jewels :" original performances by our academy, showcases distinct dance and musical styles, each inspired by a different jewel: Emeralds, Rubies, Amethysts, and Diamonds. The ballet is a celebration of our dancers artistic journey, reflecting their strengths and joys.

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"Borealis:"a celebration of light in motion—an ethereal dance inspired by the northern skies. 

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" Frank Sinatra Suites :" a celebration of Prom, flirty and jovial lyrical ballet paired with "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra, famous for his baritone, which emerges in slow, steady sweeps, reaching reeling you into the magical moments of Prom.

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" Sleeping Beauty Prologue :" The fairies bestow gifts to the Princess Aurora in this timeless Tchaikovsky scored ballet.... and much more!

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Looking for the perfect staycation destination? 

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Whether you're planning family adventures, a cultural date, or quality time with grandkids, the Bruce offers captivating experiences for every visitor. 

​

​

With a wide selection of programs and events, from interactive science to stunning art collections, there's always something new to spark your curiosity this summer!

​

​

Enjoy 10% off all membership levels.

​

Use code: SummerFun10

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Valid through June 30, 2025

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Perfect for:

​

Teacher thank-you gifts

​

Summer birthdays

​

Family adventures

​

Staycation outing

​

Escape the summer heat

​

Rainy day

​

​

Create unforgettable memories while exploring science, art, and nature together – or gift a membership to share the wonder with someone special!

​

Calling all young makers! 

​

This summer, we're opening the doors to Studio Andreas like never before. For the first time ever, kids can dive into our woodworking, textile, and ceramics studios for a hands-on, creative adventure!

​

Each week in our Summer Studio is a multidisciplinary journey where students rotate between studios, learn traditional craft techniques, and bring their ideas to life with guided projects.

​

This unique opportunity invites kids to discover the joy of making in a dynamic, supportive environment. Whether they're shaping clay, weaving fiber, or building with wood, they'll gain real skills while having serious fun! 

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Program details and registration available on our website: www.studioandreaswoodworking.com

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The Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to present Barbara Kasten: Structure, Light, Land. For five decades, Chicago-based artist Barbara Kasten has created photographs and sculptural installations that reorient our sense of perception and explore the dynamic relationship between space, material, and form. Her artistic influences are deeply rooted in modernist architecture, the principles of Constructivism, and the interdisciplinary legacy of the Bauhaus, particularly the photograms of László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy.

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“Placing my work in and around The Glass House campus is an opportunity for me to take on a canonical modernist site. Each of the structures on the grounds is like a monument to one of many aesthetic phases of architectural history. Abstraction allows us to consider possibilities that are not the norm,” said Barbara Kasten.

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Structure, Light, Land features Kasten’s work from multiple series, including Architectural Sites, Collisions, and Progressions, as well as new iterations of digital projections, cyanotypes, and sculptures. With a striking interplay of light, color, and form, Kasten’s work infiltrates the grounds of The Glass House and responds to the site’s varied built environment and landscape.

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In the Brick House (1949), Kasten’s brilliantly hued Architectural Site 1, June 10, 1986–featuring the Philip Johnson-designed Lipstick Building (1986) in Manhattan–resonates with the ’80s postmodern interior of the Reading Room, which includes two 1986 Feltri Chairs designed by Gaetano Pesce. Five new cyanotypes by Kasten line the building’s serene 1949 hallway, illuminated by the circular skylights above.

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Kasten’s new installation of fluorescent acrylic I-beams, modeled after the structural components of the Glass House, will be interspersed throughout the Sculpture Gallery (1970). The seven-foot-long beams respond to the site’s permanent collection of works by Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Robert Morris, George Segal, and Michael Heizer. The intervention brings attention to the structure’s exposed I-beam twenty feet overhead and responds to the gallery’s interior patterning of ever-changing natural light and winding staircases.

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The Painting Gallery (1965) features three works: a photograph from the Collision series and two sculptural Progressions. Situated near Stella’s shaped canvases, Kasten’s fluorescent forms extend the narrative around post-painterly abstraction across mediums and into the present moment.

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Da Monsta (1995), the last building Johnson designed at The Glass House, was named following a conversation between Johnson and the critic Herbert Muschamp. It was inspired in part by German Expressionism, an unrealized museum design by Frank Stella, and the work of Frank Gehry. Kasten’s Sideways Corner (2016/2025), a video projection of three-dimensional cubes in primary colors, activates the warped and torqued walls.

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The exhibition is curated by Cole Akers, Curator at The Glass House.

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Special thanks to Bortolami Gallery, New York.

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The 2025 Glass House tour season begins on April 17, 2025. Tickets are available now! All tours include access to the newly restored Brick House. Following an extensive restoration project , we are excited to share this essential design element of the site and its history with you!

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For the final exhibition of its 2024-25 season, the Flinn Gallery is pleased to present Elemental: Work by Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists. The show runs from May 8 to June 18 and features the work of 13 artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery. The sculptors in the exhibition work with a wide range of materials – clay, fabric, metal, plastic, wood, and mixed media – and their artwork ranges in height from three inches to over eight feet.  

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While the sculptures encompass a wide range of materials, sizes, and techniques, they were selected with a unifying theme in mind – Elemental. This word has multiple meanings, which range from primitive or basic to the four elements of nature to the chemical elements from which many of the objects are created. Visitors to the Gallery will see artwork that can be grouped into four elemental categories: Beginnings, Organisms, Earth, and Water.  

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The artists are all inspired by the beauty and fragility of the natural world along with our connections to and impact upon it. For Mo Kelman,“water is the ideal subject to reflect on the laws that govern nature as it ceaselessly advances and embarrasses our every effort to keep it at bay.” In Lagoon, Kelman merges an abstracted body of silk water with bamboo structures that ensemble towers or bridges. Artist Jessica Strauss has three pieces in the exhibition from her Packing for Mars series. In Missing You, Blue Planet, and No More Polar Ice Cap, human figures gaze at images of Earth. The sculptures express “black humor, longing, and regret” as Strauss looks toward a “future when humans must flee a devastated Earth to settle on far flung and arid worlds.” 

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Several artists use traditional domestic crafts such as crochet, embroidery, and sewing in innovative ways. In her three sculptures Ascent, Larvae, and Nests, Michelle Lougee crochets post-consumer plastic bags into monumental sculptures, which “examine the relationships between humans, plastic, and nature amidst irreversible environmental changes”. Cascading from the ceiling, Keri Straka’s “Soft Cell Division” is composed of stuffed and sewn textiles. According to Straka, “the suspended sculpture is evocative of the ebb and flow of human life as mirrored in the blooming of a single cell.” Her sculpture, “Portal: Past” is made of multiple wooden embroidery hoops of varying sizes with water-color painted fabric embedded with a wide range of materials to represent dividing cells and biological cycles.  

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Since the majority of sculptors are women, it is only natural that some artwork addresses feminine sensibilities, and as mentioned, domestic life. Ellen Schön has four ceramic pieces in the exhibition. Two of her pieces – Five Hills Font and Lotus Pod – are part of her Wellspring Series. For Schön, “the pieces in this series explore the ceramic vessel as a wellspring or womb. They are meant to evoke sources of life-whirlpools, fonts, pods, seed of hope, as well as the landscape of the female body.” Several of Jodie Colella’s sculptures are ceramic and one incorporates fabric. According to Colella, her three pieces – Offspring, Seeds, and Attempts at Conviviality Exhaust Me – “comingle rigid forms with fibers to create vessels containing the stories that embody domestic life.” 

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Elemental is curated by Flinn Gallery committee members, Barbra Fordyce and Nancy Heller. It will include over 40 works of art by the following Boston Sculptors Gallery artists: 

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 Jodie Colella (clay, fiber, stone, and mixed media), Carrie Crane (mixed media),  

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Anna Kristina Goransson (felt and wool), Mo Kelman (silk, wood, and mixed media), Michelle Lougee (crocheted plastic and wire), Ellen Schön (stoneware and fired-clay), Julia Shepley (mixed media), Keri Straka (fabric and mixed media), Jessica Strauss (mixed media), Margaret Swan (aluminum), Nora Valdez (limestone), Leslie Wilcox (steel screen and mixed media), and Andy Zimmerman (wood).  

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The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library. The Gallery welcomes visitors daily Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm, Thursday until 8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm, and is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.  

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The Boston Sculptors Gallery (BSG) was founded in 1992 by 18 artists as a venue for contemporary sculpture. It is located in Boston’s SoWa arts district and has 38 member artists from Boston and New England. There is a natural kinship between the Flinn and Boston Sculptors Galleries. Both are nonprofit entities that are volunteer-run and operated with support from a part-time staff member.  

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Events: 

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Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8 from 6-8pm 

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Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7 from 2-3pm. 

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"Fiber Artists of Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut" will be showcased in Wilton Library's June art exhibition. The Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, was started in 1948 by a small group of women and has grown to a membership of 270. The Guild invites handweavers, spinners, and other fiber artists from all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend a Guild meeting and consider becoming a member. The Guild meets five times a year at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury on the third Saturday of the month, bimonthly from September to May. 

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Guild members reside all across the state of Connecticut, as well as in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The artists from the group will be exhibiting their works in an array of styles and fiber content. 

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Opening Reception on Friday, June 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 5. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library. 

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Please join us at Silvermine Galleries on Saturday May 17th from 5 - 7pm for the opening reception of the Fiber 2025 Exhibition.

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This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art, architecture and craft.

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The exhibition will run from May 10th through June 19th, 2025.

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It will be accompanied by two small exhibitions curated by browngrotta arts: Masters of the Medium: CT and Mastery and Materiality: International.

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This fantastic biennial event will showcase artwork by some of the region’s finest artists. With paint and canvas, pencil and paper, wood, metal, or clay, their creativity will transform the enduring themes of nature and farm into beautiful works of art. A silent auction, art demonstrations, plein air painting, and activities for all ages will all be a part of this inspiring show.

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All art is for sale with proceeds to benefit our programs.

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Free admission to the gallery, auction, demonstrations, lectures, and classes.

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More details can be found at www.newpondfarm.org

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 Our eight-week session of SPRING 2025 DRAMA ARTS CLASSES for kids, teens and adults is now available on our website! Classes begin April 19, 2025, and take place after school, evenings and weekends at The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Avenue in Stamford, Connecticut: a professional facility with two theatre spaces and three studio classrooms. Our faculty consists of local, professional artists and arts educators dedicated to creative enrichment in the community. Classes are offered in acting, improv, sketch comedy, musical theatre, dance, on-camera, AND MORE!

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ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME! (From the novice beginner to the seasoned veteran.)

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Discounts for siblings/spouses registering together!

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Payment plans available!

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Scholarships for those who qualify!

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Visit  www.curtaincallinc.com

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or contact our Education Director Brian Bianco at brian@curtaincallinc.com or

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203-329-8207 x700.

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ACT NOW TO ACT OUT!

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Curtain Call, Inc. is Stamford, Connecticut's longest-running and only nonprofit, theatre-producing company, offering year-round, live, theatrical productions, concert events, and educational workshops. Voted Best Local Theatre Group 10 years in a row by Fairfield County Weekly's Annual Reader's Poll, and Best Performing Arts Group 12 years in a row by StamfordPlus Magazine. Recipient of the 2011 2011 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Culture and Tourism and the 2016 ACE Award for Excellence in the Arts.

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Ever want to learn or refine your watercolor painting skills? The Greenwich Art Society offers both beginner and intermediate/advanced watercolor classes with Greta Corens!

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BEGINNER WATERCOLOR

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10 MONDAYS

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April 7 – June 16 (except May 26)

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5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

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Program Description

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To start you off on the right footing and avoid the mistakes so many watercolorists face, you will find the principles of watercolor painting to be the most targeted and focused on this class. The first and most pressing to acquire are Values, Colors, Materials, and Basic Techniques, all of which we tackle with the spirit of a ballet dancer's moves. Knowing these principles provides you with the verve and self-assurance of having acquired a solid foundation that leads to painting more complex subject matter in the next step, the Intermediate & Advanced Watercolor class 

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INTERMEDIATE WATERCOLOR

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11 WEDNESDAYS

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April 9 – June 18

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5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

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Program Description

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How do watercolorists paint with such accuracy, have you often wondered? In this ongoing class, you obtain the technical secrets to painting with watercolors by using different brush techniques and color palettes, from neutrals to brights, from dry brush to washes, or from delicate shades to deepest shadows, and obtain insight into the color wheel, primary-secondary-tertiary colors and using complementary colors to great effect so as to put you on the path of artistic achievement.

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Max. 8 students.

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Instructor

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Greta Corens

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Art and design teacher, Greta Corens, began teaching after a career as a successful fashion designer in NYC. She specializes in portraiture, botanical watercolors, landscapes and illustration.  

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"My paintings are realistic, but they also translate personality and have a soul that vibrates with sensitive qualities that set them apart, where no photography can tread."

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She received a master's degree in Art, Architecture, and Design at St. Imelda Institute, div. of St. Lucas Architectural Institute in Brussels, Belgium.

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Westport Country Playhouse presents a Script in Hand playreading of "The Shark Is Broken" on Mon., June 9, at 7 p.m.

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The Shark Is Broken  is a witty and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the making of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic, Jaws—the film that defied expectations to become one of the greatest movies of all time.

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Stranded on a boat, three legendary actors—Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider—grapple with long delays, cramped quarters, and clashing personalities as they wait for their famously unreliable mechanical shark to work. Based on real events and co-written by Ian Shaw, the son of Robert Shaw , this critically acclaimed play takes audiences into the tense, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartfelt moments when the camera wasn’t rolling. With razor-sharp dialogue and a deep dive into the egos, anxieties, and friendships that shaped Jaws,  The Shark Is Broken  is a must-see for movie lovers and theatergoers alike.

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Looking for the perfect staycation destination? 

​

​

Whether you're planning family adventures, a cultural date, or quality time with grandkids, the Bruce offers captivating experiences for every visitor. 

​

​

With a wide selection of programs and events, from interactive science to stunning art collections, there's always something new to spark your curiosity this summer!

​

​

Enjoy 10% off all membership levels.

​

Use code: SummerFun10

​

Valid through June 30, 2025

​

​

Perfect for:

​

Teacher thank-you gifts

​

Summer birthdays

​

Family adventures

​

Staycation outing

​

Escape the summer heat

​

Rainy day

​

​

Create unforgettable memories while exploring science, art, and nature together – or gift a membership to share the wonder with someone special!

​

15th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition

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Exhibition Dates: June 1 - August 24, 2025

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The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 15th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition is limited to original prints that are no bigger than four square inches (25.8 sq cm). The miniature format encourages artists to explore the essence of their work and refine it to the most important details. It also provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to exhibit their work, and exposes the public to the most current interests of the international printmaking community. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted diverse entries from thousands of artists across the globe.

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For 2025, 416 prints were submitted by 173 artists from 19 countries and 23 states. Juror Ann Shafer selected 89 works by 89 artists from 11 countries and 21 states.

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AWARDS JUROR

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Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

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Calling all young makers! 

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This summer, we're opening the doors to Studio Andreas like never before. For the first time ever, kids can dive into our woodworking, textile, and ceramics studios for a hands-on, creative adventure!

​

Each week in our Summer Studio is a multidisciplinary journey where students rotate between studios, learn traditional craft techniques, and bring their ideas to life with guided projects.

​

This unique opportunity invites kids to discover the joy of making in a dynamic, supportive environment. Whether they're shaping clay, weaving fiber, or building with wood, they'll gain real skills while having serious fun! 

​

Program details and registration available on our website: www.studioandreaswoodworking.com

​

For the final exhibition of its 2024-25 season, the Flinn Gallery is pleased to present Elemental: Work by Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists. The show runs from May 8 to June 18 and features the work of 13 artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery. The sculptors in the exhibition work with a wide range of materials – clay, fabric, metal, plastic, wood, and mixed media – and their artwork ranges in height from three inches to over eight feet.  

​

While the sculptures encompass a wide range of materials, sizes, and techniques, they were selected with a unifying theme in mind – Elemental. This word has multiple meanings, which range from primitive or basic to the four elements of nature to the chemical elements from which many of the objects are created. Visitors to the Gallery will see artwork that can be grouped into four elemental categories: Beginnings, Organisms, Earth, and Water.  

​

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The artists are all inspired by the beauty and fragility of the natural world along with our connections to and impact upon it. For Mo Kelman,“water is the ideal subject to reflect on the laws that govern nature as it ceaselessly advances and embarrasses our every effort to keep it at bay.” In Lagoon, Kelman merges an abstracted body of silk water with bamboo structures that ensemble towers or bridges. Artist Jessica Strauss has three pieces in the exhibition from her Packing for Mars series. In Missing You, Blue Planet, and No More Polar Ice Cap, human figures gaze at images of Earth. The sculptures express “black humor, longing, and regret” as Strauss looks toward a “future when humans must flee a devastated Earth to settle on far flung and arid worlds.” 

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Several artists use traditional domestic crafts such as crochet, embroidery, and sewing in innovative ways. In her three sculptures Ascent, Larvae, and Nests, Michelle Lougee crochets post-consumer plastic bags into monumental sculptures, which “examine the relationships between humans, plastic, and nature amidst irreversible environmental changes”. Cascading from the ceiling, Keri Straka’s “Soft Cell Division” is composed of stuffed and sewn textiles. According to Straka, “the suspended sculpture is evocative of the ebb and flow of human life as mirrored in the blooming of a single cell.” Her sculpture, “Portal: Past” is made of multiple wooden embroidery hoops of varying sizes with water-color painted fabric embedded with a wide range of materials to represent dividing cells and biological cycles.  

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​

Since the majority of sculptors are women, it is only natural that some artwork addresses feminine sensibilities, and as mentioned, domestic life. Ellen Schön has four ceramic pieces in the exhibition. Two of her pieces – Five Hills Font and Lotus Pod – are part of her Wellspring Series. For Schön, “the pieces in this series explore the ceramic vessel as a wellspring or womb. They are meant to evoke sources of life-whirlpools, fonts, pods, seed of hope, as well as the landscape of the female body.” Several of Jodie Colella’s sculptures are ceramic and one incorporates fabric. According to Colella, her three pieces – Offspring, Seeds, and Attempts at Conviviality Exhaust Me – “comingle rigid forms with fibers to create vessels containing the stories that embody domestic life.” 

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Elemental is curated by Flinn Gallery committee members, Barbra Fordyce and Nancy Heller. It will include over 40 works of art by the following Boston Sculptors Gallery artists: 

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 Jodie Colella (clay, fiber, stone, and mixed media), Carrie Crane (mixed media),  

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Anna Kristina Goransson (felt and wool), Mo Kelman (silk, wood, and mixed media), Michelle Lougee (crocheted plastic and wire), Ellen Schön (stoneware and fired-clay), Julia Shepley (mixed media), Keri Straka (fabric and mixed media), Jessica Strauss (mixed media), Margaret Swan (aluminum), Nora Valdez (limestone), Leslie Wilcox (steel screen and mixed media), and Andy Zimmerman (wood).  

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The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library. The Gallery welcomes visitors daily Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm, Thursday until 8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm, and is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.  

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The Boston Sculptors Gallery (BSG) was founded in 1992 by 18 artists as a venue for contemporary sculpture. It is located in Boston’s SoWa arts district and has 38 member artists from Boston and New England. There is a natural kinship between the Flinn and Boston Sculptors Galleries. Both are nonprofit entities that are volunteer-run and operated with support from a part-time staff member.  

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Events: 

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Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8 from 6-8pm 

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Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7 from 2-3pm. 

​

"Fiber Artists of Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut" will be showcased in Wilton Library's June art exhibition. The Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, was started in 1948 by a small group of women and has grown to a membership of 270. The Guild invites handweavers, spinners, and other fiber artists from all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend a Guild meeting and consider becoming a member. The Guild meets five times a year at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury on the third Saturday of the month, bimonthly from September to May. 

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Guild members reside all across the state of Connecticut, as well as in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The artists from the group will be exhibiting their works in an array of styles and fiber content. 

​

Opening Reception on Friday, June 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 5. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library. 

​

Please join us at Silvermine Galleries on Saturday May 17th from 5 - 7pm for the opening reception of the Fiber 2025 Exhibition.

​

This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art, architecture and craft.

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The exhibition will run from May 10th through June 19th, 2025.

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It will be accompanied by two small exhibitions curated by browngrotta arts: Masters of the Medium: CT and Mastery and Materiality: International.

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 Heather Gaudio Fine Art  is pleased to present Martin Kline: The World In All Its Plenitude, the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Saturday, May 3, 4-6pm, and the exhibition will remain on view through June 14th. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay written by art critic and poet Carter Ratcliff accompanies the exhibition. 

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“…ever since he made his first mature work, Kline has felt free to make paintings that are not flat and sculptures that are powerfully pictorial.  He is not just inventive. He is reliably – startlingly – original.” [1]

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The show brings together thirty-nine works executed between 1997 and 2025, surveying Kline’s long-standing engagement with encaustic. Kline’s output has consistently been one of working in series, creating several paintings, drawings and sculpture surrounding a theme or idea. At times he has revisited these themes to expand his material investigations, technical mastery and visual explorations. The distinguishing motif in the paintings and sculptures presented in this show, regardless of the year or series they belong to, is that they all share in the color blue. Arguably one of the favorite colors on the spectrum, blue has for millennia captivated the human eye and carried a special allure for its symbolic and emotive qualities. From ancient China and Egypt to the Celtic times, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, from the Industrial Revolution and the nineteenth century to the modern and contemporary era, blue has fascinated artists, musicians and writers. Sourced from cobalt, lapis lazuli, indigo, ultramarine and other materials, blue can transform into varying hues: cyan, navy, turquoise, aqua, midnight blue, sky blue, royal blue and aquamarine. 

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Kline’s nimble use of the color takes its hue and shade ranges in different directions, accentuating its characteristics and evocative nature with his adroit use of encaustic.  Whether applied in flat bold brushstrokes, dripped or layered to create textured surfaces, Kline modulates the color and manipulates the material to create a vast range of visual experiences. Some grided paintings are structures that take on a retro feel with lighter and darker tones and hues, such as Blue Order and Blue and White Impression. The brushstrokes create a patchwork of tetris-like tiles seeming to compete for space. A mixture of values and tones in other panels such as Blue Grid are not as delineated and appear to meld into one another. These networks are transformed into more complex systems in Blue Mosaico (Tondo) and in the camo-bot series such as Patchwork Blue and Camo Bluebot.  

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Razzle Dazzle may be visually related to the latter two but is also part of another seminal body of work by the artist, the Hammock paintings. In this large panel, Kline’s line of enquiry comes from a narrative referenced in Leo Steinberg’s essay “Other Criteria.” In it, he touches on the 19th century artist Thomas Eakins’ addressing the question whether painting and sculpture should have the same moral standing as traditionally defined manual labor, and not just be considered an activity of leisure or pleasure. Kline’s Hammock paintings are created on actual canvas service hammocks, some dating back to WWII, that the artist has collected over the years. Razzle Dazzle, with its honey-combed surface and blue color patterns, camouflages the hammock on the panel, keeping the object used for work and /or leisure not readily apparent.  

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Audiences familiar with Kline’s artistic trajectory will enjoy viewing the deep, midnight blue, almost black The Prussian Blues (II), an encaustic on linen that would be a precursor to an important series in Kline’s oeuvre, the white linen, or Tabula Rasa, paintings.  Other works on view include the artist’s signature additive layered Bloom, Jewel, and Leda paintings, with their surfaces so textured they become quasi sculptural, where shadow plays an important part in the visual engagement. When does a textured painting become a sculpture? The coup de grâce that drives this concept home is Diagonal Blue Growth on Canvas, a painting the artist cast into a unique bronze and finished with a rich blue patina to make it look like a painting. 

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About Martin Kline

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Kline has had a prolific career as a painter, sculptor and draughtsman and his works have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. His works are in many notable public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Brooklyn Museum and the Morgan Library in New York City; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Albertina, Vienna; The Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio University, Athens; the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain; Triton Foundation, Belgium; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, among others. Kline lives and works in upstate New York.

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About Carter Ratcliff

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American critic and poet Carter Ratcliff has published writings on art for The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; Maxxi Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome and many other institutions.  He has contributed to notable art publications such as Art in America, Art Forum, Art News, Arts, Tate, and Art Presse, as well Vogue, Elle, and New York Magazine. Books include The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art, Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art, and monographs on Andy Warhol, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gilbert & George among others. His books of poetry include Fever Coast, Give Me Tomorrow and Arrivederci, Modernismo. Born in Seattle, Ratcliff lives and works in upstate New York.

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Heather Gaudio Fine Art  specializes in emerging and established artists, offering painting, works on paper, photography, and sculpture. The gallery provides a full-range of art advisory services, from forming and maintaining a collection, to securing secondary market material, to assisting with framing and installation. The focus is on each individual client, selecting art that best serves his or her vision, space, and resources. The six exhibitions offered every year are designed to present important talent and provide artwork appealing to a broad range of interests. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday; 10:30am to 5:30pm; and by appointment. 

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[1] Carter Ratcliff, “Martin Kline: The World in All Its Plenitude”, 2025, Martin Kline, exhibition catalogue

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