Arts & Culture of Fairfield County

Resident Artists of TNAS join together for a group exhibition featuring Alejandra Gonzalez, McLee Mathias, Brie Miyoko, Remy Sosa and Tiara Trent. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, March 14th from 6-8pm to engage with the artists and witness the artistic journey they've been completing here at TNAS. The Westhill Road Band will perform at 7pm and 7:45pm. Poet Alex Erbsland will also perform throughout the evening. Excerpt of exhibition statement by Brie Miyoko: "In the heart of our TNAS community, the Resident Artists embark on a transformative journey similar to the growth of a vibrant garden. The canvas of the artist’s experiences mirrors the stages of blooming flowers, where s

This spring, URSA Gallery celebrates the dialogue between art and nature with the unveiling of Kaleidoscope Eyes. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking visions of artists such as Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso—artists who transformed the way we perceive and feel nature’s energies—the exhibition will comprise dozens of mixed-media artworks that will engage all of our senses. To see the world through a kaleidoscope is to see ever-shifting yet hypnotic combinations of fractals and geometric patterns—bringing a new reality to the surface of things, unearthing the abstract in the everyday, revealing a crystallization of meaning in impermanence.

Calling All Talented High School Artists! Get your artwork seen! Fairfield County and surrounding Counties in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York area high school students, this is your chance to have your work showcased at the prestigious Bruce Museum. Submit your best pieces to the iCreate 2024 Juried Regional High School Competition by May 6th. Selected artwork will be featured in a special gallery exhibition from June 7, 2024 to September 8, 2024, and all submissions will get recognition in an official video presentation. Top winners will take home cash prizes of up to $500! Submit up to three digital images of your artwork to MLendenmann@BruceMuseum.org by May 6, 2024.

The exhibition, The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography (March 6 - August 2, 2024) explores the ways that photographs capture heroic moments, contribute to legendary myths of greatness, and tell authentic stories of athletic struggle and uplift. The show is curated by Kathryn Leann Harris and Douglas Stark of Interpreting Sports. Support provided by CT Humanities.

Located in the Westport Library's Sheffer Gallery, and timed to coincide with VersoFest 2024, each of the five massive, dimensional works in "Finely Tuned, Paintings by Marlene Siff"— Fanfare, Crescendo, Legato, Elegy, and Fugue — is named for, and linked to, a specific expression found in music. Visitors to the gallery can scan a QR code next to each piece and listen to the musical selections that the artist used as inspiration. Also on view are several maquettes that Siff made as studies prior to the construction of these awe inspiring works. Artists’ reception and talk: Sunday, May 5, 2-4 pm. Reception: 2-3 pm in the Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs: 3-4 pm in the Forum

Pat Musick: Our Fragile Home was inspired by the words astronauts have used universally upon viewing Earth from space for the first time: Fragile, Protect, Beauty, Steward, Sustain, Harmony, Nurture. In different languages and across many boundaries, their words were all the same. Through paint, sculpture, and mixed media, she conveys the fragility of our planet, and its natural and eternal beauty. Musick’s work has been exhibited throughout the nation with over 50 permanent installations. She was married to Skylab 4 Commander, astronaut Jerry Carr. Their life is the subject of the award-winning film "The Artist & The Astronaut," which had its CT premiere at the SM&NC last May.

Located in the Westport Library's South Gallery, "Scheherazade: Storyteller—Mixed Media Works By Camille Eskell" explores self-perception, societal attitudes, and psychological states related to gender bias. Her designs combine digital photo-based collage, with textiles such as saris, hand-made paper, cast sculpture, trims, jewels, and embellishments; her methods include disassembling/re-working existing garments, hand-sewing, and beading, and more. Artists’ reception and talk: Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm. Reception: 6-7 pm, Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs, 7-8 pm in the Forum

The Weston Library Photography Club exhibition entitled Water will be on display April 3rd - May 28th. Please join us for the opening reception on April 6th, 1-3pm at the Weston Public Library, Weston, CT.

"Watershed" is an exhibition of layered monotype prints by artist Taryn McMahon in which she explores the entanglements between the human and nonhuman through Northeast Ohio’s waterways. LOCATION: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery (main gallery)EXHIBITION DATES: April 14 - May 19, 2024OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Thinking Inside the Box: A Mixed-media Art ExhibitionThe Westport Library, Trefz ForumMarch 13 - May 5, 2024Opening reception: March 21, 2024, 6-8pm Thinking Inside the Box is a unique, mixed-media art exhibition that brings together over 20 local artists to create original works that will be located around the central grandstand in the Library’s Trefz Forum.

Spring 2024 Hours: Open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between March 5 through June 11, 2024The Victorian Cottage is the Fairfield Museum’s early childhood education space designed for kids to create, explore, and play. Free with Museum Admission. Please check in at the front desk before heading over to the Victorian Cottage.

Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Michael Dweck: Blunderbust, his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show will open April 11th, with a reception for the artist 6-8pm, and will be on view through June 1st, 2024. Dweck is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily known for working in photography, most notably for his series documenting niche socio-cultural identities such as Mermaids, Habana Libre, and The End: Montauk. Over the years his artistic practice expanded to sculpture and filmmaking, and more recently he has delved into painting. The gallery will be presenting Blunderbust, Dweck’s first paintings from the multi-media corpus that also includes photography, sculpture,

Join us every Tuesday between 3/19 and 5/7 on the Museum Commons to enjoy a fun way to develop early literacy skills in young children with dancing, singing, and stories that incorporate music. For children ages 0-5 and their adult caregiver. NOTE: No Sing Me a Story on April 16th. There will be another story teller on this date. Free admission. Registration is NOT required. It is recommended that you bring a blanket to sit on. In case of inclement weather, storytime will take place inside the Fairfield Museum.

Aisha Nailah, a multidisciplinary teaching artist , is the Metro Art Studios Featured Artist from March 24 through May 11, 2024. Her exhibit, S.T.I.L.Life (shit that I like in life), combines a love of color and texture, often working fabrics and paper into her pieces as well as using paint and ink. Her work concerns itself mainly with the feeling, color, and spiritual vibrancy of the composition. Aisha is very inspired culturally being an African Diasporan woman of Costa Rican descent and by street art. Opening reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12 to 4 pm The exhibit is open during gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 pm and by appointment

Please join us for an art reception to open a new exhibit, Object Memory, featuring the work of Susan Tabachnick, Kraig Binkowski, and Susan McCaslin. The theme explores the interplay between human experiences, the environments we inhabit, and the memories that are created and associated with them.Objects have an uncanny ability to evoke memories, serving as tangible vessels of our personal and collective experiences. They carry within them the weight of history, narratives, and emotions. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12-4 pm Exhibit runs from March 24 through May 11, 2024 Crown Gallery at Metro Art Studios is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 12-4 pm and by appointment

The Greenwich Historical Society is pleased to present LIFE: Six Women Photographers, featuring six prominent women photographers whose iconic work for LIFE magazine helped create modern photojournalism as it depicted a quickly-evolving world. On view March 6-July 7, 2024, the exhibition features more than 70 images by the only women employed as full-time photographers by LIFE between the late 1930s and the early 1970s. LIFE: Six Women Photographers has been organized by the New-York Historical Society.

Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past? Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, as she creates a reproduction gown based on 18th century examples and techniques. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions about the process of creating a gown, the history of mantua-makers or dress makers, and the Museum’s textile collection. Visitors can also try textile art objects like a spinning wheel, loom, and embroidery hoops for themselves. This gown will be displayed and worn during our Colonial Field Day.

Program DescriptionTo 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.

Program DescriptionPut together realistic or non-objective 2- or 3-dimensional collages or assemblages (including box art) using papers, fabrics, photographs, and found objects. Emphasize color, texture, and composition as you juxtapose and transform materials into new visual statements that may range from autobiographical expressions to interpretations of our society and imaginary visions. Experiment with the addition of paint and other media to enhance your images. Max. 8 students. Adults or Teens.

Program DescriptionAre you ready to take your figure drawing to a new level? With one pose for the 5 weeks, students will learn to develop a concise drawing, with focus on structure, gesture, balance, proportion, and shading to fully develop believable form. Students will gain a better understanding of the figure’s key anatomical landmarks within one pose. Forming a sense of expressive gesture and a highly developed drawing are key elements while learning how to take that understanding to more complex, single poses in the future.

Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National The

The annual Fly Fishing Film Tour is a traveling roadshow of the best fly fishing films in the world. Through a submission process, films are selected to bring some of the best content to the big screen in your hometown. The F3T is more than just the film, our shows aim to create community, inspire, encourage and support conservation efforts worldwide. Come for the action, stay for the camaraderie, all while helping to raise money for the waters we love. So get ready to kick back, drink a beer or your beverage of choice, enjoy the cinematography that will get you stoked on the season ahead.

https://youtu.be/X49ZazFB6CU

Calling All Talented High School Artists! Get your artwork seen! Fairfield County and surrounding Counties in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York area high school students, this is your chance to have your work showcased at the prestigious Bruce Museum. Submit your best pieces to the iCreate 2024 Juried Regional High School Competition by May 6th. Selected artwork will be featured in a special gallery exhibition from June 7, 2024 to September 8, 2024, and all submissions will get recognition in an official video presentation. Top winners will take home cash prizes of up to $500! Submit up to three digital images of your artwork to MLendenmann@BruceMuseum.org by May 6, 2024.

This spring, URSA Gallery celebrates the dialogue between art and nature with the unveiling of Kaleidoscope Eyes. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking visions of artists such as Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso—artists who transformed the way we perceive and feel nature’s energies—the exhibition will comprise dozens of mixed-media artworks that will engage all of our senses. To see the world through a kaleidoscope is to see ever-shifting yet hypnotic combinations of fractals and geometric patterns—bringing a new reality to the surface of things, unearthing the abstract in the everyday, revealing a crystallization of meaning in impermanence.

Resident Artists of TNAS join together for a group exhibition featuring Alejandra Gonzalez, McLee Mathias, Brie Miyoko, Remy Sosa and Tiara Trent. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, March 14th from 6-8pm to engage with the artists and witness the artistic journey they've been completing here at TNAS. The Westhill Road Band will perform at 7pm and 7:45pm. Poet Alex Erbsland will also perform throughout the evening. Excerpt of exhibition statement by Brie Miyoko: "In the heart of our TNAS community, the Resident Artists embark on a transformative journey similar to the growth of a vibrant garden. The canvas of the artist’s experiences mirrors the stages of blooming flowers, where s

The exhibition, The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography (March 6 - August 2, 2024) explores the ways that photographs capture heroic moments, contribute to legendary myths of greatness, and tell authentic stories of athletic struggle and uplift. The show is curated by Kathryn Leann Harris and Douglas Stark of Interpreting Sports. Support provided by CT Humanities.

Located in the Westport Library's Sheffer Gallery, and timed to coincide with VersoFest 2024, each of the five massive, dimensional works in "Finely Tuned, Paintings by Marlene Siff"— Fanfare, Crescendo, Legato, Elegy, and Fugue — is named for, and linked to, a specific expression found in music. Visitors to the gallery can scan a QR code next to each piece and listen to the musical selections that the artist used as inspiration. Also on view are several maquettes that Siff made as studies prior to the construction of these awe inspiring works. Artists’ reception and talk: Sunday, May 5, 2-4 pm. Reception: 2-3 pm in the Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs: 3-4 pm in the Forum

The Weston Library Photography Club exhibition entitled Water will be on display April 3rd - May 28th. Please join us for the opening reception on April 6th, 1-3pm at the Weston Public Library, Weston, CT.

Pat Musick: Our Fragile Home was inspired by the words astronauts have used universally upon viewing Earth from space for the first time: Fragile, Protect, Beauty, Steward, Sustain, Harmony, Nurture. In different languages and across many boundaries, their words were all the same. Through paint, sculpture, and mixed media, she conveys the fragility of our planet, and its natural and eternal beauty. Musick’s work has been exhibited throughout the nation with over 50 permanent installations. She was married to Skylab 4 Commander, astronaut Jerry Carr. Their life is the subject of the award-winning film "The Artist & The Astronaut," which had its CT premiere at the SM&NC last May.

Located in the Westport Library's South Gallery, "Scheherazade: Storyteller—Mixed Media Works By Camille Eskell" explores self-perception, societal attitudes, and psychological states related to gender bias. Her designs combine digital photo-based collage, with textiles such as saris, hand-made paper, cast sculpture, trims, jewels, and embellishments; her methods include disassembling/re-working existing garments, hand-sewing, and beading, and more. Artists’ reception and talk: Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm. Reception: 6-7 pm, Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs, 7-8 pm in the Forum

"Watershed" is an exhibition of layered monotype prints by artist Taryn McMahon in which she explores the entanglements between the human and nonhuman through Northeast Ohio’s waterways. LOCATION: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery (main gallery)EXHIBITION DATES: April 14 - May 19, 2024OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Thinking Inside the Box: A Mixed-media Art ExhibitionThe Westport Library, Trefz ForumMarch 13 - May 5, 2024Opening reception: March 21, 2024, 6-8pm Thinking Inside the Box is a unique, mixed-media art exhibition that brings together over 20 local artists to create original works that will be located around the central grandstand in the Library’s Trefz Forum.

Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Michael Dweck: Blunderbust, his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show will open April 11th, with a reception for the artist 6-8pm, and will be on view through June 1st, 2024. Dweck is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily known for working in photography, most notably for his series documenting niche socio-cultural identities such as Mermaids, Habana Libre, and The End: Montauk. Over the years his artistic practice expanded to sculpture and filmmaking, and more recently he has delved into painting. The gallery will be presenting Blunderbust, Dweck’s first paintings from the multi-media corpus that also includes photography, sculpture,

Please join us for an art reception to open a new exhibit, Object Memory, featuring the work of Susan Tabachnick, Kraig Binkowski, and Susan McCaslin. The theme explores the interplay between human experiences, the environments we inhabit, and the memories that are created and associated with them.Objects have an uncanny ability to evoke memories, serving as tangible vessels of our personal and collective experiences. They carry within them the weight of history, narratives, and emotions. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12-4 pm Exhibit runs from March 24 through May 11, 2024 Crown Gallery at Metro Art Studios is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 12-4 pm and by appointment

The Greenwich Historical Society is pleased to present LIFE: Six Women Photographers, featuring six prominent women photographers whose iconic work for LIFE magazine helped create modern photojournalism as it depicted a quickly-evolving world. On view March 6-July 7, 2024, the exhibition features more than 70 images by the only women employed as full-time photographers by LIFE between the late 1930s and the early 1970s. LIFE: Six Women Photographers has been organized by the New-York Historical Society.

Aisha Nailah, a multidisciplinary teaching artist , is the Metro Art Studios Featured Artist from March 24 through May 11, 2024. Her exhibit, S.T.I.L.Life (shit that I like in life), combines a love of color and texture, often working fabrics and paper into her pieces as well as using paint and ink. Her work concerns itself mainly with the feeling, color, and spiritual vibrancy of the composition. Aisha is very inspired culturally being an African Diasporan woman of Costa Rican descent and by street art. Opening reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12 to 4 pm The exhibit is open during gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 pm and by appointment

Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past? Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, as she creates a reproduction gown based on 18th century examples and techniques. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions about the process of creating a gown, the history of mantua-makers or dress makers, and the Museum’s textile collection. Visitors can also try textile art objects like a spinning wheel, loom, and embroidery hoops for themselves. This gown will be displayed and worn during our Colonial Field Day.

Program DescriptionTo 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.

Program DescriptionPut together realistic or non-objective 2- or 3-dimensional collages or assemblages (including box art) using papers, fabrics, photographs, and found objects. Emphasize color, texture, and composition as you juxtapose and transform materials into new visual statements that may range from autobiographical expressions to interpretations of our society and imaginary visions. Experiment with the addition of paint and other media to enhance your images. Max. 8 students. Adults or Teens.

Program DescriptionAre you ready to take your figure drawing to a new level? With one pose for the 5 weeks, students will learn to develop a concise drawing, with focus on structure, gesture, balance, proportion, and shading to fully develop believable form. Students will gain a better understanding of the figure’s key anatomical landmarks within one pose. Forming a sense of expressive gesture and a highly developed drawing are key elements while learning how to take that understanding to more complex, single poses in the future.

Meet artist Camille Eskell at the Westport Library's artist reception and talk on Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm. Reception from 6-7 pm, in the South Gallery. Artist Talk with Miggs Burroughs, from 7-8 pm in the Trefz Forum. Located in the Westport Library's South Gallery, "Scheherazade: Storyteller—Mixed Media Works By Camille Eskell" explores self-perception, societal attitudes, and psychological states related to gender bias. Her designs combine digital photo-based collage, with textiles such as saris, hand-made paper, cast sculpture, trims, jewels, and embellishments; her methods include disassembling/re-working existing garments, hand-sewing, and beading, and more.

Resident Artists of TNAS join together for a group exhibition featuring Alejandra Gonzalez, McLee Mathias, Brie Miyoko, Remy Sosa and Tiara Trent. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, March 14th from 6-8pm to engage with the artists and witness the artistic journey they've been completing here at TNAS. The Westhill Road Band will perform at 7pm and 7:45pm. Poet Alex Erbsland will also perform throughout the evening. Excerpt of exhibition statement by Brie Miyoko: "In the heart of our TNAS community, the Resident Artists embark on a transformative journey similar to the growth of a vibrant garden. The canvas of the artist’s experiences mirrors the stages of blooming flowers, where s

This spring, URSA Gallery celebrates the dialogue between art and nature with the unveiling of Kaleidoscope Eyes. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking visions of artists such as Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso—artists who transformed the way we perceive and feel nature’s energies—the exhibition will comprise dozens of mixed-media artworks that will engage all of our senses. To see the world through a kaleidoscope is to see ever-shifting yet hypnotic combinations of fractals and geometric patterns—bringing a new reality to the surface of things, unearthing the abstract in the everyday, revealing a crystallization of meaning in impermanence.

Calling All Talented High School Artists! Get your artwork seen! Fairfield County and surrounding Counties in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York area high school students, this is your chance to have your work showcased at the prestigious Bruce Museum. Submit your best pieces to the iCreate 2024 Juried Regional High School Competition by May 6th. Selected artwork will be featured in a special gallery exhibition from June 7, 2024 to September 8, 2024, and all submissions will get recognition in an official video presentation. Top winners will take home cash prizes of up to $500! Submit up to three digital images of your artwork to MLendenmann@BruceMuseum.org by May 6, 2024.

The exhibition, The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography (March 6 - August 2, 2024) explores the ways that photographs capture heroic moments, contribute to legendary myths of greatness, and tell authentic stories of athletic struggle and uplift. The show is curated by Kathryn Leann Harris and Douglas Stark of Interpreting Sports. Support provided by CT Humanities.

Located in the Westport Library's Sheffer Gallery, and timed to coincide with VersoFest 2024, each of the five massive, dimensional works in "Finely Tuned, Paintings by Marlene Siff"— Fanfare, Crescendo, Legato, Elegy, and Fugue — is named for, and linked to, a specific expression found in music. Visitors to the gallery can scan a QR code next to each piece and listen to the musical selections that the artist used as inspiration. Also on view are several maquettes that Siff made as studies prior to the construction of these awe inspiring works. Artists’ reception and talk: Sunday, May 5, 2-4 pm. Reception: 2-3 pm in the Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs: 3-4 pm in the Forum

The Weston Library Photography Club exhibition entitled Water will be on display April 3rd - May 28th. Please join us for the opening reception on April 6th, 1-3pm at the Weston Public Library, Weston, CT.

Pat Musick: Our Fragile Home was inspired by the words astronauts have used universally upon viewing Earth from space for the first time: Fragile, Protect, Beauty, Steward, Sustain, Harmony, Nurture. In different languages and across many boundaries, their words were all the same. Through paint, sculpture, and mixed media, she conveys the fragility of our planet, and its natural and eternal beauty. Musick’s work has been exhibited throughout the nation with over 50 permanent installations. She was married to Skylab 4 Commander, astronaut Jerry Carr. Their life is the subject of the award-winning film "The Artist & The Astronaut," which had its CT premiere at the SM&NC last May.

Located in the Westport Library's South Gallery, "Scheherazade: Storyteller—Mixed Media Works By Camille Eskell" explores self-perception, societal attitudes, and psychological states related to gender bias. Her designs combine digital photo-based collage, with textiles such as saris, hand-made paper, cast sculpture, trims, jewels, and embellishments; her methods include disassembling/re-working existing garments, hand-sewing, and beading, and more. Artists’ reception and talk: Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm. Reception: 6-7 pm, Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs, 7-8 pm in the Forum

"Watershed" is an exhibition of layered monotype prints by artist Taryn McMahon in which she explores the entanglements between the human and nonhuman through Northeast Ohio’s waterways. LOCATION: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery (main gallery)EXHIBITION DATES: April 14 - May 19, 2024OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Thinking Inside the Box: A Mixed-media Art ExhibitionThe Westport Library, Trefz ForumMarch 13 - May 5, 2024Opening reception: March 21, 2024, 6-8pm Thinking Inside the Box is a unique, mixed-media art exhibition that brings together over 20 local artists to create original works that will be located around the central grandstand in the Library’s Trefz Forum.

Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Michael Dweck: Blunderbust, his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show will open April 11th, with a reception for the artist 6-8pm, and will be on view through June 1st, 2024. Dweck is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily known for working in photography, most notably for his series documenting niche socio-cultural identities such as Mermaids, Habana Libre, and The End: Montauk. Over the years his artistic practice expanded to sculpture and filmmaking, and more recently he has delved into painting. The gallery will be presenting Blunderbust, Dweck’s first paintings from the multi-media corpus that also includes photography, sculpture,

The Greenwich Historical Society is pleased to present LIFE: Six Women Photographers, featuring six prominent women photographers whose iconic work for LIFE magazine helped create modern photojournalism as it depicted a quickly-evolving world. On view March 6-July 7, 2024, the exhibition features more than 70 images by the only women employed as full-time photographers by LIFE between the late 1930s and the early 1970s. LIFE: Six Women Photographers has been organized by the New-York Historical Society.

Please join us for an art reception to open a new exhibit, Object Memory, featuring the work of Susan Tabachnick, Kraig Binkowski, and Susan McCaslin. The theme explores the interplay between human experiences, the environments we inhabit, and the memories that are created and associated with them.Objects have an uncanny ability to evoke memories, serving as tangible vessels of our personal and collective experiences. They carry within them the weight of history, narratives, and emotions. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12-4 pm Exhibit runs from March 24 through May 11, 2024 Crown Gallery at Metro Art Studios is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 12-4 pm and by appointment

Aisha Nailah, a multidisciplinary teaching artist , is the Metro Art Studios Featured Artist from March 24 through May 11, 2024. Her exhibit, S.T.I.L.Life (shit that I like in life), combines a love of color and texture, often working fabrics and paper into her pieces as well as using paint and ink. Her work concerns itself mainly with the feeling, color, and spiritual vibrancy of the composition. Aisha is very inspired culturally being an African Diasporan woman of Costa Rican descent and by street art. Opening reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12 to 4 pm The exhibit is open during gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 pm and by appointment

Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past? Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, as she creates a reproduction gown based on 18th century examples and techniques. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions about the process of creating a gown, the history of mantua-makers or dress makers, and the Museum’s textile collection. Visitors can also try textile art objects like a spinning wheel, loom, and embroidery hoops for themselves. This gown will be displayed and worn during our Colonial Field Day.

Exploring questions of revolution and textual resistance in the contemporary moment, the exhibition considers both overt and nuanced forms of protest. In merging MoCA Westport’s gallery space with the first New England installation of Black Art Library, this exhibition seeks to explore how the visual and the literary intersect and inspire each other.

Program DescriptionTo 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.

Program DescriptionPut together realistic or non-objective 2- or 3-dimensional collages or assemblages (including box art) using papers, fabrics, photographs, and found objects. Emphasize color, texture, and composition as you juxtapose and transform materials into new visual statements that may range from autobiographical expressions to interpretations of our society and imaginary visions. Experiment with the addition of paint and other media to enhance your images. Max. 8 students. Adults or Teens.

Program DescriptionAre you ready to take your figure drawing to a new level? With one pose for the 5 weeks, students will learn to develop a concise drawing, with focus on structure, gesture, balance, proportion, and shading to fully develop believable form. Students will gain a better understanding of the figure’s key anatomical landmarks within one pose. Forming a sense of expressive gesture and a highly developed drawing are key elements while learning how to take that understanding to more complex, single poses in the future.

Calling All Talented High School Artists! Get your artwork seen! Fairfield County and surrounding Counties in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York area high school students, this is your chance to have your work showcased at the prestigious Bruce Museum. Submit your best pieces to the iCreate 2024 Juried Regional High School Competition by May 6th. Selected artwork will be featured in a special gallery exhibition from June 7, 2024 to September 8, 2024, and all submissions will get recognition in an official video presentation. Top winners will take home cash prizes of up to $500! Submit up to three digital images of your artwork to MLendenmann@BruceMuseum.org by May 6, 2024.

Resident Artists of TNAS join together for a group exhibition featuring Alejandra Gonzalez, McLee Mathias, Brie Miyoko, Remy Sosa and Tiara Trent. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, March 14th from 6-8pm to engage with the artists and witness the artistic journey they've been completing here at TNAS. The Westhill Road Band will perform at 7pm and 7:45pm. Poet Alex Erbsland will also perform throughout the evening. Excerpt of exhibition statement by Brie Miyoko: "In the heart of our TNAS community, the Resident Artists embark on a transformative journey similar to the growth of a vibrant garden. The canvas of the artist’s experiences mirrors the stages of blooming flowers, where s

This spring, URSA Gallery celebrates the dialogue between art and nature with the unveiling of Kaleidoscope Eyes. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking visions of artists such as Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso—artists who transformed the way we perceive and feel nature’s energies—the exhibition will comprise dozens of mixed-media artworks that will engage all of our senses. To see the world through a kaleidoscope is to see ever-shifting yet hypnotic combinations of fractals and geometric patterns—bringing a new reality to the surface of things, unearthing the abstract in the everyday, revealing a crystallization of meaning in impermanence.

The exhibition, The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography (March 6 - August 2, 2024) explores the ways that photographs capture heroic moments, contribute to legendary myths of greatness, and tell authentic stories of athletic struggle and uplift. The show is curated by Kathryn Leann Harris and Douglas Stark of Interpreting Sports. Support provided by CT Humanities.

Located in the Westport Library's Sheffer Gallery, and timed to coincide with VersoFest 2024, each of the five massive, dimensional works in "Finely Tuned, Paintings by Marlene Siff"— Fanfare, Crescendo, Legato, Elegy, and Fugue — is named for, and linked to, a specific expression found in music. Visitors to the gallery can scan a QR code next to each piece and listen to the musical selections that the artist used as inspiration. Also on view are several maquettes that Siff made as studies prior to the construction of these awe inspiring works. Artists’ reception and talk: Sunday, May 5, 2-4 pm. Reception: 2-3 pm in the Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs: 3-4 pm in the Forum

The Weston Library Photography Club exhibition entitled Water will be on display April 3rd - May 28th. Please join us for the opening reception on April 6th, 1-3pm at the Weston Public Library, Weston, CT.

Located in the Westport Library's South Gallery, "Scheherazade: Storyteller—Mixed Media Works By Camille Eskell" explores self-perception, societal attitudes, and psychological states related to gender bias. Her designs combine digital photo-based collage, with textiles such as saris, hand-made paper, cast sculpture, trims, jewels, and embellishments; her methods include disassembling/re-working existing garments, hand-sewing, and beading, and more. Artists’ reception and talk: Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm. Reception: 6-7 pm, Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs, 7-8 pm in the Forum

Pat Musick: Our Fragile Home was inspired by the words astronauts have used universally upon viewing Earth from space for the first time: Fragile, Protect, Beauty, Steward, Sustain, Harmony, Nurture. In different languages and across many boundaries, their words were all the same. Through paint, sculpture, and mixed media, she conveys the fragility of our planet, and its natural and eternal beauty. Musick’s work has been exhibited throughout the nation with over 50 permanent installations. She was married to Skylab 4 Commander, astronaut Jerry Carr. Their life is the subject of the award-winning film "The Artist & The Astronaut," which had its CT premiere at the SM&NC last May.

Thinking Inside the Box: A Mixed-media Art ExhibitionThe Westport Library, Trefz ForumMarch 13 - May 5, 2024Opening reception: March 21, 2024, 6-8pm Thinking Inside the Box is a unique, mixed-media art exhibition that brings together over 20 local artists to create original works that will be located around the central grandstand in the Library’s Trefz Forum.

"Watershed" is an exhibition of layered monotype prints by artist Taryn McMahon in which she explores the entanglements between the human and nonhuman through Northeast Ohio’s waterways. LOCATION: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery (main gallery)EXHIBITION DATES: April 14 - May 19, 2024OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Michael Dweck: Blunderbust, his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show will open April 11th, with a reception for the artist 6-8pm, and will be on view through June 1st, 2024. Dweck is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily known for working in photography, most notably for his series documenting niche socio-cultural identities such as Mermaids, Habana Libre, and The End: Montauk. Over the years his artistic practice expanded to sculpture and filmmaking, and more recently he has delved into painting. The gallery will be presenting Blunderbust, Dweck’s first paintings from the multi-media corpus that also includes photography, sculpture,

Aisha Nailah, a multidisciplinary teaching artist , is the Metro Art Studios Featured Artist from March 24 through May 11, 2024. Her exhibit, S.T.I.L.Life (shit that I like in life), combines a love of color and texture, often working fabrics and paper into her pieces as well as using paint and ink. Her work concerns itself mainly with the feeling, color, and spiritual vibrancy of the composition. Aisha is very inspired culturally being an African Diasporan woman of Costa Rican descent and by street art. Opening reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12 to 4 pm The exhibit is open during gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 pm and by appointment

Please join us for an art reception to open a new exhibit, Object Memory, featuring the work of Susan Tabachnick, Kraig Binkowski, and Susan McCaslin. The theme explores the interplay between human experiences, the environments we inhabit, and the memories that are created and associated with them.Objects have an uncanny ability to evoke memories, serving as tangible vessels of our personal and collective experiences. They carry within them the weight of history, narratives, and emotions. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12-4 pm Exhibit runs from March 24 through May 11, 2024 Crown Gallery at Metro Art Studios is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 12-4 pm and by appointment

The Greenwich Historical Society is pleased to present LIFE: Six Women Photographers, featuring six prominent women photographers whose iconic work for LIFE magazine helped create modern photojournalism as it depicted a quickly-evolving world. On view March 6-July 7, 2024, the exhibition features more than 70 images by the only women employed as full-time photographers by LIFE between the late 1930s and the early 1970s. LIFE: Six Women Photographers has been organized by the New-York Historical Society.

Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past? Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, as she creates a reproduction gown based on 18th century examples and techniques. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions about the process of creating a gown, the history of mantua-makers or dress makers, and the Museum’s textile collection. Visitors can also try textile art objects like a spinning wheel, loom, and embroidery hoops for themselves. This gown will be displayed and worn during our Colonial Field Day.

Program DescriptionTo 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.

Program DescriptionPut together realistic or non-objective 2- or 3-dimensional collages or assemblages (including box art) using papers, fabrics, photographs, and found objects. Emphasize color, texture, and composition as you juxtapose and transform materials into new visual statements that may range from autobiographical expressions to interpretations of our society and imaginary visions. Experiment with the addition of paint and other media to enhance your images. Max. 8 students. Adults or Teens.

Exploring questions of revolution and textual resistance in the contemporary moment, the exhibition considers both overt and nuanced forms of protest. In merging MoCA Westport’s gallery space with the first New England installation of Black Art Library, this exhibition seeks to explore how the visual and the literary intersect and inspire each other.

Program DescriptionAre you ready to take your figure drawing to a new level? With one pose for the 5 weeks, students will learn to develop a concise drawing, with focus on structure, gesture, balance, proportion, and shading to fully develop believable form. Students will gain a better understanding of the figure’s key anatomical landmarks within one pose. Forming a sense of expressive gesture and a highly developed drawing are key elements while learning how to take that understanding to more complex, single poses in the future.

SM&NC and BevMax are back at it again, in partnership to bring you another series of high-end spirit and beverage tastings. New for this year, we'll also be showcasing some alcohol-free versions of your traditional favorites. We hope to enjoy your company at these fun Friday Nights Out! 21+ Only

May 3 - 5, 2024All Things Equal – The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Rupert Holmes, directed by Laley LipardIn this one-woman play starring Michelle Azar, Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the family to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and its many trials. $45, $50, $55.

Since 2021, these three legends, with a combined 12 Grammy Awards between them, have been creating rare and magical evenings filled with their original takes on jazz standards. The evening features one of the most influential figures in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, the 82-year-old pianist Chucho Valdés, sharing the stage with preeminent jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves and celebrated saxophonist Joe Lovano.

Resident Artists of TNAS join together for a group exhibition featuring Alejandra Gonzalez, McLee Mathias, Brie Miyoko, Remy Sosa and Tiara Trent. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, March 14th from 6-8pm to engage with the artists and witness the artistic journey they've been completing here at TNAS. The Westhill Road Band will perform at 7pm and 7:45pm. Poet Alex Erbsland will also perform throughout the evening. Excerpt of exhibition statement by Brie Miyoko: "In the heart of our TNAS community, the Resident Artists embark on a transformative journey similar to the growth of a vibrant garden. The canvas of the artist’s experiences mirrors the stages of blooming flowers, where s

Calling All Talented High School Artists! Get your artwork seen! Fairfield County and surrounding Counties in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York area high school students, this is your chance to have your work showcased at the prestigious Bruce Museum. Submit your best pieces to the iCreate 2024 Juried Regional High School Competition by May 6th. Selected artwork will be featured in a special gallery exhibition from June 7, 2024 to September 8, 2024, and all submissions will get recognition in an official video presentation. Top winners will take home cash prizes of up to $500! Submit up to three digital images of your artwork to MLendenmann@BruceMuseum.org by May 6, 2024.

This spring, URSA Gallery celebrates the dialogue between art and nature with the unveiling of Kaleidoscope Eyes. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking visions of artists such as Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso—artists who transformed the way we perceive and feel nature’s energies—the exhibition will comprise dozens of mixed-media artworks that will engage all of our senses. To see the world through a kaleidoscope is to see ever-shifting yet hypnotic combinations of fractals and geometric patterns—bringing a new reality to the surface of things, unearthing the abstract in the everyday, revealing a crystallization of meaning in impermanence.

The exhibition, The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography (March 6 - August 2, 2024) explores the ways that photographs capture heroic moments, contribute to legendary myths of greatness, and tell authentic stories of athletic struggle and uplift. The show is curated by Kathryn Leann Harris and Douglas Stark of Interpreting Sports. Support provided by CT Humanities.

Located in the Westport Library's Sheffer Gallery, and timed to coincide with VersoFest 2024, each of the five massive, dimensional works in "Finely Tuned, Paintings by Marlene Siff"— Fanfare, Crescendo, Legato, Elegy, and Fugue — is named for, and linked to, a specific expression found in music. Visitors to the gallery can scan a QR code next to each piece and listen to the musical selections that the artist used as inspiration. Also on view are several maquettes that Siff made as studies prior to the construction of these awe inspiring works. Artists’ reception and talk: Sunday, May 5, 2-4 pm. Reception: 2-3 pm in the Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs: 3-4 pm in the Forum

Pat Musick: Our Fragile Home was inspired by the words astronauts have used universally upon viewing Earth from space for the first time: Fragile, Protect, Beauty, Steward, Sustain, Harmony, Nurture. In different languages and across many boundaries, their words were all the same. Through paint, sculpture, and mixed media, she conveys the fragility of our planet, and its natural and eternal beauty. Musick’s work has been exhibited throughout the nation with over 50 permanent installations. She was married to Skylab 4 Commander, astronaut Jerry Carr. Their life is the subject of the award-winning film "The Artist & The Astronaut," which had its CT premiere at the SM&NC last May.

Located in the Westport Library's South Gallery, "Scheherazade: Storyteller—Mixed Media Works By Camille Eskell" explores self-perception, societal attitudes, and psychological states related to gender bias. Her designs combine digital photo-based collage, with textiles such as saris, hand-made paper, cast sculpture, trims, jewels, and embellishments; her methods include disassembling/re-working existing garments, hand-sewing, and beading, and more. Artists’ reception and talk: Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm. Reception: 6-7 pm, Sheffer Gallery; Talk with Miggs Burroughs, 7-8 pm in the Forum

The Weston Library Photography Club exhibition entitled Water will be on display April 3rd - May 28th. Please join us for the opening reception on April 6th, 1-3pm at the Weston Public Library, Weston, CT.

"Watershed" is an exhibition of layered monotype prints by artist Taryn McMahon in which she explores the entanglements between the human and nonhuman through Northeast Ohio’s waterways. LOCATION: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery (main gallery)EXHIBITION DATES: April 14 - May 19, 2024OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Thinking Inside the Box: A Mixed-media Art ExhibitionThe Westport Library, Trefz ForumMarch 13 - May 5, 2024Opening reception: March 21, 2024, 6-8pm Thinking Inside the Box is a unique, mixed-media art exhibition that brings together over 20 local artists to create original works that will be located around the central grandstand in the Library’s Trefz Forum.

In Discourse: art across generations and continents (May 4 - 12, 2024) the gallery will assemble an eclectic group of works that celebrate this diversity. Included will be works from fiber art’s origins 60 years ago, current mixed media works and sculpture, and pieces created in the decades between — spurring a dialogue across generations and across continents. Discourse will feature dozens of works. More than 50 artists from 20 countries will be included. The exhibition brings into focus their intergenerational differences, material breakthroughs, and historical significance.

Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Michael Dweck: Blunderbust, his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show will open April 11th, with a reception for the artist 6-8pm, and will be on view through June 1st, 2024. Dweck is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily known for working in photography, most notably for his series documenting niche socio-cultural identities such as Mermaids, Habana Libre, and The End: Montauk. Over the years his artistic practice expanded to sculpture and filmmaking, and more recently he has delved into painting. The gallery will be presenting Blunderbust, Dweck’s first paintings from the multi-media corpus that also includes photography, sculpture,

Aisha Nailah, a multidisciplinary teaching artist , is the Metro Art Studios Featured Artist from March 24 through May 11, 2024. Her exhibit, S.T.I.L.Life (shit that I like in life), combines a love of color and texture, often working fabrics and paper into her pieces as well as using paint and ink. Her work concerns itself mainly with the feeling, color, and spiritual vibrancy of the composition. Aisha is very inspired culturally being an African Diasporan woman of Costa Rican descent and by street art. Opening reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12 to 4 pm The exhibit is open during gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 pm and by appointment

Please join us for an art reception to open a new exhibit, Object Memory, featuring the work of Susan Tabachnick, Kraig Binkowski, and Susan McCaslin. The theme explores the interplay between human experiences, the environments we inhabit, and the memories that are created and associated with them.Objects have an uncanny ability to evoke memories, serving as tangible vessels of our personal and collective experiences. They carry within them the weight of history, narratives, and emotions. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 24 from 12-4 pm Exhibit runs from March 24 through May 11, 2024 Crown Gallery at Metro Art Studios is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 12-4 pm and by appointment

The Greenwich Historical Society is pleased to present LIFE: Six Women Photographers, featuring six prominent women photographers whose iconic work for LIFE magazine helped create modern photojournalism as it depicted a quickly-evolving world. On view March 6-July 7, 2024, the exhibition features more than 70 images by the only women employed as full-time photographers by LIFE between the late 1930s and the early 1970s. LIFE: Six Women Photographers has been organized by the New-York Historical Society.

MoCA Westport and Designport host the “The Upscale Garage Sale at the Artisan Marketplace _Spring Edition_,” taking place on May 4th, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at MoCA Westport. This exclusive collaboration between MoCA Westport and Designport promises an unparalleled fusion of creativity, community, and curated craftsmanship.

The timeless story of Cinderella and her journey to find love and happiness with the handsome Prince Charming, but this is unlike any Cinderella you’ve ever seen! Cinderella’s her wicked step mother and stepsisters try everything they can to keep Cinderella from attending Prince Charming’s Royal Ball, but with a little help from a magical fairy Godmother, Cinderella makes it to the Ball for a night she will never forget.

The recommended ages for our Theatre for Young Audiences shows is 3 to 10 years old, although all ages are welcome.

Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past? Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, as she creates a reproduction gown based on 18th century examples and techniques. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions about the process of creating a gown, the history of mantua-makers or dress makers, and the Museum’s textile collection. Visitors can also try textile art objects like a spinning wheel, loom, and embroidery hoops for themselves. This gown will be displayed and worn during our Colonial Field Day.