Curtain Call’s Theatre Arts Workshops: Back to School Means Back in Action!
For over 30 years, Stamford’s longest-running and only nonprofit, theatre-producing company has offered opportunities for kids grades K+, teens, and adults to ACT OUT with classes after school, evenings and weekends throughout the school year, AND full-day summer workshops! Our Fall 2024 Session of exciting lineup of classes for kids (grades K+), teens, and adults in acting, improv, musical theatre, dance, AND MORE begin September 16, 2024 and run for eight weeks. (See our website for details.) Scholarships, payment plans and sibling discounts. For questions, contact our Education Director, Brian Bianco at [email protected].
Curtain Call's Fall Drama Arts Classes for Kids, Teens & Adults
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
Curated by Walker with help from the Library’s Exhibit Curator Carole Erger-Fass, Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut derives from Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection and aims to explore an important piece of local history. It will feature 40+ original cartoons by some of the area’s greats, including Dik Browne, Mel Casson, Stan Drake, John Cullen Murphy, Leonard Starr, Jack Tippit, Mort Walker, and more.
Proximity to major syndicates and publishers in New York City drew cartoonists to Fairfield County. Many worked at home in their studios, frequenting Max’s Art Supplies on the Post Road and seeking companionship with their professional peers at local spots: over a game of golf at Longshore, or at local restaurants like Mario’s Place, across from Westport’s train station.
Cullen Murphy, author and son of the cartoonist behind Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, refers to the history of cartooning in Connecticut with fondness.
“For a period of about 50 years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the nation’s top comic strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut,” he wrote in Cartoon County, “a bit of bohemia amid those men in their gray flannel suits.”
The Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection (Westpac) was conceived by local art teacher Bert Chernow, who began acquiring a diverse collection of artworks in 1964. Featuring many notable local artists, Westpac comprises more than 1,800 works in a broad range of media including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, illustrations, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and murals.
Westport cartoonist Mel Casson was instrumental in building Westpac’s Cartoon Collection, which includes more than 120 original comic strips, gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, and illustrations. Over the years, the Westpac collection has been displayed in schools and public buildings around town to educate and entertain residents.
This exhibit features many highlights from the collection, representing the major cartoon genres. The graphics on the walls are from Mort Walker’s 1980 book, The Lexicon of Comicana, which will be reissued by New York Review Books in 2025.
Special thanks to Westpac co-chairs Ive Covaci and Anne Boberski, and to the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center for their continued support.
Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
The State of Cartooning will display works by active members of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, including Greg, Brian, and Neal Walker, who carry the legacy of their father, Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. Other featured artists include Ray Billingsley, Bob Englehart, Bill Janocha, Sean Kelly, Maria Scrivan, and more.
Founded in 1946, National Cartoonists Society (NCS) activities and events primarily took place in New York City until 1983, when the first Reuben Award Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. At that time, the NCS also began organizing a system of regional chapters for members to participate in. There are currently 23 chapters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Brian Walker started the NCS Connecticut chapter in 1993, involving many remaining Golden Age cartoonists. Meetings were held at local restaurants, including the Silvermine Tavern, Cobbs Mill Inn, The Redding Roadhouse, and Red Barn. From 1994 to 2017, a special Legend Award was presented to 22 Connecticut Cartoonists at their annual fall dinner. Although membership has decreased as the older generation has passed on, the Connecticut chapter is still active. The State of Cartooning displays works by some of the current members of the NCS.
The State of Cartooning
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library!
“My Story Revealed" invites you on a visual journey through the heart of personal and cultural narratives. This exhibit honors the art of storytelling by showcasing the compelling and diverse experiences of some of the 8-18 year old students taking part in our international Global Voices - ArtLink exchanges over three decades.
Whether their pieces are beautifully rendered or simply drawn, delightful or thought provoking, the creation of these pieces has been a journey of self-discovery. Through their work, the young artists have expressed their identities, shared their stories, and conveyed the aspects of their lives and society they treasure - or are concerned about.
This collection brings together diverse artistic youth voices from 28 ArtLink partner countries, transcending political systems and geographical boundaries. We believe that art is a universal language, uniting us through the shared experiences and dreams of its young creators, promoting a common humanity that will lead to a more peaceful future.
As you explore the exhibit, we invite you, the viewer, to reflect on your own story, your own journey, cultivating a deeper sense of empathy and appreciation for the multi-faceted tapestry of human experiences we are all part of. We hope to see you there!
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Creative Connections is a nonprofit in Norwalk, CT, dedicated to promoting global understanding and empathy through art-based exchanges between youth worldwide. We connect students in the U.S. with peers in other countries, encouraging cultural sharing and cross-cultural learning. We focus on fostering global citizenship and creative communication through programs like Global Voices - ArtLink, which highlights diverse perspectives and cultural storytelling.
Details:
The opening reception will be on 9/30 from 5:30-7:30pm
The exhibit will remain up until Spring 2025.
Where:New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library.
The Gallery at GFC is proud to announce the opening of Jason Pritchard's latest show Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water's Path. The paintings in this exhibition feature the magical interplay between light and water along the coastline and within the communities that hug the shore. Jason captures water dancing, shimmering, or frozen as ice beneath cloud-filled New England skies. These gorgeously rendered works in oil are balm for the soul.
Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water’s Path
An Exhibition Like No Other!
This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world.
It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.
Exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
Made possible with generous support from GoHealth Urgent Care.
This exhibition is free for SM&NC Members, and included in the price of daily admission for visitors.
Exhibition on View: Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas
The newest and coziest area at Stepping Stones is the ELLI+ Book Nook, a dedicated space for children and their caregivers to discover the pleasures of reading and storytelling. Families can settle in for a quiet moment of storytelling or enjoy a variety of literacy-centered programs throughout the museum. Through these specially-curated and crafted programs, projects and engagements, Book Nook staff and volunteers will help build caregiver knowledge about reading development so they can support reading at home.
You’re invited to celebrate the grand opening of the ELLI+ Book Nook with special guests, interactive programming and a storybook parade!
Literary-themed costumes encouraged. For more details, visit www.steppingstonesmuseum.org/booknook
ELLI+ Book Nook Opening Day Celebration
AM Session:
Looking for something creative for your child to do on Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day (10/14)? Drop off your Nursery – 1st grader from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM for two hours of artsy fun!
What to pack: A nut-free snack and a water bottle.
What to wear: Clothing that can get messy.
Drop-off location: Academy doors located at the back of the building.
Important: Participants must be fully potty trained.
Your little one will have a great time creating!
Register for AM Session here!
Full Day Session:
Looking for something creative for your child to do on Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day (10/14)? Drop off your Kindergartener – 5th grader from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM for a day of artsy fun!
What to pack: A nut-free snack, lunch, and a water bottle.
What to wear: Clothing that can get messy.
Drop-off location: Academy doors located at the back of the building.
Important: Participants must be fully potty trained.
Your child will have a blast getting creative!
Register for Full Day Session here!
Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day 10/14 Recess Art Camps
Greenwich Art Society Studio School, Fall Term 2024
Registration for ALL students,
NOW OPEN!
Classes start Monday, Sept. 9, 2024!
Register online at www.greenwichartsociety.org for your favorite class or workshop!
Classical Portrait Drawing,
Acrylic Painting Classes, Figure Drawing,
Process Painting and more!!!
Create your own account and then select and pay
for your classes!
Our Mission: "To enhance our legacy of personalized visual arts education, outstanding art exhibitions, and children's community outreach."
299 Greenwich Ave., 3rd floor, Greenwich, CT 06830
Greenwich Art Society Studio School, Fall Term 2024 Registration for ALL students, NOW OPEN!
The Flinn Gallery is honored to launch its 2024-25 season with a unique solo exhibition, The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita. Curated by Leslee Asch, the exhibition displays Kumi Yamashita’s works of unconventional vision, versatility, and variety. The Opening Reception will be September 19 from 6-8pm.
Kumi Yamashita uses simple materials to yield surprising results. In describing her shadow work and the elusive qualities of light, she says, “I sculpt using both light and shadow. I construct single or multiple objects and place them in relation to a single light source. The complete artwork is therefore comprised of both the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow.)”
In addition to Yamashita’s Light & Shadow series, the exhibition includes provocative portraits created by winding a single unbroken sewing thread around thousands of small galvanized nails.
Equally enticing is a piece of denim in which the threads have been systematically removed to create an enchanting portrait. Yamashita describes her process for this piece as, “Sometimes there is something beautiful about things falling apart. Undoing one thing while simultaneously creating another. Here I’ve taken fabric and pulled out bits and pieces of the lighter color thread to create the image.”
Yamashita’s work has been widely praised both nationally and internationally. Her solo shows include the Seattle Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Esplanade - Theaters on the Bay in Singapore as well as museums in Taiwan, China and Japan. She has been in numerous museum group shows, including the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Yamashita’s work allows viewers to expand their understanding of the possibilities of the varied media she skillfully employs, and the breadth of her vision. Curator Leslee Asch adds, “The work must be seen in person to be appreciated; expect the unexpected.”
Kumi Yamashita lives and works in Woodstock, NY. She was born in Takasaki, Japan, and received her MFA from Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and her BFA from Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, WA. Yamashita’s work can be found in impressive public collections such as Microsoft, American Express, Le Meridien, Shenyang, China; Tokyo’s Akiru Medical Center, and permanent collections at numerous museums.
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The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita opens with a reception
from 6-8pm on September 19.
The Flinn Gallery which is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library,
101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
The show will run through November 6.
The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library.
Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm.
Events:
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19 from 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26 at 2pm
The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita
A very moving art exhibition featuring three extraordinary Connecticut Artists expressing the essence and effect of shadow, light, the subliminal mind and the human spirit.
THE DARK OF LIGHT
Elisa Contemporary Art is pleased to present a Solo exhibit of the Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett. It is now open at the One River School in Westport. The exhibit will run from through November 27 at 833 Post Road East, Westport CT. Gallery hours are: Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm and Saturday/Sunday 10am - 2pm.
Join us for a Reception on Saturday, November 23 from 2-4pm
From color-infused paintings to video self-portraits, Paula Brett’s body of work incorporates various combinations of media dealing with ideas such as created identity, coincidence, ritual, and transitory spaces.
The limited edition photographs are Mandalas made from pieces of Candy, Jewels, Toys, Cars and other favorites. According to Paula, “The mandala symbolizes the law of the universe and since man is also a microcosm of the universe, many cultures believe that the mandala also symbolizes the human soul. Mandalas serve as collection point for universal forces…My intention with these mandalas is to arrange everyday sweets and favorite objects into a pattern which becomes sacred, where delicious turns divine, the enticing now exquisite.”
Brett has exhibited work in New York, CT, Chicago, San Francisco, Budapest and Romania.
About One River School:
Founded in 2012 in Englewood, NJ, “one river” west of New York City, One River School has embarked on a mission to "transform art education"® in America. Today, their innovative program teaches thousands of students in fifteen locations across six states. We are thrilled to be working with One River Westport.
About Elisa Contemporary Art
Elisa Contemporary Art represents a portfolio of emerging through mid-career contemporary artists. Founded in 2007 by
Lisa Cooper, Elisa Contemporary Art is dedicated to promoting the appreciation and collection of art as a way to enrich
and heal our lives, our communities, and the world. The Riverdale NY Gallery opened in 2008. The Art Salon in Fairfield
CT opened in May 2017 (by appointment only). Elisa Contemporary Art has participated in international art fairs in New
York, Miami and the Hamptons and curated 40+ art exhibits in public/private spaces in the Tri-State.
For additional information, visit us at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com or Instagram: @ElisaContemporary Art
Solo Exhibit of Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett
Please join us for the opening reception of the Weston Library Photography Club photography exhibition opening reception.
Sunday, October 6th 1-3pm
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Road, Weston, CT
If you cannot make the opening, please visit the exhibit during the Library open hours. Call to ensure the Community Room is open for visitors: 203-222-2665
Opening Reception- Photography Exhibition "A Closer Look"
Stand Together Against Racism (S.T.A.R), in partnership with The Glass House and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, is hosting its third annual "Through Your Looking Glass" student art showcase. This event celebrates how art, design, and architecture can promote social justice, inclusion, equity, and diversity.
Students of all ages from Fairfield County, CT, including college students, are invited to submit art that reflects a social justice topic that's important to them. (Check out the S.T.A.R website to see what other students have submitted.) We welcome all forms of art, such as paintings, drawings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, videos (including TikTok-style), or architectural designs.Art is due by November 9.
This showcase is not a competition—all student artwork will be displayed at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan starting with an opening reception on Saturday, November 16. All artists, with their families and friends should plan to attend. The showcase will remain up for approximately two weeks.
Fill out the pre-registration form linked iin this post so we know you intend to submit! When your art is ready, you'll complete a separate release form.
Fairfield County Student Social Justice Art Showcase - Call for Submissions NOW - Opening Reception 11/16
Curtain Call’s Theatre Arts Workshops: Back to School Means Back in Action!
For over 30 years, Stamford’s longest-running and only nonprofit, theatre-producing company has offered opportunities for kids grades K+, teens, and adults to ACT OUT with classes after school, evenings and weekends throughout the school year, AND full-day summer workshops! Our Fall 2024 Session of exciting lineup of classes for kids (grades K+), teens, and adults in acting, improv, musical theatre, dance, AND MORE begin September 16, 2024 and run for eight weeks. (See our website for details.) Scholarships, payment plans and sibling discounts. For questions, contact our Education Director, Brian Bianco at [email protected].
Curtain Call's Fall Drama Arts Classes for Kids, Teens & Adults
This class will take place over five consecutive Tuesdays starting September 24. Signing up for individual sessions is not allowed.
Ages 16+
Skill level: Students should have basic drawing skills but want to improve*.
This course introduces portrait drawing, focusing on fundamental techniques, concepts, and principles essential for capturing a subject's likeness and personality. Through a combination of theory, demonstrations, and hands-on practice, students will develop their skills in observation, proportion, shading, and expression, ultimately gaining confidence in creating realistic and expressive portraits.
*An intermediate skill level does not need to directly refer to portrait drawing. As long as you have some grasp on drawing fundamentals like basic shapes and perspective, you will get more from the class. It is OK if you are new to portrait drawing.
Syllabus
- Week 1 : Introduction to class + different head drawing methods
- Week 2 : Break down of facial features of the head + Light and Shadow
- Week 3 : Supervised practice with a live model
- Week 4 : Supervised practice with a live model
- Week 5 : Supervised practice with a live model
The materials list is on the registration page.
Intermediate Portrait Drawing
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
Curated by Walker with help from the Library’s Exhibit Curator Carole Erger-Fass, Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut derives from Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection and aims to explore an important piece of local history. It will feature 40+ original cartoons by some of the area’s greats, including Dik Browne, Mel Casson, Stan Drake, John Cullen Murphy, Leonard Starr, Jack Tippit, Mort Walker, and more.
Proximity to major syndicates and publishers in New York City drew cartoonists to Fairfield County. Many worked at home in their studios, frequenting Max’s Art Supplies on the Post Road and seeking companionship with their professional peers at local spots: over a game of golf at Longshore, or at local restaurants like Mario’s Place, across from Westport’s train station.
Cullen Murphy, author and son of the cartoonist behind Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, refers to the history of cartooning in Connecticut with fondness.
“For a period of about 50 years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the nation’s top comic strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut,” he wrote in Cartoon County, “a bit of bohemia amid those men in their gray flannel suits.”
The Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection (Westpac) was conceived by local art teacher Bert Chernow, who began acquiring a diverse collection of artworks in 1964. Featuring many notable local artists, Westpac comprises more than 1,800 works in a broad range of media including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, illustrations, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and murals.
Westport cartoonist Mel Casson was instrumental in building Westpac’s Cartoon Collection, which includes more than 120 original comic strips, gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, and illustrations. Over the years, the Westpac collection has been displayed in schools and public buildings around town to educate and entertain residents.
This exhibit features many highlights from the collection, representing the major cartoon genres. The graphics on the walls are from Mort Walker’s 1980 book, The Lexicon of Comicana, which will be reissued by New York Review Books in 2025.
Special thanks to Westpac co-chairs Ive Covaci and Anne Boberski, and to the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center for their continued support.
Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
The State of Cartooning will display works by active members of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, including Greg, Brian, and Neal Walker, who carry the legacy of their father, Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. Other featured artists include Ray Billingsley, Bob Englehart, Bill Janocha, Sean Kelly, Maria Scrivan, and more.
Founded in 1946, National Cartoonists Society (NCS) activities and events primarily took place in New York City until 1983, when the first Reuben Award Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. At that time, the NCS also began organizing a system of regional chapters for members to participate in. There are currently 23 chapters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Brian Walker started the NCS Connecticut chapter in 1993, involving many remaining Golden Age cartoonists. Meetings were held at local restaurants, including the Silvermine Tavern, Cobbs Mill Inn, The Redding Roadhouse, and Red Barn. From 1994 to 2017, a special Legend Award was presented to 22 Connecticut Cartoonists at their annual fall dinner. Although membership has decreased as the older generation has passed on, the Connecticut chapter is still active. The State of Cartooning displays works by some of the current members of the NCS.
The State of Cartooning
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library!
“My Story Revealed" invites you on a visual journey through the heart of personal and cultural narratives. This exhibit honors the art of storytelling by showcasing the compelling and diverse experiences of some of the 8-18 year old students taking part in our international Global Voices - ArtLink exchanges over three decades.
Whether their pieces are beautifully rendered or simply drawn, delightful or thought provoking, the creation of these pieces has been a journey of self-discovery. Through their work, the young artists have expressed their identities, shared their stories, and conveyed the aspects of their lives and society they treasure - or are concerned about.
This collection brings together diverse artistic youth voices from 28 ArtLink partner countries, transcending political systems and geographical boundaries. We believe that art is a universal language, uniting us through the shared experiences and dreams of its young creators, promoting a common humanity that will lead to a more peaceful future.
As you explore the exhibit, we invite you, the viewer, to reflect on your own story, your own journey, cultivating a deeper sense of empathy and appreciation for the multi-faceted tapestry of human experiences we are all part of. We hope to see you there!
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Creative Connections is a nonprofit in Norwalk, CT, dedicated to promoting global understanding and empathy through art-based exchanges between youth worldwide. We connect students in the U.S. with peers in other countries, encouraging cultural sharing and cross-cultural learning. We focus on fostering global citizenship and creative communication through programs like Global Voices - ArtLink, which highlights diverse perspectives and cultural storytelling.
Details:
The opening reception will be on 9/30 from 5:30-7:30pm
The exhibit will remain up until Spring 2025.
Where:New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library.
The Gallery at GFC is proud to announce the opening of Jason Pritchard's latest show Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water's Path. The paintings in this exhibition feature the magical interplay between light and water along the coastline and within the communities that hug the shore. Jason captures water dancing, shimmering, or frozen as ice beneath cloud-filled New England skies. These gorgeously rendered works in oil are balm for the soul.
Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water’s Path
An Exhibition Like No Other!
This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world.
It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.
Exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
Made possible with generous support from GoHealth Urgent Care.
This exhibition is free for SM&NC Members, and included in the price of daily admission for visitors.
Exhibition on View: Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas
The Flinn Gallery is honored to launch its 2024-25 season with a unique solo exhibition, The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita. Curated by Leslee Asch, the exhibition displays Kumi Yamashita’s works of unconventional vision, versatility, and variety. The Opening Reception will be September 19 from 6-8pm.
Kumi Yamashita uses simple materials to yield surprising results. In describing her shadow work and the elusive qualities of light, she says, “I sculpt using both light and shadow. I construct single or multiple objects and place them in relation to a single light source. The complete artwork is therefore comprised of both the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow.)”
In addition to Yamashita’s Light & Shadow series, the exhibition includes provocative portraits created by winding a single unbroken sewing thread around thousands of small galvanized nails.
Equally enticing is a piece of denim in which the threads have been systematically removed to create an enchanting portrait. Yamashita describes her process for this piece as, “Sometimes there is something beautiful about things falling apart. Undoing one thing while simultaneously creating another. Here I’ve taken fabric and pulled out bits and pieces of the lighter color thread to create the image.”
Yamashita’s work has been widely praised both nationally and internationally. Her solo shows include the Seattle Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Esplanade - Theaters on the Bay in Singapore as well as museums in Taiwan, China and Japan. She has been in numerous museum group shows, including the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Yamashita’s work allows viewers to expand their understanding of the possibilities of the varied media she skillfully employs, and the breadth of her vision. Curator Leslee Asch adds, “The work must be seen in person to be appreciated; expect the unexpected.”
Kumi Yamashita lives and works in Woodstock, NY. She was born in Takasaki, Japan, and received her MFA from Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and her BFA from Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, WA. Yamashita’s work can be found in impressive public collections such as Microsoft, American Express, Le Meridien, Shenyang, China; Tokyo’s Akiru Medical Center, and permanent collections at numerous museums.
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The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita opens with a reception
from 6-8pm on September 19.
The Flinn Gallery which is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library,
101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
The show will run through November 6.
The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library.
Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm.
Events:
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19 from 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26 at 2pm
The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita
A very moving art exhibition featuring three extraordinary Connecticut Artists expressing the essence and effect of shadow, light, the subliminal mind and the human spirit.
THE DARK OF LIGHT
Eight area artists will be showcased in Wilton Library’s October art exhibition, “Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations.” The exhibition features the diverse works of women artists: Pam Ackley (Killingworth), Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani (New Canaan), Alma Faham (Danbury), Cynthia Fazekas (Shelton), Mari Gyorgyey (Stamford), Katya Lebrija (Wilton), Pam Rouleau (Old Greenwich), and Nomi Silverman (Greenwich). They will exhibit their works in an array of styles, media choices, and subject matter, all portraying vibrant and varied types of resilience found in life and nature.
The opening reception on Friday, October 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through November 7. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library.
"Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations" Art Exhibition at Wilton Library
Elisa Contemporary Art is pleased to present a Solo exhibit of the Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett. It is now open at the One River School in Westport. The exhibit will run from through November 27 at 833 Post Road East, Westport CT. Gallery hours are: Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm and Saturday/Sunday 10am - 2pm.
Join us for a Reception on Saturday, November 23 from 2-4pm
From color-infused paintings to video self-portraits, Paula Brett’s body of work incorporates various combinations of media dealing with ideas such as created identity, coincidence, ritual, and transitory spaces.
The limited edition photographs are Mandalas made from pieces of Candy, Jewels, Toys, Cars and other favorites. According to Paula, “The mandala symbolizes the law of the universe and since man is also a microcosm of the universe, many cultures believe that the mandala also symbolizes the human soul. Mandalas serve as collection point for universal forces…My intention with these mandalas is to arrange everyday sweets and favorite objects into a pattern which becomes sacred, where delicious turns divine, the enticing now exquisite.”
Brett has exhibited work in New York, CT, Chicago, San Francisco, Budapest and Romania.
About One River School:
Founded in 2012 in Englewood, NJ, “one river” west of New York City, One River School has embarked on a mission to "transform art education"® in America. Today, their innovative program teaches thousands of students in fifteen locations across six states. We are thrilled to be working with One River Westport.
About Elisa Contemporary Art
Elisa Contemporary Art represents a portfolio of emerging through mid-career contemporary artists. Founded in 2007 by
Lisa Cooper, Elisa Contemporary Art is dedicated to promoting the appreciation and collection of art as a way to enrich
and heal our lives, our communities, and the world. The Riverdale NY Gallery opened in 2008. The Art Salon in Fairfield
CT opened in May 2017 (by appointment only). Elisa Contemporary Art has participated in international art fairs in New
York, Miami and the Hamptons and curated 40+ art exhibits in public/private spaces in the Tri-State.
For additional information, visit us at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com or Instagram: @ElisaContemporary Art
Solo Exhibit of Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett
Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World, her first solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on September 26, 5-7pm, and the show will run through November 2nd.
Betsy Eby’s encaustic paintings are infused with a unique sensibility informed by the artist’s Pacific Northwest heritage, her concerns for nature and a lifelong classical piano practice. Using trowels, knives, brushes and heat, Eby pours and spreads hot and cold natural wax-based paint onto a wooden panel, layering gestures to create nuanced marks across the surface. The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by the wilderness of nature and the way in which the natural world serves as a tonic for the human spirit. Created in her Maine summer retreat, Eby’s new body of work captures the music and rhythms portrayed in nature: the lulling of waves, the fragrance of the sea air, resinous bay berries, blueberries, honey suckle in the breeze…. all have their own sound and melodies that speak to the artist. “There is musical accompaniment in nature,” the artist states.
Eby savors nature holistically, poetically depicting the essence of the verdant and granite landscape against the backdrop of a shimmering coastline, using abstraction to fuse that which animates her senses. Like notes shimmering on a page, the paintings are soft gestures akin to ascending scales, glissandos or arpeggiations within ambient-like sound beds. The marks on Ravel, glyphs fleeting across the surface within and through atmospheric grounds, came from listening to the composer in the background as she worked in the studio. Eby’s work synthesizes and distills all that surrounds her, intuitively harnessing and conveying her environment on the panel. Setting Eby’s new paintings apart from previous series are the grounds, which at first glance appear more neutral but are informed with a shifting color nuance. The artist finds herself with a more atuned sensory input of late, and this is evident in her most recent work.
“I make nature based, abstract paintings that convey the musical frequencies of an ecologically balanced, natural world unspoiled by human encroachment. They are meditations on undisrupted skies, habitats and oceans, calling attention to the natural rhythms of our environment and the elements and our interconnectedness within them.”
Eby received her B.A. from the University of Oregon and splits her time between her studios in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island in Maine. She has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions and her work forms part of many important private, corporate and public collections including the Columbus Museum and the Georgia Museum of Art in Georgia; the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington; and the Art in Embassies in Gambia, Brunei, Dubai and Papua New Guinea.
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.
Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World
The Palace Stamford would like to invite you to join us at our first Annual Charity Golf Outing! The event will take place at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wilton, CT on Tuesday October 15th, 2024.
Event proceeds will benefit Stamford Center of the Arts. Your support enables us to present a wide breadth of performing arts to our community, make exceptional arts education available to children from all economic backgrounds, maintain our historic 97-year-old Thomas Lamb designed theatre, and fulfill our mission to entertain, educate, and enrich the diverse population of Stamford and Fairfield County. With a hole-in-one contest sponsored by BMW of Darien and a silent auction with wonderful prizes, it’s sure to be tee-riffic!
The Palace Theatre Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser
ArtScapades will focus on how artists from the Renaissance to the 21st century used and portrayed architecture in their paintings. This lecture will include a look at works by Canaletto, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Egon Schiele, Marc Chagall, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, David Hockney, and more.
The lecture is free for members; $10 for non-members
Architecture in Art: from Masters to Modernists
Sacred Space, organized by guest curator Juanita Sunday, draws on the rich history of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, founded in Philadelphia in 1972 by artist Allan Edmunds. As of 2023, FUAM is home to a Brandywine “satellite collection,” joining other institutions including Harvard Art Museums, RISD Museum, and the University of Delaware Museums. This exhibition features works from FUAM’s own collection as well as loans from Brandywine itself.
Sacred Space encourages a deep exploration of spiritual connection, inviting viewers to reflect on the ancestral wisdom and memory passed down through generations. The exhibition serves as a portal into the interconnected realms of spirituality, time, space, memory, and culture. The artists pay homage to their forebears, drawing upon cultural traditions, rituals, and sacred practices to honor and preserve, as well as question, the invaluable heritage that shapes our identities.
“My belief is that art is best as the articulation of spiritual ideas or transformative intention. It can be an agent of spiritual inspiration or personal and social transformation.” - Michael D. Harris
Image: Martin Payton, Portal, 1990, offset lithograph. Partial gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and Museum Purchase with funds from the Black Art Fund, 2024 (2024.0601) © Martin Payton
Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition
This exhibition presents a group of woodcuts, engravings, and etchings from the late 15th through late 18th centuries drawn from the Wetmore Collection at Connecticut College. The collection was assembled in the early 20th century by Fanny S. Wetmore, and bequeathed to the College in 1930. From familiar favorites like Dürer’s Adam and Eve and Rembrandt’s Three Trees to hidden gems like the gold-sprinkled surface of Maria Katharina Prestel’s Virtue Overcoming Vice, the show explores more than three centuries of artistic innovation on paper.
Although little is known of Wetmore herself, her collecting activities place her within a tradition dating back to the rise of printmaking in early modern Europe. The surging production of prints by the beginning of the 16th century represented a sea change for both artists and consumers. For artists, prints provided additional revenue, increased their personal fame, and offered greater latitude for experimentation outside the traditional patronage structure. For consumers, prints represented access to visual art on an unprecedented scale; even those who would never have been able to commission an independent work from a great artist could now readily obtain an engraving or an etching. Prints were easily transported, could be pasted up on walls or into albums, and even large collections of them took up relatively little room. And, with the rise of reproductive printmaking, even geographically distant or physically inaccessible artworks could be added to the collector’s “paper museum.”
This exhibition is the second in the Museum’s history to have been co-curated with Fairfield University students, and has been supported by generous funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Image: Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1504, engraving
Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection
Please join us for the opening reception of the Weston Library Photography Club photography exhibition opening reception.
Sunday, October 6th 1-3pm
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Road, Weston, CT
If you cannot make the opening, please visit the exhibit during the Library open hours. Call to ensure the Community Room is open for visitors: 203-222-2665
Opening Reception- Photography Exhibition "A Closer Look"
Stand Together Against Racism (S.T.A.R), in partnership with The Glass House and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, is hosting its third annual "Through Your Looking Glass" student art showcase. This event celebrates how art, design, and architecture can promote social justice, inclusion, equity, and diversity.
Students of all ages from Fairfield County, CT, including college students, are invited to submit art that reflects a social justice topic that's important to them. (Check out the S.T.A.R website to see what other students have submitted.) We welcome all forms of art, such as paintings, drawings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, videos (including TikTok-style), or architectural designs.Art is due by November 9.
This showcase is not a competition—all student artwork will be displayed at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan starting with an opening reception on Saturday, November 16. All artists, with their families and friends should plan to attend. The showcase will remain up for approximately two weeks.
Fill out the pre-registration form linked iin this post so we know you intend to submit! When your art is ready, you'll complete a separate release form.
Fairfield County Student Social Justice Art Showcase - Call for Submissions NOW - Opening Reception 11/16
Author and Bridgeport native Andy Piascik will discuss and sign copies of his book, Radical Connecticut: People's History in the Constitution State. The book, co-authored with Steve Thornton, includes narratives of social movements that have changed our country and state for the better. It features people from all walks of life who joined the struggle for freedom and equality, with a fresh look at history that can offer hope and spark engagement.
Radical Connecticut with Author Andy Piascik
In her bestselling work Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, and popular TED Talks viewed by over 5 million people globally, world-renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe reveals her remarkable talent for translating complex climate issues into accessible public discourse. Join us for this rare in-person lecture with a powerful and uplifting international thought-leader.
Hayhoe asserts that the key to tackling climate change is to start by understanding how any change to our environment naturally connects us. Through the broad lens of sports, food, travel; faith, family, health; jobs, insurance, or housing, Hayhoe will help us find common ground via a bridge-building approach to clarifying challenges and identifying possible solutions.
Katharine Hayhoe is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and Horn Distinguished Professor and the Political Science Endowed Professor in Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. She is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, and American Scientific Affiliation, and serves on advisory boards for organizations such as Netflix, UBS, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She has been named a United Nations Champion of the Earth, the World Evangelical Alliance’s climate ambassador, and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People.
The Oldham Nature and Environment Lecture series is dedicated to presenting leading scientists, policy makers, strategists, and other experts to speak to our community about the many ways climate change is threatening our world, enabling us to be well informed on the topics of climate science and policy, and biodiversity impact and loss.
Katharine Hayhoe: New Canaan Library's Oldham Nature & Environment Lecture
Curtain Call’s Theatre Arts Workshops: Back to School Means Back in Action!
For over 30 years, Stamford’s longest-running and only nonprofit, theatre-producing company has offered opportunities for kids grades K+, teens, and adults to ACT OUT with classes after school, evenings and weekends throughout the school year, AND full-day summer workshops! Our Fall 2024 Session of exciting lineup of classes for kids (grades K+), teens, and adults in acting, improv, musical theatre, dance, AND MORE begin September 16, 2024 and run for eight weeks. (See our website for details.) Scholarships, payment plans and sibling discounts. For questions, contact our Education Director, Brian Bianco at [email protected].
Curtain Call's Fall Drama Arts Classes for Kids, Teens & Adults
This event will showcase the work of 2024-25 Korry Fellow Dooley-O, along with the work of renowned artist Jerry Gant. The exhibition is curated by Jahmane and pays tribute to the remarkable contributions of these two iconic figures in the world of hip hop. Dooley-O, a graffiti writer, rapper, and music producer from New Haven, Connecticut, broke new ground in the hip hop scene with his extraordinary talent. Jerry Gant, a Newark, NJ native who passed away in 2018, was a prolific graffiti artist, poet, and performer whose artistry went beyond the boundaries of hip hop. Through their groundbreaking art and unwavering dedication to their craft, these legends have made an enduring impact on the cultural landscape.
Dooley-O, A Legacy In Hip Hop
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
The State of Cartooning will display works by active members of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, including Greg, Brian, and Neal Walker, who carry the legacy of their father, Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. Other featured artists include Ray Billingsley, Bob Englehart, Bill Janocha, Sean Kelly, Maria Scrivan, and more.
Founded in 1946, National Cartoonists Society (NCS) activities and events primarily took place in New York City until 1983, when the first Reuben Award Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. At that time, the NCS also began organizing a system of regional chapters for members to participate in. There are currently 23 chapters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Brian Walker started the NCS Connecticut chapter in 1993, involving many remaining Golden Age cartoonists. Meetings were held at local restaurants, including the Silvermine Tavern, Cobbs Mill Inn, The Redding Roadhouse, and Red Barn. From 1994 to 2017, a special Legend Award was presented to 22 Connecticut Cartoonists at their annual fall dinner. Although membership has decreased as the older generation has passed on, the Connecticut chapter is still active. The State of Cartooning displays works by some of the current members of the NCS.
The State of Cartooning
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
Curated by Walker with help from the Library’s Exhibit Curator Carole Erger-Fass, Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut derives from Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection and aims to explore an important piece of local history. It will feature 40+ original cartoons by some of the area’s greats, including Dik Browne, Mel Casson, Stan Drake, John Cullen Murphy, Leonard Starr, Jack Tippit, Mort Walker, and more.
Proximity to major syndicates and publishers in New York City drew cartoonists to Fairfield County. Many worked at home in their studios, frequenting Max’s Art Supplies on the Post Road and seeking companionship with their professional peers at local spots: over a game of golf at Longshore, or at local restaurants like Mario’s Place, across from Westport’s train station.
Cullen Murphy, author and son of the cartoonist behind Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, refers to the history of cartooning in Connecticut with fondness.
“For a period of about 50 years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the nation’s top comic strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut,” he wrote in Cartoon County, “a bit of bohemia amid those men in their gray flannel suits.”
The Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection (Westpac) was conceived by local art teacher Bert Chernow, who began acquiring a diverse collection of artworks in 1964. Featuring many notable local artists, Westpac comprises more than 1,800 works in a broad range of media including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, illustrations, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and murals.
Westport cartoonist Mel Casson was instrumental in building Westpac’s Cartoon Collection, which includes more than 120 original comic strips, gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, and illustrations. Over the years, the Westpac collection has been displayed in schools and public buildings around town to educate and entertain residents.
This exhibit features many highlights from the collection, representing the major cartoon genres. The graphics on the walls are from Mort Walker’s 1980 book, The Lexicon of Comicana, which will be reissued by New York Review Books in 2025.
Special thanks to Westpac co-chairs Ive Covaci and Anne Boberski, and to the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center for their continued support.
Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library!
“My Story Revealed" invites you on a visual journey through the heart of personal and cultural narratives. This exhibit honors the art of storytelling by showcasing the compelling and diverse experiences of some of the 8-18 year old students taking part in our international Global Voices - ArtLink exchanges over three decades.
Whether their pieces are beautifully rendered or simply drawn, delightful or thought provoking, the creation of these pieces has been a journey of self-discovery. Through their work, the young artists have expressed their identities, shared their stories, and conveyed the aspects of their lives and society they treasure - or are concerned about.
This collection brings together diverse artistic youth voices from 28 ArtLink partner countries, transcending political systems and geographical boundaries. We believe that art is a universal language, uniting us through the shared experiences and dreams of its young creators, promoting a common humanity that will lead to a more peaceful future.
As you explore the exhibit, we invite you, the viewer, to reflect on your own story, your own journey, cultivating a deeper sense of empathy and appreciation for the multi-faceted tapestry of human experiences we are all part of. We hope to see you there!
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Creative Connections is a nonprofit in Norwalk, CT, dedicated to promoting global understanding and empathy through art-based exchanges between youth worldwide. We connect students in the U.S. with peers in other countries, encouraging cultural sharing and cross-cultural learning. We focus on fostering global citizenship and creative communication through programs like Global Voices - ArtLink, which highlights diverse perspectives and cultural storytelling.
Details:
The opening reception will be on 9/30 from 5:30-7:30pm
The exhibit will remain up until Spring 2025.
Where:New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library.
The Gallery at GFC is proud to announce the opening of Jason Pritchard's latest show Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water's Path. The paintings in this exhibition feature the magical interplay between light and water along the coastline and within the communities that hug the shore. Jason captures water dancing, shimmering, or frozen as ice beneath cloud-filled New England skies. These gorgeously rendered works in oil are balm for the soul.
Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water’s Path
An Exhibition Like No Other!
This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world.
It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.
Exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
Made possible with generous support from GoHealth Urgent Care.
This exhibition is free for SM&NC Members, and included in the price of daily admission for visitors.
Exhibition on View: Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas
The Flinn Gallery is honored to launch its 2024-25 season with a unique solo exhibition, The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita. Curated by Leslee Asch, the exhibition displays Kumi Yamashita’s works of unconventional vision, versatility, and variety. The Opening Reception will be September 19 from 6-8pm.
Kumi Yamashita uses simple materials to yield surprising results. In describing her shadow work and the elusive qualities of light, she says, “I sculpt using both light and shadow. I construct single or multiple objects and place them in relation to a single light source. The complete artwork is therefore comprised of both the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow.)”
In addition to Yamashita’s Light & Shadow series, the exhibition includes provocative portraits created by winding a single unbroken sewing thread around thousands of small galvanized nails.
Equally enticing is a piece of denim in which the threads have been systematically removed to create an enchanting portrait. Yamashita describes her process for this piece as, “Sometimes there is something beautiful about things falling apart. Undoing one thing while simultaneously creating another. Here I’ve taken fabric and pulled out bits and pieces of the lighter color thread to create the image.”
Yamashita’s work has been widely praised both nationally and internationally. Her solo shows include the Seattle Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Esplanade - Theaters on the Bay in Singapore as well as museums in Taiwan, China and Japan. She has been in numerous museum group shows, including the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Yamashita’s work allows viewers to expand their understanding of the possibilities of the varied media she skillfully employs, and the breadth of her vision. Curator Leslee Asch adds, “The work must be seen in person to be appreciated; expect the unexpected.”
Kumi Yamashita lives and works in Woodstock, NY. She was born in Takasaki, Japan, and received her MFA from Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and her BFA from Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, WA. Yamashita’s work can be found in impressive public collections such as Microsoft, American Express, Le Meridien, Shenyang, China; Tokyo’s Akiru Medical Center, and permanent collections at numerous museums.
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The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita opens with a reception
from 6-8pm on September 19.
The Flinn Gallery which is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library,
101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
The show will run through November 6.
The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library.
Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm.
Events:
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19 from 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26 at 2pm
The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita
Come and learn the basic techniques of watercolor painting; It’s easier than you think!
We will paint an easy landscape with florals and trees. The price includes watercolors and brushes to take with you.
Chris Farley is a watercolor artist who studied at the Silvermine Arts Center. Her image of the 1764 Hanford-Silliman House is currently on display in the windows of the Legacy Building at the New Canaan Library. Her work has been selected by the Carriage Barn Art Center for inclusion in Art in the Windows, and is available for sale at The Little PLUCKY gallery in downtown New Canaan.
Watercolor Painting with Christen Farley
Eight area artists will be showcased in Wilton Library’s October art exhibition, “Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations.” The exhibition features the diverse works of women artists: Pam Ackley (Killingworth), Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani (New Canaan), Alma Faham (Danbury), Cynthia Fazekas (Shelton), Mari Gyorgyey (Stamford), Katya Lebrija (Wilton), Pam Rouleau (Old Greenwich), and Nomi Silverman (Greenwich). They will exhibit their works in an array of styles, media choices, and subject matter, all portraying vibrant and varied types of resilience found in life and nature.
The opening reception on Friday, October 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through November 7. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library.
"Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations" Art Exhibition at Wilton Library
A very moving art exhibition featuring three extraordinary Connecticut Artists expressing the essence and effect of shadow, light, the subliminal mind and the human spirit.
THE DARK OF LIGHT
Elisa Contemporary Art is pleased to present a Solo exhibit of the Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett. It is now open at the One River School in Westport. The exhibit will run from through November 27 at 833 Post Road East, Westport CT. Gallery hours are: Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm and Saturday/Sunday 10am - 2pm.
Join us for a Reception on Saturday, November 23 from 2-4pm
From color-infused paintings to video self-portraits, Paula Brett’s body of work incorporates various combinations of media dealing with ideas such as created identity, coincidence, ritual, and transitory spaces.
The limited edition photographs are Mandalas made from pieces of Candy, Jewels, Toys, Cars and other favorites. According to Paula, “The mandala symbolizes the law of the universe and since man is also a microcosm of the universe, many cultures believe that the mandala also symbolizes the human soul. Mandalas serve as collection point for universal forces…My intention with these mandalas is to arrange everyday sweets and favorite objects into a pattern which becomes sacred, where delicious turns divine, the enticing now exquisite.”
Brett has exhibited work in New York, CT, Chicago, San Francisco, Budapest and Romania.
About One River School:
Founded in 2012 in Englewood, NJ, “one river” west of New York City, One River School has embarked on a mission to "transform art education"® in America. Today, their innovative program teaches thousands of students in fifteen locations across six states. We are thrilled to be working with One River Westport.
About Elisa Contemporary Art
Elisa Contemporary Art represents a portfolio of emerging through mid-career contemporary artists. Founded in 2007 by
Lisa Cooper, Elisa Contemporary Art is dedicated to promoting the appreciation and collection of art as a way to enrich
and heal our lives, our communities, and the world. The Riverdale NY Gallery opened in 2008. The Art Salon in Fairfield
CT opened in May 2017 (by appointment only). Elisa Contemporary Art has participated in international art fairs in New
York, Miami and the Hamptons and curated 40+ art exhibits in public/private spaces in the Tri-State.
For additional information, visit us at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com or Instagram: @ElisaContemporary Art
Solo Exhibit of Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett
The Carriage Barn Arts Center presents Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy Photography Exhibition of the Pulitzer prize-winning photographer from New Canaan October 12 - November 13, 2024
This new exhibition highlights the late Pulitzer-prize winning photographer’s 40-year career, as well as his connection to New Canaan, CT. Curated with members of the photographer’s family, this first-ever retrospective features 80 photographs and additional archival materials that offer insight into Keating’s career and life as a photographer. The exhibition spans decades of his work and features editioned estate prints as well as rare and unique vintage silver gelatins printed by Keating that are available for sale.
Born in 1956 and raised in New Canaan, CT, Edward Keating moved to New York City in 1981 to become a photographer. He taught himself how to photograph by chronicling the street life of everyday New Yorkers.
Hired as a Staff Photographer at The New York Times in 1991, he covered national and international news. He was also a regular contributor to the Sunday New York Times Magazine. In addition, he co-founded the "Vows" wedding column. In 2002, Keating won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage on the attacks of 9/11. He additionally shared the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with New York Times staff for the series, "How Race is Lived in America.” After leaving the Times in 2002, he became a regular contributor to New York Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Vanity Fair and Time.
From Kosovo to Crown Heights, Keating often put himself in the center of highly charged conflicts - ignoring the dangers -- to best capture the emotion, devastation and humanity with his camera. Keating’s camera stayed around his neck until the very end. At just 65 years of age, he passed away in September 2021, as a result of many months of long exposure to toxic material while covering 9/11 at Ground Zero.
The Carriage Barn Arts Center is located in New Canaan's Waveny Park, hours are Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday 1-5pm. Visit carriagebarn.org for more information.
Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy, Photography Exhibition at the Carriage Barn Arts Center
Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World, her first solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on September 26, 5-7pm, and the show will run through November 2nd.
Betsy Eby’s encaustic paintings are infused with a unique sensibility informed by the artist’s Pacific Northwest heritage, her concerns for nature and a lifelong classical piano practice. Using trowels, knives, brushes and heat, Eby pours and spreads hot and cold natural wax-based paint onto a wooden panel, layering gestures to create nuanced marks across the surface. The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by the wilderness of nature and the way in which the natural world serves as a tonic for the human spirit. Created in her Maine summer retreat, Eby’s new body of work captures the music and rhythms portrayed in nature: the lulling of waves, the fragrance of the sea air, resinous bay berries, blueberries, honey suckle in the breeze…. all have their own sound and melodies that speak to the artist. “There is musical accompaniment in nature,” the artist states.
Eby savors nature holistically, poetically depicting the essence of the verdant and granite landscape against the backdrop of a shimmering coastline, using abstraction to fuse that which animates her senses. Like notes shimmering on a page, the paintings are soft gestures akin to ascending scales, glissandos or arpeggiations within ambient-like sound beds. The marks on Ravel, glyphs fleeting across the surface within and through atmospheric grounds, came from listening to the composer in the background as she worked in the studio. Eby’s work synthesizes and distills all that surrounds her, intuitively harnessing and conveying her environment on the panel. Setting Eby’s new paintings apart from previous series are the grounds, which at first glance appear more neutral but are informed with a shifting color nuance. The artist finds herself with a more atuned sensory input of late, and this is evident in her most recent work.
“I make nature based, abstract paintings that convey the musical frequencies of an ecologically balanced, natural world unspoiled by human encroachment. They are meditations on undisrupted skies, habitats and oceans, calling attention to the natural rhythms of our environment and the elements and our interconnectedness within them.”
Eby received her B.A. from the University of Oregon and splits her time between her studios in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island in Maine. She has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions and her work forms part of many important private, corporate and public collections including the Columbus Museum and the Georgia Museum of Art in Georgia; the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington; and the Art in Embassies in Gambia, Brunei, Dubai and Papua New Guinea.
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.
Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World
Sacred Space, organized by guest curator Juanita Sunday, draws on the rich history of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, founded in Philadelphia in 1972 by artist Allan Edmunds. As of 2023, FUAM is home to a Brandywine “satellite collection,” joining other institutions including Harvard Art Museums, RISD Museum, and the University of Delaware Museums. This exhibition features works from FUAM’s own collection as well as loans from Brandywine itself.
Sacred Space encourages a deep exploration of spiritual connection, inviting viewers to reflect on the ancestral wisdom and memory passed down through generations. The exhibition serves as a portal into the interconnected realms of spirituality, time, space, memory, and culture. The artists pay homage to their forebears, drawing upon cultural traditions, rituals, and sacred practices to honor and preserve, as well as question, the invaluable heritage that shapes our identities.
“My belief is that art is best as the articulation of spiritual ideas or transformative intention. It can be an agent of spiritual inspiration or personal and social transformation.” - Michael D. Harris
Image: Martin Payton, Portal, 1990, offset lithograph. Partial gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and Museum Purchase with funds from the Black Art Fund, 2024 (2024.0601) © Martin Payton
Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition
This exhibition presents a group of woodcuts, engravings, and etchings from the late 15th through late 18th centuries drawn from the Wetmore Collection at Connecticut College. The collection was assembled in the early 20th century by Fanny S. Wetmore, and bequeathed to the College in 1930. From familiar favorites like Dürer’s Adam and Eve and Rembrandt’s Three Trees to hidden gems like the gold-sprinkled surface of Maria Katharina Prestel’s Virtue Overcoming Vice, the show explores more than three centuries of artistic innovation on paper.
Although little is known of Wetmore herself, her collecting activities place her within a tradition dating back to the rise of printmaking in early modern Europe. The surging production of prints by the beginning of the 16th century represented a sea change for both artists and consumers. For artists, prints provided additional revenue, increased their personal fame, and offered greater latitude for experimentation outside the traditional patronage structure. For consumers, prints represented access to visual art on an unprecedented scale; even those who would never have been able to commission an independent work from a great artist could now readily obtain an engraving or an etching. Prints were easily transported, could be pasted up on walls or into albums, and even large collections of them took up relatively little room. And, with the rise of reproductive printmaking, even geographically distant or physically inaccessible artworks could be added to the collector’s “paper museum.”
This exhibition is the second in the Museum’s history to have been co-curated with Fairfield University students, and has been supported by generous funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Image: Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1504, engraving
Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection
On View October 16, 2024 – March 9, 2025
In preparation for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, the Greenwich Historical Society presents a timely and dynamic exhibition that takes a fresh look at the impact of the Revolutionary War on our community.
The Revolution may have started in Massachusetts, but it soon spread to Connecticut, particularly Fairfield County and Greenwich, the gateway to Patriotic New England. With their safety and livelihood at risk, residents had to choose whether to support American Independence, to remain loyal to King George III or claim neutrality. This is the story of the people of Greenwich and their neighbors in Fairfield County, living, working, fighting, fleeing or dying on the front line of the Revolutionary War.
Original materials from the Revolution belonging to the Greenwich Historical Society, as well as other museums and archives, will be used to illustrate the impact of the War on our community.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of related programs and events
Greenwich During the Revolutionary War: A Frontier Town on the Front Line
Please join us for the opening reception of the Weston Library Photography Club photography exhibition opening reception.
Sunday, October 6th 1-3pm
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Road, Weston, CT
If you cannot make the opening, please visit the exhibit during the Library open hours. Call to ensure the Community Room is open for visitors: 203-222-2665
Opening Reception- Photography Exhibition "A Closer Look"
Join the Greenwich Historical Society in for this season second Local Spotlight Book Talk! Meet the author Kim Harke and sit in while she discusses her writing process and more. A search for Stamford, Connecticut’s Italian American history began in the archives and continued with dozens of interviews. The emerging story included cultural richness, generosity, and cooperation among the city’s ethnic groups. In this book, Italian American descendants describe Stamford in the 1930s through the 1960s. Their memories of war, romance, work, play, cuisine, and creativity bring history’s echoes to the present.
Book can be purchased at the Museum Store for signing the day of the event.
Italian American Recollections in Stamford, Connecticut
Stand Together Against Racism (S.T.A.R), in partnership with The Glass House and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, is hosting its third annual "Through Your Looking Glass" student art showcase. This event celebrates how art, design, and architecture can promote social justice, inclusion, equity, and diversity.
Students of all ages from Fairfield County, CT, including college students, are invited to submit art that reflects a social justice topic that's important to them. (Check out the S.T.A.R website to see what other students have submitted.) We welcome all forms of art, such as paintings, drawings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, videos (including TikTok-style), or architectural designs.Art is due by November 9.
This showcase is not a competition—all student artwork will be displayed at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan starting with an opening reception on Saturday, November 16. All artists, with their families and friends should plan to attend. The showcase will remain up for approximately two weeks.
Fill out the pre-registration form linked iin this post so we know you intend to submit! When your art is ready, you'll complete a separate release form.
Fairfield County Student Social Justice Art Showcase - Call for Submissions NOW - Opening Reception 11/16
Learn candle making with expert instructor Oddette, from Oh D’Luxe Candle Company. Participants will learn about the different types of wax, wick selection, fragrances and how to blend those all together to customize one beautiful candle of your own. You’ll choose your favorite fragrance or blend a unique fragrance of your own, design your own label, and watch as your creations come to life. Oh D’Luxe candle company is a candle and home fragrance company located in Bridgeport Connecticut. All our products are eco-friendly, vegan, non-toxic, cruelty-free, sustainable, crafted with specially curated fragrances meticulously blended in-house, ensuring their uniqueness and handmade in small batches to ensure quality.
Candle Making with Oh D’Luxe Candle Company
Please join Wilton Library in the Brubeck Room to welcome back ArtScapades. Nighttime can have many different meanings in artworks and has been used for various purposes in art since the beginning of time. Artists have captured night scenes beginning in Medieval times, moving through Impressionism, and continuing on to modern and contemporary images. Included in this lecture are works by Rembrandt, Georges de La Tour, Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Rousseau, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, René Magritte, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more.
Robin Hoffman and Jodi Stiffelman, of ArtScapades, began teaching art appreciation in 1998. They have presented at libraries, art centers, and museums in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida.
Registration suggested.
Nightscapes: From Dusk to Dawn
Admission is free and includes a complimentary popcorn and soda.
Following the Battle of Antietam, Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) is offered command of the United States' first all-African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. With junior officer Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes), Shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave Trip (Denzel Washington) and the wise gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman). At first, limited to menial manual tasks, the regiment fights to be placed in the heat of battle.
This series is made possible by generous support from Wireless Zone® Gives and the Stamford Arts and Culture Commission through a grant sponsored by the City of Stamford.
Glory | Free Screening
Anyone who follows Kidd G knows his meteoric rise through the ranks has been anything but ordinary. He hit the Billboard country charts just a few months after his 17th birthday - which the New York Times called "a study in fluidity." Kidd G has already gained over 1.5 million followers on TikTok and racked up over 598M total global streams across all releases. Kidd G ended last year with The Nashville Sessions EP featuring twangy versions of his beloved tracks recorded at the titular town's legendary Blackbird Studio. Now, with "Beautiful Thing," he shares another infectious gem that offers listeners some insight into his roots- and hints at more great things to come in December. Kidd H has RIAA Gold Certified Records in "Dirt Road" and "Teenage Dream" and 3 Billboard charting songs: "Teenage Dream" #37, "People Talk" #39, and "Dirt Road" #40.
Kidd G
Curtain Call’s Theatre Arts Workshops: Back to School Means Back in Action!
For over 30 years, Stamford’s longest-running and only nonprofit, theatre-producing company has offered opportunities for kids grades K+, teens, and adults to ACT OUT with classes after school, evenings and weekends throughout the school year, AND full-day summer workshops! Our Fall 2024 Session of exciting lineup of classes for kids (grades K+), teens, and adults in acting, improv, musical theatre, dance, AND MORE begin September 16, 2024 and run for eight weeks. (See our website for details.) Scholarships, payment plans and sibling discounts. For questions, contact our Education Director, Brian Bianco at [email protected].
Curtain Call's Fall Drama Arts Classes for Kids, Teens & Adults
This event will showcase the work of 2024-25 Korry Fellow Dooley-O, along with the work of renowned artist Jerry Gant. The exhibition is curated by Jahmane and pays tribute to the remarkable contributions of these two iconic figures in the world of hip hop. Dooley-O, a graffiti writer, rapper, and music producer from New Haven, Connecticut, broke new ground in the hip hop scene with his extraordinary talent. Jerry Gant, a Newark, NJ native who passed away in 2018, was a prolific graffiti artist, poet, and performer whose artistry went beyond the boundaries of hip hop. Through their groundbreaking art and unwavering dedication to their craft, these legends have made an enduring impact on the cultural landscape.
Dooley-O, A Legacy In Hip Hop
Join Connecticut Audubon’s Fairfield Region for an entertaining day of golf in support of local nature conservation and education. This year’s event, at the Country Club of Fairfield, will kick off a new annual tradition, enjoying a day of the sport’s finest customs at a world-class course.
Tickets include a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m, lunch, happy hour, auction and buffet dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. Most importantly, your participation will support local science-based environmental education, conservation and advocacy initiatives to protect Connecticut’s wildlife and their habitats.
THE BON - CT Audubon's Inaugural Charity Golf Event in Fairfield
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
The State of Cartooning will display works by active members of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, including Greg, Brian, and Neal Walker, who carry the legacy of their father, Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. Other featured artists include Ray Billingsley, Bob Englehart, Bill Janocha, Sean Kelly, Maria Scrivan, and more.
Founded in 1946, National Cartoonists Society (NCS) activities and events primarily took place in New York City until 1983, when the first Reuben Award Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. At that time, the NCS also began organizing a system of regional chapters for members to participate in. There are currently 23 chapters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Brian Walker started the NCS Connecticut chapter in 1993, involving many remaining Golden Age cartoonists. Meetings were held at local restaurants, including the Silvermine Tavern, Cobbs Mill Inn, The Redding Roadhouse, and Red Barn. From 1994 to 2017, a special Legend Award was presented to 22 Connecticut Cartoonists at their annual fall dinner. Although membership has decreased as the older generation has passed on, the Connecticut chapter is still active. The State of Cartooning displays works by some of the current members of the NCS.
The State of Cartooning
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
Curated by Walker with help from the Library’s Exhibit Curator Carole Erger-Fass, Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut derives from Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection and aims to explore an important piece of local history. It will feature 40+ original cartoons by some of the area’s greats, including Dik Browne, Mel Casson, Stan Drake, John Cullen Murphy, Leonard Starr, Jack Tippit, Mort Walker, and more.
Proximity to major syndicates and publishers in New York City drew cartoonists to Fairfield County. Many worked at home in their studios, frequenting Max’s Art Supplies on the Post Road and seeking companionship with their professional peers at local spots: over a game of golf at Longshore, or at local restaurants like Mario’s Place, across from Westport’s train station.
Cullen Murphy, author and son of the cartoonist behind Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, refers to the history of cartooning in Connecticut with fondness.
“For a period of about 50 years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the nation’s top comic strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut,” he wrote in Cartoon County, “a bit of bohemia amid those men in their gray flannel suits.”
The Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection (Westpac) was conceived by local art teacher Bert Chernow, who began acquiring a diverse collection of artworks in 1964. Featuring many notable local artists, Westpac comprises more than 1,800 works in a broad range of media including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, illustrations, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and murals.
Westport cartoonist Mel Casson was instrumental in building Westpac’s Cartoon Collection, which includes more than 120 original comic strips, gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, and illustrations. Over the years, the Westpac collection has been displayed in schools and public buildings around town to educate and entertain residents.
This exhibit features many highlights from the collection, representing the major cartoon genres. The graphics on the walls are from Mort Walker’s 1980 book, The Lexicon of Comicana, which will be reissued by New York Review Books in 2025.
Special thanks to Westpac co-chairs Ive Covaci and Anne Boberski, and to the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center for their continued support.
Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut
The Gallery at GFC is proud to announce the opening of Jason Pritchard's latest show Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water's Path. The paintings in this exhibition feature the magical interplay between light and water along the coastline and within the communities that hug the shore. Jason captures water dancing, shimmering, or frozen as ice beneath cloud-filled New England skies. These gorgeously rendered works in oil are balm for the soul.
Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water’s Path
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library!
“My Story Revealed" invites you on a visual journey through the heart of personal and cultural narratives. This exhibit honors the art of storytelling by showcasing the compelling and diverse experiences of some of the 8-18 year old students taking part in our international Global Voices - ArtLink exchanges over three decades.
Whether their pieces are beautifully rendered or simply drawn, delightful or thought provoking, the creation of these pieces has been a journey of self-discovery. Through their work, the young artists have expressed their identities, shared their stories, and conveyed the aspects of their lives and society they treasure - or are concerned about.
This collection brings together diverse artistic youth voices from 28 ArtLink partner countries, transcending political systems and geographical boundaries. We believe that art is a universal language, uniting us through the shared experiences and dreams of its young creators, promoting a common humanity that will lead to a more peaceful future.
As you explore the exhibit, we invite you, the viewer, to reflect on your own story, your own journey, cultivating a deeper sense of empathy and appreciation for the multi-faceted tapestry of human experiences we are all part of. We hope to see you there!
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Creative Connections is a nonprofit in Norwalk, CT, dedicated to promoting global understanding and empathy through art-based exchanges between youth worldwide. We connect students in the U.S. with peers in other countries, encouraging cultural sharing and cross-cultural learning. We focus on fostering global citizenship and creative communication through programs like Global Voices - ArtLink, which highlights diverse perspectives and cultural storytelling.
Details:
The opening reception will be on 9/30 from 5:30-7:30pm
The exhibit will remain up until Spring 2025.
Where:New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library.
An Exhibition Like No Other!
This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world.
It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.
Exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
Made possible with generous support from GoHealth Urgent Care.
This exhibition is free for SM&NC Members, and included in the price of daily admission for visitors.
Exhibition on View: Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas
The Flinn Gallery is honored to launch its 2024-25 season with a unique solo exhibition, The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita. Curated by Leslee Asch, the exhibition displays Kumi Yamashita’s works of unconventional vision, versatility, and variety. The Opening Reception will be September 19 from 6-8pm.
Kumi Yamashita uses simple materials to yield surprising results. In describing her shadow work and the elusive qualities of light, she says, “I sculpt using both light and shadow. I construct single or multiple objects and place them in relation to a single light source. The complete artwork is therefore comprised of both the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow.)”
In addition to Yamashita’s Light & Shadow series, the exhibition includes provocative portraits created by winding a single unbroken sewing thread around thousands of small galvanized nails.
Equally enticing is a piece of denim in which the threads have been systematically removed to create an enchanting portrait. Yamashita describes her process for this piece as, “Sometimes there is something beautiful about things falling apart. Undoing one thing while simultaneously creating another. Here I’ve taken fabric and pulled out bits and pieces of the lighter color thread to create the image.”
Yamashita’s work has been widely praised both nationally and internationally. Her solo shows include the Seattle Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Esplanade - Theaters on the Bay in Singapore as well as museums in Taiwan, China and Japan. She has been in numerous museum group shows, including the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Yamashita’s work allows viewers to expand their understanding of the possibilities of the varied media she skillfully employs, and the breadth of her vision. Curator Leslee Asch adds, “The work must be seen in person to be appreciated; expect the unexpected.”
Kumi Yamashita lives and works in Woodstock, NY. She was born in Takasaki, Japan, and received her MFA from Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and her BFA from Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, WA. Yamashita’s work can be found in impressive public collections such as Microsoft, American Express, Le Meridien, Shenyang, China; Tokyo’s Akiru Medical Center, and permanent collections at numerous museums.
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The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita opens with a reception
from 6-8pm on September 19.
The Flinn Gallery which is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library,
101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
The show will run through November 6.
The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library.
Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm.
Events:
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19 from 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26 at 2pm
The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita
Eight area artists will be showcased in Wilton Library’s October art exhibition, “Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations.” The exhibition features the diverse works of women artists: Pam Ackley (Killingworth), Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani (New Canaan), Alma Faham (Danbury), Cynthia Fazekas (Shelton), Mari Gyorgyey (Stamford), Katya Lebrija (Wilton), Pam Rouleau (Old Greenwich), and Nomi Silverman (Greenwich). They will exhibit their works in an array of styles, media choices, and subject matter, all portraying vibrant and varied types of resilience found in life and nature.
The opening reception on Friday, October 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through November 7. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library.
"Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations" Art Exhibition at Wilton Library
A very moving art exhibition featuring three extraordinary Connecticut Artists expressing the essence and effect of shadow, light, the subliminal mind and the human spirit.
THE DARK OF LIGHT
Elisa Contemporary Art is pleased to present a Solo exhibit of the Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett. It is now open at the One River School in Westport. The exhibit will run from through November 27 at 833 Post Road East, Westport CT. Gallery hours are: Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm and Saturday/Sunday 10am - 2pm.
Join us for a Reception on Saturday, November 23 from 2-4pm
From color-infused paintings to video self-portraits, Paula Brett’s body of work incorporates various combinations of media dealing with ideas such as created identity, coincidence, ritual, and transitory spaces.
The limited edition photographs are Mandalas made from pieces of Candy, Jewels, Toys, Cars and other favorites. According to Paula, “The mandala symbolizes the law of the universe and since man is also a microcosm of the universe, many cultures believe that the mandala also symbolizes the human soul. Mandalas serve as collection point for universal forces…My intention with these mandalas is to arrange everyday sweets and favorite objects into a pattern which becomes sacred, where delicious turns divine, the enticing now exquisite.”
Brett has exhibited work in New York, CT, Chicago, San Francisco, Budapest and Romania.
About One River School:
Founded in 2012 in Englewood, NJ, “one river” west of New York City, One River School has embarked on a mission to "transform art education"® in America. Today, their innovative program teaches thousands of students in fifteen locations across six states. We are thrilled to be working with One River Westport.
About Elisa Contemporary Art
Elisa Contemporary Art represents a portfolio of emerging through mid-career contemporary artists. Founded in 2007 by
Lisa Cooper, Elisa Contemporary Art is dedicated to promoting the appreciation and collection of art as a way to enrich
and heal our lives, our communities, and the world. The Riverdale NY Gallery opened in 2008. The Art Salon in Fairfield
CT opened in May 2017 (by appointment only). Elisa Contemporary Art has participated in international art fairs in New
York, Miami and the Hamptons and curated 40+ art exhibits in public/private spaces in the Tri-State.
For additional information, visit us at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com or Instagram: @ElisaContemporary Art
Solo Exhibit of Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett
The Carriage Barn Arts Center presents Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy Photography Exhibition of the Pulitzer prize-winning photographer from New Canaan October 12 - November 13, 2024
This new exhibition highlights the late Pulitzer-prize winning photographer’s 40-year career, as well as his connection to New Canaan, CT. Curated with members of the photographer’s family, this first-ever retrospective features 80 photographs and additional archival materials that offer insight into Keating’s career and life as a photographer. The exhibition spans decades of his work and features editioned estate prints as well as rare and unique vintage silver gelatins printed by Keating that are available for sale.
Born in 1956 and raised in New Canaan, CT, Edward Keating moved to New York City in 1981 to become a photographer. He taught himself how to photograph by chronicling the street life of everyday New Yorkers.
Hired as a Staff Photographer at The New York Times in 1991, he covered national and international news. He was also a regular contributor to the Sunday New York Times Magazine. In addition, he co-founded the "Vows" wedding column. In 2002, Keating won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage on the attacks of 9/11. He additionally shared the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with New York Times staff for the series, "How Race is Lived in America.” After leaving the Times in 2002, he became a regular contributor to New York Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Vanity Fair and Time.
From Kosovo to Crown Heights, Keating often put himself in the center of highly charged conflicts - ignoring the dangers -- to best capture the emotion, devastation and humanity with his camera. Keating’s camera stayed around his neck until the very end. At just 65 years of age, he passed away in September 2021, as a result of many months of long exposure to toxic material while covering 9/11 at Ground Zero.
The Carriage Barn Arts Center is located in New Canaan's Waveny Park, hours are Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday 1-5pm. Visit carriagebarn.org for more information.
Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy, Photography Exhibition at the Carriage Barn Arts Center
The Downtown Bridgeport Farmers Market will begin its 2024 season on Thursday, July 11, at McLevy Green and will be open every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. through October 31, 2024.
VENDORS
Shoppers can expect to find the following vendors every week, along with special appearances by others who will drop in on occasion.
Farmers + Food
Blissful Awakening’s Urban Regenerative Farm, Bridgeport, CT
Killam & Bassette Farmstead, South Glastonbury, CT
Smith’s Acres Farm, Niantic, CT
Betzy’s Latin Cuisine, Bridgeport, CT
Natural Juices, Bridgeport, CT
Artisan Crafts
Love Is Beauty, Bridgeport, CT
Parker’s Pampering, Bridgeport, CT
Rico Suave Accessories, Bridgeport, CT
Skeletons In My Closet Vintage, Bridgeport, CT
Information Providers
American Jobs Center, Bridgeport, CT
Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, CT
CTRides and Greater Bridgeport Transit
Liberation Programs, Bridgeport, CT
Travelers on a Mission, Bridgeport, CT
WEBE 108 FM, Milford, CT
Special guests depending on the week will include Access Independence, Boys and Girls Village, cARTie, Food Rescue US, Preserve Remington Woods, and Recovery Network of Programs.
BRIDGEPORT BUCKS PROGRAM
In an effort to make healthy food more accessible to Bridgeport residents, the DSSD has partnered with the Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative to offer the Bridgeport Bucks Program. Bridgeport Bucks is a coupon that can be used to purchase fruit and vegetables at any one of the Bridgeport farmers markets. Businesses, community-based organizations, and nonprofit organizations purchase Bridgeport Bucks as incentives or rewards to provide to clients, employees, or community groups. For more information, visit the Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative website: https://bridgeportfarmersmarkets.org/.
SNAP MATCHING PROGRAM
The Bridgeport DSSD has also partnered with the Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative to accept SNAP/EBT, WIC, Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks (for WIC and Senior recipients), and Bridgeport Bucks along with cash, credit, and debit at the Downtown Bridgeport Farmers Market. The market operates an incentive matching program so that for every $1 in SNAP, WIC, or Senior FMNP funds spent at the market, the customer can purchase $2 in fresh fruits and vegetables.
For more information about vendors, visit: colorfulbridgeport.com/downtown-market. Follow the market on Instagram and Facebook at @colorfulbridgeport.
Downtown Bridgeport Farmers Market
Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World, her first solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on September 26, 5-7pm, and the show will run through November 2nd.
Betsy Eby’s encaustic paintings are infused with a unique sensibility informed by the artist’s Pacific Northwest heritage, her concerns for nature and a lifelong classical piano practice. Using trowels, knives, brushes and heat, Eby pours and spreads hot and cold natural wax-based paint onto a wooden panel, layering gestures to create nuanced marks across the surface. The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by the wilderness of nature and the way in which the natural world serves as a tonic for the human spirit. Created in her Maine summer retreat, Eby’s new body of work captures the music and rhythms portrayed in nature: the lulling of waves, the fragrance of the sea air, resinous bay berries, blueberries, honey suckle in the breeze…. all have their own sound and melodies that speak to the artist. “There is musical accompaniment in nature,” the artist states.
Eby savors nature holistically, poetically depicting the essence of the verdant and granite landscape against the backdrop of a shimmering coastline, using abstraction to fuse that which animates her senses. Like notes shimmering on a page, the paintings are soft gestures akin to ascending scales, glissandos or arpeggiations within ambient-like sound beds. The marks on Ravel, glyphs fleeting across the surface within and through atmospheric grounds, came from listening to the composer in the background as she worked in the studio. Eby’s work synthesizes and distills all that surrounds her, intuitively harnessing and conveying her environment on the panel. Setting Eby’s new paintings apart from previous series are the grounds, which at first glance appear more neutral but are informed with a shifting color nuance. The artist finds herself with a more atuned sensory input of late, and this is evident in her most recent work.
“I make nature based, abstract paintings that convey the musical frequencies of an ecologically balanced, natural world unspoiled by human encroachment. They are meditations on undisrupted skies, habitats and oceans, calling attention to the natural rhythms of our environment and the elements and our interconnectedness within them.”
Eby received her B.A. from the University of Oregon and splits her time between her studios in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island in Maine. She has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions and her work forms part of many important private, corporate and public collections including the Columbus Museum and the Georgia Museum of Art in Georgia; the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington; and the Art in Embassies in Gambia, Brunei, Dubai and Papua New Guinea.
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.
Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World
Sacred Space, organized by guest curator Juanita Sunday, draws on the rich history of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, founded in Philadelphia in 1972 by artist Allan Edmunds. As of 2023, FUAM is home to a Brandywine “satellite collection,” joining other institutions including Harvard Art Museums, RISD Museum, and the University of Delaware Museums. This exhibition features works from FUAM’s own collection as well as loans from Brandywine itself.
Sacred Space encourages a deep exploration of spiritual connection, inviting viewers to reflect on the ancestral wisdom and memory passed down through generations. The exhibition serves as a portal into the interconnected realms of spirituality, time, space, memory, and culture. The artists pay homage to their forebears, drawing upon cultural traditions, rituals, and sacred practices to honor and preserve, as well as question, the invaluable heritage that shapes our identities.
“My belief is that art is best as the articulation of spiritual ideas or transformative intention. It can be an agent of spiritual inspiration or personal and social transformation.” - Michael D. Harris
Image: Martin Payton, Portal, 1990, offset lithograph. Partial gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and Museum Purchase with funds from the Black Art Fund, 2024 (2024.0601) © Martin Payton
Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition
This exhibition presents a group of woodcuts, engravings, and etchings from the late 15th through late 18th centuries drawn from the Wetmore Collection at Connecticut College. The collection was assembled in the early 20th century by Fanny S. Wetmore, and bequeathed to the College in 1930. From familiar favorites like Dürer’s Adam and Eve and Rembrandt’s Three Trees to hidden gems like the gold-sprinkled surface of Maria Katharina Prestel’s Virtue Overcoming Vice, the show explores more than three centuries of artistic innovation on paper.
Although little is known of Wetmore herself, her collecting activities place her within a tradition dating back to the rise of printmaking in early modern Europe. The surging production of prints by the beginning of the 16th century represented a sea change for both artists and consumers. For artists, prints provided additional revenue, increased their personal fame, and offered greater latitude for experimentation outside the traditional patronage structure. For consumers, prints represented access to visual art on an unprecedented scale; even those who would never have been able to commission an independent work from a great artist could now readily obtain an engraving or an etching. Prints were easily transported, could be pasted up on walls or into albums, and even large collections of them took up relatively little room. And, with the rise of reproductive printmaking, even geographically distant or physically inaccessible artworks could be added to the collector’s “paper museum.”
This exhibition is the second in the Museum’s history to have been co-curated with Fairfield University students, and has been supported by generous funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Image: Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1504, engraving
Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection
On View October 16, 2024 – March 9, 2025
In preparation for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, the Greenwich Historical Society presents a timely and dynamic exhibition that takes a fresh look at the impact of the Revolutionary War on our community.
The Revolution may have started in Massachusetts, but it soon spread to Connecticut, particularly Fairfield County and Greenwich, the gateway to Patriotic New England. With their safety and livelihood at risk, residents had to choose whether to support American Independence, to remain loyal to King George III or claim neutrality. This is the story of the people of Greenwich and their neighbors in Fairfield County, living, working, fighting, fleeing or dying on the front line of the Revolutionary War.
Original materials from the Revolution belonging to the Greenwich Historical Society, as well as other museums and archives, will be used to illustrate the impact of the War on our community.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of related programs and events
Greenwich During the Revolutionary War: A Frontier Town on the Front Line
Please join us for the opening reception of the Weston Library Photography Club photography exhibition opening reception.
Sunday, October 6th 1-3pm
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Road, Weston, CT
If you cannot make the opening, please visit the exhibit during the Library open hours. Call to ensure the Community Room is open for visitors: 203-222-2665
Opening Reception- Photography Exhibition "A Closer Look"
Stamford History Center takes you on a time traveling adventure back to the Gilded Age to learn about Stamford's entrepreneurs, movers, shakers, and industrialists. You will recognize some well-known Stamford landmarks including Yale & Towne Factory and the Blickensderfer Typewriter Factory. On September 22nd, Executive Director Dr. Zoubek kicks off the afternoon with opening remarks on a glorious time in history. Experience the lives of the elegant and fashionable people of the Gilded Age through our exciting collection of art, clothing, photographs, documents, home furnishings and other artifacts.
Admission $10 for non-members
SHC Members Free Admission
How the Upper Crust Lived: The Gilded Age in Stamford 1865-1905
Stand Together Against Racism (S.T.A.R), in partnership with The Glass House and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, is hosting its third annual "Through Your Looking Glass" student art showcase. This event celebrates how art, design, and architecture can promote social justice, inclusion, equity, and diversity.
Students of all ages from Fairfield County, CT, including college students, are invited to submit art that reflects a social justice topic that's important to them. (Check out the S.T.A.R website to see what other students have submitted.) We welcome all forms of art, such as paintings, drawings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, videos (including TikTok-style), or architectural designs.Art is due by November 9.
This showcase is not a competition—all student artwork will be displayed at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan starting with an opening reception on Saturday, November 16. All artists, with their families and friends should plan to attend. The showcase will remain up for approximately two weeks.
Fill out the pre-registration form linked iin this post so we know you intend to submit! When your art is ready, you'll complete a separate release form.
Fairfield County Student Social Justice Art Showcase - Call for Submissions NOW - Opening Reception 11/16
Free for all MoCA members; $10 admission for non-members; $8 admission for seniors and students
MoCA CT is excited to introduce ColleCTomania, an exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven, Connecticut-based graphic designer, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing, displaying, sharing, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present.
Switzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich, Lucerne and Basel, these posters are now highly collectible, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books.
Yale University’s graphic design program, the first in this country, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students, including Tom Strong, eager to experiment with typography, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide.
The poster as a large, public, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters, accumulated over six decades, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography, image-making, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight.
“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles, blows your head off. And then you go further, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
About the Collector, Tom Strong:
Thomas Strong was born in 1938 in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College and served with the U.S. Army Security Agency in Germany and Turkey. In 1967, Tom received an MFA from the Yale School of Art and Architecture and later started the graphic design firm Strong Cohen with his co-founder, Marjorie Cohen. The firm focuses on the design of signage for architectural applications, primarily for colleges and universities. When Tom isn’t busy designing or installing signs across New Haven, he dedicates his time to revitalizing the neighborhood where he works, a commitment he’s upheld for the past two decades. As a board member of the Chapel West district, he plays a key role in its development. Beyond his civic involvement, Tom has cultivated a diverse collection, including Swiss posters, HO scale model trains, Braun products, National Park Service folders, and iconic posters from Yale and Otl Aicher’s 1972 Olympics.
About the Curators:
Pamela Hovland is a Wilton-based designer, educator, writer and visual activist. She has worked extensively in the areas of identity, print communications, signage and screen-based design for corporations, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions and individuals. Her work has been recognized by multiple organizations and publications and included in regional, national and international exhibitions. Pamela received an MFA from Yale University where she is a Senior Critic in graphic design. She is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and a founding member of Class Action Collective, the art collective that uses design to effect social change.
Karen Salsgiver is the principal strategist and designer of the Westport-based graphic design firm Salsgiver Coveney Associates. For over four decades the studio has created design programs and communication solutions that tell the authentic story of a diverse range of corporate, educational and cultural institutions. The firm’s award-winning work has been published in multiple design books and publications. Karen earned a BS in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University and an MFA from Yale University.
ColleCTomania : MoCA CT
Get ready for an insider’s look at “ColleCTomania” with collector Tom Strong and curators Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver.
This tour is your chance to hear the untold stories behind the collections and dive into the art of curation. Plus, we’ve got something new, freshly installed Munich Olympic posters in the Pacer Room, adding a bold layer to the exhibit. Whether you’re an art collector at heart or simply curious, this is where you’ll find connection and inspiration. Join us for an evening of conversation and discovery.
ColleCTomania: Collector and Curators Tour
The Greenwich Art Society is offering:
FIGURE DRAWING IN THE STUDIO
8 THURSDAYS
Sept. 19 – Nov. 14 (Except Oct. 24)
5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Life Drawing in the Studio with Nomi Silverman
Learn the human figure’s structure while drawing a figure from observation. Working from the model, emphasis on gesture, balance and proportion will be stressed in order to develop believable form. Students should leave this class with a better understanding of the figure’s key anatomical landmarks while forming a sense of expressive gesture.
Nomi Silverman attended the High School of Art and Design and Barnard College. She also studied with Daniel Greene, David Leffel, Gustav Rheiberger, Harvey Dinnerstein, Ron Sherr, George Nama, Bob Blackburn, Burt Silverman, and Michael Mazur. She has had solo shows at The Fairfield Arts Center, A-Space Gallery in New Haven, CT, The Housatonic Museum in Bridgeport, CT, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk CT, A Shenere Velt Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, the Silvermine Guild of Art in New Canaan, CT, and the Greenwich Arts Center Gallery in Greenwich, CT, amongst others. She has also shown in many group shows including the Print Triennial, Politically Speaking, Contemporary American Printmaking at the William Patterson University, and National Drawing, at the College of NJ. She has won many awards and received a grant from the Puffin Foundation and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and received a fellowship to Duke University. Selected articles, reviews and books include The New York Times, The Stamford Advocate, the LA Times, The Philadelphia Weekly, Venu Magazine and “Strokes of Genus 3” by North Light Books. Her work is in the collection of the New York Public Library, The Slater Memorial Museum, The William Benton Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, The Mattatuck Museum, the Boston Public Library, The Housatonic Museum of Art, The Hunterdon Museum of Art and numerous national and international collections.
Greenwich Art Society, 299 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich CT
203.629.1533
For more information, supply list or online registration visit
The Greenwich Art Society is offering FIGURE DRAWING IN THE STUDIO with NOMI SILVERMAN
Four Thursdays: September 12, 19, 26, and October 17, 6 – 7:30 PM
Join artist Lauren Adelman to consider how artists use photographs as inspiration in this studio class for adults. Participants will experiment with collage and printmaking techniques. No art making experience required.
This class is $250 for Non-Members and $225 for Members. Supplies are provided.
Advanced registration required.
Members, please click here to register.
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KMA Adult Courses: Photographs in Multiple (Four Classes) (simpletix.com)
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KMA Adult Courses: Photographs in Multiple
Join the Greenwich Historical Society for an evening of flower arranging in our historical barn. Design and create a beautiful centerpiece for your fall table. The evening is structured for participants to get creative, relax and have fun all while learning tips and tricks about seasonal blooms and fall foliage, and different techniques on how to arrange them in a rustic style planter box. We start out the evening with snacks and sips while we create together.
Create in the Barn: Fall Tablescape Workshop
Tom Hanks is a highly acclaimed and versatile actor who has made a significant impact on the film industry. With his impressive body of work spanning comedy, drama, and directing, he has established himself as one of the most respected and beloved actors of his generation. Hanks began his career as an actor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, gaining recognition for his comedic roles on TV shows like Bosom Buddies and Family Ties. His breakthrough in film came with the 1994 comedy-drama Splash, and his career continued to soar in the late 1990s and 2000s with acclaimed performances in films such as Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Cast Away (2000). In recent years, Hanks has continued to captivate audiences with his performances in films like Bridge of Spies (2015), Sully (2016), and The Post (2017). He has also been involved in producing projects such as the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010).
A Long Island based filmmaker, film historian, and lecturer, Greg Blank has over 20 years of experience as a producer, director, cinematographer, and editor. He is an award-winning producer for the show "Push Pause Long Island" on Verizon Fios1, and as a documentarian for the films "Undocumented" (2016), and "A World Within a World: The Bay Houses of Long Island" (2020).
Registration suggested.
The Career and Films of Tom Hanks
Jazz at the Post, our weekly series from JazzFC presents:
Alma Micic was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia. At the age of 16 she started performing with a local quartet at a time when jazz was making a big comeback in Belgrade. Soon she became a frequent guest vocalist with the Radio Belgrade Big Band and began touring and appearing at many local jazz festivals as well as television and radio broadcasts. In 1995, she received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Alma graduated in 1999 with a BM in Jazz Performance. Alma has been a resident of New York City since 2000. She has appeared at prominent venues such as the Jazz Standard, Scullers, as well as various international festivals and concert halls. Her first album "Introducing Alma", hailed as "a striking debut" by Jazz Review, received radio airplay throughout the US, including Voice of America, XM Satellite Radio and international radio stations in South America, Japan and Europe. Alma Micic was also featured in a one hour NPR/WGBH Radio special “The Jazz Songbook”. Alma’s singing has been described as "confident, soulful, vulnerable, rhythmically savvy, with the most sensual vibrato you're likely to hear" (All About Jazz). Featured articles include Swing Journal (Japan), Concerto Magazine (Austria), Jazzman and Citizen Jazz (France). She has received numerous awards such as the Cleo Laine Award for Outstanding Musicianship and BRIO Award from the NY Arts Council. Alma's highly anticipated new album "The Hours" beautifully displays her songwriting and arranging talents in addition to her exquisite singing.
Awards
Cleo Laine Award for Outstanding Musicianship; Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Award
Alma Micic, Jazz Vocalist at Jazz at the Post
Gilberto Santa Rosa’s musical elegance and style has made him one of the most prominent figures in popular music. His countless accolades in the recording industry reaffirm his validity through the years, among them the 2002 ASCAP Latin Heritage Award, 6 GRAMMY awards most recently, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Necesito Un Bolero."
La elegancia y estilo musical de Gilberto Santa Rosa lo ha convertido en uno de los artistas más prominentes de la música popular. Sus reconocimientos innumerables en la industria discográfica reafirman su vigencia a través de los años.'
Gilberto Santa Rosa
“The Battle for Your Brain: Ethical, Legal, Social Implications of New Technologies”
Nita Farahany, JD, PhD, is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, including developing neurotechnologies that interface with the human brain or nervous system. She is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and the faculty chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics and Science Policy. Farahany is the author of the book The Battle for Your Brain: Defending Your Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.
THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PATRICK J. WAIDE ’59 AND THE WAIDE CENTER FOR APPLIED ETHICS.
Open VISIONS Forum - Nita Farahany
This event will showcase the work of 2024-25 Korry Fellow Dooley-O, along with the work of renowned artist Jerry Gant. The exhibition is curated by Jahmane and pays tribute to the remarkable contributions of these two iconic figures in the world of hip hop. Dooley-O, a graffiti writer, rapper, and music producer from New Haven, Connecticut, broke new ground in the hip hop scene with his extraordinary talent. Jerry Gant, a Newark, NJ native who passed away in 2018, was a prolific graffiti artist, poet, and performer whose artistry went beyond the boundaries of hip hop. Through their groundbreaking art and unwavering dedication to their craft, these legends have made an enduring impact on the cultural landscape.
Dooley-O, A Legacy In Hip Hop
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
The State of Cartooning will display works by active members of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, including Greg, Brian, and Neal Walker, who carry the legacy of their father, Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. Other featured artists include Ray Billingsley, Bob Englehart, Bill Janocha, Sean Kelly, Maria Scrivan, and more.
Founded in 1946, National Cartoonists Society (NCS) activities and events primarily took place in New York City until 1983, when the first Reuben Award Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. At that time, the NCS also began organizing a system of regional chapters for members to participate in. There are currently 23 chapters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Brian Walker started the NCS Connecticut chapter in 1993, involving many remaining Golden Age cartoonists. Meetings were held at local restaurants, including the Silvermine Tavern, Cobbs Mill Inn, The Redding Roadhouse, and Red Barn. From 1994 to 2017, a special Legend Award was presented to 22 Connecticut Cartoonists at their annual fall dinner. Although membership has decreased as the older generation has passed on, the Connecticut chapter is still active. The State of Cartooning displays works by some of the current members of the NCS.
The State of Cartooning
Sheffer Gallery
September 7 through December 10
Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8 pm, in the Trefz Forum; click here for more information.
(Reception kicks off at 6 pm, followed by a keynote presentation by cartoonist and comics historian Brian Walker starting at 7 pm.)
Curated by Walker with help from the Library’s Exhibit Curator Carole Erger-Fass, Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut derives from Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection and aims to explore an important piece of local history. It will feature 40+ original cartoons by some of the area’s greats, including Dik Browne, Mel Casson, Stan Drake, John Cullen Murphy, Leonard Starr, Jack Tippit, Mort Walker, and more.
Proximity to major syndicates and publishers in New York City drew cartoonists to Fairfield County. Many worked at home in their studios, frequenting Max’s Art Supplies on the Post Road and seeking companionship with their professional peers at local spots: over a game of golf at Longshore, or at local restaurants like Mario’s Place, across from Westport’s train station.
Cullen Murphy, author and son of the cartoonist behind Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, refers to the history of cartooning in Connecticut with fondness.
“For a period of about 50 years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the nation’s top comic strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut,” he wrote in Cartoon County, “a bit of bohemia amid those men in their gray flannel suits.”
The Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection (Westpac) was conceived by local art teacher Bert Chernow, who began acquiring a diverse collection of artworks in 1964. Featuring many notable local artists, Westpac comprises more than 1,800 works in a broad range of media including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, illustrations, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and murals.
Westport cartoonist Mel Casson was instrumental in building Westpac’s Cartoon Collection, which includes more than 120 original comic strips, gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, and illustrations. Over the years, the Westpac collection has been displayed in schools and public buildings around town to educate and entertain residents.
This exhibit features many highlights from the collection, representing the major cartoon genres. The graphics on the walls are from Mort Walker’s 1980 book, The Lexicon of Comicana, which will be reissued by New York Review Books in 2025.
Special thanks to Westpac co-chairs Ive Covaci and Anne Boberski, and to the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center for their continued support.
Cartoon County: The Golden Age of Cartooning in Connecticut
The Gallery at GFC is proud to announce the opening of Jason Pritchard's latest show Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water's Path. The paintings in this exhibition feature the magical interplay between light and water along the coastline and within the communities that hug the shore. Jason captures water dancing, shimmering, or frozen as ice beneath cloud-filled New England skies. These gorgeously rendered works in oil are balm for the soul.
Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Water’s Path
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library!
“My Story Revealed" invites you on a visual journey through the heart of personal and cultural narratives. This exhibit honors the art of storytelling by showcasing the compelling and diverse experiences of some of the 8-18 year old students taking part in our international Global Voices - ArtLink exchanges over three decades.
Whether their pieces are beautifully rendered or simply drawn, delightful or thought provoking, the creation of these pieces has been a journey of self-discovery. Through their work, the young artists have expressed their identities, shared their stories, and conveyed the aspects of their lives and society they treasure - or are concerned about.
This collection brings together diverse artistic youth voices from 28 ArtLink partner countries, transcending political systems and geographical boundaries. We believe that art is a universal language, uniting us through the shared experiences and dreams of its young creators, promoting a common humanity that will lead to a more peaceful future.
As you explore the exhibit, we invite you, the viewer, to reflect on your own story, your own journey, cultivating a deeper sense of empathy and appreciation for the multi-faceted tapestry of human experiences we are all part of. We hope to see you there!
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Creative Connections is a nonprofit in Norwalk, CT, dedicated to promoting global understanding and empathy through art-based exchanges between youth worldwide. We connect students in the U.S. with peers in other countries, encouraging cultural sharing and cross-cultural learning. We focus on fostering global citizenship and creative communication through programs like Global Voices - ArtLink, which highlights diverse perspectives and cultural storytelling.
Details:
The opening reception will be on 9/30 from 5:30-7:30pm
The exhibit will remain up until Spring 2025.
Where:New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Join us for "My Story Revealed", a global student art exhibit at the New Canaan Library.
An Exhibition Like No Other!
This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world.
It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.
Exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
Made possible with generous support from GoHealth Urgent Care.
This exhibition is free for SM&NC Members, and included in the price of daily admission for visitors.
Exhibition on View: Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas
The Flinn Gallery is honored to launch its 2024-25 season with a unique solo exhibition, The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita. Curated by Leslee Asch, the exhibition displays Kumi Yamashita’s works of unconventional vision, versatility, and variety. The Opening Reception will be September 19 from 6-8pm.
Kumi Yamashita uses simple materials to yield surprising results. In describing her shadow work and the elusive qualities of light, she says, “I sculpt using both light and shadow. I construct single or multiple objects and place them in relation to a single light source. The complete artwork is therefore comprised of both the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow.)”
In addition to Yamashita’s Light & Shadow series, the exhibition includes provocative portraits created by winding a single unbroken sewing thread around thousands of small galvanized nails.
Equally enticing is a piece of denim in which the threads have been systematically removed to create an enchanting portrait. Yamashita describes her process for this piece as, “Sometimes there is something beautiful about things falling apart. Undoing one thing while simultaneously creating another. Here I’ve taken fabric and pulled out bits and pieces of the lighter color thread to create the image.”
Yamashita’s work has been widely praised both nationally and internationally. Her solo shows include the Seattle Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Esplanade - Theaters on the Bay in Singapore as well as museums in Taiwan, China and Japan. She has been in numerous museum group shows, including the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Yamashita’s work allows viewers to expand their understanding of the possibilities of the varied media she skillfully employs, and the breadth of her vision. Curator Leslee Asch adds, “The work must be seen in person to be appreciated; expect the unexpected.”
Kumi Yamashita lives and works in Woodstock, NY. She was born in Takasaki, Japan, and received her MFA from Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and her BFA from Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, WA. Yamashita’s work can be found in impressive public collections such as Microsoft, American Express, Le Meridien, Shenyang, China; Tokyo’s Akiru Medical Center, and permanent collections at numerous museums.
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The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita opens with a reception
from 6-8pm on September 19.
The Flinn Gallery which is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library,
101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
The show will run through November 6.
The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit organization sponsored by Friends of the Greenwich Library.
Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm.
Events:
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19 from 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26 at 2pm
The Elusive Art of Kumi Yamashita
Eight area artists will be showcased in Wilton Library’s October art exhibition, “Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations.” The exhibition features the diverse works of women artists: Pam Ackley (Killingworth), Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani (New Canaan), Alma Faham (Danbury), Cynthia Fazekas (Shelton), Mari Gyorgyey (Stamford), Katya Lebrija (Wilton), Pam Rouleau (Old Greenwich), and Nomi Silverman (Greenwich). They will exhibit their works in an array of styles, media choices, and subject matter, all portraying vibrant and varied types of resilience found in life and nature.
The opening reception on Friday, October 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through November 7. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library.
"Resilience, Reflection, and Revelations" Art Exhibition at Wilton Library
A very moving art exhibition featuring three extraordinary Connecticut Artists expressing the essence and effect of shadow, light, the subliminal mind and the human spirit.
THE DARK OF LIGHT
Elisa Contemporary Art is pleased to present a Solo exhibit of the Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett. It is now open at the One River School in Westport. The exhibit will run from through November 27 at 833 Post Road East, Westport CT. Gallery hours are: Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm and Saturday/Sunday 10am - 2pm.
Join us for a Reception on Saturday, November 23 from 2-4pm
From color-infused paintings to video self-portraits, Paula Brett’s body of work incorporates various combinations of media dealing with ideas such as created identity, coincidence, ritual, and transitory spaces.
The limited edition photographs are Mandalas made from pieces of Candy, Jewels, Toys, Cars and other favorites. According to Paula, “The mandala symbolizes the law of the universe and since man is also a microcosm of the universe, many cultures believe that the mandala also symbolizes the human soul. Mandalas serve as collection point for universal forces…My intention with these mandalas is to arrange everyday sweets and favorite objects into a pattern which becomes sacred, where delicious turns divine, the enticing now exquisite.”
Brett has exhibited work in New York, CT, Chicago, San Francisco, Budapest and Romania.
About One River School:
Founded in 2012 in Englewood, NJ, “one river” west of New York City, One River School has embarked on a mission to "transform art education"® in America. Today, their innovative program teaches thousands of students in fifteen locations across six states. We are thrilled to be working with One River Westport.
About Elisa Contemporary Art
Elisa Contemporary Art represents a portfolio of emerging through mid-career contemporary artists. Founded in 2007 by
Lisa Cooper, Elisa Contemporary Art is dedicated to promoting the appreciation and collection of art as a way to enrich
and heal our lives, our communities, and the world. The Riverdale NY Gallery opened in 2008. The Art Salon in Fairfield
CT opened in May 2017 (by appointment only). Elisa Contemporary Art has participated in international art fairs in New
York, Miami and the Hamptons and curated 40+ art exhibits in public/private spaces in the Tri-State.
For additional information, visit us at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com or Instagram: @ElisaContemporary Art
Solo Exhibit of Candy and Toy Mandala Photographs by Paula Brett
The Carriage Barn Arts Center presents Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy Photography Exhibition of the Pulitzer prize-winning photographer from New Canaan October 12 - November 13, 2024
This new exhibition highlights the late Pulitzer-prize winning photographer’s 40-year career, as well as his connection to New Canaan, CT. Curated with members of the photographer’s family, this first-ever retrospective features 80 photographs and additional archival materials that offer insight into Keating’s career and life as a photographer. The exhibition spans decades of his work and features editioned estate prints as well as rare and unique vintage silver gelatins printed by Keating that are available for sale.
Born in 1956 and raised in New Canaan, CT, Edward Keating moved to New York City in 1981 to become a photographer. He taught himself how to photograph by chronicling the street life of everyday New Yorkers.
Hired as a Staff Photographer at The New York Times in 1991, he covered national and international news. He was also a regular contributor to the Sunday New York Times Magazine. In addition, he co-founded the "Vows" wedding column. In 2002, Keating won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage on the attacks of 9/11. He additionally shared the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with New York Times staff for the series, "How Race is Lived in America.” After leaving the Times in 2002, he became a regular contributor to New York Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Vanity Fair and Time.
From Kosovo to Crown Heights, Keating often put himself in the center of highly charged conflicts - ignoring the dangers -- to best capture the emotion, devastation and humanity with his camera. Keating’s camera stayed around his neck until the very end. At just 65 years of age, he passed away in September 2021, as a result of many months of long exposure to toxic material while covering 9/11 at Ground Zero.
The Carriage Barn Arts Center is located in New Canaan's Waveny Park, hours are Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday 1-5pm. Visit carriagebarn.org for more information.
Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy, Photography Exhibition at the Carriage Barn Arts Center
Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World, her first solo exhibition at the gallery. The public is invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on September 26, 5-7pm, and the show will run through November 2nd.
Betsy Eby’s encaustic paintings are infused with a unique sensibility informed by the artist’s Pacific Northwest heritage, her concerns for nature and a lifelong classical piano practice. Using trowels, knives, brushes and heat, Eby pours and spreads hot and cold natural wax-based paint onto a wooden panel, layering gestures to create nuanced marks across the surface. The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by the wilderness of nature and the way in which the natural world serves as a tonic for the human spirit. Created in her Maine summer retreat, Eby’s new body of work captures the music and rhythms portrayed in nature: the lulling of waves, the fragrance of the sea air, resinous bay berries, blueberries, honey suckle in the breeze…. all have their own sound and melodies that speak to the artist. “There is musical accompaniment in nature,” the artist states.
Eby savors nature holistically, poetically depicting the essence of the verdant and granite landscape against the backdrop of a shimmering coastline, using abstraction to fuse that which animates her senses. Like notes shimmering on a page, the paintings are soft gestures akin to ascending scales, glissandos or arpeggiations within ambient-like sound beds. The marks on Ravel, glyphs fleeting across the surface within and through atmospheric grounds, came from listening to the composer in the background as she worked in the studio. Eby’s work synthesizes and distills all that surrounds her, intuitively harnessing and conveying her environment on the panel. Setting Eby’s new paintings apart from previous series are the grounds, which at first glance appear more neutral but are informed with a shifting color nuance. The artist finds herself with a more atuned sensory input of late, and this is evident in her most recent work.
“I make nature based, abstract paintings that convey the musical frequencies of an ecologically balanced, natural world unspoiled by human encroachment. They are meditations on undisrupted skies, habitats and oceans, calling attention to the natural rhythms of our environment and the elements and our interconnectedness within them.”
Eby received her B.A. from the University of Oregon and splits her time between her studios in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island in Maine. She has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions and her work forms part of many important private, corporate and public collections including the Columbus Museum and the Georgia Museum of Art in Georgia; the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington; and the Art in Embassies in Gambia, Brunei, Dubai and Papua New Guinea.
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.
