The winter art exhibition at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center’s Bendel mansion galleries features over sixty paintings by the prolific still life painter Sophy Regensburg (1885-1974) that are on display through March 19, 2023. Here we enter the world of exquisite still life paintings that radiate glowing color with lively patterning and compositional design.…
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Young Shoots, Westport Farmers’ Market’s Popular Kids Photography Program, Launches June 23 with Who Grows Your Food Photographer Co-chair Anne Burmeister
Westport, CT – Westport Farmers’ Market (WFM) in partnership with The Artists Collective of Westport and the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center, is pleased to announce the 6th annual Young Shoots Photography Contest. Young Shoots invites three age groups of photographers to demonstrate their love for local food through the digital lens. Budding young photographers,…
WCSU M.F.A. original artwork to be shown in New York art gallery June 21-July 9
DANBURY, CT — Western Connecticut State University’s 2022 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition will have a second showing on June 21-July 9 in New York City at Blue Mountain Gallery, 547 West 27 St., Suite 200. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 23, from 5 to 8 p.m. The gallery is…
Art Exhibitions Return to Wilton Library this June
Silvermine Community Artists in Residence will exhibit and kick off this year’s series of art shows with a reception on June 3 Wilton, CT – Wilton Library is pleased to announce the return of art exhibitions to the walls of its building, after a two-year pause due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Fifteen area artists, all…
Fairfield County Bank donates $5,000 to the Norwalk Art Space
Norwalk, CT – Fairfield County Bank donated $5,000 to the Norwalk Art Space. The Norwalk Art Space was founded and designed by Alexandra Davern Korry, a New York City M&A Lawyer, educator, civil rights advocate, and Westport resident. Korry aimed to create an art space that would enhance educational opportunities for under-served students, promote under-represented…
Students from P-TECH Norwalk exhibit their work at Silvermine’s School of Art
NEW CANAAN, CT – Students from P-TECH Norwalk celebrated the opening of Teen Fusion on Wednesday evening, April 6, in the Student Gallery at the Silvermine School of Art. The student works on view are in graphic design. Students take Norwalk Community College (NCC) graphic design courses at P-TECH as part of the college program…
Silvermine Arts Center awarded a significant CT Cultural Fund grant from CT Humanities
NEW CANAAN, CT – Silvermine Arts Center is the recipient of a CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant in the amount of $116,500 from CT Humanities. The Operating Support Grant is designed to assist non-profit organizations focused on culture, the humanities, or the arts as they recover from the effects of the pandemic—and to strengthen…
Wilson Avenue Loft Artists Present Open Studios Weekend April 22 – 24, 2022
The Wilson Avenue Loft Artists (WALA) will present an Open Studios Weekend on April 23 and April 24 from 11 am to 4 pm with 17 artists participating in the event. There is also an opening reception planned for Friday, April 22 from 6 to 8 pm. Masks are required for entry. WALA is a…
WCSU offers Watercolor Workshop on Nov. 19
DANBURY, CT – Western Connecticut State University’s Department of Art offers an Art Workshop to the public from 3 – 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at the university’s Visual and Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury. The watercolor painting workshop “Painting Winter Barn Light” is led by professional artist and WCSU alumna…
Powerful Film Series Promises Emotion and Nostalgia in connection with HMA’s New Jon Schueler Abstract Expressionism Show
BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) announces a powerful film series in connection with its new landmark exhibition, ‘Lost Man Blues: Jon Schueler – Art and War’. In this dramatic line-up, the exploration of combat art and art in the aftermath of war delivers a heaping portion of emotion and nostalgia. All…