Atria Darien Senior Living will showcase the works of local artist Joseph Lamorte, a career artist involved in advertising as an illustrator and art director. A gallery opening and wine reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, April 4, at Atria Darien, 50 Ledge Road. His work, appearing in newspapers and magazines, has at times received national awards. Lamorte currently teaches watercolor and oil painting at the Darien Arts Center. Joseph trained at Cooper Union and The New School in New York City and at the Silvermine College in Connecticut.
With Paper 2019, Silvermine Arts Center introduces a new annual exhibition series designed to focus on a particular material and consider it in the broadest terms.
Paper 2019 — on view at Silvermine Galleries from April 3 to May 16 —features prints, drawings, photographs, artists’ books, and handmade paper as well as three-dimensional works made with paper. The public is invited to an opening reception on Sunday, April 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.
— an announcement from Silvermine Arts Center
“The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the vitality, diversity, sense of experimentation and skillful execution, and the many ways in which contemporary artists approach this material,” said the exhibit curator, Jennifer Farrell, who is also the associate curator of drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Finalists, all of whom are included in the exhibition, were chosen from over 400 submissions from almost every state in the U.S. The geographical spread gives the exhibition a national perspective. “Viewers will find a wide range of works made on or with paper, including sculpture and installations along with the traditional disciplines of drawing, painting, and photography,” said Silvermine Gallery Director Roger Mudre. “We’re delighted to introduce a new exhibition series with a national outlook and reach.”
Visitors to the Silvermine Galleries might be inspired to experience making art with paper themselves after seeing the different and intriguing ways contemporary artists are approaching this traditional material.
We are fortunate to have many individuals and local businesses that value the importance of arts in our community and that support the Darien Arts Center. The DAC, which is not subsidized by the town of Darien, solely depends on funding from its programs, donations, grants, and fundraising. Recently, the DAC has been extremely fortunate to gain a new friend in Caffè Nero, which generously hosted a fun, artistic evening of live music, delicious food and their famous coffee drinks to benefit the Arts Center. See also: Live Acoustic Music at ‘Coffee and Culture’ Benefit for Darien Arts Center at Caffè Nero Feb 28
Additionally, Caffè Nero is exhibiting the paintings of recent DHS graduate and 2018 Ginny Wright Scholarship recipient, Nadia Czebiniak. Her paintings can be seen at Caffè Nero, 1075 Post Road, all week.
The City of Norwalk Parking Authority’s Maritime Garage Gallery’s latest exhibit features art that brings a bit of spring to winter, through color. “Migrating Colors” features works inspired by color, its effects, meaning, value, and playfulness, awakening viewers to color’s brilliant presence. “Migrating Colors” exhibiting artists include Jay Petrow and Nancy Breakstone both from Westport, Kirstan Holtan from Stamford, Wilton resident Tara Kovach, Amy L Kaplan of Fairfield, Elizabeth Katz of Easton and Hamden resident Tim Nighswander. — an announcement from the Norwalk Parking Authority
The Maritime Garage Gallery is part of the Parking Authority’s “Art in Parking Places” placemaking initiative, an effort to support art in parking spaces. It is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
“Buried Treasures of the Silk Road,” an exhibition of ancient Chinese tomb sculpture opens this Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Bruce Museum. Featuring dozens of rare and delicate terra cotta figurines, painted and glazed ceramics, and other antiquities, the exhibit will be on view in the Greenwich museum’s Arcade Gallery through June 2, 2019. — an announcement from the Bruce Museum
Buried Treasures celebrates the artistic achievements of anonymous Chinese artists supported by the riches earned on the Silk Road. The exhibition will also feature art objects from the museum’s permanent collection exchanged on the Silk Road.
Celebrate these three area artists in exhibition at Atria Darien, 50 Ledge Road, with a gallery opening and wine reception on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m.
— an announcement from Atria Darien
Merion Frolich is a member of Rowayton Arts Center, Connecticut Women Artists, Stamford Art Association and New Canaan Center for Arts. She has been in a number of local shows, including Women Artists at Discovery Museum, Mavis Fenner at Rowayton Arts, Spectrum, John Slade Ely House and Rowayton Co-op Nursery Show and Atria Darien. “I love the interplay of light and dark, line against space in painting,” Frolich says. “Water gives me great opportunity to juxtapose space and light and shapes.
Franklin Street Works, a non-profit contemporary art space in Stamford, presents “Collective Action Archive: Redux,” an exhibition exploring the intersections between art and activism, featuring materials from dozens of U.S. artist/activist collectives. — an announcement from Franklin Street Works
Photos, videos, artworks, pamphlets and texts by more than 3-dozen artist/activist collectives from across the United States will be on view, including contributions from longtime collectives such as ABC No Rio, the Guerrilla Girls, Paper Tiger TV, subRosa, and Temporary Services. It is on view at Franklin Street Works Feb. 9 through Sept. 8, 2019 and launches with with a free, public reception from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb.
With the invention of the printing press, so went the practice of writing the bible by hand — until Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, produced a 1,165-page handwritten, gold-illuminated bible in 2011. A limited edition of one of the seven volumes of The Saint John’s Bible is on display at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Parish for all to view for one year. St. Luke’s is also hosting a three-part lecture series this month on Bible art. — This announcement from St.
You are invited to the “Last Hurrah” for Arguimbau Art Gallery in downtown Greenwich (The building is for sale). Visit Darien native Peter Arguimbau at this location before the gallery moves. The Winter Season Reception is Friday (today), Jan 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. at 351 Greenwich Ave. Peter Arguimbau is an American painter, restorer and historian of classical art. Come view his work and that of visiting artists
Arguimbau’s subject matter includes portraits, animals, and landscapes, but is notorious for his classical marines.
Hoping to make the holidays brighter for the Greens Ledge Lighthouse Preservation Society, local artist Peter Saverine will share some of the proceeds from the sale of his specially designed holiday ornaments and signed art prints to benefit the lighthouse restoration project. Saverine’s work will be featured at the Rowayton Historical Society Holiday Bazaar at Pinkney Park this weekend. On Sunday, Nov. 25, it will be open from 12 to 7 p.m.
Likewise, special Greens Ledge ornaments and prints are available at the Rowayton Arts Center Holiday Show that runs now through Dec. 24 at Rowayton Arts Center at 145 Rowayton Ave.
Paintings by area artists Hanneke Goedkoop and Sandy Mills are on display in the “Spirit of Nature” exhibit at Darien Nature Center, now through Jan. 19. A wine and cheese opening reception for the artists will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28. This event is free and open to the public. A total of 30 percent of sales proceeds will be donated to the Nature Center.
The Silvermine Galleries will present a Guild Group Exhibition with new work by 44 members of the Silvermine Guild of Artists. The public is invited to an opening reception on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m., and the exhibition runs through Dec. 20. During the run of the exhibit, an extended Gallery Store will be open through Dec.
Meet artist Kevin Dailey at the Bemer pop-up shop in the Noroton Heights Shopping Center, where his abstract art and sailing photography are on display. You can also get free Bemer therapy sessions at the open house event from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Kevin’s work falls into two categories” sailing scenes in which there is lots of motion, waves, tumultuous clouds — all about action on the water. Also, very colorful abstracts that invite the eye to wonder in, and under, to find abstract forms, animals and beings, scenes. He began his art career with photography — taking pictures of sailboat races and doing multimedia presentations. While he still loves the sea, salt, and sails, his work has evolved into the morphing of something as simple as an antique car grill into large scale metal prints that move with light and color.
The Maritime Garage Gallery’s latest art exhibit “Street Level” features works inspired by art in public places. “Street Level ” brings to life the notion that public art can transform walls, buildings, and neighborhoods into outdoor galleries. — an announcement from the Norwalk Parking Authority
Local artists exhibiting include Bobbie Bernstein of Westport, Tara Blackwell of Stamford, Sonia Bombart of Weston, Milan Chilla of Rowayton, David Kaplan of Greenwich, Al Coyote Weiner of Fairfield, and Gregory Ziebell of Norwalk. The Maritime Garage Gallery is part of the Parking Authority’s “Art in Parking Places” placemaking initiative, an effort to support art in public spaces. If You’re Going …
Atria Darien invites you to an opening wine and cheese reception at 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4, celebrating the work of nearby artists Nash Hyon and Nancy McTague-Stock. The artists’ works will be on display throughout the month of October. The gallery is open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
About the Artists
Nash Hyon
Nash Hyon maintains a studio in Wilton working in encaustics (hot wax) and mixed media, continually experimenting with non-traditional tools and techniques. Her primarily abstract paintings reflect her interest in nature, color, texture, process and the idea of transformation.
