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Nobu Miki art Artists at Grove Street Plaza

The fifth annual Artists at Grove Street Plaza open-air art show will feature top local painters, photographers and ceramicists, with live chamber music and five food vendors as part of a Paris-style exhibit produced with Darien talent. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday Sept. 21 (the rain date is the following Saturday, Sept. 28.)

— This article is adapted from an announcement from Artists at Grove Street Plaza, with further information from the group’s website. Artists at Grove Street Plaza will feature framed canvases, prints, photographs and ceramics.

Future Darien Artists Grove Street Plaza 09-10-17

Art will stand and sit on display Saturday for the annual show at Grove Street Plaza, but it will also dance and be heard. Ballet from Go Figure will be performed at noon (and give away grip socks while supplies last), followed by a 1 p.m. performance from a certified instructor from Club Pilates, which is opening soon in the former location of Panera Bread. (They’ll be giving away bottled water to visitors while supplies last.)

These are the latest additions to the performance schedule at the Darien arts festival, which features painters, photographers and other artists displaying their work, along with food for sale and, it appears, sunshine and temperatures getting up to 83 degrees (get that bottled water). “My goal is creating a free art event which everybody can come and enjoy,” said Darien artist Nobuku “Nobu” Miki, who organized the annual show. “I got live string music, flower arrangement show, magician, kids art show, kids French lesson from a native, and now I’ve added performance art.

Image from Artists at Grove St Plaza website 09-10-17

Encourage your young artist to submit a masterpiece to the first “Future Darien Artists Show” on Saturday, Sept. 23 when you visit this year’s Artists at Grove Street Plaza fine art show between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 23, where you’ll find local artists, food vendors and music. You may also find a fine piece of art to buy and take home with you. Most of the work from this year’s 20 participating artists is for sale at $500 or less.

The second annual Artists at Grove Street Plaza, Montmartre, Paris style fine art show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24 (rain date: Saturday, Oct. 1) with over 30 local artists, food vendors and music. Admission is free and open to the public. The event features:

Giveaway gifts: prints by Billi Kid and Nobu Miki for the first 500 visitors
All day: Chocolatier demonstration by Chocolate Works
10 a.m.: French theme flower arrangement demonstration by Jaime Hayes fromThe Gardener’s Center & Florist
All day: Live violin performance by Chamber Music Institute

Local artists in this year’s show include Dennis Stevens, John Coots, Nobu Miki, Nanci Natale, Billi Kid, Gigi Barrett, Britt Bair, Jon Puzzuoli, Stan Pastore, Stephen Fritsch, Lesley Koenig, Lauren Chisholm, Laura Bleau, Chet Saur, Maria Esther Magallanes, Sandra Aldrich, Dawn Dahl, Jan Raymond, Gillian Grozier and Peter Savarine.

Update, Sunday, 6 p.m.:

Here’s what the “Artists at Grove Street Plaza” event was like:

Original article, Saturday, 1 p.m.:

Until 6 p.m., you can do something different for a Saturday afternoon in Darien: Visit the “Artists at Grove Street Plaza” where local artists with paintings and photos of Darien scenes are available along with crepes, fondue and soup at the outdoor event. On one side of the plaza, The Melting Pot has free fondue samples (milk chocolate and dark chocolate), on the other, NEAT coffeehouse has an outdoor table with free samples of a pumpkin soup that needs to be tasted to be believed. In between, there’s music and enough artwork to stock several exhibits (and many of these artists are between exhibits — one has one going on now at Darien Library). Entry is free. Money raised by the sale of coffee mugs or other items helps the Darien Arts Center.

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An announcement from organizers of the “La Place des Artistes” event:

Twenty local artists will celebrate the open-air spirit of Montmartre in an all-day outdoor exhibit at Grove Street Plaza on Saturday Sept. 26. The event, “Artists at Grove Street Plaza,” will feature framed canvases, prints, photographs and ceramics. Some of the painters will work at their easels from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Darien Arts Center (DAC), and the rain date is October 3rd. “For one autumn day, we hope to bring Paris to Darien,” explained Nobu Miki, the Darien modern folk artist who conceived and organized the day.