The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is pleased to present Rachel Sard: Insofar, featuring more than 50 extraordinary works in the New York artist’s first solo museum show. Sard’s work is a celebration of texture, luminosity, and transparency using the natural world as the subject of her work.

Sard’s creative process is an exercise in stamina, precision, revision, and fine tuning. For this exhibition, Sard drew inspiration from elements of the SM&NC’s permanent collection as well as from its beloved Heckscher Farm. Select objects from the Museum’s natural history collection are also on view, creating a unique visual dialogue between the artist, her inspiration, process, and vision.

A Benefit Event to support the next phase of our employment program for adults with disabilities, to develop technical skills
October 25, 2023
6:30 – 8:30 PM
at the Westport Library
Tickets on sale NOW!

An evening of live music, light bites & beverages, paddle raise, a silent and live auction of unique donated items including signed books, artwork and vinyl

Our auction includes a first edition of Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince ---- a book signed by Henry Kissinger — and much more! PLUS bid on the opportunity for you and four guests to have 1 hour access to our next Library Book Sale event in Dec '23 or April '24!

For more information, visit our website.

For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new masters help to create unique modern images. As with all encaustic work, viewing it in person is the best way to appreciate the immediacy of the medium, brought to life as light travels through the layers of pigmented beeswax. Each new painting is another opportunity for a technical experiment, whether the focus is on a new blending method or trying out a new color harmony.
Ultimately, my work is not about pictorial invention to address social issues, etc., but rather to entertain the eye by recording, through observation and rendering, the play of light on a variety of materials. Maybe its fun

The Museum of Darien is pleased to announce the selection of a new Assistant Director, Emily Koch. In this role, Koch will provide general support to the Executive Director in the areas of operations, management, marketing and communications, and volunteer oversight.

Koch has experience at the Royal Academy of Arts in London as Manager of Patrons and holds a Masters in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She additionally has significant experience with fundraising, leadership and management skills that has included positions at the Bowman Sculpture Gallery, The Victoria and Albert Museum and Sotheby’s Auction House in London.

Brian has just completed his latest commission on Lulu Bell Parr. Ms. Parr was a wild west performer known for her bronc and buffalo riding. She was called the ‘Champion Lady Bucking Horse Rider of the World’ and was inducted in the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Texas.
Stay tuned for more information once our esteemed client publishes the book on Ms Parr.

Announcing THROUGH YOUR LOOKING GLASS
in partnership with S.T.A.R. and The Glass House

Fairfield County Students (grade school through college) are invited to participate in an art showcase on social justice topics that matter to them. Register to participate by 10/23. Showcase at the Carriage Barn Arts Center October 28 - November 11, 2023.

𝙉𝙤𝙬: 𝘼𝙨 𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙩 (Pen + Brush) builds on the evolving nature of "the now" as it pertains to the present and reminds viewers of the impossibility of a finite definition of Contemporary Art.

I will be showing new homemade biorubber work alongside a wonderful group of twelve other artists.

Pen + Brush
29 E. 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010

Sep 15 - Oct 7, 2023
Exhibiting Member-Only Small Group Show – All Media

Featuring Lynne Arovas, Janine Brown, Susan Fehlinger, Dana Goodfellow, Joyce Grasso, Marcy Juran, Emily Kelting, Pamela Proctor, Nancy Schlater and Margaret Esme Simon.

I'll be showing work from my Faded Memories Series. The photo transfers document the Iowa farm where I grew up after the deaths of my father (1975), mother (2008), and brother (2022).