Join us on Wednesday, October 15, for our artist conversation with curator Arthur Nager, whose exhibit, Every Picture Tells a Story, will be on display in the Sheffer Gallery from October 8 through December 15. There will be a reception from 6 to 7 pm, followed by an artist talk with Nager from 7 to 8 pm.

Artist Statement

Every Picture tells a Story includes photographs from The Westport Public Art Collections selected to coordinate with StoryFest 2025 and to highlight the work of the many creative photographers represented in the collection. Curator and photographer Arthur Nager worked with Carole Erger-Fass, exhibit curator of The Westport Library, and members of the Westport Public Art Collections to identify photographs that demonstrated diverse creative and technological approaches to the medium. The work on display includes portraits, landscape studies, historical, documentary, and abstract imagery in black and white and color.

The exhibit features internationally renowned photographers Philippe Halsman, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Eliot Porter, and Lucia Nebel White; along with wonderful creative imagery from Westport photographers including Larry Silver and David Kalman, who focused on the town and region; photojournalists Spencer Platt and Lynsey Addario, among others.

Nager will also be leading a three-part Verso University workshop, Visual Storytelling: Develop Your Photographic Vision, in conjunction with his exhibit and with StoryFest 2025.

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For more about the Library art exhibits, visit the Art at the Library page.

Miggs Burroughs
Healing Power of Art