BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westport Journal - ECPv6.16.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westportjournal.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westport Journal REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200124Z UID:10002178-1771952400-1771957800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Lecture: Beyond the Wine-Dark Sea: Sardis between East and West DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk by Alexis Belis\, Associate Curator of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art!\n\n\nIn a lecture on Tuesday\, February 24th in the Kelley Center’s Presentation Room\, Alexis Belis\, PhD\, Associate Curator of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, will explore new discoveries and interpretations of the museum’s renowned collection from Sardis\, the ancient Lydian capital celebrated for its wealth and cross-cultural connections. As the Met prepares a major exhibition on Greek encounters across the Mediterranean\, Dr. Belis reveals how recent research into migration\, trade\, and cultural exchange reshapes our understanding of these remarkable objects and the diverse worlds that created them.\n\n\nThis lecture is sponsored by the Department of Visual & Performing Arts\, and co-sponsored by the Museum. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/lecture-beyond-the-wine-dark-sea-sardis-between-east-and-west/ LOCATION:Aloysius P. Kelley Center\, Loyola Drive\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/7941c3a4720014cbe371adae7d2c7004.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200123Z UID:10002177-1770917400-1770921000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Livestream: Pictures & Progress: Black Liberation in American Photography DESCRIPTION:Sarah Churchill\, PhD\, gives a talk entitled “Pictures and Progress: The Path of Black Liberation in American Photography”\n\n\nSarah Churchill\, PhD\, is adjunct professor of Visual & Performing Arts at Fairfield University. On February 12 at 5:30\, join an intimate crowd in the Wien Experimental Theater for an exploration of the role photography has played in Black politics\, identity\, and civil rights. Her talk is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… (January 23-July 25\, 2026).\n\n\nTo register for the in-person event\, click here.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists\, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day\, May 1918 and continuing to the present day\, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns\, Faith Ringgold\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Shepard Fairey\, and Julie Mehretu\, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.\n\n\nFor Which it Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox\, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment. For more information\, click here.\n\n \n\n\nImage: Dread Scott\, Emancipation Proclamation\, 2020\, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery\, New York \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/livestream-pictures-progress-black-liberation-in-american-photography/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4823c648305d10a295a07c9c2e3de8d9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200120Z UID:10002176-1770917400-1770921000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Lecture: Pictures and Progress: Black Liberation in American Photography DESCRIPTION:Sarah Churchill\, PhD\, gives a talk entitled “Pictures and Progress: The Path of Black Liberation in American Photography”\n\n\nSarah Churchill\, PhD\, is adjunct professor of Visual & Performing Arts at Fairfield University. On February 12 at 5:30\, join an intimate crowd in the Wien Experimental Theater for an exploration of the role photography has played in Black politics\, identity\, and civil rights. Her talk is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… (January 23-July 25\, 2026).\n\n\nHer talk will also be livestreamed. To register for a reminder\, click here.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists\, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day\, May 1918 and continuing to the present day\, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns\, Faith Ringgold\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Shepard Fairey\, and Julie Mehretu\, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.\n\n\nFor Which it Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox\, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment. For more information\, click here.\n\n \n\n\nImage: Dread Scott\, Emancipation Proclamation\, 2020\, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery\, New York \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/lecture-pictures-and-progress-black-liberation-in-american-photography/ LOCATION:Wien Experimental Theater\, Quick Center for the Arts\, Quick Center for the Arts\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4823c648305d10a295a07c9c2e3de8d9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T140000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200118Z UID:10002175-1770901200-1770904800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Virtual Art in Focus DESCRIPTION:Join an engaging\, informal virtual conversation focused on a single artwork on view in “For Which It Stands…”\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/virtual-art-in-focus/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/b7b8dfa5c3a22534ef7a969c3b235b9d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200116Z UID:10002174-1770897600-1770901200@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Art in Focus at the Museum DESCRIPTION:Join an engaging\, informal gallery conversation focused on a single artwork on view in “For Which It Stands…”\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/art-in-focus-at-the-museum/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/edfae61fdb64f4ce91d52665ed3284f4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200113Z UID:10002173-1769715000-1769720400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Short Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Reclaim the Flag (2025) DESCRIPTION:“Reclaim the Flag” explores the queer community’s relationship with the American flag – join us for a screening + panel discussion!\n\n\nProduced by Alexis Bittar & Bruce Cohen\, this documentary explores the American flag as a symbol of unity for all Americans\, particularly the LGBTQ+ community\, and features interviews with numerous thought leaders and artists. Following the 30-minute screening of Reclaim the Flag\, we will host a panel discussion with:\n\n\n\nAlexis Bittar\, designer\, filmmaker and co-producer of the documentary\nLuchina Fisher\, Visiting Assistant Professor of Film\, Fairfield University Department of Visual and Performing Arts\nShane Vogel\, Professor of English and Black Studies\, and Chair of Theater\, Dance\, and Performance Studies\, Yale University\nAnd moderator\, Sean Edgecomb\, Associate Professor of Theatre and Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies\, Fairfield University Department of Visual and Performing Arts\n\nFree tickets for this event must be reserved through the Quick Center Box Office (link).\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Fairfield University Art Museum in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… (January 23-July 25\, 2026). For more information on the exhibition\, click here. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/short-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-reclaim-the-flag-2025/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, Kelley Theater\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2eedf555fad9fe9446c4b26c81dc1210.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T203000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200111Z UID:10002172-1769106600-1769113800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Opening Reception: For Which It Stands... DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception in Bellarmine Hall\, while both the Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Walsh Gallery will be open for viewing!\n\n\nJoin us from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for a reception in Bellarmine Hall with live music\, food\, and drinks to celebrate the opening of the exhibition For Which It Stands…\n\n\nBoth the Bellarmine Hall Galleries and the Walsh Gallery (in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts) will be open for viewing during the reception. Shuttle service will be available between Bellarmine Hall and the Quick Center.\n\n\n \nAbout the exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists\, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day\, May 1918 and continuing to the present day\, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns\, Faith Ringgold\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Shepard Fairey\, and Julie Mehretu\, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all. For more information\, click here.\n\n\nFor Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox\, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/opening-reception-for-which-it-stands/ LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall – Great Hall & Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f98899a5e4330f88bd7a6b9ac28c6f81.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200109Z UID:10002171-1769103000-1769106600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Livestream Opening Lecture: For Which It Stands... DESCRIPTION:Aaron Q. Weinstein\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of Politics at Fairfield University\, delivers the opening lecture for our new exhibition.\n\n\nTo mark the opening of the exhibition For Which It Stands…\, Aaron Q. Weinstein\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of Politics\, will deliver a lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday\, January 22\, exploring the complex role of the U.S. flag in America’s “civil religion.” Dr. Weinstein will examine how the flag’s meaning shifts based on context\, political use\, and personal interpretation.\n\n\nHis talk will be introduced by Executive Director and Exhibition Curator Carey Weber\, with remarks by Fairfield University President Mark R. Nemec\, PhD. To register for the in-person event at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts\, click here.\n\n\nTo register for the reception that will follow the lecture in Bellarmine Hall\, click here. Shuttles will be available between the Quick Center and Bellarmine Hall.\n\n\n \nAbout the exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists\, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day\, May 1918 and continuing to the present day\, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns\, Faith Ringgold\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Shepard Fairey\, and Julie Mehretu\, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.\n\n \n\n\nFor Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox\, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/livestream-opening-lecture-for-which-it-stands/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/7823edf0e805733b79c7aeec2894608f.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20251215T200107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T200107Z UID:10002170-1769103000-1769106600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Opening Lecture: For Which It Stands... DESCRIPTION:Aaron Q. Weinstein\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of Politics at Fairfield University\, delivers the opening lecture for our new exhibition.\n\n\nTo mark the opening of the exhibition For Which It Stands…\, Aaron Q. Weinstein\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of Politics\, will deliver a lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday\, January 22\, exploring the complex role of the U.S. flag in America’s “civil religion.” Dr. Weinstein will examine how the flag’s meaning shifts based on context\, political use\, and personal interpretation.\n\n\nHis talk will be introduced by Executive Director and Exhibition Curator Carey Weber\, with remarks by Fairfield University President Mark R. Nemec\, PhD. The lecture will also be livestreamed on Arts & Minds Live (to register for a reminder\, click here).\n\n\nTo register for the reception that will follow the lecture in Bellarmine Hall\, click here. Shuttles will be available between the Quick Center and Bellarmine Hall.\n\n\n \nAbout the exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists\, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day\, May 1918 and continuing to the present day\, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns\, Faith Ringgold\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Shepard Fairey\, and Julie Mehretu\, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.\n\n \n\n\nFor Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox\, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/opening-lecture-for-which-it-stands/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, Kelley Theater\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/35cf844bbb2566a18e37ce55b2d7ae0e.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160212Z UID:10000020-1765476000-1765483200@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:The Artful Evening Series DESCRIPTION:Get creative with us during one of our Artful Evening events!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/the-artful-evening-series-3/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/c37686c1c523cb8ffb79945edb92649d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T140000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160202Z UID:10000030-1765458000-1765461600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Virtual Art in Focus: Paolo Fiammingo\, Adoration of the Shepherds DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal conversation around this Venetian Renaissance painting!\n\n\nJoin Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo for an informal discussion of this artwork\, one of the first objects to enter the Museum’s collection: Paolo Fiammingo\, Adoration of the Shepherds\, ca. 1577-1582\, oil on canvas. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation via The Discovery Museum\, Bridgeport\, CT (2009.01.07). We’ll talk about some recent discoveries that have shed more light on the painting’s original appearance!\n\n\nThis conversation will be livestreamed. If you’d like to join the in-person conversation at noon\, click here.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/virtual-art-in-focus-paolo-fiammingo-adoration-of-the-shepherds/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d980378ff569c89ac3edd327a2994832.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160215Z UID:10000029-1765454400-1765458000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Art in Focus: Paolo Fiammingo\, Adoration of the Shepherds\, ca. 1577-1582 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal conversation around this Venetian Renaissance painting!\n\n\nJoin Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo for an informal discussion of this artwork\, one of the first objects to enter the Museum’s collection: Paolo Fiammingo\, Adoration of the Shepherds\, ca. 1577-1582\, oil on canvas. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation via The Discovery Museum\, Bridgeport\, CT (2009.01.07). We’ll talk about some recent discoveries that have shed more light on the painting’s original appearance!\n\n\nIf you’d like to join the virtual conversation\, click here.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/art-in-focus-paolo-fiammingo-adoration-of-the-shepherds-ca-1577-1582/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d980378ff569c89ac3edd327a2994832.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T160000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160200Z UID:10000028-1765029600-1765036800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Quilting Bee Demo with Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project DESCRIPTION:See a live quilting demonstration with members of a local group\, and contribute to our community quilting project.\n\n\nOn Saturday\, December 6\, from 2-4 p.m.\, members of Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project will host a live quilting bee demo in the Walsh Gallery\, inspired by the quilts on view in the exhibition Stitching Time. Participants will also be invited to contribute squares to our community quilting project (supplies provided).\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary\, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art\, and accompanying recorded interviews\, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators\, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be Give Me Life\, a selection of works from women artists presently or formerly incarcerated at York Correctional Institution\, a maximum security state prison in Niantic\, CT\, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875\, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system. For more information\, click here.\n\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n\nImage: Kenya Baleech Alkebu (quilt design); Maureen Kelleher (quilting)\, Martin Got Arrested Again\, 2023\, mixed cotton blends and acrylic paint. Lent by Maureen Kelleher\, © Maureen Kelleher \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/quilting-bee-demo-with-peace-by-piece-the-norwalk-community-quilt-project/ LOCATION:Walsh Art Gallery\, Quick Center for the Arts\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/18ca38e5bb50aa4d1f062519d1ae3b1f.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T160000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160156Z UID:10000027-1765024200-1765036800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Family Day: Snow and Songbirds DESCRIPTION:Drive away the winter chill with bright crafts inspired by our feathered friends and the songs they sing!\n\n\nJoin us on Saturday\, December 6\, 2025 in the Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom for a Family Day inspired by Snow and Songbirds! The first session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and the second at 2:30 p.m. Learn more about our current exhibitions here!\n\n\nDuring this Family Day event\, kids ages 4-10 will creat crafts inspired by our feathered friends and the songs they sing!\n\n\nPlease note: participants can only sign up for one session. If you cannot attend Family Day\, we request that you cancel your reservation either through Eventbrite or by emailing museum@fairfield.edu. Frequent no-shows will result in the inability to register for additional Family Day programs. Thank you!\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/family-day-snow-and-songbirds/ LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom\, Fairfield University\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/b5a469e2d8b132cc149f6110f4893d93.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T173000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160209Z UID:10000010-1764694800-1764696600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Meditation and Mindfulness in the Museum Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person meditation and mindfulness class in our Bellarmine Hall Galleries!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/meditation-and-mindfulness-in-the-museum-series-3/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d7a46dc6acf72c1d52b026e553bbb5f4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T173000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T155953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160117Z UID:10000007-1764608400-1764610200@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Virtual Meditation and Mindfulness Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual mindfulness and meditation class from the comfort of your home!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/virtual-meditation-and-mindfulness-series-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d3c0cbde4fdb8a90b6638d47d067be5f.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160211Z UID:10000019-1763661600-1763668800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:The Artful Evening Series DESCRIPTION:Get creative with us during one of our Artful Evening events!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/the-artful-evening-series-2/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/c37686c1c523cb8ffb79945edb92649d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T160000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160154Z UID:10000026-1763209800-1763222400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Family Day: Making Meaning with Quilts DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun afternoon of art\, inspired by our exhibition Stitching Time!\n\n\nJoin us on Saturday\, November 15\, 2025 in the Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom for a Family Day inspired by the artwork on view in our exhibition Stitching Time: The Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project and Give Me Life: CPA Prison Arts Project. Learn more about the exhibition here! The first session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and the second at 2:30 p.m.\n\n\nDuring this Family Day event\, kids ages 4-10 will explore different ways of using fabric: creating a self-portrait and creating a four-aquare mini-quilt with a personal narrative!\n\n\nPlease note: participants can only sign up for one session. If you cannot attend Family Day\, we request that you cancel your reservation either through Eventbrite or by emailing museum@fairfield.edu. Frequent no-shows will result in the inability to register for additional Family Day programs. Thank you!\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/family-day-making-meaning-with-quilts/ LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom\, Fairfield University\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/847656575c7f2dd73d87a23e2baaaf31.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160151Z UID:10000025-1762966800-1762970400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Virtual Gallery Talk: Maureen Kelleher\, Social Justice Quilts Project DESCRIPTION:Maureen Kelleher\, co-founder of the Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project\, will give a gallery talk on her group’s work.\n\n\nMaureen Kelleher\, co-founder of the Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project at Angola Prison\, will speak about her work with the incarcerated quilt creators and the process of creating the pieces on view in the exhibition Stitching Time. The talk will be livestreamed here.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary\, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art\, and accompanying recorded interviews\, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators\, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be Give Me Life\, a selection of works from women artists presently or formerly incarcerated at York Correctional Institution\, a maximum security state prison in Niantic\, CT\, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875\, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system. For more information on the exhibition\, click here.\n\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n\n \nImage: Kenya Baleech Alkebu (quilt design); Maureen Kelleher (quilting)\, Red\, White and Baldwin\, 2016\, mixed cotton blends and acrylic paint. Lent by Maureen Kelleher\, © Maureen Kelleher \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/virtual-gallery-talk-maureen-kelleher-social-justice-quilts-project/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d4b83bbe8c9ca5ff4ef1e8fd1dd49b54.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T173000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T155959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160205Z UID:10000009-1762880400-1762882200@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Meditation and Mindfulness in the Museum Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person meditation and mindfulness class in our Bellarmine Hall Galleries!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/meditation-and-mindfulness-in-the-museum-series-2/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d7a46dc6acf72c1d52b026e553bbb5f4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T155951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160115Z UID:10000006-1762801200-1762812000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Virtual Meditation and Mindfulness Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual mindfulness and meditation class from the comfort of your home!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/virtual-meditation-and-mindfulness-series-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d3c0cbde4fdb8a90b6638d47d067be5f.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160149Z UID:10000024-1762448400-1762452000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Lecture: Sculpting the Past: Art\, Identity\, and Commemoration DESCRIPTION:Join Kelley Di Dio\, PhD\, for a lecture entitled “Sculpting the Past: Art\, Identity\, and Commemoration in Public Space”\n\n\nKelley H. Di Dio\, Rush C. Hawkins Professor of Art History at the University of Vermont\, discusses the issues around public commemoration of the past\, with a particular focus on the Southern United States. Her talk forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl\, Jr. Lectureships in Art History\, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity\, politics\, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies\, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries\, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage\, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman\, Harriet Tubman\, among other objects from The New York Historical’s collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated\, attacked\, protested\, altered\, and removed. For more information\, click here.\n\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n\nImage: Robert E. Lee Head in process of being melted down\, from the statue group originally on Monument Avenue\, Richmond\, VA. Credit: Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/lecture-sculpting-the-past-art-identity-and-commemoration/ LOCATION:Barone Campus Center\, Dogwood Room\, 1073 N Benson Rd\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/44adb1ce210332cba4dc676d063bb7a3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160146Z UID:10000023-1762448400-1762452000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Livestream Lecture: Sculpting the Past: Art\, Identity\, and Commemoration DESCRIPTION:Join Kelley Di Dio\, PhD\, for a lecture entitled “Sculpting the Past: Art\, Identity\, and Commemoration in Public Space”\n\n\nKelley H. Di Dio\, Rush C. Hawkins Professor of Art History at the University of Vermont\, discusses the issues around public commemoration of the past\, with a particular focus on the Southern United States. Her talk forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl\, Jr. Lectureships in Art History\, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.\n\n\nThis lecture will be livestreamed. Want to join us for the in-person lecture instead? Register here.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity\, politics\, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies\, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries\, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage\, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman\, Harriet Tubman\, among other objects from The New York Historical’s collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated\, attacked\, protested\, altered\, and removed. For more information\, click here.\n\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n \n\n\nImage: Robert E. Lee Head in process of being melted down\, from the statue group originally on Monument Avenue\, Richmond\, VA. Credit: Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/livestream-lecture-sculpting-the-past-art-identity-and-commemoration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/44adb1ce210332cba4dc676d063bb7a3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T140000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160144Z UID:10000022-1762434000-1762437600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Virtual Art in Focus: Tong Yin Yee Shung Gun\, Chinese Laundry\, 1899 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal discussion of this work from the exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy!\n\n\nJoin Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo for an informal discussion of this work from the exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy: Stafford Mantle Northcote\, Tong Yin Yee Shung Gun\, Chinese Laundry\, 1899\, oil on canvas. The New York Historical\, Gift of George A. Zabriskie\, 1946.255\n\n\nThis event will be livestreamed. Want to join the conversation in person at 12 noon? Click here to register.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity\, politics\, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies\, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries\, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage\, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman\, Harriet Tubman\, among other objects from The New York Historical’s collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated\, attacked\, protested\, altered\, and removed. For more information\, click here.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/virtual-art-in-focus-tong-yin-yee-shung-gun-chinese-laundry-1899/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/e9993d408557635f3cbc5b83e90a5c9c.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160214Z UID:10000021-1762430400-1762434000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Art in Focus: Tong Yin Yee Shung Gun\, Chinese Laundry\, 1899 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal discussion of this work from the exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy!\n\n\nJoin Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo for an informal discussion of this work from the exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy: Stafford Mantle Northcote\, Tong Yin Yee Shung Gun\, Chinese Laundry\, 1899\, oil on canvas. The New York Historical\, Gift of George A. Zabriskie\, 1946.255\n\n\nWant to join the virtual conversation at 1pm? Click here to register.\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity\, politics\, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies\, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries\, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage\, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman\, Harriet Tubman\, among other objects from The New York Historical’s collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated\, attacked\, protested\, altered\, and removed. For more information\, click here.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/art-in-focus-tong-yin-yee-shung-gun-chinese-laundry-1899/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/e9993d408557635f3cbc5b83e90a5c9c.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160210Z UID:10000018-1761242400-1761249600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:The Artful Evening Series DESCRIPTION:Get creative with us during one of our Artful Evening events!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/the-artful-evening-series/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/c37686c1c523cb8ffb79945edb92649d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160217Z UID:10000031-1761238800-1761244200@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Lecture: Grappling with Heritage DESCRIPTION:Join Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels\, PhD as she offers an introduction to key theories of heritage management through the lens of monuments.\n\n\nProfessor Lafrenz Samuels\, a leading expert in questions of how societies create and engage with questions of shared heritage\, will offer in this public lecture an introduction to key theories of heritage management through the lens of monuments. To bring these abstract questions to life\, she will explore a wide range of examples\, drawing from her fieldwork in Tunisia where modern peoples determine how they relate to a contested past from ancient Roman dominance to its modern republic\, recent studies of how climate change and biodiversity loss in Italy have affected landscapes designated as heritage sites\, and ongoing debates surrounding “what to do” about problematic monuments from Confederate monuments in Charlottesville to Fascist sites in Sicily.\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Ancient Mediterranean Studies invited speaker series\, and co-sponsored by the Departments of Visual and Performing Art and Anthropology/Sociology. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/lecture-grappling-with-heritage/ LOCATION:Dolan School of Business\, Event Hall\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/0fa097581a7909e5fe040a2a91dc6efe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T193000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160143Z UID:10000017-1761152400-1761161400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Film Screening: We Were Here (2024) DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of the film We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe\, directed by Fred Kuwornu.\n\n\nJoin us at 5 p.m. on Wednesday\, October 22 in the Kelley Center for a screening of the film We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe\, directed by Fred Kuwornu. The film\, which was screened at the 2024 Venice Biennale\, “unveils the untold history of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe through iconic artworks. This multilingual film\, shot across Europe\, challenges the notion that all Blacks were slaves or servants. It reveals a diverse presence\, including princes\, ambassadors\, merchants\, and religious figures. Narrated from an Afro-European perspective\, it explores stories absent from traditional history books. The film interweaves art history with social narratives\, offering a fresh lens on European Renaissance and the complex tapestry of Black presence often overlooked in conventional historical accounts.”\n\n\nDirector Fred Kuwornu will join us for a discussion after the film. This event is co-sponsored by the Fairfield University Art Museum\, the Visual and Performing Arts department\, the Humanities Institute\, the Arts Institute\, the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures\, the Black Studies Program and the Italian Studies Program.\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Italian Studies Program\, Humanities Institute\, Visual & Performing Arts\, Arts Institute\, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures\, Black Studies \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/film-screening-we-were-here-2024/ LOCATION:Aloysius P. Kelley Center\, Loyola Drive\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/835b3dc289533b90d81648e43a7b99a6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T160026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160139Z UID:10000016-1761066000-1761071400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Faculty Roundtable: Incarceration in the U.S. DESCRIPTION:Join a group of Fairfield University faculty to discuss perspectives on the issues surrounding incarceration in the U.S.\n\n\nA group of Fairfield University professors and formerly incarcerated individuals will share their unique perspectives – disciplinary and personal – on the issues surrounding incarceration in the United States. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Stitching Time: Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project and Give Me Life: CPA Prison Arts Program (Walsh Gallery\, September 12 – December 13\, 2025).\n\n\nPanelists include Don Sawyer\, PhD (VP of Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Belonging); Gregg Caruso\, PhD (Director\, Waide Center for Applied Ethics); Sonya Huber (Professor\, English Creative Writing)\, and Kevin O’Brien\, S.J. (Vice Provost\, Executive Director\, Fairfield Bellarmine).\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary\, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art\, and accompanying recorded interviews\, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators\, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be Give Me Life\, a selection of works from women artists presently or formerly incarcerated at York Correctional Institution\, a maximum security state prison in Niantic\, CT\, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875\, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system. For more information\, click here.\n\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/faculty-roundtable-incarceration-in-the-u-s/ LOCATION:Dolan School of Business\, Event Hall\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/49d5c2199c3f4a33a91bf3d7db723946.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T173000 DTSTAMP:20260513T030150 CREATED:20250925T155955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160120Z UID:10000008-1761066000-1761067800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Meditation and Mindfulness in the Museum Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person meditation and mindfulness class in our Bellarmine Hall Galleries!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/meditation-and-mindfulness-in-the-museum-series/ LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d7a46dc6acf72c1d52b026e553bbb5f4.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR