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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
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/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
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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!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/family-day-snow-and-songbirds/
LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom\, Fairfield University\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meditation and Mindfulness in the Museum Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person meditation and mindfulness class in our Bellarmine Hall Galleries!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/meditation-and-mindfulness-in-the-museum-series-3/
LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual  Meditation and Mindfulness Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual mindfulness and meditation class from the comfort of your home!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/virtual-meditation-and-mindfulness-series-3/
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SUMMARY:The Artful Evening Series
DESCRIPTION:Get creative with us during one of our Artful Evening events!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/the-artful-evening-series-2/
LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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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!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/family-day-making-meaning-with-quilts/
LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom\, Fairfield University\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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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
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/virtual-gallery-talk-maureen-kelleher-social-justice-quilts-project/
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SUMMARY:Meditation and Mindfulness in the Museum Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person meditation and mindfulness class in our Bellarmine Hall Galleries!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/meditation-and-mindfulness-in-the-museum-series-2/
LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual  Meditation and Mindfulness Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual mindfulness and meditation class from the comfort of your home!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/virtual-meditation-and-mindfulness-series-2/
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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
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/lecture-sculpting-the-past-art-identity-and-commemoration/
LOCATION:Barone Campus Center\, Dogwood Room\, 1073 N Benson Rd\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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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
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/livestream-lecture-sculpting-the-past-art-identity-and-commemoration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T130000
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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.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/virtual-art-in-focus-tong-yin-yee-shung-gun-chinese-laundry-1899/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T120000
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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.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T200000
DTSTAMP:20250925T160210Z
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SUMMARY:The Artful Evening Series
DESCRIPTION:Get creative with us during one of our Artful Evening events!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/the-artful-evening-series/
LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T183000
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CREATED:20250925T160110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160217Z
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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.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/lecture-grappling-with-heritage/
LOCATION:Dolan School of Business\, Event Hall\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T193000
DTSTAMP:20250925T160143Z
CREATED:20250925T160031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160143Z
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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
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/film-screening-we-were-here-2024/
LOCATION:Aloysius P. Kelley Center\, Loyola Drive\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T183000
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CREATED:20250925T160026Z
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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 *
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/faculty-roundtable-incarceration-in-the-u-s/
LOCATION:Dolan School of Business\, Event Hall\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meditation and Mindfulness in the Museum Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person meditation and mindfulness class in our Bellarmine Hall Galleries!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/meditation-and-mindfulness-in-the-museum-series/
LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T170000
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SUMMARY:Virtual  Meditation and Mindfulness Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual mindfulness and meditation class from the comfort of your home!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/virtual-meditation-and-mindfulness-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T123000
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SUMMARY:Family Day: P-P-Pumpkins!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun afternoon of art\, inspired by Pointiism\, Pop and Post-Impressionism!\n\n\nJoin us on Saturday\, October 18\, 2025 in the Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom for a Family Day. Learn more about the exhibitions 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 learn about Pointilism\, Pop\, and Post-Impressionism – come learn to draw and paint a pumplin in the style of different artistic movements!\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!
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/family-day-p-p-pumpkins/
LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom\, Fairfield University\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T173000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Community Quilting Project
DESCRIPTION:Artist Lizzy Rockwell leads a drop-in workshop in which participants will design and create a quilt square on the theme of “Justice”!\n\n\nArtist Lizzy Rockwell leads a drop-in workshop in which participants will design and create a quilt square on the theme of “Justice” for a community quilt\, created in conjunction with the Fairfield University Art Museum exhibition Stitching Time: The Social Justice Quilts Collaboration Project (on view in the Walsh Gallery in the Quick Center September 12-December 13\, 2026). All supplies will be provided!\n\n\nFor more information about the exhibition\, click here.\n\n\nImage: A Peace By Piece quilting event at Norwalk Library.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/workshop-community-quilting-project/
LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts Lobby\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T140000
DTSTAMP:20250925T160130Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art in Focus: Johannes Adam Simon Oertel
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick our our Art in Focus series of fall 2025 with a piece 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: Johannes Adam Simon Oertel\, Pulling Down the Statue of King George III\, New York City\, 1852-1853\, oil on canvas. The New York Historical\, Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman\, 1925.6. Courtesy of The New York Historical\n\n\nThis event will be livestreamed. Want to join us for the in-person event 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.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/virtual-art-in-focus-johannes-adam-simon-oertel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T120000
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SUMMARY:Art in Focus: Johannes Adam Simon Oertel
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick our our Art in Focus series of fall 2025 with a piece 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: Johannes Adam Simon Oertel\, Pulling Down the Statue of King George III\, New York City\, 1852-1853\, oil on canvas. The New York Historical\, Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman\, 1925.6. Courtesy of The New York Historical\n\n\nThis event will also be livestreamed at 1 p.m. Click here to register for a reminder.\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.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/art-in-focus-johannes-adam-simon-oertel/
LOCATION:Fairfield University Art Museum\, Bellarmine Hall Galleries\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T180000
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SUMMARY:Livestream Lecture: Latinx Monuments in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Join art historian Marisa Lerer\, PhD\, for a lecture on Latinx monuments!\n\n\nArt historian Marisa Lerer works on modern and contemporary art in Latin America and Latinx art\, with a specific focus on monuments as sites of public memory. Her talk will draw upon the themes introduced by the exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy and expand outward to consider the history of monuments dedicated to Latinx and Latin American figures in the United States and beyond.\n\n\nThis lecture forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl\, Jr. Lectureships in Art History\, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation and is co-sponsored by the program in Latinx\, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.\n\n\nThis talk will be livestreamed. Want to join us for the in-person lecture? 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* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n\nImage: Judith F. Baca\, Arch of Dignity\, Equality\, and Justice\, San José State University\, San José\, California\, 2005-2008.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/livestream-lecture-latinx-monuments-in-the-united-states/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Latinx Monuments in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Join art historian Marisa Lerer\, PhD\, for a lecture on Latinx monuments!\n\n\nArt historian Marisa Lerer works on modern and contemporary art in Latin America and Latinx art\, with a specific focus on monuments as sites of public memory. Her talk will draw upon the themes introduced by the exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy and expand outward to consider the history of monuments dedicated to Latinx and Latin American figures in the United States and beyond.\n\n\nThis lecture forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl\, Jr. Lectureships in Art History\, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation and is co-sponsored by the program in Latinx\, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.\n\n\nThis talk will also be livestreamed. To register for a reminder\, click 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\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *\n\n\nImage: Judith F. Baca\, Arch of Dignity\, Equality\, and Justice\, San José State University\, San José\, California\, 2005-2008.
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/lecture-latinx-monuments-in-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Diffley Board Room\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T173000
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SUMMARY:Art-Making Workshop with Artist Maria De Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this special opportunity to contribute to an artwork by Maria De Los Angeles that will be on view in our upcoming exhibition!\n\n\nArtist Maria De Los Angeles is working on a commissioned textile sculpture for our 2026 exhibition For Which It Stands… Participants in this workshop will have the unique opportunity to create a miniature flag representing their own heritage or concerns that she will incorporate into the artwork! Supplies will be provided\, but the artist encourages participants to bring along materials they might like to upcycle (like old denim\, bandanas\, etc.).\n\n\nSpace is limited and registration is required. For more information on the exhibition click here. For more information on Maria De Los Angeles\, click here.\n\n\n* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *
URL:https://westportjournal.com/calendar/art-making-workshop-with-artist-maria-de-los-angeles/
LOCATION:Bellarmine Hall\, Museum Classroom\, Fairfield University\, 200 Barlow Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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