Fairfield University Art Museum is pleased to present Peter Anton: Just Desserts, a solo exhibition of Anton’s incredibly realistic, oversized pop sculptures of desserts, on view from May 10 through July 27, 2024.

Anton’s models for his array of desserts come from products that are instantly familiar to the viewer and evoke nostalgia for childhood (and adult) favorites. Sculptures that will be featured in the exhibition include a melting chocolate-covered ice cream pop, a candy apple, a gigantic box of donuts, and an enormous box featuring a deluxe assortment of chocolates, with one empty brown paper candy cup.

Fairfield University Art Museum Executive Director Carey Weber said, “I am delighted that we are able to present this exuberantly fun exhibition featuring the work of an internationally renowned sculptor. It is particularly exciting to have this exhibition in Fairfield, Anton’s hometown, where it can be appreciated by his friends and family, as well as to introduce his artwork to those who may not be familiar with it.” The exhibition will be in Fairfield University Art Museum’s Walsh Gallery, and accessible through the museum’s website as a video tour and a 3-D virtual tour.

 
The museum is celebrating the opening of this exhibition on Thursday, May 9 with a reception and lecture by Amy Nawrocki and Eric D. Lehman, who will speak about centuries of dessert-making in the Nutmeg State. Nawrocki and Lehman are the authors of A History of Connecticut Food, and the title of their talk is “Connecticut Confections.” The reception will feature free samples of Peter Anton special edition chocolates and ice cream sundaes, with gourmet ice creams and chocolate sauce generously provided by exhibition sponsor BE Chocolat of Fairfield.

Peter Anton (American, b. 1963)

For over 25 years, Peter Anton’s iconic works have been extensively exhibited in solo exhibitions throughout the world, including the Allan Stone Gallery, Hammer Galleries, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, and Unix Gallery in New York City; Urban Art in Seoul; Guy Pieters Gallery in Belgium; Gallery Delaive in Amsterdam; Rarity Gallery in Mykonos; Scott Richards Contemporary Art in San Francisco; Gallery Valentine in East Hampton; and Arcature Fine Art in Palm Beach. Mr. Anton has exhibited in numerous museums, including solo exhibitions at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and Netherlands’ Museum Jan van der Togt in Amstelveen. As well, Anton work has been
included in group exhibitions at the Museum Villa Rot in Burgrieden-Rot, Germany; the Austin Museum of Art in Texas; the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York; the Fresno Metropolitan Art Museum; the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut; the Castellani Art Museum in Niagara, New York; the COPIA Museum in Napa Valley, California; the William Benton Museum in Storrs, Connecticut; the Schloss Gottorf Museum in Schleswig, Germany; the Museum Ritter in Waldenbuch, Germany; the Strathmore Museum in Bethesda, Maryland; the Schloss Neuenburg Museum in Neuenburg, Germany; the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany; the Staatliche Kunsthalle in
Karlsruhe, Germany; the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri; the Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana; the Copelouzos Art Museum in Athens; and the Madden Museum of Art in Denver, Colorado.

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Fairfield University’s 74^th Commencement ceremonies will take place on the weekend of May 18 and 19, 2024. Graduate exercises will be held at the Leo D. Mahoney Arena on Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m., and Undergraduate exercises are scheduled for Sunday, May 19 at 9:30 a.m. on Bellarmine Lawn.

For the first time in the University’s history, international graduates from Fairfield’s Charles F. Dolan School of Business Shanghai MBA program will receive their diplomas in person at the graduate ceremony on the main campus in Connecticut. The Dolan School’s nationally ranked MBA program has been available to professionals in Shanghai since 2020, in partnership with Golden Education, one of the largest management training companies in China.

The Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport will address Fairfield University’s undergraduate Class of 2024 and will be presented with a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree by University President Mark R. Nemec, PhD.

As a distinguished leader in the Catholic Church, Bishop Caggiano has dedicated his life to embodying the values of faith, compassion, and service, and has tirelessly worked to build faith communities of solidarity and inclusion. In addition to his pastoral duties, Bishop Caggiano has been actively involved in World Youth Day, serves on several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, is the Chaplain for Legatus International, and has served as the chairman of the Board of Directors for Catholic Relief Services for three years. In 2018, he represented the United States at the Vatican during the XV Ordinary General Assembly dedicated to Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. 

As a longtime friend and supporter of Fairfield University, Bishop Caggiano was instrumental in the opening of Fairfield Bellarmine, the University’s new associate’s degree program, which has expanded access to Catholic higher education in the region. In 2019, he received the prestigious Bowler Award from Fairfield University’s Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality, in recognition of his pastoral contributions to the Diocese of Bridgeport and his exemplification of the spirit of St. Ignatius Loyola.

Bishop Caggiano was educated in the Jesuit ethos of intellectual inquiry and social justice. After graduating from Regis High School in Manhattan in 1977, he was admitted to Yale University and transferred to Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, where he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of Philosophy degree. He earned a Master of Divinity at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1987, and in 2006 was named Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn and Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaigh by Pope Benedict XVI. In September 2013, he was installed as the fifth Bishop of Bridgeport.

The graduate ceremony speaker will be Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León who will be honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree, in recognition of his unwavering commitment to economic reform, social justice, and international cooperation in both governance and academia, and visionary leadership.

Zedillo served as the president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, and prior to his presidency, held prominent positions within the Mexican government, including deputy director at the Central Bank of Mexico and minister of education, where he spearheaded initiatives to improve access to quality education for all citizens.

Zedillo has been a leading voice in global affairs, serving in leadership roles for numerous boards and organizations, including the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Global Commission on Elections, the London School of Economics, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the International Commission on Global Public Goods, the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age, and the Global Development Network. 

As the director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, a professor in the field of international economics and politics, and an adjunct professor at the Yale School of the Environment, Zedillo has dedicated himself to the education of young people on both the theory and practice of sustainable development, and positive economic interdependence.

He received the Fairfield University Distinguished Leadership Award in 2004. An endowed scholarship in his name, the Ernesto Zedillo Scholarship, recognizes academic achievement for Fairfield students of Mexican heritage with financial need.  Zedillo earned his undergraduate degree at the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico and his master’s and doctoral degrees at Yale University.

Doctor of Laws honorary degrees will also be bestowed upon Patrick J. Waide, Jr., at the undergraduate ceremony, and Carolyn M. Vermont at the graduate ceremony.

Patrick J. Waide, Jr., ‘59, is a distinguished alumnus who has made a positive impact on the University community and beyond through his exemplary career, commitment to service, and ethical leadership. Waide rose to prominence as a trailblazer in international professional services, first as a certified public accountant and culminating in his role as vice chairman, international and senior partner at Deloitte. He guided multinational clients through the complexities of global commerce, earning widespread acclaim for his strategic acumen, integrity, and unwavering commitment to excellence. 

Subsequently, Waide was executive vice president for finance and administration of The Bessemer Group, Incorporated, president and CEO of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and a director of the Mutual of America Institutional Funds and the Mutual of America Investment Corporation. His nonprofit work includes serving as the National Catholic Publishing Company director and the president of the Advisory Board for the Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence for the aged poor in New York City. 

Waide has had a transformative impact on the Fairfield community, most notably through his generous support of the Center for Applied Ethics at the Dolan School of Business, renamed The Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics. Waide has worked to advance the University’s mission, through his service as a University trustee, as a member of the Dolan School of Business Advisory Board, and the Fairfield Awards Dinner Committee. He received the Fairfield Awards Dinner Alumni Professional Achievement Award in 1974, the Alumni Service Award in 1989, and the Fairfield University 50th Jubilee Medal in 1993.

Waide graduated from Fairfield University with a bachelor’s of business administration in accounting, and as the 1959 valedictorian and the Bellarmine Philosophy Award recipient. He earned an MBA in banking and finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. 

As the CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County, Carolyn Vermont ’82, MA ’84, leads initiatives that provide affordable housing solutions and empower families to build brighter futures. Previously, Vermont served as the mayor’s community liaison for the city of Bridgeport, where she played a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between local government and grassroots organizations. In addition to her role as vice president and public relations chair for the West Indian-American Association of Greater Bridgeport, Vermont has worked with Upward Bound and INROADS, where she helped recruit, train, and place students of color in corporate internships that led to full-time jobs.

Vermont’s volunteer leadership positions span local, statewide, and national organizations. From serving on the Fairfield University Board of Trustees, Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions Advisory Board, Reunion Committee, and Annual Giving Committee, to championing efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. Vermont has served as a First Lady Michelle Obama Women’s Roundtable representative and a White House Changemaker at the 2016 United State of Women Summit. As president of the Rotary Club of Bridgeport, she helped fund scholarships and grants to deserving students, teachers, and local nonprofits. 

Vermont has been recognized with the 2008 Fairfield University Alumni Service Award, the Bridgeport Regional Business Council Susan L. Davis Community Leadership Award, Rotarian of the Year, and Cardinal Shehan Center Volunteer of the Year. 

She earned earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1982, and her master’s degree in education in 1984 from Fairfield University, and pursued doctoral studies at the University of Bridgeport before immersing herself in her work with the community. 

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Andy Summer to kick off summer tour at the Commuinty Theatre in Fairfield on May 30th. See tour dates below. Tickets are on sale now via shucommunitytheatre.org

Legendary guitar virtuoso, Rock Hall of Fame Inductee, and multiple Grammy®-winning artist, Andy Summers, continues his North American run with The Cracked Lens + A Missing String theatre tour this summer beginning May 30 in Fairfield, Connecticut – routing below. Summers began visiting intimate theatres in 2023 incorporating his collective works into an insightful evening spanning his career where plays guitar and improvises to several sequences of his photography shot worldwide, reads excerpts from his book of short stories Fretted and Moaning, shares insights on his music and photography, including his most recent photography book A Series of Glances, and performs selections from his extensive solo catalog. “I’m thrilled to be going out with his show again,” says Summers – “let the light shine… after all we went through.” For more information click here. 

Andy Summers is a celebrated guitarist, composer, photographer, documentarian, author, and member of one of the most influential and acclaimed acts in musical history, The Police. With a catalog that has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and spawned multiple chart toppers including “Message in a Bottle,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Can’t Stand Losing You,” “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic,” just to name a few, as well as four of their five studio albums making Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, The Police continue to be one of the most celebrated acts in music history. Summers is a five-time Grammy® winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and has spent the past four decades performing live to audiences across the globe. Summers has released multiple solo projects in recent years as well as collaborations with John Etheridge, Robert Fripp, Fernanda Takai, Ben Verdery, and Victor Biglione. In 2007, The Police reunited for a 14-month global tour becoming the third highest-grossing tour at the time.

In recent years Summers has become a noted author including the 2006 release of his memoir, OneTrain Later(St. Martin’s Publishing Group), the inspiration for his 2012 documentary film, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police, and his first work of fiction released in 2021, Fretted and Moaning: Short Stories (Rocket 88). Summers has found considerable success as a noted photographer with more than 60 worldwide exhibitions to date including Leica Gallery in Los Angeles, Paris/LA Independent Photo Show, and Kunst; Licht Photo Art Gallery in Shanghai; Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier, France; and the Boneffanten Museum in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Summer tour dates

Thursday, May 30 Sacred Heart Community Theatre        Fairfield, CT

Saturday, June 1            Newton Theatre                                    Newton, NJ

Sunday, June 2            The Kate                                            Old Saybrook, CT

Tuesday, June 4             Shalin Liu Performance Center            Rockport, MA

Wednesday, June 5      Cary Hall                                                Lexington, MA

Thursday, June 6           Jane Pickens Theatre                            Newport, RI

Saturday, June 8            Waldo Theatre                                      Waldo, ME

Sunday, June 9              Nashua Center for the Arts                   Nashua, NH

Wednesday, June 12    Le Poisson Rouge                                New York, NY

Thursday, June 13         Sellersville Theater                               Sellersville, PA

Saturday, June 15         Miracle Theatre                                     Washington, DC

Sunday, June 16            Jefferson Theatre                                   Charlottesville, VA

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In collaboration with Fairfield Museum and History Center at 370 Beach Road, Fairfield, CT, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present, The Mansion’s Gilded Age Tea, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, 2-4 p.m.

Co-chaired by LMMM Trustees Tatiana Mendoza and Kathy Olsen, this event will feature luxurious tea refreshments, a silent auction, a hat contest, music by Harpist Wendy Kerner, and a fascinating exploration of Fairfield Museum’s exhibit titled, Money Talks: The Gilded Age in Fairfield. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and tickets are $60 for members and $65 for non- members (for both museums) available to purchased here. 
www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com. Proceeds will benefit LMMM’s and Fairfield Museum’s educational and cultural programs. Event co-chair Tatiana Mendoza said, “We are thrilled to collaborate with Fairfield Museum for a memorable afternoon filled with history, culture, and tea delights.  Guests will have an opportunity to stroll the beautiful flagstone patio, shop for gifts donated by local businesses, and revel in the Gilded Age era, while learning about the estates that once graced Connecticut’s Gold Coast.”

The exhibition will explore immigrant labor and innovative businessmen, domestic servants, and wealthy vacationers, growing public need and local benefactors. Dichotomies characterize the Gilded Age in Fairfield. The “Gilded Age” (1865-1912) was a period of immense growth in America known for lavish expressions of wealth and cavernous class distinctions. In 1873, Mark Twain gave the era its name with the novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Tremendous social and economic changes could also be found in Fairfield—changes that would not have been possible without the working class supporting the grand lifestyle of the upper classes. This
exhibition presents the industrialists, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who summered in the Fairfield area, including P.T. Barnum, Annie Burr and Oliver Gould Jennings, Dr. Ira DeVer Warner, and Jonathan and Harriet V.S. Thorne, alongside the people who made their lifestyles possible. Money Talks: The Gilded Age in Fairfield is on view at the Fairfield Museum and History Center through June 16, 2024.

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Fairfield University Art Museum is pleased to present Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color, a solo exhibition of Chamlin’s recent paintings on view from April 5 through July 27, 2024, in the Museum’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries.
This selection of recent works by the artist explores ideas about color theory and light through a series of landscape painting and interior still lifes. For each of the paintings in the exhibition, Chamlin set a highly specific palette; experimentation within this limited range then guided her decisions about process and pictorial space.

A wonderful selection of programming has been created to complement the exhibition, including a virtual talk on color theory, a gallery talk with the artist, a family day event focused on color, and a drawing party which will focus on still lifes. All of the programs are free and open to the public.

A complementary exhibition of fourteen photographs is on view in the rear Bellarmine Hall Galleries during the run the Chamlin exhibition. Entitled The Landscape in Focus: Recent Acquisitions of Photography this exhibition includes works by Adger Cowans, Catherine Opie, Victoria Sambunaris, James Welling, and Huang Yan among others.

Suzanne Chamlin

Suzanne Chamlin (American, b. 1963) received her BA from Barnard College and MFA from the Yale School of Art. She lives and works in Connecticut. She has been a professor in the Studio Art Program at Fairfield University since 2009. She has won numerous awards and residencies including at Yaddo, and the Josef Albers Foundation, her work has been exhibited nationally in solo and group exhibitions, and is included in numerous public and private collections including those of the National Gallery of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Suzanne’s process centers on experimentation. Observing the landscape and painting the changing light inspires her imagination and her sense of invention. Seeing and observing color in the landscape and translating it in her paintings is fundamental to her process. The challenges of painting with the conditions of changing light and weather are always present in her artistic practice. Her process includes multiple revisions and thought to time in constructing a landscape, and attention to the range of possibilities for creating a picture, a landscape, and pictorial space.

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Wilderado
Fairfield Theatre Company • 70 Sanford St, Fairfield, CT 06824
June 17, 2024
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Wilderado is thrilled to share “Sometimes” b/w “Tomorrow” via Bright Antenna Records – listen click here to preorder vinyl and to listen – and available on limited edition 7” vinyl. The new songs were written by the band during sessions for their forthcoming sophomore album, recorded in Norman, Oklahoma, and produced by Chad Copelin (Sufjan Stevens, SYML) and James McAlister(Gracie Abrams, The National). The two-track single is Wilderado’s first new music of 2024 and follows last fall’s “In Between” single, whose latest version featured guest vocals from Matt Berninger of The National. News of “Sometimes” b/w “Tomorrow” comes along with news of the band’s June US headline tour.

As the first new single “Sometimes” kicks in with the sound of Max’s gentle vocals over an acoustic guitar you are reminded of where Wilderado has come from. The single harkens back to some of the band’s earliest recordings and when asked about the song Max shared, “This is a look into coping mechanisms. It’s something I’ve struggled with this year. I convince myself I need help calming down or being social at the right times. The first part of the song is indulgence, the second part is the reality of the situation and the ending is the honest bit.”

“Tomorrow” brings you into the present and reflects the growth of the group since originally forming in 2015, with more complex song structures and melodies. “Tomorrow came from a lost guitar part that we finally stitched into a song,” revealed Max, adding, “For some reason the body of music felt like a safe place to try and dive into my troubled faith. The further I went the heavier it got. Similar to the energy that builds in a frustrating conversation, I feel like the song helped me ride a motivation and spill my guts a bit.”

Since first forming, Wilderado has been steadily building a passionate fan base. They have accrued 200+ MILLION streams and 3+ MILLION monthly listeners across platforms and their live following has continued to grow each year. The as yet-to-be-titled sophomore LP will follow the band’s self-titled debut full-length. Released October 2021 via Bright Antenna Records, the album led to their Late Night TV Debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and AM TV Debut on CBS Saturday Morning. Last spring Wilderado toured with My Morning Jacket and released Wilderado Live – their first ever live LP featuring career spanning songs including “Surefire” and “Head Right” (their two Top 10 Alternative Radio hits from Wilderado) along with several older songs including “Wheat” and “Morning Light” as well as fan favorite “Rubble to Rubble.”

Wilderado is excited to be sharing new music along with the spring tour news and for the most up-to-date information visit their website. All June dates will be supported by Flyte.

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Crank it up and boogie down, ‘cause FTC is takin’ you to Funky Town. On Friday, April 5th at 8:00pm, The Warehouse at Fairfield Theatre Company will be transformed into Studio 54, the most iconic disco club of the ‘70s, for an electrifying dance party fundraiser. This funky event promises to be an unforgettable night of music, dancing, and a groovy blast to the past. 

Get in your satin spandex and slip on those sequins for this Disco Dance Party. FTC is bringing you an evening filled with glittering disco balls, dazzling lights, and the infectious beats that define the era. Disco  Awards will be presented to party goers for Best Costume, Best Dancer(s), Best Group, and more, so festive attire is encouraged! And of course, renowned Master of Ceremonies and Disc Jockey, DJ Echo, will be spinning classic disco and funky remixes to guarantee your groovin’ on the dance floor. 

The FTC Disco Dance Party Fundraiser will feature specialty drinks from event sponsor Tito’s, iconic ‘70s guests, and photo opportunities to capture – and savor – your night, plenty of disco swag, and fun surprises throughout the evening. Proceeds from this event enable Fairfield Theatre Company to further enrich the community through music, art, film, theatre, education and culture by bringing the very best in arts and entertainment to Fairfield County. 

“The much-anticipated return to FTC’s disco party will not disappoint! Our Disco Dance Party has

long been the community’s favorite event, and this year we are going to blow the roof off the sucker,” says event chair Allison Ziering Walmark. So, grab your friends, bell-bottoms, and best moves because FTC promises the funkiest, grooviest, good-vibiest, shimmering-lightiest, boogie-wonderlandiest, disco-clubbiest fundraiser ever! 

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 GA: $50

 VIP: $100 includes two drink tickets, an event t-shirt, and VIP ‘70s swag

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The Kershner Gallery in the Fairfield Public  Library will have a reception for “Nature’s Narratives”, the artwork of Susan Fehlinger, Corinne Lapin-Cohen, and Anda Styler  on April 11 at 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The artists will talk about their work at 6 pm. The show can be viewed from April 6 to June 1 during library hours. The Fairfield Library is at 1080 Old Post Road in Fairfield. Corinne Lapin-Cohen lives and works in Katonah, New York, where she teaches drawing and painting at Stone House Studio. She graduated Russell Sage College with a degree in art history, and did her graduate work in environmental preservation. Corinne was the founder of the botanical art program at The Lasdon Arboretum, taught botanical watercolor and drawing at The New York Botanical Gardens, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, was an adjunct professor at Lehman College and at the Katonah Museum of Art. She was part of the panel discussion “Artists Talking on Art” with the Smithsonian Institution, and appears as a guest lecturer for various groups speaking on botanical or abstract art. Her artwork is exhibited in museums, universities, art galleries, corporate headquarters, botanical gardens, arboretums, hospitals and environmental centers throughout the country. She is included in the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, Ameriprise, and Merrill Lynch. Her work is acquired by collectors and has been published in books and periodicals. Corinne states, “I have painted traditional botanical watercolors for 25 years. My intention is to merge art and science – scientific awareness with the hand and eye of the artist.i. The  importance of plants in our life is critical to our survival. My focus extends to the broader environmental impact upon bees, water, soil, and air quality. Currently I am creating large abstract oil and mixed media works on canvas. Although my work has evolved into a more abstract genre, humanity and the environment remain my focus. There is a balance between pure abstraction and identifiable subject matter. The ambiguity of meaning allows the paintings to have multiple layers of interpretation.”

Susan Fehlinger is a self-taught oil painter. She has exhibited widely in the area and she teaches at the Rowayton Art Center.

She says, “I had yearned to paint throughout my 35 year career as a television producer in New York city. So in 2003 I quit my job, bought a Bed and Breakfast and moved to Cape Cod. I wanted to explore my right brain after years of favoring the left.  I discovered the palette knife that year and found that I could apply paint on a canvas quickly, thickly, and spontaneously. I loved the textures I could produce with the knife and I loved no brushes to wash. I began painting the coastal landscapes and cottages around me. I pushed the contrast of the Cape light, played with composition, scale, placement and negative/positive spaces. Hopper is my hero. 

I want to create a strong sense of place, a familiar but somewhat abstracted place— that  calm place that we long for in these unsettling times—and then to capture it when the light is just right.

Anda Styler graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1983 with a BA in fine arts. She had her first show that same year and from there went on to many shows and gallery representation, group and solo with great success. She has also been published in several North Light books, Art in America Magazine,The Artists magazine, winning competitions in acrylic painting, and the NY Times, where twice her work was featured for upcoming exhibitions.Over the years, she has had representation in fine art galleries in many different states. In Santa Fe NM, she fell in love with the landscape there and leaned to paint it with passion. Anda says, “My passion is painting and I love creating composition, color harmony, color balance, contrast – light and shadow  –  all around me in the ever changing landscape. There is a lot of understanding that goes into my painting -observing the sky and the wind patterns – how the time of day & time of year effect the landscape – light and shadow – and the buildings that capture the contrast. I invite the viewer into the painting – invited to be in the creation for just a moment….”

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Special Olympics Connecticut is pleased to announce dates for its upcoming Penguin Plunge events and invites all to register for a Penguin Plunge at www.soct.org/plunge. Participants in the Plunge, at all locations, will jump into the chilly waters of a lake or Long Island Sound to support the organization’s year-round sports, health and fitness programs for athletes around the state and help create communities that accept and include people of all abilities. To find out more, visit soct.org, email specialolympicsct@soct.org or call 203-230-1201. And, follow Special Olympics Connecticut on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and LinkedIn.

Participants in ALL Plunges, must be at least eight years old and register for $25. All are asked to raise an additional $75, totaling $100 to support Special Olympics Connecticut. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged and may be done online at www.soct.org/plunge. There is also the opportunity to do a virtual Penguin Plunge – anytime, anyplace!

Fairfield Penguin Plunge at Jennings Beach, 88 S. Benson Road, Fairfield on Saturday, April 13^th  

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Stop! It’s Hammertime …. only at Fairfield Theatre Company on Friday, January 26^th in The Warehouse! Get ready to step back in time and relive the raddest decade of all – the 90s. FTC is thrilled to announce its first dance party fundraiser of 2024. If you’ve been missing the good ol’ days of grunge, neon, and boy bands, mark your calendars for a night of nostalgia, laughter, and all-around fun. Shake off the winter blues and work it out on the dance floor to favorites from Ace of Base, LL Cool J, Spice Girls, NSYNC, Jay-Z, Cypress Hill, Salt N Pepa and every other chart-topping sensation from the 90s. From grunge to pop, hip-hop to alternative, DJ Groove has got your favorite jams covered. Get ready to dance the night away to the tunes that shaped a generation.

What’s a 90s party without a rad fashion scene? Grab your flannel or babydoll dress – it’s time to show off your best 90s-inspired threads. Whether you were a grunge rocker, a pop princess, or a hip-hop head, FTC wants to see your style game on point. In addition to the gnarly music and awesome outfits, The Warehouse will be decked out in the most righteous 90s décor, from fun inflatable props to life-size cutouts of your favorite icons. 

This dance party isn’t just about reliving the glory days; it’s also an opportunity to support the arts and culture in our community. Fairfield Theatre Company is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting and enriching the community through the transforming power of the arts. Joining them on the dance floor, you’re not just having the time of your life – you’re also contributing to the vibrancy and cultural richness of the community.

So, lace up those Doc Martens, throw on your favorite windbreaker, and join FTC for a night of 90s magic in The Warehouse at FTC. Get ready to relive the nostalgia, make memories, and dance the night away – it’s going to be all that and more. See you on the dance floor, party people! #FTC90sDanceParty 

Tickets for this blast from the past are available here. 

GA: $38

VIP: $55 includes one drink ticket and a custom designed t-shirt

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