Category / Placemakers
Aldrich Awarded $75,000 Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum $75,000 to support its 2022 exhibitions program. These essential funds will help realize three important exhibitions: the group exhibition 52 Artists: Revisiting a Feminist Milestone, and two solo exhibitions by artists Milano Chow and Duane Slick.
Connecticut Designates Ridgefield As Its First Cultural District
The Lamont administration has designated the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, a cultural district. It’s the first such designation in the state.
ACT OF CT’s INTO THE WOODS In – Concert
In collaboration with Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, this spellbinding concert production brings a new and unique vision to a modern classic and will feature a powerhouse cast of Broadway talent, past ACT of CT stars, and a few fantastic local celebrities.
Ridgefield Earns State’s First-Ever “Cultural District” Designation
The Cultural District designation recognizes that Ridgefield has an artistic and economic center of cultural activities that makes its community stand out.
US All Exhibition: Call for Art
The fabric of the United States is and was always made of many-colored threads. Lately these threads are frayed. There is outrage and fury emanating from people in response to inequality and injustice which have increasingly revived calls for civil rights, cultural sensitivity, and for protecting vulnerable groups from discrimination and hate crimes. Art can be a powerful catalyst, both for social protest and for promoting harmony and unity among us.
Make Music Ridgefield – June 21
Make Music Ridgefield is joining over 1000 cities worldwide in a global celebration of music inspired by France’s Fête de la Musique on Monday, June 21, 2021. There will also be limited pre-festival events held on Sunday, June 20, 2021.
Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music Ridgefield is open to anyone — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion. Performers can register on the website at www.makemusicday.org/ridgefield. All Make Music Ridgefield day events are free and open to the public.
Call to Artists for Brookfield Craft Center
The Brookfield Craft Center is pleased to announce their Call for Artists for the 6th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Artists on the Rise. This juried show is open to all High School student aged artists in the Greater Danbury area who design and create their own work in any of the following categories: Clay/Ceramic, Photography, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Mixed Media (2D), Mixed Media (3D), Printmaking Painting, Drawing, Metal, Wood, Video.
Twenty Twenty
We’re pleased to share that Twenty Twenty is featured in The New York Times’ Fine Arts & Exhibits special report.
Increasing Civic Health Across Our County
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation welcomes you to our Community Conversations webinar series. The new series will address the ways COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities across Fairfield County, widening the opportunity gap between communities.
Weir Farm Art Alliance Updates Name, Broadens Impact
Weir Farm Art Alliance, formerly Weir Farm Art Center, recently adopted its new name in support of its updated mission and broadened impact.