Family Day: P-P-Pumpkins!

Join 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. During 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! Please note: participants can only sign up for one session. If…

Event Website Add to Calendar

when

October 18, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

where

200 Barlow Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

cost

Free

contact

Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

about

Join 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.
During 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!
Please 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!

Event Website Add to Calendar

join us:

AMERICA ABROAD: Art, Architecture, and Diplomacy – Works from the FAPE Collection

Presented on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 40th anniversary of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the exhibition offers rare public access to artworks typically seen only at US embassies—spaces not generally open to the public—and explores how art and architecture have shaped the United States’ diplomatic presence abroad from the Cold War to today. It draws from FAPE’s Site-Specific, Print, and Photography collections and includes maquettes of sculptures commissioned…

The Onera Foundation

Imagination Playground

Children can build skills, solve problems, and make friends in the Court using an innovative system of large-scale, lightweight blocks designed to encourage fun and learning through curiosity-driven play. For ages 8 and under with adult caregivers. Available throughout September and October: Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri and Sat | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sundays | 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Grace Farms

Materials Studio

Families are invited to play, build, deconstruct, reimagine, and discover the life cycle of everyday materials in our built environment with the Grace Farms Education Team. Inspired by the exhibit With Every Fiber: Pigment, Stone, Glass, families can explore the unique properties of building materials and use their imaginations to create new applications for them. On October 11, 2025, Grace Farms unveiled a new iteration of the With Every Fiber exhibit, which offers insights into forced labor in the building materials supply chain. A…

Grace Farms

follow us: