Exhibition Dates: April 13 – May 18, 2025

Through his work, artist Miguel A. Aragón explores subjects of violence, memory, and perception, transforming difficult images into catharsis. This series is a deeply personal collaboration with Aragón’s late mother, whose crochet and personal effects are the foundation of the artwork. It is a conversation between past and present, between mother and son, between the finite nature of our existence and the connections that endure across time.

Miguel A. Aragón was born in Juárez, México. He lives and works in New York City (USA) and Berlin (Germany); he is an Associate Professor in Printmaking and Chairperson of the Department of Performing & Creative Arts, College of Staten Island, CUNY. He has exhibited extensively both in the US and internationally. He’s received numerous awards including the 2022 Southern Graphics Council International Mid-Career Printmaker Award. He was Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in May 2024.

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2-4 PM
Location: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Free and Open to All – RSVP not required

Join us as we celebrate the opening of our Spring exhibition:
All The Unexpressed Love: Works by Miguel A. Aragón

We are honored that Aragón will be able to attend the reception. Don’t miss this chance to meet the artist and gather with other print enthusiasts as you enjoy light appetizers and beverages.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Curator Frauke Kreutler joins us from Vienna to introduce the first-ever monographic exhibition of Trude Fleischmann’s work in the United States. Kreutler curated the major 2011 Fleischmann retrospective at the Wien Museum. Join us on Thursday, May 1 at 5 p.m. in the New Dolan School of Business, Event Hall for this extraordinary event.

About the Exhibition: Austrian-born Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was one of the most accomplished female photographers of the 20th century. After great success in Vienna in the 20s photographing artists, models, and performers, she fled the Anschluss in 1938, first to Paris and then New York. She opened a studio on Fifth Avenue in 1940 and photographed many of the artists and intellectuals of the day, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Albert Einstein. This exhibition will include loans from the Wien Museum in Vienna, Austria, the New York Public Library, private collections, and as well as never-before-exhibited works from family collections.

This event forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation. The event will also be livestreamed , click here to register for a reminder, and if you would like to attend the reception following the lecture, click here to register.

Image: Trude Fleischmann, Sandra and Barbara with Golden Heart Necklaces, 1951, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Barbara Rosenberg Loss. © Trude Fleischmann

Livestream Opening Lecture: Join William Abbott, associate professor of History, as he discusses the historical origins of the Great Hunger/Irish Famine on Thursday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre, streaming here!
Presented in conjunction with An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, organized by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition (Walsh Gallery, April 11-August 16).

About the Exhibition: This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century artists like James Brenan, Daniel Macdonald, James Arthur O’Connor and Jack B. Yeats, as well as sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary artists including John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, and Hughie O’Donoghue. The exhibition is presented by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.

Image: James Arthur O’Connor, Scene in Connemara, 1828, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.

Join this unique conversation with Trude Fleischmann’s biographer Heike Herrberg, and her cousins Barbara R. Loss and Dr. Henry Rosenberg!

Did you know that April 12th is Slow Art Day? With the average museumgoer looking at a piece of art for less than 30 seconds, Slow Art Day encourages people to take more time to deeply appreciate a few works. The recommendation is to take in a single painting or sculpture for 10 minutes to really appreciate its intricacies.

Read our latest newsletter to see how you can try out Slow Art Day at any of our 30 member museums and cultural sites, and to get the latest news and events from the Connecticut Art Trail, including:

• A new social prescribing program in Connecticut that enables health care providers to recommend arts activities as part of a patient’s treatment
• The Center for Contemporary Printmaking reaches its 30th anniversary milestone
• A famous portrait of Henry VIII is now on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
• Family programs at the Slater Memorial Museum, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, and The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
• A look at J.M.W. Turner’s Staffa, Fingal’s Cave, part of the extensive collection of Turner works at the Yale Center for British Art that will be on display at the newly reopened museum
• The grand prize winners of our 2024 Passport-Journal giveaway!

Examine the bold and direct capabilities of woodcut and monotype in combination with instructor Jim Lee.
Print multiple layers of transparent inks and observe how images develop with lush color relationships and luminous surfaces. Participants will develop skills in color ink mixing, registration, printing, and stencil.
Five Points Members get 10% off.
Jim Lee was born in the Mid-west, received a B.A. from Bethany College in studio arts and a M.F.A. in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980. Since the early 1990’s, landscape has been at the core of his work.Jim Lee’s work has been exhibited in many national and international print and artist’s book exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include: Yinchuan Dialogue: China-American International Printmaking Exhibition, Yinchuan Art Museum, 2016; Stand Out Prints, 2016 International Print Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN; Atlanta Print Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, 2015; IPCNY New Prints 2014 (shown at Christies’ Auction House); IPCNY New Prints/New Narratives Summer 2013, NY; and The Boston Printmakers 2013 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA.

Join Us for a Night of Creativity and Sustainable Style
Experience the excitement of a live runway show in a remarkable art space. Back after sold-out shows in 2023 and 2019, AMP’s Recycled Runway brings together designers of all ages and abilities to showcase wearable art made from materials that would otherwise be discarded. This year, the runway spotlight will be on designers’ sheer creativity—and how sustainability can inspire extraordinary artistic breakthroughs.

The Runway at the Mural: Two Art Forms, One Incredible Evening
Models will take to the runway alongside AMP’s remarkable 120-foot-long indoor Art of Work mural that celebrates the stories of workers—and the power of working together. This unique pairing highlights the art of fashion design and clothes-making while raising awareness about sustainability in the fashion industry. All event proceeds benefit the American Mural Project’s hands-on education programs for kids and teens.

Come Be Inspired!
– See the art of up-and-coming designers—from students to professionals.
– Enjoy a night of music, dancing, and connection with fellow art enthusiasts.
– Support AMP’s creative educational programs.
– Join a growing movement that values sustainability in art and fashion.

More Than a Runway—Your Special Evening Includes:
– The Recycled Runway show emceed by comedic playwright Jacques Lamarre
– Up-close runway seats or balcony tickets and access to all three levels of AMP’s renovated mill gallery
– Deejayed dance party with light show after the runway presentation
– Dessert reception with cash/credit bar
– The opportunity to meet the designers and models
– A chance to win eco-friendly raffle prizes while showing your support an arts nonprofit

Event Details
Date: Saturday, May 10
Doors: 6pm
Runway: 7pm
Cash/credit bar
Dance Party and Dessert Reception follow the Runway show.
All proceeds benefit the American Mural Project (AMP), a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

This event is family-friendly. Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult. (Please note the sale of alcohol and amplified music).

SPONSOR THE RUNWAY: https://www.americanmuralproject.org/runway-2025-sponsorships
BUY TICKETS ONLINE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/recycled-runway-2025-tickets-1279655446889?aff=oddtdtcreator

Virtual Art in Focus: Unknown French Artist, Diptych: Scenes from the Life of Christ and the Virgin, ca. 1350-1400, ivory
Discover the intricacies carved in this delicate devotional object, on long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum of art!
Join Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo online!

Image: Unknown French Artist, Diptych: Scenes from the Life of Christ and the Virgin, ca. 1350-1400, ivory. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.214)

Opening Lecture: Join William Abbott, associate professor of History, as he discusses the historical origins of the Great Hunger/Irish Famine on Thursday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre.
Presented in conjunction with An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, organized by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition (Walsh Gallery, April 11-August 16).

About the Exhibition: This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century artists like James Brenan, Daniel Macdonald, James Arthur O’Connor and Jack B. Yeats, as well as sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary artists including John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, and Hughie O’Donoghue. The exhibition is presented by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.
The event will also be livestreamed, click here to register for a reminder.
Image: James Arthur O’Connor, Scene in Connemara, 1828, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.