TEEN ART WORKSHOPS
AMP’s Teen Art Workshops are open to all skill levels. The suggested donation is $10, but all teens are welcome regardless of ability to pay. Come ready to make art, try new things, and connect with a community of teen creatives.

Intro to Oil Painting with Abigail Lindquist
Saturday, February 28
10:30am-1:30pm, AMP Program Room
Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Kahlo, YOU! Many of the greatest artists in history worked with oil paints for their vibrant array of colors…and ability to easily hide mistakes! AMP Educator and Artist Abigail Lindquist will show you basic color mixing techniques and help you create a color wheel mixed from primary colors. As you paint your very own still life, the workshop will cover everything from the basics to safety and storage.

Abigail Lindquist is a multimedia artist and educator with a background in fine arts and art history from Central Connecticut State University. Her work spans oil painting, fiber arts, photography, printmaking, and narrative installation. With over a decade of teaching experience, Abigail designs hands-on programs that encourage young artists to explore their own creative voice while building the skills and language to engage more deeply with art. She has also worked in artist representation and commercial photography, supporting illustrators whose work appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the BBC. At AMP, she leads thoughtful, media-driven workshops that inspire connection, curiosity, and artistic growth.

Looking for creative, engaging activities for the whole family? AMP’s Family Days offer an exciting lineup of hands-on activities for children of all ages. Games, storytimes, art projects, and interactive learning programs spark kids’ curiosity and creativity—and celebrate the art of work. AMP’s Family Days are the perfect way to spend quality time together.

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵. 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆!

Family Days also coincide with AMP’s popular Teen Art Studio from 10:30am–1:30pm—something for everyone in the family.

March 14 Family Day Schedule:
𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲
With special guest Carol Parent from Beardsley Library.

𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗠𝗣
Includes scavenger hunts and kid-friendly tours.

𝟭:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝘁!
Fun with Author Dan Rau & The Bookmobile!
Starting with cave paintings and hieroglyphics, humans have used both art and writing to tell stories. In this fun, interactive family activity, children’s author and illustrator Dana Rau will guide you through how to make a Zine, a DIY magazine that is part personal, part collaboration, part poetry, part art, and all cool! Every participant will leave with their very own Zine to keep the creativity going.

Added bonus: the Read to Grow Bookmobile will be on-site from 10am to 3pm for kids to explore books and find one to bring home!

AMP’s Family Days are supported by the generosity of the Comis Foundation and Torrington Savings Bank. The Teen Art Studio is made possible in part by Torrington Savings Bank Foundation.

LOCATION
90 Whiting Street
Winsted, CT 06098
860-379-3006

Join Jackie DeLise, master certified meditation and mindfulness teacher and stress management expert, for a virtual guided meditation class. Jackie will share ancient wisdom for your modern lifestyle, and will guide you in becoming your true self.
No prior experience necessary – learn how to cultivate inner calm, clarity, peace and harmony in your life. All are welcome!
To learn more about Jackie visit: https://www.jackiedelise.com/.

Join Jackie DeLise, master certified meditation and mindfulness teacher and stress management expert, for a guided meditation class in the tranquil Bellarmine Hall Galleries. Jackie will share ancient wisdom for your modern lifestyle, and will guide you in becoming your true self.
No prior experience necessary – learn how to cultivate inner calm, clarity, peace and harmony in your life. All are welcome!
To learn more about Jackie visit: https://www.jackiedelise.com/.

Join us as we discuss some of the works on view in For Which It Stands… in an informal setting, led by Curator of Education and Academic Engagement Michelle DiMarzo!

February 12: Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Italian Day, May 1918, 1918, oil on canvas, 36 x 26 in. Art Bridges. Bellarmine Hall Galleries

About the exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.
For Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment.

Join us as we discuss some of the works on view in For Which It Stands… in an informal virtual setting, led by Curator of Education and Academic Engagement Michelle DiMarzo!
February 12: Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Italian Day, May 1918, 1918, oil on canvas, 36 x 26 in. Art Bridges.

About the exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.
For Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment.

Sarah Churchill, PhD, is adjunct professor of Visual & Performing Arts at Fairfield University. On February 12 at 5:30, join an intimate crowd in the Wien Experimental Theater for an exploration of the role photography has played in Black politics, identity, and civil rights. Her talk is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… (January 23-July 25, 2026).
Her talk will also be livestreamed.

About the Exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.
For Which it Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment.

Image: Dread Scott, Emancipation Proclamation, 2020, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York

Sarah Churchill, PhD, is adjunct professor of Visual & Performing Arts at Fairfield University. On February 12 at 5:30, join an intimate crowd in the Wien Experimental Theater for an exploration of the role photography has played in Black politics, identity, and civil rights. Her talk is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… (January 23-July 25, 2026).

About the Exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.
For Which it Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment.

Image: Dread Scott, Emancipation Proclamation, 2020, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York

Sardis, capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia (present-day western Türkiye), was famous in antiquity for its luxurious textiles, scented cosmetics, fast horses, and gold-bearing sands of the Paktolos River—the legendary source of the Lydian king Croesus’ wealth. Located on one of the main trade routes from the Aegean coast to inland Anatolia, the city was a place of intense cultural interchange between the Lydians and the ancient Greeks. Pottery, sculpture, and architectural works excavated at Sardis in the early twentieth century now feature prominently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yet, new research on this material as part of the planning for a major upcoming exhibition at the MET, Across Wine-Dark Seas: Art and Identity Beyond Ancient Greece (December 14, 2026-April 11, 2027), helps us to understand in new important ways the dynamic interactions between Greek traders, craftsmen, settlers, and mercenaries and their Mediterranean neighbors. These stories of cultural interaction, migration, and accommodation help us to learn about our present through engagement with the arts of the past.

Sanctuary of Artemis at Sardis with snow, February 6, 1911. Photo: Howard Crosby Butler Archive, Sardis Collection, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Visual & Performing Arts, and co-sponsored by the Museum.

On February 26, art historian Viviana Bucarelli, PhD, will present a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands…, exploring the turn from realism to abstraction in American art. This forms part of the Museum’s Lehman Lecture Series, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Her talk will also be livestreamed.

About the Exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.

For Which it Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment.

Image: Grant Wood, The Mightnight Ride of Paul Revere (detail), 1931, oil on masonite. © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY