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2026 Design for Freedom Summit
The 2026 Design for Freedom Summit convenes leaders of the architecture, construction, technology, manufacturing, finance, government, academic, and real estate sectors to advance the global movement toward a more ethical built environment. Through the guidance of the Design for Freedom Principles, participants will explore solutions to identify and address forced labor, advance ethical decarbonization, and […]
iCreate 2025: Annual Juried Exhibition of High School Talent
The Bruce Museum proudly presents iCreate 2025, our annual juried exhibition showcasing exceptional artistic talent from high school students across the region. Now in its 17th year, this celebrated exhibition transforms our gallery into a vibrant showcase of emerging creativity, featuring works selected from hundreds of submissions representing dozens of schools throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, […]
Studio Beginnings
Our youngest artists, designers, and builders are invited step into the arts studio to have fun making art inspired by the River building and surrounding landscape! Think, play, create, and experiment with texture, form, line, color and space. This session is recommended for ages 1-5 and their caretakers.
Gel Plate Printing & Mixed Media Collage
Instructor: Heather Neilson Back by popular demand! Explore the playful, layered world of gel plate printing and discover how this versatile process can bring new life to your mixed media work. During the first two sessions, you’ll learn how to use a gel plate, brayer, acrylic paint, and a range of tools to create rich, […]
For Which It Stands…
This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 75 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 […]
Open Arts Studio
Drop into the Arts Studio for a facilitated series designed by artists, curators, and educators that invites families to play, create, and experiment with sensory-rich materials and different modes of artmaking. For ages 4–11 with adult caregivers.
Workshop: The Flags That Make Us/The Flags We Make
Artist Maria De Los Angeles’ textile work Freedom is Not Free? forms part of our 2026 exhibition For Which It Stands… The sculpture, commissioned by the Fairfield University Art Museum for the exhibition, incorporates small textile pieces made by participants in a fall 2025 campus workshop. Participants in this workshop will also have the opportunity […]
Curator’s Tours: For Which It Stands…
Join Carey Weber, curator of For Which It Stands… and Executive Director of the Fairfield University Art Museum, for an exhibition tour! Please note: although the exhibition encompasses both the Museum’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries and the Walsh Gallery, each tour will focus exclusively on one location. Thursday, March 26, 5:30 p.m.: Bellarmine Hall Galleries Thursday, […]
Full Circle: From English Country Gardens to the New Naturalism Movement in American Gardens
Sponsored by Northwest Community Bank Foundation REGISTER HERE Please join us on Thursday, March 26 at 6PM for a presentation by Master Gardener Pat Sabosik, looking at how the Romantic period in England, also known as romantic naturalism, influenced modern garden movements such as New Naturalism, matrix planting, and a renewed emphasis on native plants. […]