About the Exhibition
Curated by Phoebe Charpentier, Fairfield University ’23
This exhibition — the first in the Museum’s history to have been fully developed and curated by an undergraduate student — features more than 50 contemporary artworks by women artists, with an emphasis on works created with unusual techniques
or media.
Among the works drawn from the Museum’s own collection are photographs by Laurie Simmons, Bea Nettles, and Donna Ferrato, sculpture by Linda Stein and Elaine Cameron-Weir, and prints by Althea-Murphy Price, Maya Freelon, and Sonya Clarke, as
well as select loans from the Westport Public Art Collections (WestPAC) including sculpture by Niki Ketchman and Nina Bentley.
This exhibition has been generously supported by the Humanities Institute of Fairfield University
Image: Linda Stein, France Knights (Loire Valley), 2003, watercolor and graphite on paper. Gift of Marcy Syms Eclectic Art Collection, 2022. © Linda Stein, Courtesy of the artist and Have Art Will Travel Inc.
Learn
Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. When possible, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube
channel.
Opening Lecture: In Their Element(s): Women Artists Across Media
Thursday, April 20, 5 p.m.
Phoebe Charpentier ‘22, curator of the exhibition
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room
Opening Reception: In Their Element(s): Women Artists Across Media
Thursday, April 20, 6-8 p.m.
Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Great Hall
Art in Focus: Ethel Fisher, Room on East 89th Street, 1965, oil on linen
Thursday, May 4, 11 a.m. (in person) and 12 noon (streaming)
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Lecture: Women of the Westport Public Art Collections
Tuesday, June 6, 5 p.m.
Ive Covaci, PhD and Kathie Bennewitz
Diffley Board Room and streaming on thequicklive.com
Additional Information
Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Walsh Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. We are closed for national and university holidays and during inclement weather.
Location:
The FUAM's main galleries are located on the lower level of Bellarmine Hall. For GPS please use the following address: 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield, CT 06824 (or click the map at right for directions).
Parking:
Free parking is available in front of Bellarmine Hall. Handicap parking is available next to the museum’s service and classroom entrance on the lower level of Bellarmine Hall.
Admission:
The museum is open to the public and admission is free.
Tours:
Private tours with a curator are available for a fee; please contact museum@fairfield.edu or 203-254-4046.
Reach Us By train:
Take Metro-North, New Haven Line, to Fairfield Station (approximately 70 minutes from Grand Central Station).
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For further information or to schedule a visit or tour, please contact
Fairfield University Art Museum
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 254-4046
museum@fairfield.edu
