Each event in our Art in Focus series offers a chance for an informal discussion centered around a single art object, led by Curator of Education and Academic Engagement Michelle DiMarzo.

Join us for a virtual discussion of Room on East 89th Street, by Ethel Fisher, and part of the temporary exhibition In Their Element(s): Women Artists Across Media, on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries from April 21-July 15, 2023. Bring your questions and observations to our virtual discussion!

Please note: This event is virtual only. If you are interested in the in-person Art in Focus on Thursday, May 4 at 11 a.m., click here!

About the exhibition:

The exhibition – the first exhibition in the museum’s history to have been fully developed and curated by an undergraduate student – features more than 50 contemporary artworks by female artists across a variety of media. Among the artists included in the exhibition are photographers Laurie Simmons and Donna Ferrato, painter Miriam Shapiro, and painters and sculptors Linda Stein and Ruby Sky Stiler. The majority of artworks in the exhibition will come from the museum’s collection, and will include many recent acquisitions, with select loans coming from the Westport Public Art Collection (WestPAC) and private collections. Curated by Fairfield University student Phoebe Charpentier ’23.

https://www.fairfield.edu/museum/in-their-elements/

Image: Ethel Fisher, Room on East 89th Street, 1965, oil on linen. Gift of Margaret Fisher, 2022 (2022.09.02)