Fairfield University Art Museum
Ink & Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection
Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT, United StatesThis exhibition samples the richness of European print culture between the late 15th and late 18th centuries through more than fifty woodcuts, engravings, and etchings, including work by Raphael, Dürer, Rembrandt, and Canaletto. The exhibition explores themes including the collaborative nature of printmaking, the continuing demand for technical innovations, and the problem of “reproductive” prints for the […]
Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition
Quick Center for the Arts, Walsh Gallery 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT, United StatesSacred Space, organized by guest curator Juanita Sunday, draws on the rich history of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, founded in Philadelphia in 1972 by artist Allan Edmunds. As of 2023, FUAM is home to a Brandywine “satellite collection,” joining other institutions including Harvard Art Museums, RISD Museum, and the University of Delaware Museums. This exhibition […]
Art in Focus: Maria Katharina Prestel, The Triumph of Truth Over Envy
Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT, United StatesAll that glitters…is gold, in this case! Our final edition of Art in Focus this fall, takes a look at this extraordinary print by Maria Katherina Prestel. Prestel has only recently been rediscovered by print historians, as she worked for her husband, Johann Prestel, and his initials appear rather than hers on many of the […]
Virtual Art in Focus: Maria Katharina Prestel, Triumph of Truth Over Envy
VirtualAll that glitters…is gold, in this case! Our final edition of Virtual Art in Focus this fall, takes a look at this extraordinary print by Maria Katherina Prestel. Prestel has only recently been rediscovered by print historians, as she worked for her husband, Johann Prestel, and his initials appear rather than hers on many of […]
Concert: Sacred Music a cappella
Bellarmine Hall, Great Hall 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield, CT, United StatesJoin us at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17 in the Bellarmine Hall Great Hall for a very special a cappella performance by the Connecticut Chamber Choir, led by Michael Ciavaglia, DMA! Inspired by the artworks on view in Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection (Bellarmine Hall Galleries, September 12 - December […]