Fairfield University Art Museum
Docent Tour: Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldJoin us at 1 p.m. for a docent-led tour of the exhibition Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann. Austrian-born Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was one of the most accomplished female photographers of the 20th century. After great success in Vienna in the 20s photographing artists, models, and performers, she fled the Anschluss in […]
To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home at Walsh Gallery: Fairfield
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldJanuary 24 – March 29, 2025 Environmental threats and climate change are urgent matters of concern at Jesuit universities, where conversations on this topic often take place in reference to two documents by Pope Francis: Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (2015) and the 2023 update Laudate Deum. Artists play an indispensable role in our collective […]
Dawn & Dusk: Tonalism in Connecticut at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldBellarmine Hall Galleries January 17 – April 12, 2025 This exhibition explores Tonalism in the United States from the 1880s to the early 20th century, through artists from the Northeast such as George Inness, John Henry Twachtman, and John Francis Murphy. Tonalism is a transitional movement that grew out of and reacted to the Hudson […]
Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldBellarmine Hall Galleries September 12 – December 21, 2024 This 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 […]
Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldWalsh Gallery September 21 - December 21, 2024 Sacred 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, […]
Art: Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archive Print Exhibition at Walsh Gallery: Fairfield
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldSeptember 21 – December 21, 2024 Sacred 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 […]
Meditation and Mindfulness at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldJoin Jackie DeLise, master certified meditation and mindfulness teacher and stress management expert, for a guided, in-person meditation class in our gallery. No prior experience necessary as you learn how to cultivate inner calm and clarity. All are welcome! Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries For more information
Art: Peter Anton: Just Desserts at Walsh Gallery: Fairfield
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldMay 10 – July 27, 2024 This whimsical exhibition of Peter Anton’s outsized, hyper-realistic sculptures of sweets will include ice cream cones, cakes and confections. Anton has experimented with various methods, including wood, metal, plaster, resin, and oil and acrylic paints to achieve the physicality of his monumental desserts. He chooses subjects that encourage people […]
Family Day: Mixing It Up with Color at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldJoin us for Family Day: Mixing It Up with Color on Saturday, Two sessions April 27: 12:30-2 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m. in Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom. Each session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. This event is inspired by the exhibition Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color (Bellarmine Hall Galleries, April 5-July 27)! Kids ages […]
New Documentary Film Screening: “The Italian Factor” 1890s NYC Sculptors: The Piccirilli Brothers
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldOn Thursday, April 18 at 5 p.m. in the Diffley Board Room, Bellarmine Hall, filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley will present his new documentary, The Italian Factor, about the Italian-born Piccirilli brothers, who sculpted many important important monuments in New York including the lions that grace the entrance to New York Public Library. The screening is presented by Fairfield University's Italian […]
Opening: Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldApril 5 – July 27, 2024 In this exhibition of recent work, Chamlin explores ideas about color theory and light through a series of landscape and interior stills. For each of her paintings, Chamlin sets a highly specific palette; experimentation within this limited range then guides her decisions about process and pictorial space. Suzanne Chamlin […]
Virtual Lecture: Color Theory for Artists, Designers, and Visual Thinkers
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldMarcie Cooperman, Assistant Instructor, Parsons School of Fashion Presented in conjunction with Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color (Bellarmine Hall Galleries, April 5–July 27). Streaming only on thequicklive.com For more information