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Ditch the screen and head to the museum: here are five events along the CT Art Trail
TinaMarie Craven
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Learn how to care for farm animals at Farmer for the Evening on April 29 at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center.Stamford Museum & Nature Center / Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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The European art galleries in the Morgan building at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.Wadsworth Atheneum /Show MoreShow Less
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Brushes for applying ink in the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking.Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Written by Lisa Clair
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo will present “DAZZLE: A Garden of Glass” with a presentation of 500 pieces of the Riverton, Connecticut-based artist Peter Greenwood’s glass art. The award-winning Glass Master has shown his work in twenty-five museums, from The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, to Connecticut’s The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, and the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Greenwood’s visually arresting and brilliantly colored art will be displayed throughout the Greenhouse, using lush foliage and beautiful blossoms to enhance the beauty of both artwork and plants. The theme, as described by Greenwood, is “regeneration.” The pieces, many repurposed from previous installations, are intended to evoke vines, leaves, roots and petals in vibrant shades: cobalt blue, ruby, green, and yellow. A striking display of twenty glass pitchers will be tilted from a tree overhanging the pond. In other places, glass reeds
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