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ON FIRE, Westport Public Art Collections’ 2025 exhibition at MoCA CT, includes over 75 artworks in a variety of media, and asks how artists from the 1930s to today have envisioned and responded to the interrelationship of energy, infrastructure, and the environment. This fourth annual exhibition by the Westport Public Art Collections at MoCA allows the community to experience works of art, usually on display in school and municipal buildings, in a beautiful museum setting. As Westport and other seaside and riverfront towns in Connecticut plan for the future, issues of development, transportation, access, and ecology engender fiery debates. The exhibition is accompanied by programming that brings in local officials, community groups, and artists in dialogue about these contemporary issues. By including art depicting bridges, roads, waterways and sites in and around Westport, the exhibition asks viewers and residents to consider the past and envision the future of our community. ON FIRE includes a Learning Gallery exhibition showcasing WestPAC’s Ford Times Collection of paintings, a remarkable gift received from the Ford Motor Company in 1966. These paintings, each published in reproduction in the pocket-sized consumer magazine, Ford Times, were created by American artists during the 1950s and early 1960s, a period known as the golden age of magazine illustration and American cars, coinciding with the development of the interstate highway system. The selections highlight themes of energy, transportation, and infrastructure, prompting reflection on how the motor industry has shaped our desires and habits, our economy and policies, and our environment.

Programming on Thursday evenings will include a curator tour (Jan 23 5pm), a film screening (Feb 13 7pm) and a community conversation (Feb 27 6pm).  For more information on the exhibition and programs, visit https://mocact.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/

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The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts (NoCo) is a highly competitive, two-year performing arts college a few miles from Westport. NoCo co-founder and dance department chair Ricky Lee Loftus will share how the College is changing lives as well as contributing to the revitalization of downtown Norwalk.

 

Loftus will be in conversation with Westport Arts Advisory Committee co-chair Nancy Diamond.

With your registration/ticket purchase, the bearer is entitled to one Complimentary Margarita, Paloma, or Aguafresca at Don Memo, Westport. Please show your registration upon arrival. Thank you.

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