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NEWTOWN, CONN. — The Newtown Historical Society announces it 22nd annual antiques show Saturday, March 3, from 10 am to 4 pm, in a new location and a new day at Newtown High School. This venue change allows the society to provide a bigger show with greater space, additional dealers, plenty of free parking, handicap accessibility and a concession stand.

The show boasts returning favorite dealers as well as new dealers and features a diverse collection of dealers and merchandise.

Returning this year is Caroline Dirsa from Orange, Conn., with her polished brass candlesticks, woodenware and primitive pieces. Look for something new in Shelley Smith’s booth of antique and vintage children items.

The Ryans’ display of tools and sewing items was highlighted in Martha Stewart’s Living Magazine. Susanne Edgerly from Main Street Antiques, Kent, Conn., will booth textiles, silver and apothecary collectibles, and the Allevos of Old Lamps & Things of Avon, Conn., will bring their collection of restored antique lamps and chandeliers.

Other exhibitors noted for a serious focus on Seventeenth, Eighteenth or Nineteenth Century American objects include Steve Balser of Old Horizon Antiques, Beverly Dutton of Beverly Dutton Antiques, Susan Goldsweig of Sage Antiques, and Jamie Heuschkel of Hirsh Antiques.

New dealers include Kathy Steinberg with Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Americana, cupboards and accessories; Steven Chatlas of Chatlas Antiques, who brings 35 years of experience in the antique business; and William Titley will show porcelains and art pottery.

Admission to the show is $7 or $6 with ad, with the proceeds of this fundraiser benefiting the Newtown Historical Society’s free public programs as well as the preservation of the Matthew Curtiss House Museum and its collections. The Curtiss House, circa 1750, is at 44 Main Street and will be open during the day from 11 am to 3 pm. There will be costumed docents on hand to guide visitors through the house and to show the most recent acquisitions.

Newtown High School is at 12 Berkshire Road, off I-84 Exit 11. For information, www.newtownhistory.org or 203-426-5937.

February/March

Bronx Museum Shows “Here & Elsewhere” April 1

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BRONX, N.Y. — “Here and Elsewhere” opens Sunday, April 1, at the Bronx Museum of the Art. As the name implies, it will feature a range of work by 36 artists who participated in the global outreach program, “Artist in the Marketplace (AIM),” and whose work applies to the global community. AIM is a celebrated and competitive program for emerging artists, now in its 27th year. The title alludes to both the global reach of the program, and to the fluidity of art practices in today’s global life.

The exhibition anticipates new artistic directions, as it celebrates the vitality and promise of new voices. Video predominates this year, and a number of artists explore the use of Internet sources, yet it is the range of media embraced by these up-and-coming artists that is striking, from installation to drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking.

A comprehensive catalog will accompany the exhibition, featuring essays by Erin Riley-Lopez, assistant curator at the Bronx Museum and the organizer of the exhibition, and João Ribas, a noted writer and independent curator based in New York City. Ribas will focus on “the centuries-old creative tension between art and commerce, the professionalization of art in today’s metastasizing art world, and the economic reality faced by artists longing to survive the inflated market.”

In conjunction with “Here and Elsewhere,” the Bronx Museum will debut “On-site,” a media-based installation involving the work of all the artists represented in the exhibition. It will be in the lobby of the museum’s new Arquitectonica-designed building, at 1040 Grand Concourse. “On-site” is a joint collaboration between the museum’s curatorial and education departments.

For general information, www.bronxmuseum.org or 718-681-6000.