CT Women’s Caucus Is Celebrating

Art & Anniversary With Juried Show

FAIRFIELD — The Connecticut chapter of Women’s Caucus for Art is celebrating the varied work of women artists — and its 15th anniversary — with “Night and Day,” a juried exhibition of 43 pieces from women across Connecticut and beyond, at Fairfield University’s Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on display until Friday, July 29.

The exhibit includes works from 41 artists, including painting, photography, mixed media pieces, sculpture and a large installation. The artists hail from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

“Our members are spread out all over the state and this particular show brings even more diversity,” said Ridgefield resident Gloria Ruenitz, president of the Women’s Caucus.

Ms Ruenitz said the 125-member Connecticut chapter of the caucus strives to give women opportunities to show their art and works with schools and other educational programs to encourage young female artists. The caucus also documents women’s art through exhibit catalogs, publications, lectures and slide shows.

Juror Helen Cooper, the Holcombe T. Greene curator of American paintings and sculpture at Yale University, picked an untitled silver gelatin photo print as Best of Show. Killingworth artist Kathryn Frederick created the image of a young girl and her grandmother, a topic Ms Ruenitz said fits perfectly with the exhibit’s theme.

“It’s all about beginning and ending and opposites,” she said.

Three awards of excellence were also bestowed by Ms Cooper. Torrington artist Christine Altman won for her installation “Let Us Marry Annette, Amen,” which includes a video projected onto a wedding gown hanging from the ceiling. Constance LaPalombara of New Haven won an award for her oil on linen work entitled “Sunlight.” “Night Power,” a watercolor by Guilford artist Suzanne E. Siegel, also won an award of excellence.

Walsh Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 4 pm. For more information, call 203-254-4000 extension 2969.