Opening Night: The 18th Annual 'Art To The Avenue'

The weather Thursday night will provide a perfect meteorological backdrop for the Greenwich Arts Council’s opening of ‘Art to the Avenue.’

This is the 18th year the council will be turning Greenwich Avenue into an open air art gallery with the works of 120 artists on view in the windows of and in the stores of dozens of businesses in the downtown business district.

The opening will feature receptions hosted by at least 50 businesses along Greenwich Avenue, from the intersection of East and West Putnam avenues, to Railroad Avenue and most side streets in between. Businesses hosting receptions will have balloons outside their storefronts.

Opening night will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and will include musicians and street performers as well.

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The art selected by the retailers will remain on view through Memorial Day, so viewers can experience the “gallery” that downtown Greenwich becomes, according to the arts council.

All the art on display is for sale, and a 30 percent tax deduction for the purchaser benefits the GAC.

To access the complete Map/Guide listing participating shops, artists and locations, can be found here.

Here is a list of some of the businesses hosting artist receptions Thursday night:

• Waterworks
• Sarah Blank/Kitchens and Baths – 2FL
• C. Parker Gallery
• Hastens
• J. McLaughlin
• Continental Fine Wine & Spirit
• Pinky of Greenwich
• Greenwich Window Treatments
• Real Living Real Estate
• Greenwich Bank & Trust
• WineWise
• Farrow & Ball
• Lillian August
• Sotheby’s International Realty
• Second Time Around
• AT&T
• YOGASMOGA
• Steven Alan
• Everything But Water
• Out of the Box
• The Lexington Company
• Lilly Pulitzer
• Saint Clair
• Roberta Roller Rabbit
• Manfredi Jewels
• Stuart Weitzman
• Shreve, Crump & Low
• SPLURGE
• Vineyard Vines
• KATIE FONG
• Thomas Cleaners
• Michael Florio Fine Art
• Brooks Brothers
• VILEBREQUIN
• Saks Fifth Avenue
• Baccarat
• Smart Kids Toys
• Charles Schwab & Co.,Inc
• Bank of America
• Lucky Brand
• Olivine Gabbro
• Shoes-N-More of Greenwich
• Ralph Lauren
• R Simantov Fine Jewelry
• Lynnens Inc
• Kate Spade
• Comptoir Des Cotonniers
• Michael Kors
• Scoop NYC
• SHIPMAN & GOODWIN LLP - 3FL
• The Mews
• Great Stuff
• Christian Science Reading Room
• Petticoat Lane
• Richards
• Douro Restaurant Bar
• OGGI 5
• Relax the Back
• Greenwich Salad Co
• People’s United Bank

Photo credits: #1 and 3: Greenwich Arts Council; #2: Greenwich painter Regina Semmes with her work at Lilly Pulitzer, at 92 Greenwich Ave. Credit: Christopher Semmes.