Arts & Entertainment
The Aldrich, Ridgefield Running Company & On-Running To Host 5K Race
Local artist Tharini Pande will be painting the display windows at Ridgefield Running Company from June 12 to 16.
RIDGEFIELD, CT —The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield Running Company, and On-Running will present "Run On Art: Run to Celebrate 52 Artists" on June 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Runners and walkers will complete a 3.1 mile run or 1.5 mile walk around downtown Ridgefield, passing by Ridgefield Running Company where Tharini Pande, RRC Team Member and artist, has painted the display windows featuring On-Running shoes.
The run concludes at The Aldrich where participants are invited to view the exhibition "52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone" in the museum's galleries and Sculpture Garden and enjoy a celebratory glass of beer, wine, or sparkling water.
The entry fee for the run in $12 and all proceeds benefit The Aldrich. Register for the run online here.
On-Running demo shoes will be available for participants to try on a first come, first served basis.
Tharini Pande will be painting the display windows at Ridgefield Running Company from June 12 to 16.
"Ridgefield Running Company is excited to collaborate with The Aldrich for the '52 Artists' exhibition. The '5K to celebrate 52,' is a fun run that passes by RRC's windows highlighting artwork by our own team member and local resident, Tharini Pande. Both art and running are practices of self-discovery, and we are excited that we are able to combine them with On-Running in this cool community event," said Megan Searfoss, owner of Ridgefield Running Company.
"52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone" celebrates the fifty-first anniversary of the historic exhibition "Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists," curated by Lucy R. Lippard and presented at The Aldrich in 1971. "52 Artists" will showcase work by the artists included in the original 1971 exhibition, alongside a new roster of 26 female identifying or nonbinary emerging artists, tracking the evolution of feminist art practices over the past five decades. "52 Artists" will encompass the entirety of the museum—the first exhibition to do so in The Aldrich's new building which was inaugurated in 2004. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum June 6, 2022 to January 8, 2023.
