Childhood Portraits: Our Children, Our Future

Childhood Portraits: Our Children, Our Future
May 9-June 28, 2015

295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850
General Admission: $10 for adults, $8 for Seniors, $6, 8-18
Opening Reception: May 9, 3-5 p.m. – Free Admission

Following the culmination of a partnership launched by the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Stepping Stones Museum for Children and the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CSOPA), the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will unveil the exhibit, Childhood Portraits: Our Children, Our Future.

Participating Artists include Middlebury Artists, ShawnaLee Kwashnak & Sam D’Ambruoso, along with Howard Aaron, Diane Aeschliman, Kelly Birkenruth, Carol Boynton, Harry Burman, Linda Champanier, Michel Delafontaine, Deborah Howland-Murray, Debbie Hennes, Jeanine Careri Jackson, Francis Philibert, Jo Ellen Reinhardt, Joel Spector, Nancy Stember, Candace Taubner, Maya Trimner, Kathleen Ullman, Cindy Wagner and Joyce Zeller.

The Opening Reception will feature live piano music by Michel Delafontaine and a nut free selection to enjoy!

Children are invited to try their hand at portraiture during the opening reception under the guidance of participating professional artists including ShawnaLee Kwashnak and Deborah Howland-Murray.

From Ancient Greece’s depiction of deities to Andy Warhol’s celebrity portraits, not to mention today’s selfie craze, the art of portraiture has been a part of society since its inception. This exhibit at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will explore this enduring artistic form with twenty new original portraits of children created exclusively by CSOPA members after a “Matching Event” on November 15, 2014, where children and their families interacted with twenty-two professional portrait artists at Stepping Stones Museum for Children. At this event children also explored the art of self-portraiture under the guidance of CSOPA artists and Stepping Stones educators.

For a sneak peak at the portraits, please visit:

http://csopa.homestead.com/ChildhoodPortraits.html

www.csopa.org

For more information, please visit:

ShawnaLee Kwashnak: www.shawnalee.com

Sam D’Ambruoso: www.dambruosostudios.com

lockwoodmathewsmansion.com/events.lasso

www.steppingstonesmuseum.org

Directions:

From I-95 Northbound (I-95 from NYC):
I-95 to exit 14. At stop sign at the top of the exit ramp go straight to next stop sign; continue straight, down hill to stop light. At light turn left, continue on West Avenue to third traffic light. Turn right, between two stone pillars into Mathews Park. Continue straight approximately 300 feet; The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is on the right.

From I-95 Southbound:
Take Exit 15, look for the Maritime Center sign and bear right down the hill. At stop light turn right onto West Avenue. The Museum is directly on the right. Entrance is between two stone pillars at stop light.

Merritt Parkway Northbound:
Take Exit 38. Turn left. Continue on New Canaan Avenue (Route 123). Wendy’s will be on the right. One mile farther the Norwalk Hospital is located on the right. At the next light following hospital, turn left. At intersection, go straight into the Mansion driveway.

Merritt Parkway Southbound:
Take Exit 38 (New Canaan Avenue). At end of ramp, take right. Follow New Canaan Avenue south. (Route 123) Continue on past Wendy’s on the right. One mile farther the Norwalk Hospital is located on the right hand side. At light following hospital, turn left. At the next intersection, go straight into the Mansion driveway.

From Danbury:
Take Route 7 south to Norwalk, at Grist Mill Road (directly opposite the Connecticut Motor Vehicle Department) turn right. Proceed up the hill to the second traffic light and turn left onto RT 7 expressway. Continue approximately 2.5 miles to the end of the expressway. Take the center exit (South Norwalk-Maritime Center), at the bottom of the exit, at the traffic light turn left. Continue on West Avenue to the second traffic light; turn right between the two stone pillars into Mathews Park. Continue straight approximately 300 feet; The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is on the right.