Open to children ages 9-12.

Calling all social media influencers! The environment is facing a number of big issues that require creative solutions. Animals like seals, sea turtles, and sharks need our help. One way we can do that is by getting the word out!

Campers will learn about the issues that affect animals out in nature by doing hands-on science and engineering activities. They will then get to be a part of the solution by writing, filming, and editing their own short videos about the environmental topic of their choice, which will be posted to the aquarium’s social media.

Campers will also get an opportunity to experience the Aquarium’s 4D theater.

15th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: June 1 - August 24, 2025

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 15th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition is limited to original prints that are no bigger than four square inches (25.8 sq cm). The miniature format encourages artists to explore the essence of their work and refine it to the most important details. It also provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to exhibit their work, and exposes the public to the most current interests of the international printmaking community. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted diverse entries from thousands of artists across the globe.

For 2025, 416 prints were submitted by 173 artists from 19 countries and 23 states. Juror Ann Shafer selected 89 works by 89 artists from 11 countries and 21 states.

AWARDS JUROR

Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

INVOLVED

Exhibition Dates: June 22 - August 24, 2025

Involved is a multi-national art project organized by Pei-Hsuan Wu and co-curated with Karen Beckwith, through Texture Printmaking Studio in Tainan City, Taiwan. The project gathers artists from all over the world to exchange works by mail for co-creation. CCP exhibited Involved I in March 2024. We are pleased to welcome the project back in the summer of 2025 for Involved II & III.

Process

Involved is like a game of “telephone” for printmakers. Participating artists are sorted into groups of four–one artist in each country. Each artist receives a sheet of 8 ½” x 11” paper on which they create 20% of a work. They then mail that partial print to the next artist in their group, who then contributes another 20%. Every print visits each artist in the group once before ending with the original artist who completes the final print. Through this circulatory process, the artists work together and become “involved” in contributing new overlays of images, colors, and patterns to the final work. In addition to adding new elements to the print, each artist writes a diary entry explaining what they did, giving insight into the process used and the reasons behind their choices.

Groups

Each Involved project contains 5 groups of 4 artists, meaning that the work of 40 artists is represented in this exhibition!

Involved II Countries: Chile, Japan, Taiwan, United States

Involved III Countries: Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, United States

A new show at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), “Marine & Coastal Art,” will be on view July 27 through August 24, 2025. This popular annual exhibition features artwork by RAC Exhibiting Members with a marine and coastal theme.

The opening reception on Sunday, July 27 from 4 pm to 6 pm is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 12 to 5 pm plus Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm.

RAC celebrates the study, creation and appreciation of the arts through classes, exhibitions and events open to all in the community. For over 60 years, this nonprofit organization has been a cultural gem in Rowayton, CT. The gallery and art school overlook the scenic Five Mile River at 145 Rowayton Avenue with space for regional artists to exhibit their art and a classroom for workshops and classes at all levels offered to children and adults. Visit rowaytonarts.org and follow @rowaytonarts.

Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound’s significance through diverse artistic perspectives, shedding light on its ecological resilience, rich cultural history,and striking natural beauty.

Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound’s significance through diverse artistic perspectives, shedding light on its ecological resilience, rich cultural history,and striking natural beauty.

Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound’s significance through diverse artistic perspectives, shedding light on its ecological resilience, rich cultural history,and striking natural beauty.

Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound’s significance through diverse artistic perspectives, shedding light on its ecological resilience, rich cultural history,and striking natural beauty.

Artist Talk: Nancy Willis

Saturday, August 9, 2:00 PM

Join us to hear Artist-in-Residence Nancy Willis discuss her residency project, a compelling visual commentary on empathy amidst worldwide conflict.

Nancy Willis is an artist living in Northern California’s wine region. As a painter/printmaker she creates work imbued atmosphere that evokes a strong sense of place. Central to her paintings and prints is light and moments of human connection. The artist draws from imagery of her daily life: chandeliers suspended in Redwood trees, the remains of a dinner party or the pastoral surrounding landscape become motifs in her paintings and prints.

Willis has been awarded multiple grants for her community facing projects including her series Conflict Zone. This ongoing project looks at the devastating effects on the daily lives of others living amidst the chaos of war. Willis combines images from the news with the radiant beauty of a chandelier. Melding images of chandeliers with the devastation of collapsed buildings and rubble, Willis is asking the viewer to look below the headlines to see the fragile state of the human condition. Willis’ project for her CCP residency furthers more exploration of this series.

Her lecture will center on how empathy turned her feelings of overwhelming helplessness into artistic action. What began as a response to the ISIS led genocide of Yazidis in Iraq and Syria, has expanded to include the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Gaza conflict. Willis will speak to how her process and path since the series began in 2017 and the power of art to make a difference.

Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound’s significance through diverse artistic perspectives, shedding light on its ecological resilience, rich cultural history,and striking natural beauty.

15th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: June 1 - August 24, 2025

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 15th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition is limited to original prints that are no bigger than four square inches (25.8 sq cm). The miniature format encourages artists to explore the essence of their work and refine it to the most important details. It also provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to exhibit their work, and exposes the public to the most current interests of the international printmaking community. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted diverse entries from thousands of artists across the globe.

For 2025, 416 prints were submitted by 173 artists from 19 countries and 23 states. Juror Ann Shafer selected 89 works by 89 artists from 11 countries and 21 states.

AWARDS JUROR

Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

INVOLVED

Exhibition Dates: June 22 - August 24, 2025

Involved is a multi-national art project organized by Pei-Hsuan Wu and co-curated with Karen Beckwith, through Texture Printmaking Studio in Tainan City, Taiwan. The project gathers artists from all over the world to exchange works by mail for co-creation. CCP exhibited Involved I in March 2024. We are pleased to welcome the project back in the summer of 2025 for Involved II & III.

Process

Involved is like a game of “telephone” for printmakers. Participating artists are sorted into groups of four–one artist in each country. Each artist receives a sheet of 8 ½” x 11” paper on which they create 20% of a work. They then mail that partial print to the next artist in their group, who then contributes another 20%. Every print visits each artist in the group once before ending with the original artist who completes the final print. Through this circulatory process, the artists work together and become “involved” in contributing new overlays of images, colors, and patterns to the final work. In addition to adding new elements to the print, each artist writes a diary entry explaining what they did, giving insight into the process used and the reasons behind their choices.

Groups

Each Involved project contains 5 groups of 4 artists, meaning that the work of 40 artists is represented in this exhibition!

Involved II Countries: Chile, Japan, Taiwan, United States

Involved III Countries: Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, United States

A new show at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), “Marine & Coastal Art,” will be on view July 27 through August 24, 2025. This popular annual exhibition features artwork by RAC Exhibiting Members with a marine and coastal theme.

The opening reception on Sunday, July 27 from 4 pm to 6 pm is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 12 to 5 pm plus Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm.

RAC celebrates the study, creation and appreciation of the arts through classes, exhibitions and events open to all in the community. For over 60 years, this nonprofit organization has been a cultural gem in Rowayton, CT. The gallery and art school overlook the scenic Five Mile River at 145 Rowayton Avenue with space for regional artists to exhibit their art and a classroom for workshops and classes at all levels offered to children and adults. Visit rowaytonarts.org and follow @rowaytonarts.

Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound’s significance through diverse artistic perspectives, shedding light on its ecological resilience, rich cultural history,and striking natural beauty.