A special event designed to showcase the town’s many natural and cultural offerings.
Norfolk artist Jean Grasmere's work consists of oil paintings, pastels and watercolors of natural life, landscapes, nautical scenes and people. Most scenes are local New England. This show emphasizes her recent collages. The Guilded Artisan will also be open Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, August 7, from noon […]
This exhibit is a tribute to the therapeutic benefits Borkowski receives by spending time in nature and making art each day. All of the works in this show developed out of a daily ritual that included reading the poem "The Dream Cabinet," by Ann Fisher-Wirth, drawing and painting in her garden, and experimenting with cyanotype […]
Join painter Turi Rostad on the Station Place sidewalk for fun with chalk. Creativity encouraged...let your imagination run wild, paint your dreams, plot a garden...no limits! Chalk supplied or bring your own special color.
This slideshow documents the inaugural Community Art Project, Home in a Vibrant Community. This was a collaboration among the Foundation for Norfolk Living, Norfolk Foundation and the Yale Norfolk School of Art to support dialogue about art and local affordable housing initiatives. Images from Yale Norfolk School of Art's 2022 session will also be included. […]
Brad Robinson returns to the Norfolk Library with a stunning display of mobiles, Soaring Sculptures. Although he was taught the mechanics of balance by his father, an engineer, the recurring themes of birds or fish reflect Robinson’s education as a biologist. Influenced by the work of Alexander Calder and Asian art, he creates a mobile […]
Norfolk artist Jean Grasmere's work consists of oil paintings, pastels and watercolors of natural life, landscapes, nautical scenes and people. Most scenes are local New England. This show emphasizes her recent collages. The Guilded Artisan will also be open Friday, August 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, August 7, from noon […]
This slideshow documents the inaugural Community Art Project, Home in a Vibrant Community. This was a collaboration among the Foundation for Norfolk Living, Norfolk Foundation and the Yale Norfolk School of Art to support dialogue about art and local affordable housing initiatives. Images from Yale Norfolk School of Art's 2022 session will also be included. […]
Norfolk's churches...Church of Christ Congregational/Battell Chapel, Church of the Transfiguration and Immaculate Conception Church...all are blessed with magnificent stained glass windows. Church of Christ historian Nels White will lead a walk to explore all of them, starting at Battell Chapel at 12:30 p.m. To preview the route, download our map. Note: Because of the heat, […]
Norfolk artist Jean Grasmere's work consists of oil paintings, pastels and watercolors of natural life, landscapes, nautical scenes and people. Most scenes are local New England. This show emphasizes her recent collages. The Guilded Artisan will also be open Friday, August 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, August 7, from noon […]
This exhibit is a tribute to the therapeutic benefits Borkowski receives by spending time in nature and making art each day. All of the works in this show developed out of a daily ritual that included reading the poem "The Dream Cabinet," by Ann Fisher-Wirth, drawing and painting in her garden, and experimenting with cyanotype […]
This exhibit is a tribute to the therapeutic benefits Borkowski receives by spending time in nature and making art each day. All of the works in this show developed out of a daily ritual that included reading the poem "The Dream Cabinet," by Ann Fisher-Wirth, drawing and painting in her garden, and experimenting with cyanotype […]
This slideshow documents the inaugural Community Art Project, Home in a Vibrant Community. This was a collaboration among the Foundation for Norfolk Living, Norfolk Foundation and the Yale Norfolk School of Art to support dialogue about art and local affordable housing initiatives. Images from Yale Norfolk School of Art's 2022 session will also be included. […]
This small but exquisite church will be open for a short coffee hour following the 11:00 a.m. service. Visitors are welcome to come for coffee and to see its fine stained glass windows. Among them is a window dedicated to the memory of Mark Twain’s wife, Olivia.
Following the 11:00 a.m. Mass, to which visitors are welcome, Immaculate Conception Church will be open for viewing its magnificent stained glass windows, created by Franz Mayer & Co. of Munich. Docents will be present to answer questions at the specific hours scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A three-church guided tour on Saturday starts […]
Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west end of the chapel. Tiffany’s five smaller windows face them from the east; they depict the four seasons, with a brilliant sunrise as the center. […]
Norfolk artist Jean Grasmere's work consists of oil paintings, pastels and watercolors of natural life, landscapes, nautical scenes and people. Most scenes are local New England. This show emphasizes her recent collages. The Guilded Artisan will also be open Friday, August 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 […]
Brad Robinson returns to the Norfolk Library with a stunning display of mobiles, Soaring Sculptures. Although he was taught the mechanics of balance by his father, an engineer, the recurring themes of birds or fish reflect Robinson’s education as a biologist. Influenced by the work of Alexander Calder and Asian art, he creates a mobile […]
Join painter Susannah Anderson on the Station Place sidewalk for fun with chalk. Creativity encouraged...let your imagination run wild, paint your dreams, plot a garden...no limits! Chalk supplied or bring your own special color.
The Library Associates' opening reception for Brad Robinson's stunning display of mobiles, Soaring Sculptures. Although he was taught the mechanics of balance by his father, an engineer, the recurring themes of birds or fish reflect Robinson’s education as a biologist. Influenced by the work of Alexander Calder and Asian art, he creates a mobile with […]
Floral still life paintings by Caryn King will be on display at the Norfolk Library throughout WINter Weekend in Norfolk. King is a narrative painter who began her artistic career as a sculptor working with clay. As one might expect, texture is very important to her paintings, which range from realism to the layered brushwork […]
Come have fun at this pop-up indoor event put on by the Norfolk Farmers Market! Enjoy live music by Andy Styles while shopping for bread, pies, cookies, fresh greens, clothing, works by local artists and more.
Lilly Woodworth, a landscape and flower painter living and working in the northwest corner of Connecticut, says the natural world drives her imagery through an indirect path of memory and revision. Her work is at the Norfolk Hub during WINter Weekend in Norfolk.
Immaculate Conception Church has magnificent stained glass windows created by Franz Mayer of Munich. The church will be open for stained glass window viewing with docents present on Saturday and Sunday during WINter Weekend in Norfolk. For those who can't make it but love stained glass, Immaculate Conception Church is open to the public on […]
Attention knitters everywhere! Members of Norfolk's own knitting group are clearing out their stashes of wonderful yarn and raiding their shelves for knitting books and tools. They are spreading everything out on tables for four wonderful hours and selling them to benefit a group of local charities, including the Norfolk food pantry. You will benefit, […]
The Guilded Artisan is featuring works by Ani Jenkins during WINter Weekend in Norfolk this year. Jenkins creates abstract wood sculptures, both free-standing and wall relief, from local wood and burls that she finds.
Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west end of the chapel. Tiffany’s five smaller windows face them from the east; they depict the four seasons, with a brilliant sunrise as the center. […]
Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west end of the chapel. Tiffany’s five smaller windows face them from the east; they depict the four seasons, with a brilliant sunrise as the center. […]
Lilly Woodworth, a landscape and flower painter living and working in the northwest corner of Connecticut, says the natural world drives her imagery through an indirect path of memory and revision. Her work is at the Norfolk Hub during WINter Weekend in Norfolk.
The Guilded Artisan is featuring works by Ani Jenkins during WINter Weekend in Norfolk this year. Jenkins creates abstract wood sculptures, both free-standing and wall relief, from local wood and burls that she finds.
Immaculate Conception Church has magnificent stained glass windows created by Franz Mayer of Munich. The church will be open for stained glass window viewing with docents present on Saturday and Sunday during WINter Weekend in Norfolk. For those who can't make it but love stained glass, Immaculate Conception Church is open to the public on […]