The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum to present a new exhibition on wealth and worth in collaboration with The Artists Collective of Westport

Striking Gold: Artists on Wealth and Worth
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum • 295 West Ave, Norwalk, CT 06850
October 22, 2025 – January 4, 2026

Striking Gold: Artists on Wealth and Worth

Trace Burroughs, “Gold Rush,” acrylic paint on canvas, 19.5″ x 19.5″, photo courtesy of the artist

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, in collaboration with The Artists Collective of Westport, will present, “Striking Gold: Artists on Wealth and Worth,”a group exhibition opening to the public on Oct. 22, 2025, 12 p.m. and running through January 4, 2026, with a preview on Oct. 18 for the Mansion’s Gala attendees. 

The art show juried by Cybele Maylone, Executive Director of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum will be held at 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT. The artists invited to exhibit include: Robin Babbin, Thomas Bernsten, Martha Bloom, Miggs Burroughs, Trace Burroughs, Eric Chiang, Peggy Dembicer, Laure Dunne, Ellen Gordon, Deborah Howland-Murray, Nash Hyon, Natasha Karpinskaia, Lucy Krupenye, Nancy Moore, Lina Morielli, Julie O’Connor, Steven Parton, Elizabeth Petrie-Devoll, Dorothy Robertshaw, Dolores R. Santoliquido, Gay Schempp, Ellen Schiffman, Karen Schlansky, Norm Siegel, Suan Taylor Murray, and Gregg Ziebell.

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The exhibition invites artists to reflect on the complex interplay of material possessions and their impact on daily life—then and now. During the Gilded Age, immense prosperity fueled architectural marvels, cultural innovation, and ambitious dreams, while creating vast inequalities. The iconic Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, a product of that era, serves as a tangible representation of ambition, ingenuity, and opulence. 

“The exhibition is outstanding and thought-provoking,” said Trustee Gail Ingis, chair of the LMMM Contemporary Art Exhibition Committee and curator of the show. “The artwork in this exhibition invites artists as well as the viewer to reflect on the complexity and symbolism of wealth and worth and the impact they have on our emotional and material lives.”

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