The Norwalk Art Space Presents “SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound”
Starting June 12
An exhibition features eleven contemporary artists whose works explore the Long Island Sound’s beauty, history, and environmental story
Sight & Sound: Artists Consider Long Island Sound
The Norwalk Art Space • 455 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850
June 12, 2025 – August 28, 2025
Open reception: June 12, 2025, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Free Event
Sight & Sound: Artists Consider Long Island Sound
The Norwalk Art Space (455 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850) is proud to announce its upcoming exhibition, “SIGHT AND SOUND: Artists Consider Long Island Sound,” in the main gallery from June 12 through August 28, 2025. This dynamic exhibition features eleven contemporary artists whose work explores Long Island Sound’s beauty, history, and evolving environmental story—one of the region’s most vital yet often overlooked natural landscapes.
Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, SIGHT AND 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. In designing this exhibit, Klein remarked, “Over eight million people live in the watershed of Long Island Sound, yet for most of the adjacent population, the Sound has a certain invisibility. Other estuaries, for instance, Chesapeake Bay or Puget Sound, are revered and storied. Why has this expansive body of water boasting over 600 miles of coastline—failed to attain the same cultural mystique of its peers?”
Klein’s personal connection to the Sound deepened in September 2024, when he became the first artist-in-residence at Peck’s Ledge Lighthouse, an initiative sponsored by The Norwalk Art Space. His extended time at this historic beacon between Norwalk and Westport provided a unique vantage point from which to explore and study the
Sound’s intricate relationship with its surrounding communities.
While the Sound has indeed drawn artists to its shores, most notably the art colonies founded in the late 19th century in Cos Cob and Lyme; a new generation of artists has focused on what former president of Yale College, Timothy Dwight, called “this fine piece of water.”
SIGHT AND SOUND brings together artists who engage with Long Island Sound through a variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and video. From traditional landscape depictions to contemporary conceptual interpretations, the exhibition showcases a breadth of artistic responses, offering visitors an immersive experience of the Sound’s complexities.
Participating artists include:
● Frances Ashforth (New Canaan, CT)
● Christopher Baker (Brooklyn, NY)
● Marion Belanger & Martha Willet Lewis (Guildford & New Haven, CT)
● Christopher Coffin (Fairfield, CT)
● Keneth Martin (Norwalk, CT)
● Brechin Morgan (Milford, CT)
● Constance Old (New Canaan, CT)
● James Prosek (Easton, CT)
● Duke Riley (Brooklyn, NY)
● Alexis Rockman (Warren, CT)
● Jeremy Slater (Brooklyn, NY)
● Beth Stewart-Kelly (West Haven, CT)
● Catherine Vanaria (New Fairfield, CT)
An opening reception will be held on June 12, 2025, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, featuring remarks from curator Richard
Klein and participating artists.
Admission is free and open to the public.
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