Three of Norwalk's commercial galleries will open their doors Jan. 18 to the cultural alliance and art supporters. The event is free and open to the public.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m. at Artists Market at 163 Main St., where owner Jeff Price will talk about the gallery and an exhibition of photographs of political activists from the Watergate era.
Participants will reconvene at the LOVE ART Gallery at 132 Washington St. in SoNo. Owner and artist Cabell Molina will speak about the gallery at 7:15 p.m. The tour will move next door to Galeria Isadora where owner Isadora Gacel will speak at 7:45 p.m.
For further details about the tour and how to participate, or for information about how to become a member of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County as an artist, cultural nonprofit or creative business, contact David Green, director of programs and membership at David@CulturalAllianceFC.org.
“We have a new exhibit on politics and protest photography from the early 1970s, and I’ll be talking about that, our collection of book plates and our collection of M.C. Escher, so it should be interesting,” Price said. “ ... We will also be giving a tour of our frame shop so they’ll see how the inner mechanics work.”
Molina opened the LOVE ART Gallery in March, and said she hopes the event will help introduce more people to the gallery. The gallery doubles as a work space where people can watch artists, including Molina, in the creative process.
“Most of my artists are local and the point of my gallery is to showcase really talented local artists,” Molina said. “I’m also trying to build a community with this gallery because there’s so many local artists. I feel like there’s a lot of talent in the area and I would love to connect local artists. My gallery is also different because I mainly have pop art and street art, an I want to try to open people’s minds to that kind of work.”
The Annual Progressive Gallery Tour was launched by the cultural alliance in 2016 to bring artists, cultural nonprofits and creative business members together to celebrate the variety commercial art galleries across Fairfield County.
The event is free and open to the public.
Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
