Please join us for an evening of community, art, cocktails and complimentary light bites on Saturday, October 15 from 5 - 7 PM at MoCA Westport. The opening reception is free and open to the public; no RSVP is required.

From the Pen to the Knife features a unique collection of watercolors by the ground-breaking artist Marian Christy. Now 90 years old, Christy is the pioneer who invented Knifed Watercolors®, a new technique she developed into a single and original style that shatters tradition. She creates innovative watercolors using only palette knives and puddles of paint. No drawing. No brushes.

Christy was an award-winning journalist for the first chapter of her life. She was a writer for The Boston Globe at a time when women had limited journalistic opportunities. Her writing was nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes and was considered innovative in the areas of fashion and celebrity reporting. She considers her time as an artist as a second chapter of her life, a time where she pivoted from “the pen to the knife.”

The exhibition, on view through November 27, 2022, was curated by Ruth Mannes, Executive Director of MoCA Westport; Liz Leggett, MoCA Westport’s Director of Exhibitions; and visual artist Tom Berntsen.

The exhibition is generously sponsored by The Hofstetter Baron Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.