WCSU Events

MFA Visiting Artist Lecture - Eric Aho, Painter
2024-04-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | VPAC Room 144, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WCSU M.F.A. VISITING ARTIST LECTURE WITH ERIC AHO, PAINTER:
Wed, April 3, 2024, 11 a.m.
Visual & Performing Arts Center, Room 144, WCSU Westside campus
Free & Open to the Public, Limited Seating Available
RSVP required. Reserve a spot here.
Eric Aho is a painter who lives and works in Saxtons River, VT. He studied at the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London and received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. In 1989, he participated in the first exchange of scholars in over thirty years between the U.S. and Cuba. He completed his graduate work at the Lahti Art Institute in Finland on a Fulbright Fellowship in 1991-92 and an American-Scandinavian Foundation grant in 1993.
Aho’s works have been exhibited widely in the U.S. and abroad. Currently represented by DC Moore Gallery in NYC, he has had 7 solo exhibitions there from 2009 to 2022. He has also had several museum shows, including the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hood Museum of Art, and Portland Art Museum. In 2016, the New Britain Museum of American Art presented “Eric Aho: An Unfinished Point in a Vast Surrounding,” which comprised over 50 paintings of the French landscape exploring the path of his father’s experience in WW II.
In 2009, Aho was elected to the National Academy Museum. He is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant; the John Koch Award for Painting from the National Academy; and an Artist Residency at the Weir Farm National Historical Park. His works are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The New York Public Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New Britain Museum of American Art; Denver Art Museum; and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among others.

Survivor Art Gallery
2024-04-12 14:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-13 11:00 - 17:00 | Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
SURVIVOR ART GALLERY: The Center for Empowerment and Education is hosting their annual Survivor Art Gallery on Friday, April 12, from 2-8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom on the Westside Campus showcasing students’ and community members’ paintings, drawings, photography, poems, stories, and more that exemplify their story of abuse, assault, trauma, healing and survival. The event is free and open to the public.
SUBMIT YOUR ART: If you are interested in submitting artwork, please fill out the form in the link below:
https://bit.ly/sagallery2024
Please contact the Campus Advocate, Rachel, at rachel.k@thecenterct.org if you are in need of any accommodations, have questions, need more information.
Please contact Chlo at clandisman@thecenterct.org if you are interested in performing a live musical and/or spoken word performance. Performance pieces must be approved ahead of time.
