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SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-09-01/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20250829T152507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T152507Z
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SUMMARY:Docent-Led Exhibition Tour
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the current exhibition from an expert docent. No advance registration required; all tours included in Museum admission. Remember\, gallery admission is FREE for MoCA Members.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/docent-led-exhibition-tour-4/2024-08-31/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240625T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T190028Z
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SUMMARY:Kaleidoscope Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Kaleidoscope exhibition opening reception is on Sunday\, August 25 from 12:30-2 PM featuring works from both our Camp MoCA campers and MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts participants. Register now; suggested donation $10/adult. The exhibition runs from August 25 to September 1. \nCamp MoCA Exhibition Details \nWe invite you to join us in celebrating the creativity\, growth\, and passion of our campers at the end-of-summer exhibition that will showcase the incredible artistic achievements and life skills our young artists have developed during their time at Camp MoCA Westport. \nThis summer\, our young artists at Camp MoCA Westport embarked on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery\, family connection\, and community engagement. Through the exploration of diverse art styles and renowned artists\, they delved into themes of self-expression\, family\, and community\, while honing their artistic skills and fostering character-building traits such as trustworthiness\, responsibility\, respect\, fairness\, and citizenship. \nOur campers discovered the transformative power of the ‘ish’ mindset\, which encourages creativity and self-expression without the constraints of perfection. Embracing this approach\, they learned to appreciate the beauty of imperfection and focus on the process of creating\, experimenting\, and learning. \nIn the realm of family\, campers engaged with various family-themed lessons inspired by celebrated artists\, creating artworks that celebrated love\, family diversity\, and personal history. These activities allowed them to develop valuable character-building skills\, such as responsibility\, fairness\, and respect\, in the context of family life. \nLastly\, our young artists immersed themselves in the concept of community by participating in lessons inspired by renowned artists. They created collaborative artworks that highlighted the importance of community connections\, teamwork\, and active citizenship. They reflected on their camp experiences and developed personal action plans to be responsible community members. \nMoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition Details  \nExplore a showcase of artwork created by participants who have found inspiration\, joy\, and a deeper connection to the world around them through the healing power of art. The MoCA Gives Back initiative embodies the core belief of MoCA CT: arts for all. We are dedicated to recognizing and meeting the diverse needs of our community through partnerships\, high-quality programming\, and outreach to under-resourced populations. \nThe MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition is a celebration of our commitment to providing meaningful programs and a broad range of opportunities for all members of our local community. This initiative is an extension of our mission to build a deeper understanding and passion for the arts by presenting thought-provoking and relevant arts experiences. MoCA Gives Back is our promise to make MoCA CT’s exhibition\, performing\, and educational arts programs accessible to everyone. \nLearn more about the MoCA Gives Back initiative. 
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/kaleidoscope-exhibition/2024-08-31/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/updated-kalediscope-12.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002513-1725105600-1725120000@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-31/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240625T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T190028Z
UID:10002808-1725019200-1725033600@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Kaleidoscope Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Kaleidoscope exhibition opening reception is on Sunday\, August 25 from 12:30-2 PM featuring works from both our Camp MoCA campers and MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts participants. Register now; suggested donation $10/adult. The exhibition runs from August 25 to September 1. \nCamp MoCA Exhibition Details \nWe invite you to join us in celebrating the creativity\, growth\, and passion of our campers at the end-of-summer exhibition that will showcase the incredible artistic achievements and life skills our young artists have developed during their time at Camp MoCA Westport. \nThis summer\, our young artists at Camp MoCA Westport embarked on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery\, family connection\, and community engagement. Through the exploration of diverse art styles and renowned artists\, they delved into themes of self-expression\, family\, and community\, while honing their artistic skills and fostering character-building traits such as trustworthiness\, responsibility\, respect\, fairness\, and citizenship. \nOur campers discovered the transformative power of the ‘ish’ mindset\, which encourages creativity and self-expression without the constraints of perfection. Embracing this approach\, they learned to appreciate the beauty of imperfection and focus on the process of creating\, experimenting\, and learning. \nIn the realm of family\, campers engaged with various family-themed lessons inspired by celebrated artists\, creating artworks that celebrated love\, family diversity\, and personal history. These activities allowed them to develop valuable character-building skills\, such as responsibility\, fairness\, and respect\, in the context of family life. \nLastly\, our young artists immersed themselves in the concept of community by participating in lessons inspired by renowned artists. They created collaborative artworks that highlighted the importance of community connections\, teamwork\, and active citizenship. They reflected on their camp experiences and developed personal action plans to be responsible community members. \nMoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition Details  \nExplore a showcase of artwork created by participants who have found inspiration\, joy\, and a deeper connection to the world around them through the healing power of art. The MoCA Gives Back initiative embodies the core belief of MoCA CT: arts for all. We are dedicated to recognizing and meeting the diverse needs of our community through partnerships\, high-quality programming\, and outreach to under-resourced populations. \nThe MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition is a celebration of our commitment to providing meaningful programs and a broad range of opportunities for all members of our local community. This initiative is an extension of our mission to build a deeper understanding and passion for the arts by presenting thought-provoking and relevant arts experiences. MoCA Gives Back is our promise to make MoCA CT’s exhibition\, performing\, and educational arts programs accessible to everyone. \nLearn more about the MoCA Gives Back initiative. 
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/kaleidoscope-exhibition/2024-08-30/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/updated-kalediscope-12.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002512-1725019200-1725033600@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-30/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T191500
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240628T182806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T164306Z
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SUMMARY:Sunset Plein Air Painting Class (BYOB Optional) with Agata Tria
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \n\nEnjoy the summer evening at our plein air painting class. Stationed on the front lawn\, set up your easel and paint from life or follow along with Agata Tria to complete a guided painting.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/sunset-plein-air-painting-class-byob-optional-with-agata-tria/2024-08-29/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240625T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T190028Z
UID:10002807-1724932800-1724947200@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Kaleidoscope Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Kaleidoscope exhibition opening reception is on Sunday\, August 25 from 12:30-2 PM featuring works from both our Camp MoCA campers and MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts participants. Register now; suggested donation $10/adult. The exhibition runs from August 25 to September 1. \nCamp MoCA Exhibition Details \nWe invite you to join us in celebrating the creativity\, growth\, and passion of our campers at the end-of-summer exhibition that will showcase the incredible artistic achievements and life skills our young artists have developed during their time at Camp MoCA Westport. \nThis summer\, our young artists at Camp MoCA Westport embarked on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery\, family connection\, and community engagement. Through the exploration of diverse art styles and renowned artists\, they delved into themes of self-expression\, family\, and community\, while honing their artistic skills and fostering character-building traits such as trustworthiness\, responsibility\, respect\, fairness\, and citizenship. \nOur campers discovered the transformative power of the ‘ish’ mindset\, which encourages creativity and self-expression without the constraints of perfection. Embracing this approach\, they learned to appreciate the beauty of imperfection and focus on the process of creating\, experimenting\, and learning. \nIn the realm of family\, campers engaged with various family-themed lessons inspired by celebrated artists\, creating artworks that celebrated love\, family diversity\, and personal history. These activities allowed them to develop valuable character-building skills\, such as responsibility\, fairness\, and respect\, in the context of family life. \nLastly\, our young artists immersed themselves in the concept of community by participating in lessons inspired by renowned artists. They created collaborative artworks that highlighted the importance of community connections\, teamwork\, and active citizenship. They reflected on their camp experiences and developed personal action plans to be responsible community members. \nMoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition Details  \nExplore a showcase of artwork created by participants who have found inspiration\, joy\, and a deeper connection to the world around them through the healing power of art. The MoCA Gives Back initiative embodies the core belief of MoCA CT: arts for all. We are dedicated to recognizing and meeting the diverse needs of our community through partnerships\, high-quality programming\, and outreach to under-resourced populations. \nThe MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition is a celebration of our commitment to providing meaningful programs and a broad range of opportunities for all members of our local community. This initiative is an extension of our mission to build a deeper understanding and passion for the arts by presenting thought-provoking and relevant arts experiences. MoCA Gives Back is our promise to make MoCA CT’s exhibition\, performing\, and educational arts programs accessible to everyone. \nLearn more about the MoCA Gives Back initiative. 
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/kaleidoscope-exhibition/2024-08-29/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/updated-kalediscope-12.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002511-1724932800-1724947200@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-29/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240625T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T190028Z
UID:10002806-1724587200-1724601600@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Kaleidoscope Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Kaleidoscope exhibition opening reception is on Sunday\, August 25 from 12:30-2 PM featuring works from both our Camp MoCA campers and MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts participants. Register now; suggested donation $10/adult. The exhibition runs from August 25 to September 1. \nCamp MoCA Exhibition Details \nWe invite you to join us in celebrating the creativity\, growth\, and passion of our campers at the end-of-summer exhibition that will showcase the incredible artistic achievements and life skills our young artists have developed during their time at Camp MoCA Westport. \nThis summer\, our young artists at Camp MoCA Westport embarked on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery\, family connection\, and community engagement. Through the exploration of diverse art styles and renowned artists\, they delved into themes of self-expression\, family\, and community\, while honing their artistic skills and fostering character-building traits such as trustworthiness\, responsibility\, respect\, fairness\, and citizenship. \nOur campers discovered the transformative power of the ‘ish’ mindset\, which encourages creativity and self-expression without the constraints of perfection. Embracing this approach\, they learned to appreciate the beauty of imperfection and focus on the process of creating\, experimenting\, and learning. \nIn the realm of family\, campers engaged with various family-themed lessons inspired by celebrated artists\, creating artworks that celebrated love\, family diversity\, and personal history. These activities allowed them to develop valuable character-building skills\, such as responsibility\, fairness\, and respect\, in the context of family life. \nLastly\, our young artists immersed themselves in the concept of community by participating in lessons inspired by renowned artists. They created collaborative artworks that highlighted the importance of community connections\, teamwork\, and active citizenship. They reflected on their camp experiences and developed personal action plans to be responsible community members. \nMoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition Details  \nExplore a showcase of artwork created by participants who have found inspiration\, joy\, and a deeper connection to the world around them through the healing power of art. The MoCA Gives Back initiative embodies the core belief of MoCA CT: arts for all. We are dedicated to recognizing and meeting the diverse needs of our community through partnerships\, high-quality programming\, and outreach to under-resourced populations. \nThe MoCA Gives Back Healing Arts Exhibition is a celebration of our commitment to providing meaningful programs and a broad range of opportunities for all members of our local community. This initiative is an extension of our mission to build a deeper understanding and passion for the arts by presenting thought-provoking and relevant arts experiences. MoCA Gives Back is our promise to make MoCA CT’s exhibition\, performing\, and educational arts programs accessible to everyone. \nLearn more about the MoCA Gives Back initiative. 
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/kaleidoscope-exhibition/2024-08-25/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/updated-kalediscope-12.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002510-1724587200-1724601600@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-25/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002509-1724500800-1724515200@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-24/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002508-1724414400-1724428800@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-23/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T191500
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240628T182806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T164306Z
UID:10002835-1724348700-1724354100@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Sunset Plein Air Painting Class (BYOB Optional) with Agata Tria
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \n\nEnjoy the summer evening at our plein air painting class. Stationed on the front lawn\, set up your easel and paint from life or follow along with Agata Tria to complete a guided painting.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/sunset-plein-air-painting-class-byob-optional-with-agata-tria/2024-08-22/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002507-1724328000-1724342400@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-22/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002506-1723982400-1723996800@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-18/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240530T020148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T020148Z
UID:10002470-1723982400-1723996800@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Artisan Marketplace Summer Series
DESCRIPTION:Announcing our Artisan Marketplace Summer Series\, outdoor events that celebrate local artisans and their creations.  \nOutdoor Artisan Marketplaces will take place on select Sundays throughout the summer from 12p-4p:  \n\nJune 16\nJune 30\nJuly 14\nJuly 28\nAugust 4\nAugust 18\nSeptember 8\n\nThis year’s Artisan Marketplace will be held outdoors\, providing a beautiful and spacious setting for visitors to explore a wide variety of unique\, handcrafted items. From jewelry and pottery to textiles and artwork\, there will be something for everyone to enjoy and appreciate. The galleries inside will also be open to enjoy our latest exhibition. \nThe Artisan Marketplace Summer Series is a perfect opportunity for families and friends to spend a leisurely afternoon supporting and discovering the talent and creativity of local artisans. We continue to accept vendor applications – click here to apply!
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/artisan-marketplace-summer-series/2024-08-18/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,HP Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240711T132750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T150617Z
UID:10002825-1723982400-1723989600@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Family Day featuring Oran Etkin: Timbalooloo
DESCRIPTION:Family Day\, August 18 from 12-2 PM \nRegister Now. \nEvent Highlights: \n\nAfrican Drumming Demo with multi-instrumentalist Kwame’ Henry Jones\nEnjoy a musical journey led by award-winning Oran Etkin: Timbalooloo\nArt Tents: Meet our dedicated teachers and explore various art mediums\, allowing families to engage creatively. \nIce Cream Treats served by the South Norwalk Ice Cream truck\nExplore our current exhibition and teaching garden\nThe Artisan Marketplace is open from 12-4 PM\, handcrafted items made by local artisans are available for purchase\n\nJoin us for Family Day on August 18th from 12-2 PM at MoCA CT. Timbalooloo will provide an engaging jazz-centered musical performance at 1 PM. The South Norwalk Ice Cream truck will be on hand serving treats for everyone to enjoy. This event allows visitors to explore our galleries\, classrooms\, grounds and garden\, as well as learn about new initiatives. From 12-1 PM\, African Drumming Demo with multi-instrumentalist Kwame’ Henry Jones. Dive into the world of West African rhythms using authentic instruments\, including Djembe\, Doundoun\, and Shakere’. Mr. Jones\, a beloved artist in Fairfield County\, will teach us how music shares thoughts\, ideas\, and stories. Music activities are suitable for toddlers to age 12.  \nTimbalooloo’s mission is to inspire and empower a new generation to become proficient in the language of music. Celebrating varied musical traditions and encouraging creativity\, Timbalooloo celebrates diverse musical traditions and encourages the creation of new music. Oran Etkin\, Timbalooloo’s creator\,  is widely recognized as one of the top clarinetists and composers of his generation. He was recently voted the #1 rising star clarinetist in Downbeat Magazine’s Critics Poll and regularly performs at major jazz festivals worldwide. Etkin has also contributed to numerous albums\, including a Grammy Award-winning compilation. \nOur outdoor Artisan Marketplace will also be running from 12-4 PM and offer a wide variety of unique\, handcrafted items. From jewelry and pottery to textiles and artwork\, there will be something for everyone to enjoy and appreciate. The galleries inside will also be open to enjoy our latest exhibition\, ColleCTomania. It’s an exhilarating exhibition displaying over 100 Swiss posters from the renowned Tom Strong\, among others. You won’t want to miss it. \nFree for MoCA members\, $20 admission for non-members and $5 for children under 5 years old. \n  \nAbout Oran Etkin: Timbalooloo: \nTimbalooloo seeks to uplift communities by exposing children and families to the richness of global culture in New York and beyond. They seek to empower a new generation to become fluent in the language of music through a unique approach inspired by the way children learn languages fluently.  Instruments come to life and speak through their music and children create music by making their instrument talk. We center our practice around respect for the child and their self-expression\, celebration of diverse traditions and an inspiration to create new music. \nThrough our highly trained Timbalooloo teaching artists\, we offer classes through various partner schools and community organizations. While Timbalooloo is centered in New York\, we have been getting increasing international attention and now tour the Timbalooloo live concerts at major venues worldwide (from Kennedy Center to Istanbul Jazz Fest\, North Sea Jazz to Shanghai Theater). We have also begun licensing the method and providing teacher training to partners worldwide so they can spread the joy of Timbalooloo to their communities. Yet the core of our work continues to be in New York City\, deepening bonds in our community through music and a celebration of culture. \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/family-day-featuring-oran-etkin-timbalooloo/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002505-1723896000-1723910400@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-17/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002504-1723809600-1723824000@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-16/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240611T153724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T145900Z
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SUMMARY:ColleCTomania: Exhibition Tour with Jerry Kuyper\, designer
DESCRIPTION:Jerry Kuyper is a Westport-based designer whose four years of graduate work at the Schule für Gestaltung (School of Design) in Basel\, Switzerland\, has informed more than thirty years of international corporate and brand identity program design\, poster collecting\, and teaching. \nRegister Now \nJerry Kuyper studied design in Basel\, Switzerland for four years in the mid 70s. Two of his teachers\, Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart\, have several posters in this show.\n\nJerry has more than forty years of experience designing and directing brand identity programs. His passion is bringing business and brand strategy to life through creativity and design. He also designed a poster.\n  \nBefore establishing his firm\, Jerry Kuyper Partners\, in Westport in 2004\, Jerry had 20 years of experience in senior creative positions with leading identity consultants including Lippincott\, Siegel & Gale\, frogdesign\, Landor\, Saul Bass and Richard Saul Wurman. His clients have included Banco Santander\, Cunard\, Disney\, 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta\, Penn Medicine\, and the World Wildlife Fund. He has designed visual identities for companies including Aqua America\, AT&T\, Bates Worldwide\, Cisco\, Cushman & Wakefield\, Invisalign\, Penn State\, Sprint\, Stanford Centennial\, Times Mirror\, and Touchstone Films.\n\nIn Connecticut\, Jerry has worked on large visual identity programs for Ability Beyond\, Cartus\, Cigna\, GE\, and United Technologies. In Westport he has created visual identities for Westport Cinema Initiative\, the Remarkable Theater\, and LIT & WIT (a comedy fundraiser for the Westport Writers’ Workshop).\n\nHe has presented to numerous conferences including: the 1993 AIGA National Conference\, Design Management Institute\, The Conference Board and Walker Art Center. In recent years\, he has presented to the Design Institute of Australia\, the HiBrand Identity Conference in Moscow and Advance Branding Conference in Minsk\, Belarus. Jerry has also presented to over 35 universities and designs schools including American University in Dubai\, Art Center\, Basel School of Design\, National Institute of Design in India\, UArts and the University of Cincinnati.\n\nJerry has a B.S. in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati. He completed four years of graduate work at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland. He taught design at the University of Hawaii\, Otis Parsons and UCLA Extension. In 1980 he was awarded a Fulbright-Hays grant to teach at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad\, India.\n\nIn 1998\, Jerry was selected the Outstanding Alumnus by the College of Design\, Architecture\, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/collectomania-tour-with-jerry-kuyper-designer/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-15/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240811T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240811T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002502-1723377600-1723392000@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-11/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240810T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240810T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002501-1723291200-1723305600@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-10/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240628T182249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T155455Z
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SUMMARY:Ceramic Multi-Bowls Workshop with Leah Corbett
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \n\nMake your own multi-bowl centerpiece with Fairfield-based ceramicist Leah Corbett. “Multi-bowls” are one of Leah’s most popular forms\, and can be used for numerous things like snack boards\, jewelry catchers\, air plant displays\, or general organizers for keys & miscellaneous items. In this two-hour workshop\, Leah will guide you through easy steps to pinch & smooth multiple bowl forms out of clay\, attach them\, and manipulate their shapes to fit your own creative style. We provide the clay\, tools & glaze options. You get your hands a little dirty\, choose your glaze\, and pick up your finished creation a few weeks later. This is a great intro to hand-building class to get some basic knowledge that will take you far in the world of pottery.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/ceramic-multi-bowls-workshop-with-leah-corbett/2024-08-09/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240628T181923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240628T181923Z
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SUMMARY:Faces in Clay Workshop with Bianca Barroca
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \n\nLearn the basics of sculpting a face with Brazilian ceramicist & sculptor\, Bianca Barroca. In this two hour workshop\, Bianca will guide you with easy steps to creating your own face mask out of clay\, with ample opportunity to add your own personal flair & expression. We provide the clay\, tools & glaze options\, you make your mask\, choose your glaze\, and pick up your finished creation one week later. This is the ultimate intro class for people that have always wanted to sculpt human form\, but didn’t know where to start.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/faces-in-clay-workshop-with-bianca-barroca/2024-08-09/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-09/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-08/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240418T172404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T172451Z
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SUMMARY:Charles Ives Music Festival: INFINITE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS\n\nSoloist to large ensembles will perform Inconvenient Wounds by Reene Esmail\, And Birds Are Still by Takashi Yoshimatsu\, Nifrasch by Jon Cziner\, Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel\, and The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives\, with addendum by Paul Frucht.\n\nThe Charles Ives Music Festival (CIMF) artists hold positions in major American Orchestras\, lead chamber ensembles\, and perform on Broadway. CIMF concerts honor the legacy of Charles Ives through performances of his works\, music of other American composers and musicians\, and music that transcends the traditional boundaries of classical music to incorporate other styles of music.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/charles-ives-music-festival-infinite/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240804T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240804T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T152522
CREATED:20240624T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T160732Z
UID:10002498-1722772800-1722787200@mocact.org
SUMMARY:Exhibition Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibition\, ColleCTomania between 12-4 PM. \nRegister Here. \nAbout ColleCTomania: \nThis exhilarating exhibition displaying over 140 Swiss posters from the renowned collector Tom Strong. Strong is a New Haven\, Connecticut-based graphic designer\, photographer and collector who has spent sixty years amassing\, displaying\, sharing\, and living amongst his archive. The exhibition\, curated by Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver\, includes a widely diverse range of posters from the 1930s to the present. \n\nSwitzerland’s design culture has had a significant influence on the discipline of graphic design. Swiss posters in particular\, especially those designed during the 1950s and 60s\, have attained iconic status and are part of design education in schools across the globe. Created at uniform scale to be displayed in the streets of Zurich\, Lucerne and Basel\, these posters are now highly collectible\, preserved in the archives of major museums and reproduced in art and design books. \nYale University’s graphic design program\, the first in this country\, was critical in disseminating the work and ideas of Swiss designers. Several influential practitioners were invited to New Haven to teach courses and workshops to students\, including Tom Strong\, eager to experiment with typography\, form and craft. When Yale’s design graduates scattered around Connecticut and the country as both practicing and teaching designers\, the visual language and ideology of the ‘Swiss International Style’ spread far and wide. \n\nThe poster as a large\, public\, graphic form has held its prominent place throughout the history of design. Tom Strong’s vast collection of Swiss posters\, accumulated over six decades\, spans the mid-century to today. His archive includes diverse and boundary-breaking visual strategies employed through inventive uses of type and typography\, image-making\, layering and collage. The posters illustrate myriad expressions in style\, subject matter and ever-evolving technologies. Strong’s posters showcase both the outsized influence of Swiss design as well as the contemporary experimentation that builds on that legacy. Seeing the posters fill the gallery walls is pure visual delight. \nColleCTomania invites the viewer to interact with the posters in a way that correlates to the way we interact with social content; The fast pace consumption of images and text and managing to remember the most impactful or relating subjects. The idea of swiping as we see content is no different from how we view art in any institution. We tend to stand for the works that render us speechless and with ColleCTomania\, the wide number of posters that are being displayed serves as a compelling contrast to this belief. \n“Why do I continue to collect Swiss posters? I guess you like Beethoven and then Stravinsky comes along with different principles\, blows your head off. And then you go further\, and you find more composers who you never knew anything about. The body and the brain and the ear are accustomed to surprise and difference and beauty. Other than that\, I can’t defend it or describe it. These posters have power. You can’t deny it.”- Tom Strong
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/exhibition-hours/2024-08-04/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ColleCTomania-Identity-1.jpg
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