The New Canaan Historical Society is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit at the Gores Pavilion in Irwin Park on June 1. A reception will be held that evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and the public is welcome. Camaren Dayton, a senior at New Canaan High School, will show twelve computer generated drawings of modern buildings in town, including the Gores Pavilion, the Glass House and Grace Farms. Each 20 x 30 inch image is imaginatively enhanced with…

Elements of Design, this year’s summer show at the Gores Pavilion in Irwin Park, opens on May 11th. It features the work of four New Canaan High School seniors--Timothy Scranton, Eliza Pohle, Kate Lindberg and Sammi Smith. All artists are students in the Advanced Placement Studio Art 3-D Design class taught by Jeanne McDonagh. The exhibit examines line, color, texture and perspective. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to show the work together,” says Nancy Geary, Executive Director of…

The New Canaan Historical Society presents New Canaan Rendered: Architectural Sketches by Mark Markiewicz AIA. This collection of twenty hand drawings illustrates the rich diversity of New Canaan architecture. Represented are buildings from Colonial times to the modern era. The exhibit opens at the Gores Pavilion in Irwin Park on September 14 and runs through November 2. A reception will be held on September 14 from 5-7 pm. Mark Markiewicz, an architect and long-time resident of New Canaan, is an…

Torrance York will give an Artist Talk on Tuesday, June 4th at 10:30 am at Gores Pavilion in Irwin Park, New Canaan, CT. The artist will talk about her current solo exhibition, Common Ground: Irwin, that includes twelve landscape photographs created in Irwin Park over the past 4 years, and will share a print portfolio of previous projects, as well. The photographs taken over the past 4 years emphasize the changing palette of the seasons and represent her experience of…

The Gores Pavilion is reopening for the season on May 5 with an exhibition by Mark Markiewicz, architect, artist, and former President of the NCM&HS Board of Governors. Based on his own travels, the collection of drawings forms a graphic travelog with a focus on architectural history. The show includes images from his native Poland, the Middle East, and Western Europe, as well as Princeton University, where he was educated, and New Canaan, where he has been a resident for…