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09/28/2017 12:01 AMThe Arts Center Killingworth presents its Autumn Arts Festival, featuring award-winning artists and fine artisans from throughout Connecticut and the tri-state region, on the Madison Green on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8, from noon to 5 p.m., with a rain date of Monday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Located at Boston Post Road (Route 1) and Copse Road, the festival includes representational and abstract painters working in oil, watercolor, and acrylic as well as photographers, collage artists, potters, glass, and fabric artisans, and fine jewelry designers. Artisans exhibiting on the green feature those working with mixed media, wood, glass, fabric, yarn, botanicals, silver, copper, and semi-precious stones.
For the fourth year, the festival includes a six-week juried Group Gallery Show at Spectrum Gallery and Artisans Store in Centerbrook, running through Sunday, Nov. 5. Select pieces by festival artists are presented and include painting, photography, and mixed media collage, with the store offering many one-of-a-kind fine crafts. Spectrum Gallery, an expansion of the Arts Center Killingworth, located at 61 Main Street, Centerbrook, is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
“The Autumn Arts Festival is a lovely way to enjoy a beautiful fall weekend on the shoreline of Connecticut,” says Barbara Nair, executive director of the Arts Center Killingworth and Spectrum Gallery. “Many of our visitors return year after year and start their holiday shopping at the festival since it offers not only variety and high quality, but also uniqueness. Meeting directly with established as well as emerging artists from throughout Connecticut and beyond also provides the perfect opportunity to begin to collect fine art and high-end crafts or to add to a collection, and for our artists, their work is exposed to a host of people who may become long-term collectors.”
Entrance to both the Autumn Arts Festival on the Madison Green and Gallery Group Show at Spectrum is free. In addition to the artist exhibits, the green also includes live music with The Caraher Brothers, a jazz duo that has performed at many venues and festivals including the Discover Festival in Vermont, the Equifunk Festival in Pennsylvania, and International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven. The band has shared the stage with luminaries such as Billy Hart, Greg Abate, Charlie Hunter, and George Porter, Jr.
Visitors to the Autumn Arts Festival receive a complimentary event program with map and booth locations of each artist, and information on upcoming Arts Center and Spectrum Gallery classes, workshops, and Gallery receptions. Visit the artscenterkillingworth.org and spectrumartgallery.org for online galleries featuring artwork images and background on each participating artist.
More photos and info can be found on the social media sites such as facebook.com/artscenterkillingworth, twitter.com/arts_center_ct, pinterest.com/spectrumart, and instagram.com/spectrum_art_gallery.