Featured Artist

MIA was born and raised in the Beardsley Park area of Bridgeport. She likes to refer to it as: “The Charmed City!” as P.T. Barnum himself nicknamed BPT. This native artist has an unique body of work that spans decades of her life and reflect a variety of styles, themes, and mediums; which include painting,… Read More

We’re very excited to feature the Publicity Methods class at the University of Bridgeport (UB). As part of this course, under the direction of Professor Susan Katz, the Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council has acted as the class’s client for an intensive fieldwork component. This semester long collaboration has strengthened our relationship with UB while… Read More

The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council is happy to honor Rachel Rockwell as our March Artist of the Month. A teacher at John Winthrop School, Rachel has partnered to develop the creative fundraiser Greetings from Black Rock on April 6th. Featuring a silent auction of original “postcard size” art, live music and refreshments, funds from… Read More

The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council is happy to honor Lee Walther as our February Artist of the Month. Lee Walther Multi media – Conceptual Artist – Designer A conceptual artist and designer, Lee is a member of Bridgeport’s vibrant Black Rock community. She is one of 17 artists on view at the University of… Read More

The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council is happy to honor Pam Lacey as our January “Artist of the Month”. A fiber, metal clay, and glass artist, Lacey’s work embraces the subject of transformation, a fitting theme for this time of year. Pam is one of 46 recipients of the 2012 Artist Fellowship Grant in the… Read More

With her work as an individual artist, Director of a dynamic gallery space City Lights, and leader of citywide arts initiative “The Bridgeport Art Trail”, we are happy to honor Suzanne Kachmar as our November Artist of the Month.       ABOUT SUZANNE KACHMAR Suzanne Kachmar, Executive Director and Program Director of City Lights… Read More

Robin Gilmore is an artist, teacher, arts administrator, and designer with strong roots in the Bridgeport community. She is a recipient of the Mayor’s Neighborhood Arts & Heritage Grant (Spring 2012) for her Art Cart project. Art Cart engages the community in “random acts of art” through an interactive art-on-the-street station. Gilmore also facilitates workshops… Read More

BACC ARTISTS OF THE MONTH SEPTEMBER 2012 Artist, Writer, Printer-Publisher Emily Larned ABOUT THE ARTIST Emily Larned is an artist, writer, and printer-publisher. She creates publications and organizes collaborative, socially engaged projects that seek to improve consciousness and  quality of life.  Current work includes: Impractical Labor, a member-organization-as-art-project for like-minded makers; Pleasure Beach Lives, a public park… Read More

ARTISTS OF THE MONTH August 2012 Share, Learn, Create, Inspire Who we are The World Artist Network is a non-profit and online community open to all active, creative individuals, as well as arts appreciators, arts leaders or creative artists including musicians, visual artists, writers, performers, composers, spoken word artists, arts educators, photographers, digital artists, etc. regardless… Read More