The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome students of local artist and art instructor Connie Manna as guest exhibitors for the month of March at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.
Each summer, Connie Manna conducts a class entitled En Plein Air at Sherwood Island, through the Westport Continuing Education program. Connie’s classes are for participants of all ages and levels of experience, and she encourages her students to follow their instincts and unlock and embrace their inner artist, while silencing their ‘inner critic.’
On display at the Book Shop for the month of March are artworks by Barbara Silk, Angelina Wu, Frankie Gray, Agnes Paulsson, Paula Fleming and Cynthia Ellis, all of whom participated in Connie’s Summer 2024 En Plein Air art classes.
Connie Manna is an artist and also a freelance illustrator who has collaborated with a wide variety of clients, including medical publications, advertising agencies, and book publishers. Her work has been recognized in the Society of Illustrators 28th Annual Book and Exhibition, and featured in Corbis. Connie earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. She is a member of the Artists Collective of Westport.
The Westport Book Shop will hold a reception for this exhibit on Wednesday evening, March 19, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Space is limited; please RSVP to the Book Shop by phoning 203-349-5141 or by sending an email to RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org
Connie Manna’s students’ artwork will be on exhibit at the Book Shop through March 31, 2025. The art exhibit is open to the public during the Book Shop’s regular business hours: Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m.
To learn more about Connie's own artwork, and about her Paint a Masterpiece a Day art classes, visit Connie's website at www.conniemanna.com
The Westport Book Shop’, a nonprofit independent used book store, is downtown Westport's only source for gently used and antiquarian books, vintage vinyl recrods, and CDs and DVDs. It is located at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from The Westport Library.
The Book Shop's Drew Friedman Art Place is an area of the store dedicated to exhibiting the work of community artists year-round, on a rotating basis. Miggs Burroughs, a Trustee of the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center, and a founding member of The Artists Collective of Westport, curates these exhibits, which change monthly.
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