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fairfielduam · 2 months

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Spring 2024 Direct from the Director

Woohoo! I am very excited to share the fantastic news that we are an accredited Museum!

The Fairfield University Art Museum has been awarded Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to American museums. Receiving accreditation signifies excellence to the entire museum community, to government agencies and institutional funders, to collectors, partners, and visitors. This prestigious distinction will bring national recognition to our Museum for its commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards, and continued institutional improvement.

About the Accreditation process: Accreditation is a rigorous but highly rewarding process that examines all aspects of a museum’s operations. To earn accreditation, a museum first must conduct a year of self-study and then undergo a site visit by a team of peer reviewers. Our small-but-mighty team at the Fairfield University Art Museum worked on the self-study from May 2022 through May 2023. As part of the process, we hosted two peer reviewers on campus for a two-day site visit in November 2023. The Alliance’s Accreditation Commission, an independent and autonomous body of museum professionals, considered the self-study and visiting committee report to determine whether we should receive accreditation. We were just notified of this happy result!

Our accreditation distinguishes the Fairfield University Art Museum on the national stage:

Of the nation’s estimated 33,000 museums, just over 1,080 are currently accredited.

Fairfield University Art Museum is one of only 21 accredited museums in Connecticut and one of only 12 accredited art museums in the state.

Only 11% of museums in New England and only 16% of the academic art museums in the country are accredited.

Only 15% of the museums with staffs the size of Fairfield’s Art Museum have achieved this honor, and only one other Jesuit University has an accredited museum (the De Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University).

We are incredibly proud to be an accredited Museum and to have been recognized for all that we have accomplished since the Museum’s inception in 2010. Among the achievements we are most proud of are: having grown and diversified the permanent collection, which now numbers almost 2,700 objects; making our programs accessible to the broadest possible audiences through livestreaming, recording and archiving; keeping our exhibitions and events always completely free and open to all year after year; and making all of our exhibition materials available bilingually in Spanish. Our accreditation is a testament to the incredible generosity of our wonderful donors and supporters, who make our work possible and enable us to present programs of the highest quality for the benefit of our students, faculty, and the broader community.

We have recently acquired a number of new works, some by donation and several via the Black Art Fund, in our continued quest to diversify our collection by purchasing works by Contemporary Black artists. This stunning photograph, entitled Sun and Trees, by Adger Cowans was included in our 2022 solo exhibition of the artist's work. We are thrilled to now be able to add it to our permanent collection, and it is making a reappearance in our Landscape in Focus exhibition opening next week.

This work by Martina Johnson-Allen was acquired, along with two others, from Brandywine Workshop and Archives to augment our Satellite Collection of works created there. It will be included in an exhibition this coming fall focusing on Brandywine prints entitled Sacred Spaces, guest curated by Juanita Sunday.

We are absolutely delighted and extremely grateful that the Quetzal that is included in Streaming: Sculpture by Christy Rupp, the current exhibition in the Museum's Walsh Gallery, has been donated by the artist to the Museum's permanent collection. You have just one month left to see this fantastic exhibition - do not miss it!

I look forward to seeing you in the galleries this spring for Christy Rupp (followed by Peter Anton: Just Desserts), Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color, and our Focus on Landscape photography exhibition.

Artfully yours, Carey Carey Mack Weber Frank and Clara Meditz Executive Director

Captions: Adger Cowans, Sun and Trees, 1959, archival pigment print. Museum Purchase with funds from the Black Art Fund, 2024 Martina Johnson-Allen, Another Realm, 2006, offset lithograph. Partial gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and Museum Purchase with funds from the Black Art Fund, 2024 Christy Rupp, Quetzal, 2020, credit cards, wood, steel, mixed media. Gift of the artist. Christy Rupp, Streaming: Sculpture by Christy Rupp, Gallery Installation shot, Walsh Gallery, February 2024

#museum #fairfield university #art #christyrupp #photography #peteranton #landscape #still life

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astoundingart · 2 years

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Peter Anton “Heavenly Assortment” #Art #AstoundingArte Artwork #PeterAnton #Foodart #Realism #hyperrealism #Assortment #HeavenlyAssortment #Heavenly #Chocolate #Chocolates #Heart #Hearts #Yum #Yummie #Foodporn #Foodsculpture #Sweets #candy #candies #Chocolate #eclair #eclairs #macaroons #FrenchPastries #Yum #delicious #Contemporary #Donut #Donuts #contemporaryArt #Connecticut (at Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbq3GkhqNU_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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astoundingarte · 2 years

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Peter Anton’s “Glamourous Assortment” #Art #AstoundingArte #Artwork #ArtGallery #PeterAnton #Anton #AntonArt #PeterAntonArt #Chocolate #Chocolates #Sculpture #CandyArt #CandySculpture #FoodArt #BoxedChocolates #3DArt #Modernart #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryModern #ContemporaryModernArt #FoodArtist #Glamourous #GlamourousAssortment #ChocolateAssortment https://www.instagram.com/p/CZezwBFu-Oq/?utm_medium=tumblr

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peterwalladobe · 4 years

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ART MADRID 2020. Galería Hispánica. Crónica Visual: [email protected] 26 de Febrero > 1 de Marzo del 2020. - - - - @artmadridferia @galeria_hispanica @peter_anton_ @onerafaelbarrios @fidia @mrbrainwash @carloscruzdiez @manolovaldes @guillermofornes @melbochner @xaviermascaro_ @paulrousso #ARTMADRID2020 #artmadrid20 #ARTMADRID #GaleríaHispanica #PeterAnton #RafaelBarrios #MelBochner #MrBrainwash #CarlosCruzDíez #FidiaFalaschetti #GuillermoFornes #XavierMascaró #PaulRousso #ManoloValdes https://www.instagram.com/p/CAA6ryYDbpT/?igshid=gprp1hw63h2o

#artmadrid2020 #artmadrid20 #artmadrid #galeríahispanica #peteranton #rafaelbarrios #melbochner #mrbrainwash #carloscruzdíez #fidiafalaschetti #guillermofornes #xaviermascaró #paulrousso #manolovaldes

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iihih · 4 years

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These Valentine’s Day Chocolates will last a lifetime! Learn all about the hyper-realistic candy sculptures by Peter Anton on If It’s Hip It’s Here (link in bio). . . #contemporaryart #valentinesday #sculpture #valentinesdaychocolates #heartshapedbox #boxofcandy #art #peteranton #valentinechocolates #realism #unixgallery #iloveyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B8exZZ7Bb7G/?igshid=1wmr738n1ql1e

#contemporaryart #valentinesday #sculpture #valentinesdaychocolates #heartshapedbox #boxofcandy #art #peteranton #valentinechocolates #realism #unixgallery #iloveyou

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naildesignsgallery-blog · 5 years

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I wanna eat but those were too big to bite “sweetheartsampler ” … I wanna eat but those were too big to bite🍬🍫🍭 #PeterAnton "sweetheartsampler " #NailsByMei #artnewyork

#artnewyork #nailsbymei #PeterAnton #sweetheartsampler #those #wanna

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absolutelykathy · 5 years

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Today I introduced @peter_anton_ to my students as our final pop art artist. We used @cassie_stephenz lesson plan and this week they drew out their favorite dessert. Next week they will use clay and bring their sketch to life. #peteranton #popart #dessert #oilpastels #collage #artist #artistofinstagram #artteacher #artteachersofinstagram #loomplaylove #icecream #doughnuts #loomplaylove https://www.instagram.com/p/B0HOON6pD5K/?igshid=u4lm6qeh1aj7

#peteranton #popart #dessert #oilpastels #collage #artist #artistofinstagram #artteacher #artteachersofinstagram #loomplaylove #icecream #doughnuts

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mykindoftown123 · 6 years

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“Candy Warhol” #frenchmacarons...”edible” art #Repost @peter_anton_ ・・・ Latest Completed Sculpture #peteranton #art #sculpture #chocolate #food #candy #macarons #sweet #artstudio #studio #artist #colors #love #happiness

#frenchmacarons #sculpture #art #love #artist #chocolate #peteranton #repost #colors #food #candy #sweet #happiness #macarons #studio #artstudio

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mscandyblog · 7 years

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Celebrating World Chocolate Day with master "chocolatier" Peter Anton, who makes me drool! 💋🍭🍬🍫#peteranton #worldchocolateday #chocolateday #chocolatebar #candyart #chocolateart #happiness #boxofchocolates #boxofchocolate #boxofchocolateart (at UNIX Gallery)

#worldchocolateday #candyart #chocolateart #boxofchocolate #peteranton #chocolateday #boxofchocolates #chocolatebar #boxofchocolateart #happiness

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batserendipity · 5 years

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Τα τεράστια φαγητά-γλυπτά που έχουν τρελάνει τους συλλέκτες

Τα γλυπτά του Peter Anton είναι η απόδειξη πως το φαγητό είναι μια μορφή τέχνης. Ο Peter μετέτρεψε την αγάπη του για το φαγητό σε επάγγελμα και εδώ και χρόνια φτιάχνει τεράστια γλυπτά φαγητού, τα οποία έχουν λατρέψει πολλοί ιδιωτικοί συλλέκτες, όπως ο Bill Clinton.

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fairfielduam · 4 months

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Winter 2024 Direct from the Director

I hope you will join us for the two winter exhibitions described in the current newsletter, which open with receptions on Jan. 18th (Streaming: Sculpture by Christy Rupp) and on Feb. 1st (Helen Glazer: Walking in Antarctica) respectively.

I am excited to give you a sneak preview of what will be coming up in the galleries after that! Following Helen Glazer in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries will be a solo show of recent works by a Fairfield University Studio Art professor, entitled Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color.

In this exhibition of recent work, Chamlin explores ideas about color theory and light through a series of landscape and interior stills. Since 2012, the artist has carefully charted her paints using the Munsell color system, which analyzes colors in terms of hue (the color itself), value (relative light and dark) and chroma (level of saturation or brilliance). For each of her paintings, Chamlin sets a highly specific palette; experimentation within this limited range then guides her decisions about process and pictorial space.

Chamlin's works will be complemented by an exhibition entitled The Landscape in Focus: Recent Acquisitions of Photography, on view in the rear gallery. The photographs on view will include recent donations to the Museum of work by artists including Alen MacWeeney, Bea Nettles, Victoria Sambunaris, Larry Silver, James Welling, and Huang Yan, among others.

Following Christy Rupp in the Museum's Walsh Gallery, in the Quick Center for the Arts, will be Peter Anton: Just Desserts, a solo exhibition of Anton’s incredibly realistic, oversized pop sculptures of desserts, on view from May 10 through July 27, 2024.

Anton’s models for his array of desserts come from products that are instantly familiar to the viewer and evoke a nostalgia for childhood (and adult) favorites. Sculptures that will be featured in the exhibition include a melting chocolate-covered ice cream pop, a gigantic box of donuts, and an open box of chocolates with a few missing a bite, together with numerous crumpled brown candy cups.

I hope this brief preview has whet your appetite for all that we have in store for you this spring and summer!

I want to also remind you that thanks to a generous Access for All grant from the Art Bridges Foundation the Museum is now open until 8 p.m. on Thursday nights! I encourage you to plan an evening visit to take advantage of these wonderful new expanded hours.

Looking forward to seeing you in the galleries! Artfully yours, Carey

Captions: Suzanne Chamlin, Autumn Yellow, 2022. Oil on linen. 9 x 12 inches. Lent by the artist. Suzanne Chamlin, Painter Hill Road 4, 2022. Oil on linen. 10 x 20 inches.Lent by the artist. Suzanne Chamlin, Window Study – Summer, 2023. Oil and charcoal on linen. 8 x 10 inches. Lent by the artist. Victoria Sambunaris, Untitled (train on salt flats), Great Salt Desert, Utah, 2002. Chromogenic print. Edition: 5. 39 × 55 inches. Gift of Avo Samuelian and Hector Manuel Gonzalez. Peter Anton, Super Donuts, 2020. Mixed media. Lent by the artist.

#museum #fairfield university #artbridges #peteranton #christy rupp #helenglazer #suzannechamlin

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astoundingart · 2 years

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Peter Anton “Super Donuts” #Art #AstoundingArte Artwork #PeterAnton #Foodart #Realism #hyperrealism #Superdonuts #donuts #doughnuts #pastry #pastries #Foodporn #Foodsculpture #Sweets #candy #candies #Chocolate #eclair #eclairs #macaroons #FrenchPastries #Yum #delicious #Contemporary #contemporaryArt #Connecticut (at Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFrDRPOsYi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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ricisidro · 6 years

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#SundayMorning #SundayMotivation #Prayer #StMichaelArchangel by PeterAnton von Verschaffelt (1753) #sculpture #art, bronze statue standing on top of the Castel Sant'Angelo, #Rome, #Italy #SaintMichael the #Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl around the world seeking the ruin of souls.🙏 #God #Jesus #HolySpirit #StMichael #SpiritualBattle #Christian #Catholic #Catolico #Bible #SundayThoughts #SundayFunDay (at Castel Sant'Angelo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnO1_gOg7Mz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dm2tw98qsy1b

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mscandyblog · 7 years

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Love Peter Anton's work! If you have a passion for candy, follow him! 💋🍫🍭🍬#candy #candyart #chocolateart #chocolatebunny #artexhibit #popart #peteranton #foodart #fakefood #candylivestreamer #candylivestreaming #candyspeaker (at UNIX Gallery)

#chocolatebunny #candy #candylivestreaming #candylivestreamer #candyspeaker #popart #foodart #candyart #artexhibit #peteranton #fakefood #chocolateart

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njdirtygardener · 6 years

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@peter_anton_ piece on the wall and another by @desireobtaincherish at the @unixgallery . #PeterAnton #DesireObtainCherish #UnixGallery (at UNIX Gallery)

#unixgallery #peteranton #desireobtaincherish

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