YOUR BRIDGEPORT ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE

November 9th, 2016

This is it!
Join us TOMORROW, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH for the kick-off of The 2016 Bridgeport Art Trail with a Downtown Art Party! Enjoy live music, art, food and drink: FREE and open to the public!

SAVE THE DATE: November 10th-13^th, a Citywide Open Studio Weekend.
We’ve included an open studio quick guide with links to each location below.

CHECK OUT BPT Art Trail highlighted events, special programming, and venues here.

Explore our full schedule on our website here.

VIEW ART. TALK ART. BUT ART.

VISIT THE BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL WEBSITE

Bridgeport At Trail 2016 – Downtown Kickoff & Artists Party

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 5:30-10PM
READ’S ARTSPACE

City Lights Gallery presents a FREE celebration featuring local art, music, food, drink.

Party with the artists and creative community of Bridgeport in the repurposed Read’s Department Store, now an artist live/work space.

View a sampling of Bridgeport Art Trail small artworks and the resident exhibit “Artist’s Choose Artists” curated by David Green of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County. This exhibit features new artwork from Read’s artists invited peers.

Enjoy music by the Park City All-Stars, curated by John Torres of Oh Cassius!
Listen to eclectic tunes by WPKN’s programmer/deejay Doug Hovey between sets.

Please Your Palate with Bridgeport-made Artisanal Food & Drink
The Downtown Kick-off and Artists’ Party features fine samplings and local fare from Tea-rrific Ice Cream, Meatball Heaven, Asylum Distillery, Harborview Market, and Red Bee Honey. It’s Tea-rrific, baby! Sample a vodka float with a little Asylum Vodka and Tea-rrific Ice Cream.

Tour Open Studios City-wide
Discover art, music, poetry, performance, and more at Bridgeport’s arts communities of American Fabrics Arts Building, NEST Arts Factory, Artists of 305 Knowlton Street, Bridgeport Innovation Center, the Historic Arcade, and Read’s ArtSpace. View work by over 125 artists on display at these venues and throughout the city.
Click each venue photo to link to their schedule of programming.