Second Saturdays 2024
Saturday May 11, 10:00 AM - Saturday October 12
6 N. Main Street Kent Barns, Kent, CT
Visit Kent Barns on the second Saturday of every month from May to October for a fun-filled day of flowers, food, and exploration. Our outdoor markets feature local growers, makers, and artisans with regionally sourced goods. Our shops, galleries, and eateries have new exhibitions and inventory. Enjoy everything we have to offer on this special day!
Featured Events
10:00-1:00 Kent Flower Market at RT Facts
10:00-2:00 Community Farmers Market & Swyft Shop
10:00-5:30 Art Galleries & Shops - New Exhibitions and Inventory
11:00-2:00 Live Music Under the Big Maple Tree
Learn about exciting new pop-ups, author/artist talks, and workshops by following us @kentbarnsct and Shops at Kent Barns on Facebook.
Alex Katz's "A Bit of Everything"
Saturday August 10, 4:00 PM - Saturday October 5
Craven Contemporary 4 Fulling Lane Kent Barns Kent, CT
Alex Katz's "A Bit of Everything" at Craven Contemporary. Alongside the gallery show, there is also an online exclusive on Artsy "A Bit of Everything II".
"A Bit of Everything" is exactly as it sounds: a curated selection of prints including flowers, trees, landscapes, and portraits, all in Katz's instantly recognizable style. As Calvin Tomkins wrote for New Yorker Magazine in August 2018 "his paintings make us see the world the way he sees it, clear and up close, with all but the most essential details pared away".
Katz's work is in the collections of over 100 public institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, in New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York; the Whitney Museum of Art, in New York; the Tate Gallery, in London; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Katz has received numerous awards, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for Painting in 1972; and in 1987 both Pratt Institute’s Mary Buckley Award for Achievement and the Queens Museum of Art Award for Lifetime Achievement. He continued to work in New York City and Maine at age 97 and had a major retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in October 2022.
Hours & Contact Info:
Saturdays 11 am - 5 pm and Sundays 12 pm - 5 pm.
cravencontemporary@gmail.com
(646) 355-8142
The House of Books Events
Monday August 12 - Tuesday December 31
10 N. Main Street
The House of Books located at 10 N. Main Street in Kent, CT offers a well-curated selection of books, gifts, and a continuous lineup of impressive events. Located adjacent to Wilson's Bakery & Cafe make it easy to grab a great new read and then head over for a delicious breakfast or lunch. Visit House of Books for all their exciting new literary events.
Phone: 860-927-4104
Email: info@houseofbooksct.com
Website : houseofbooksct.com/events
NEW WELLNESS CLASSES in 2024
The space above the House of Books has two wellness professionals offering movement and yoga classes. For more information visit their links:
Kent Yoga and Body Works
Movement Learning Resources, Inc.
My Mother's Clothes - Jeanette Montgomery Barron
Friday August 23, 5:00 PM - Sunday September 22
Peggy Mercury 9 Maple Street UNIT 2 Kent Barns Kent, CT
My Mother’s Clothes
Jeannette Montgomery Barron
August 22nd through September 22nd
Opening reception with the artist Friday, August 23rd from 5-7 pm
Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron creates a poignant and enduring portrait of her late mother through still-life images of her cherished clothing shoes, and personal possessions. As her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's progressed, Montgomery Barron began this unique visual album as a way of both sparking her mother's memories and coping with her sense of loss.
Poetic, riveting, and elegant, My Mother's Clothes is part fashion diary, part personal memoir, part loving memorial, and part life celebration.
To accompany the exhibit, Brooke Savona of Flora Vintage has curated a selection of vintage clothing and accessories inspired by Jeannette’s work.
@jmontbarron
@floravintage
Hours & Contact Information:
Thursday through Sunday 11 am- 6 pm
info@peggymercury.com
@itspeggymercury Peggy Mercury
Slipping Glimpser
Saturday August 31, 4:00 PM - Sunday October 13
Kenise Barnes Fine Art -7 Fulling Lane Kent, CT
Paintings by Susan English, Julie Gross, Audrey Stone
August 31 - October 13, 2024 reception August 31, 4 - 6, public invited
You know, the real world, this so-called world, is just something you put up with like everybody else. I’m in my element when I’m a little bit out of this world: then I’m in the real world – I’m on the beam. Because when I’m falling, I’m doing alright. When I’m slipping, I say, ‘Hey, this is interesting.’ It’s when I’m standing upright that bothers me… I’m slipping most of the time. I’m like a slipping glimpser. - William DeKooning
A slipping glimpser. Someone who slides along a beam of light finds the eternal in the transitory and communicates it to the rest of us – to de Kooning, that is what it meant to be an artist. It’s almost impossible to find a better definition.
Don't hesitate to contact Lani Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquiries or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.
Ore Hill Tea Service
Sunday September 8, 1:00 PM - Sunday October 13
3 Maple Street Kent, CT
Join us on the Second Sunday of the summer months for Ore Hill Tea Service.
We will be tasting single-origin teas and house blends while also exploring tisanes from our partners at Rock Cobble Farm. Each tea and tisane will have a curated snack prepared to enhance the flavors of the beverage, allowing us to highlight the fresh seasonal produce and products from locally sourced farms.
Visit the link to book for the next service.
or call 860 592 0404