In June 2025, I am honored to have been chosen to be an artist-in-residence at Weir Farm National Historic Park in Connecticut.
Weir Farm's A-I-R Program prioritizes thought-provoking approaches to interpreting our world through contemporary visual art practice. So while I'm in residence, I'm going to further explore my pictorial thoughts about human struggle in the environment in which one exists.
Weir Farm has deep roots in American art, inspiring artists for more than 140 years and now hosting 6 visual artists per year to spend one month living and working at the Park. I am privileged to be a part of 2025's cohort:
When I think about "landscape painting," I lean towards Romanticism, Hudson River School, and Post-Impressionism.
For me, these art history movements are doorways into thinking about relationships to ambition and desire.
So at this residency, I am situating myself in a place where influences from the Hudson River School and American Impressionism are directly connected to the landscape and am excited to do as J. Alden Wier did in his own creative practices: EXPLORE many ways of seeing!
Aspasia Anos; Open Studio May 24, 11a–12:30p.
Charis Carmichael Braun; Open Studio June 21, 11a–12:30p.
Beth Stinson; Open Studio July 26, 11a–12:30p.
Carol Fabricatore; Open Studio August 23, 11a–12:30p.
Steven Bradbury; Open Studio September 20, 11a–12:30p.
Lori Larusso; Open Studio October 25, 11a–12:30p.
I am grateful to the jurors of this year's program; and thankful that programs like this - a National Park for Art! - exist to serve as guardian[s] of our diverse cultural and recreational resources. (To see more, Weir Farm offers virtual tours at nps.gov/wefa). If you're "in the area" this June, come visit!