NEST Arts Factory
UPCOMING EVENTS!
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Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 5:00pm-9:00pm
SAVE THE DATE!
Join our Nest Arts Factory community with a celebration of Earth Day featuring visual art from local creatives, live music, film screenings and a cocktail reception!
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Complimentary snacks and beverages will be available plus free street parking!
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Suggested Donation of $10 will be accepted.
NEST Open Studios
COMING SPRING 2023!
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Open Studios, art sale, hands-on activities, great family fun! The NEST Arts Factory is the longest-running working artists studio in Bridgeport, marking over 30 years. Meet the artists, tour their studios, and experience the variety of art and music created in this working studio space. The weekend program offers several hands-on, interactive programs; many are great family-fun activities. Artists’ work of all sizes and materials will be on sale, just in time for the holidays. Also view the work of guest artists, including the Black Rock Art Guild #36, the Bridgeport Portrait Project, and artists in the exhibit “Reconstructed/Deconstructed Still Lifes.” Activities taking place throughout the NEST include busker-style music, hands-on art activities like aromatherapy, mosaic, demos of the ‘lamp work’ technique of glass-blowing, and screenings from the Bridgeport Film Fest #28.
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Artists of the NEST
Guest Artists
Vic Mulaire
Nest Executive Director
Lori Bloom, #32/33
Mixed media/paper flower artist bloomingcolorsart.com / blooml@hotmail.com
Instagram @bloomingcolorsart
Gussie Bradford, #24
Crafts
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Bridgeport Film Fest, #31A
Jason A. Coombs, Artistic Director
Filmmaker, Writer, Photography
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Elisha Brockenberry, #6
Garment Specialist & Community Organizer
righteouspath2002@gmail.com www.righteouspath2002.life
Instagram @righteouspath.2002
John Carnright, #2
Mixed Media Photo Chemical primitivefuturisms.com
Marcella Kurowski-Cavaliere (Looketha), #35
Visual artist, Painter, Sculptor
looketha.com
Quinn Costantini, #25
Multi Media Artist
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Kat Evans, #30
Abstract Painter
kevansart.com
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Francine Fanali, #29
Painter / Sculptor
francinefanali.com
Jane Gilman Fleischner, #23
Painter, Prints, Pen & Ink
Instagram: @JaneGilmanFleischner
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Robert Foley, #22
Musician
Kerry Gale, #5
Murals/painting
kerrygale.com / hellofloraco.com Instagram @kerrygale_ @hellofloraco
Carolina Guimarey, #22
Contemporary Fine Artist
carolinaguimarey.com
Jimmi Glass, #8
Glassblower / Lampworker
Instagram @strive_glass
Kat Jetson, #25A
Mosaics, Enamel Pins, Stained Glass, Commission
marvelousmrsmosaic.com/
Suzanne Kachmar, #15
Painter / Curator
Rebecca Kaplan-Stone, #12
Printmaker
Igor Kuznetsov, #28
Jewelry Designer, Goldsmith & Writer
Instagram @igorkuznetsovdesigns
Luis Lopez, #31
Painting / Murals/ Photography / Graphic Design
Instagram @luis_lopez_art
Sabrina Lewis, $7
Music
Eliana Mesa, #21
Painter
Instagram @ellie_messsa
Trish Monahan, #1
Painter
trishmonahan.com
Caitlin O’Brien, #27
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Paper Arts
Rick Reyes, #39
Latin World Musician
Instagram @rickreyesmusic
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Laurie Rivera, #18
Jewelry Artist
azizidesigns.com
Instagram @azizidesignsjewelry
Ray Rivera, #31
Photographer
Sharon Smalls, #34B
Mixed Media Artist
Instagram @smallsdesign
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Linda Smith, #34A
Mixed Media Artist
LindaCSmith.com
Instagram @Laughing_linda
Kristopher Studebaker, #4
Musician
Instagram @Krisstudebaker
Swamp Hogs Musicians Catfish
Instagram @swamp.hogs / bcaseyksc@gmail.com
Black Rock Art Guild #36
the Bridgeport Portrait Project
Artists in the exhibit:
“Reconstructed/Deconstructed Still Lifes.”