More About The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum to Call for Artists for New 2022 Exhibition

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum located at 295 West Ave., Norwalk, CT is calling for artists for a juried exhibition titled, Fragments of Light, Impressions of Color. The submission deadline is Fri., Feb. 11, 12 p.m. The exhibition will open on Apr. 7 and run through Aug. 28, 2022. Artist and Trustee Gail Ingis will select approximately 30 works from digital submissions. Works should be no more than five feet (sixty inches) on all sides.
This exhibition will feature artists working in the style of contemporary impressionism, focusing on the effects of light and color, whether through portraiture, painting nature “en plein air” or depicting the urban landscape.

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will welcome entries in the following categories: fine arts media, watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, small sculpture, and mixed media, A fee of $35 for 4 images inclusive of a one-year membership will be required to enter.

This juried exhibition will be held in the Billiards Room of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. Artists can enter their work, review eligibility and other instructions by visiting the Museum’s website: Click for Details, as the jurying process will be conducted online. To reach museum staff, artists can call 203-838-9799, ext. 115 or email info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is a National Historic Landmark. For reservations and additional information on schedules and programs please visit our website: Click for Details or call 203-838-9799, ext. 4.

Contact Name: Susan Gilgore

Contact Email: info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com

Contact Phone: 2038389799

Date & Time

January 23, 2022
9:00am - 12:00pm

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01/24/2022, 01/25/2022, 01/26/2022, 01/27/2022 and 15 other dates

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Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
295 West Ave
Norwalk, CT 06850

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The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is regarded as one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style country houses in the United States. Built by renowned financier and railroad tycoon LeGrand Lockwood from 1864-1868, the Mansion, with its unparalleled architecture and interiors, illustrates magnificently the beauty and splendor of the Victorian Era.

Lockwood’s financial reversal in 1869, and his untimely death in 1872, resulted in the loss of the estate then known as “Elm Park,” through foreclosure, in 1874. In 1876, the property was sold to Charles D. Mathews and his wife Rebecca. Mathews, a prominent importer from New York, and his family, resided in the Mansion until 1938. In 1941, the estate was sold to the City of Norwalk and designated a public park.

The Mansion was a technological marvel of its time: it had indoor hot and cold plumbing, gas lighting, ventilation, and a central heating system that burned a ton of coal a day. Indeed, there is no comparable mansion museum in our state. Built during the Civil War and still inhabited during the Great Depression, there is no institution in Connecticut that is better able to bring to life these significant events in American history.

When the building was threatened with demolition in the 1960s, concerned citizens galvanized to save the Mansion in one the most important and hard-fought preservation battles in Connecticut’s history. These local preservationists succeeded in saving the Mansion in 1965, and later formed the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum of Norwalk, Inc., a 501(c)(3), which was designated a National Historic Landmark, in 1971.

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295 West Ave
Norwalk, Connecticut 06850

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