Art Exhibits
The Library offers the use of its Conference Room, Community Room, and Glass Display Case for artists to display their work. The Conference Room and Glass Display Case are curated by Dolly Curtis, while the Community Room features mainly exhibits in conjunction with the Easton Arts Council. If you're interested in displaying your work, contact Dolly Curtis at dollycurtis72@gmail.com, or Sheila Weaver at saweaver@optonline.net. Please read our artist guidelines below.
Maria Miro Johnson
Family Farm
Through February 13
Conference Room & Large Display Case​
Art Reception: Thursday, January 8, 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Painting of a green field with yellow flowers and rust colored trees. And a bright blue sky.

purple ceramic flowers with green stems on a gray ceramic background.

Green, brown and blue mosaic glass.

Painting of a green field with yellow flowers and rust colored trees. And a bright blue sky.
Fairfield native Maria Miro Johnson explores the emotionally expressive potential of oil paint in her work, often using a palette knife in a gestural style that is primarily realistic yet punctuated by moments of abstraction. Her recent series, Family Farm, was created both en plein air and from photographs in her home studio in Middletown, Connecticut. Maria’s artistic practice extends beyond painting to include ceramics, fused glass, and mosaics. Her ceramics were crafted at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown, fused glass at RiverFire Glass in Deep River, and mosaics at Gallery53 in Meriden. She gratefully acknowledges the advice and support of fellow artist Bivenne Staiger throughout her creative journey.
Easton Arts Council
Winter Arts Celebration
January 6-February 28
Community Room
Art Reception: Saturday, January 10, 6:00-9:00pm​

Painting of a white house on the shore of a river, with a snowy field (Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT

Painting of a winter landscape, with a snowy field, tall green trees, and rust colored trees, with a blue sky.


Painting of a white house on the shore of a river, with a snowy field (Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT
This winter members show features paintings, photography, mixed media, and sculpture. There will also be a People's Choice Award for your favorite artist. For more information, go to http://eastonartscouncil.org.
Stephanie Hilton
Rock Paper Scissor
February 16-March 30
Conference Room & Large Glass Display Case
Art Reception: Saturday, February 21, 2:00-4:00pm​



Stephanie Hilton is a watercolor and mixed media artist based in Fairfield, Connecticut. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, she spent many exciting years as an advertising art director in New York City. Living there gave her frequent access to museums and a wide range of art, every visit offering something inspiring and fun. Stephanie studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, as well as the Silvermine Guild and Rowayton Arts Center in Connecticut, where she refined her personal style with some fresh and imaginative techniques. Her work has appeared in many regional juried and group exhibitions, earning several prestigious awards in 2024. She is a proud exhibiting member of the Rowayton Arts Center, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Stamford Art Assoc., Art/Place Gallery Fairfield, and Carriage Barn Arts Center New Canaan.
Paula McDonagh
The Shapes of Color Photography & Painting
March 2-April 11
Community Room
Art Reception: Saturday, March 7, 4:00-6:00pm​




Paula’s love of art in all forms began as a young girl with a strong desire to create something unique. She began using media such as fabric, fibers, beads and natural substances to create. She subsequently fell in love with photography, using it as a tool to capture and create images and make them uniquely her own. Much of Paula’s photography emphasizes natural elements. Always enthralled with water and its interactive and transformative power over its surroundings, water is a key component of much of her abstract photography. Floral themes, natural scenes and architecture are also favored subjects and often captured from atypical perspectives. Color, light and reflection play a significant role in her photographic work as well as movement, shape, geometry and pattern, working in unison to create thought-provoking imagery. Mindful of how she approaches photographic images, Paula began painting. She uses nontraditional techniques and tools and emphasizes color, form and movement. Paula enjoys showing her work in juried photography and art exhibits. One of her macro abstract floral photographs is permanently displayed at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, during the annual recurring “Miss Florence’s Artist Trees Pallet Exhibition” every holiday season. Last fall she participated in the Banned Book Covers Reimagined Exhibition/Trading Card Fundraiser in Valley Cottage, NY, where her painting from the Ladies Series, “Lady in Red” was
displayed. Paula states she strives to depict images that stimulate the imagination, pique curiosity, or arouse
a sense of wonder in the viewer
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