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Education:
1979 Liberal Arts, Colby Sawyer College, New London NH
1981 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Photography, UC Riverside, Riverside CA
2000-20 Studied with Pamela Dulong Williams, Charles Ray, Constance Kiermaier, Helen Cantrell,
Chris Shore, Lenny Moskowitz, Vickie Marsango and Theresa Girard
Bibliography:
Television: Featured in This Old House: Season 41 on PBS "The Westerly Ranch House"
Interview: Spectrum Visions 2020, Carriage Barn Art Center talk about “Downtown Blues"
Havyn 2020, talk about my “Babbling Brook” painting
Catalogue: “Moments in Time” Solo Show, Townley Gallery, NYC
Newspaper: 32963 Vero Beach, FL
Vero News
The Darien Times
The New Canaan Advertiser
The Norwalk Hour
Westerly Sun
Magazine: Canvas Rebel 2024
Vero Beach Magazine
Hill Pond and Preserve Magazine
New Canaan Darien Rowayton Magazine
Serendipity
The Beat
Venü
Newsletter: Darien Blue
Rowayton Arts Center
Online: Darien Patch
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 "Britt Bair Art" M.Maison Vero Beach, FL
2023 "Color Me Happy" Avondale Arts Watch Hill, RI
2022 "Fresh Perspective" Center for Spiritual Care Vero Beach, FL
2021 "Britt Bair Art" SONO1420 South Norwalk, CT
2021 Britt Bair Art "Expressions in Color" Darien, CT
2021 “Here I Am” Hazel House, Vero Beach, FL
2019-20 "Moments in Time" Townley Gallery, Tribeca, NYC
2017 "Back Porch Bovines" Estias Back Porch Cafe, Darien, CT
2015 "Cows" Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe, Darien, CT
2012 "Cakes and Cows" Brendan's 101, Rowayton, CT
2007 Donut Inn, Darien, CT
2001 Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
Juried Exhibitions/Awards
2023 Faber Birren National Color Show Stamford Art Association Stamford, CT
2020 Spectrum “Visions” 30th Annual Juried Contemporary Art Show, Carriage Barn Art Center,
New Canaan, CT
Spring All-Media Juried Show, Rowayton Art Center, Rowayton, CT
2015 RAC 'Plein Air' Show, Rowayton, CT- First Place Winner
57th Annual Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT-Second Place Winner
2014 56th Annual Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT-Second Place Winner
52nd Annual CCNS Juried Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2013 55th Annual Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT
51st Annual CCNS Juried Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2012 "To the Table", Darien Historical Society Juried Art Show, Darien, CT- Second Place Winner
50th Annual CCNS Juried Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2010 52nd Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT
2009 51st Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT- Second Place Winner
Selected Exhibitions:
2024 "Color Into Spring" Group Show Darien Nature Center Darien, CT
2022 "Abstractions" South Norwalk, CT (Three person show)
2020 Hayvn Art Exhibit, Darien, CT (Group show)
Live Girl “She is Rising” Exhibit and Art Showcase, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
“Home” Rowayton Art Center, Rowayton, CT
2019 "Fresh Air Fresh Ideas" Darien Nature Center, Darien, CT (Three person show)
"Capturing New Canaan" Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
"Marine and Coastal Art Show" Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
"Weekapaug Art Show" Weekapaug, RI
"Artists of Grove Street Plaza" Darien, CT
2017 "Big Anniversary Small Works" South Norwalk, CT
"Artists of Grove Street Plaza" Darien, CT
"Down on the Farm" Darien Nature Center, Darien, CT (Two person show)
"ReAwaken" WALA, Artworks on the Green, Norwalk, CT (Group show)
2016 "Sense of Place" WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
"Artists of Grove Street Plaza", Darien, CT
"Nukitchens Nuart" WALA, South Norwalk, CT (Group show)
2015 WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
First Annual "Artists in Grove Street Plaza" Darien, CT
2014 "Explorations" WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
FCPAP "Water Views" Brendan's 101, Rowayton, CT (Group show)
FCPAP "Pink Day" Gilberties Herb Farm, Westport, CT (Group show)
FCPAP Roton Point Annual Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2013 WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
WALA Art Show, Brendan's 101, Rowayton, CT (Group show)
4th Annual Art for Aids Benefit, Artspace, Hartford, CT
Junior League’s 21st Annual Art Show, Fairfield, CT
WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
2012 "Recent Works" WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
"Words Matter" WALA, Wilton Library, Wilton, CT (Group show)
"Cadre" The Mayor's Gallery, City Hall, Norwalk, CT
FCPAP "Water Views", Roton Point Club, Rowayton, CT (Group show)
Darien Arts Center Annual Art Show, Darien, CT
2011 WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
2010 "Citywide Open Studios" Downtown, Norwalk, CT
Roton Point Art Show, Rowayton, CT
"Current Inspirations" WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
"Selections from the Wilson Avenue Loft Artists" Maritime Center Garage Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Rowayton Art Center Show, Rowayton,CT
2009 "Monothon 2009” Center for Contemporary Print Making, Norwalk, CT
"ArtWorks Darien" Exhibited at The Darien Thrift Shop, Darien, CT
"Desserts" Wildbunch Group Show, Wilton Library, Wilton, CT
"Remember This" HSBC Bank, Norwalk CT (Two person show)
Kittery Art Association, Kittery, ME (Group show)
Fairfield County Plein Air Painters(FCPAP), Darien Land Trust Fundraiser, Darien Library, Darien, CT
2008 "ArtWorks Darien" Exhibited at Good Goods, Darien, CT
Corporate Collections:
US Chemicals, Darien CT
Darien Butcher Shop, Darien, CT
Private: Collections:
New York to California and Europe
Memberships and Affiliations:
2007-2017 Co-Founder and Co-President Wilson Avenue Loft Artists, Norwalk CT
1998-2015 Co-President of Fairfield County Plein Air Painters
Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT
New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan, CT
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Galleries:
Gallery 104, Tribeca, NYC
Louisa Gould Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Avondale Arts, Watch Hill, RI
Geary Gallery, Darien, CT
M.Maison, Vero Beach, FL
The Little Plucky Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Related Work Experience/Professional Experience:
2023 Teaching Workshop "Anything Goes" Darien Library, Darien, CT
2020 Juried into the Silvermine Art Center as an exhibiting member, New Canaan, CT
2020 Juried into Art Residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
2010-Present Rowayton Art Center: Juror on the selection committee for new exhibiting members
2004-Present Teaching Private Painting Classes to Adults and Children, Private Studio
Sip and Paint classes to Adults- Darien Nature Center, Private Studio
2017 Teaching Workshop: Technique and Process to Art Faculty at Darien High School, Darien, CT
2016 Art Talk and Demo: Artworks on the Green, Norwalk, CT
2007-2017 Wilson Avenue Loft Artists, Co-Founder and Co-President: Planned quarterly meetings, organized Open Studio Events, exhibitions, gallery shows and landlord, South Norwalk, CT
2006-2008 ArtWorks Darien: Organizing committee to show art in the windows of downtown Darien
2005-2016 Darien Art Center: Co-Chairman and organizing committee of the Annual Art Show, Darien, CT
1998-2015 Fairfield County Plein Air Painters Co-President: Organized locations, critiques and exhibitions
1988-1994 Britt Bair Design, Principle in Graphic Design Firm: Designed company logos and promotional material, catalogues for art galleries. New York and San Francisco
1988-1992 Freelance Graphic Designer, New York and San Francisco
1986-1988 Graphic Design Assistant to Principle, New York, New York