Submitted by Barbara Nair, Spectrum Gallery
(May 23, 2025) — Enjoy a weekend of art, meeting artists and the outdoors at the Summer Arts Festival on the Essex Town Green, Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 15, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Presented by Arts Center Killingworth and Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, the Festival is located at 12 Main Street in Essex. Find original artwork by painters working in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, photography, and mixed media and collage. Fine crafts can be found in pottery, ceramic, wood as well as unique jewelry creations. Enjoy the attractions Essex offers including fine restaurants, New England architecture, and beautiful vistas.
Arts Center Killingworth, the non-profit Festival Sponsor, presents several annual festivals as well as offers workshops and classes for established and beginning artists of all ages. Spectrum Gallery and Store, an expansion of the Arts Center, is a close visit from the Festival and is currently exhibiting Nature Up Close through July 6, 2025.
Spectrum showcases emerging and established artists and includes a store that offers fine crafts in mediums such as fabric, glass, ceramics, paper, pottery, jewelry, wood and more. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday (Noon-6:00 p.m.) and Sunday (Noon-5:00 p.m.). Gallery is located at 61 Main Street, Centerbrook. Spectrumartgallery.org. To shop online, visit Spectrum Anytime at spectrumanytime.com. For more information call (860) 767-0742.
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Essex Summer Arts Festival is partially sponsored by Renewal by Andersen.
Images provided by Spectrum Gallery:
“Pinks Meditation Stone” by Deborah Churchill, Gypsum
“A Place to Rest” by Jean Maki, Oil on Wood
“The Cape,” by Lisa Conti. Mixed Media, Photograph on Linen
