Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. He also made
Westport, Massachusetts natives Merri Cyr and Chief Nij-Pajikwat-Mo`z (Chief Two Running Elk), also known as Robert Cox, are collaborating on a groundbreaking project: the first sculptural representation of an Eastern Woodlands Indian in Westport, to be installed at Wainer Woods Farm. An
This summer, artists Merri Cyr and Tina Tryforos created a 17th-century perennial garden at the Handy House, inspired by New-England’s Rarities Discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country (1671) by early colonial visitor John Josselyn. Guided by Josselyn’s vivid descriptions, we focused on plants used
Interview and portraits by Merri Cyr Edited and written by Paula Gauthier Award-winning playwright Samuel Harps presented a public reading of his new work-in-progress, Paul Cuffe: In Search of a New Land, to a packed house at the
Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. He also made
Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. The art, poetry and performance produced by dada artists is often satirical and nonsensical in nature
The bell at the Bell School House has been repaired with a donation from Al Lees with a dedication to his 96 year old mother, Florence.