The Wampanoag Experience provides opportunities to participate in Wampanoag traditions and lifeways to highlight Native wisdom and build bridges amongst diverse peoples. Native approaches to environmental sustainability, community & governance, history, arts & crafts, and other topics are featured, the kick-off project
I was very excited to see the first two hexagrams of the I Ching tattooed on Bill Brauns arms when we first met. The hexagrams are from the I Ching (Book of Changes), an ancient Chinese classic text used for divination, wisdom, and
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
An exhibition of three historic Westport hurricanes Climate extremes have been a daily topic in recent years. This exhibition will look back at the impact of the Hurricane of 1938, Hurricane Bob 1991, and offers a second chance to see the Hurricane
Triplofusus giganteus (Kiener, 1840) Horse Conch picctured with a Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) [Lightning Whelk]
A Little Compton resident, Ian Silvia brings a lifetime of familiarity with the local ecosystems to his installations. Below, he responds to questions posed by Merri Cyr of the Westport Cultural Council. Merri: You are a glass blower and you also use
Filmed by Mark Walker
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
On July 16, 2022, Round the Bend Farm honored a dear friend, agriprenuer & local beekeeper, Lucy Tabit. Lucy started raising bees at RTB in 2013 and taught workshops at the farm. She maintained six hives there and sold honey through her