Roberley Bell’s Closing Talk this Thursday evening at Shattuck Gallery

The Westport Cultural Council (WCC) and Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) are pleased to announce their first of three summer Westport Artist in Residence Program Closing Talks.

This Thursday June 24th at 6 PM, artist in residence Roberley Bell will be speaking at the DeDee Shattuck Gallery about her latest iteration of Locus Amoenus, which takes on notions of ecosystems and conservation at Westport Woods Conservation Park (573 Adamsville Road). Bell’s installation includes a brilliantly painted ghost tree nestled within a chain link house. Visitors to the park are asked to participate by contributing a story of a tree they remember. These memories are written on colorful tags which hang on the tree.

Advance registration is not required for Bell’s Closing Talk this Thursday evening. The Dedee Shattuck Galley is located at 1 Partner’s Lane, Westport MA 02790.

Merri Cyr

Originally from Adamsville, Rhode Island, Merri Cyr lived in New York City for 30 years working as a fine art and commercial photographer. Primarily focused on portraits of musicians and artists, her clients include Disney, Columbia Records, Sony, Vimeo, Warner Brothers, Verve, Polygram, Rolling Stone, among many others. Merri was in house photographer from 2009-2019 for Apple Events in NYC Soho store, photographing actors, musicians, designers and movie folks for podcasts. As part of an Apple events team, Merri worked in tandem with creatives collaborating on artwork for the Apple website, photographing more that 800 events. In addition, she is author of two photography books and her work is represented by Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York and Los Angeles.