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Plein Air Litchfield is offering artists free practice sessions at some of the town’s most scenic locations starting this Sunday, May 25, at Meadow Ridge Farm on Beach Street, followed by these upcoming sessions: June 22 at Topsmead State Forest July 20 at Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy Sept. 14 at The White Memorial Conservation Center The…

Above, a Litchfield landscape painted between 1915-25 by Litchfield artist Adelaide Deming in the collection of the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. The Litchfield Historical Society’s walking tours, offered throughout the spring, summer, and early fall, are a great way to explore and learn about the Litchfield Historic District – and there’s an Artists of Litchfield…

An exhibit of Middlebury artist Steve Parlato’s anti-racism collage series “They Are Not Disposable” is being presented through July 14 in the Marie Louise Trichet Art Gallery at Wisdom House. “This moving collection is more than visual art—each piece is a heartfelt tribute, a call to justice, and a story waiting to be witnessed,” Wisdom…

An unsigned oil painting of two women playing musical instruments attributed to Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni (1575-1642) is featured in the April 30 auction at Litchfield County Auctions. Purchased at Parke-Bernet Galleries circa 1956, it has an estimate of $25,000 to $35,000. The sale also features property from the collection of the late Jeff…

The Litchfield Historical Society‘s museums, the Litchfield History Museum and Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School, open for the new season this Saturday, April 19. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free. An opening event for the new exhibit, “Litchfield Through a Lens: The Photography of Neal…