From Darien to RuPaul's Drag Race, Jax says they always had to hold themselves 'up a little bit higher'

While they had a small group of friends at school, Jax said they spent most afternoons in the Darien High School darkroom developing film. ... While studying at the School of Visual Arts, Jax began experimenting ...
Garrett William Finley
He attended Northeastern University, New England School of Photography and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His love of Boston and Manhattan was contagious; he loved experiencing the variety, ...
Where they are headed: Here's a list of colleges Darien High grads are destined for

Harvard College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Indiana University at Bloomington Iona College Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College King’s College London Lafayette ...
Obituary: Alan De Santis, 60
He attended Fox Lane High School. ... Alan graduated from Dean College and went on to earn his BFA from The School of Visual Arts, majoring in photography.
'Miss Beth' joins Darien Arts Center

Beth Cherico has joined the Darien Arts Center as director of visual arts. ... Before becoming "Miss Beth" at the Darien Nature Center, where she taught since 2007, she was a project arts coordinator in New York ...
Mierzwa's artwork on display at Darien Rowayton Bank

After attending the High School of Art & Design, she studied painting and illustration at Parson's School of Design as well as taking courses at the School of Visual Arts, the National Academy of Design and ...
Obituary: Michael Vincent Principe, born in Little Italy, family man, graphic designer

He remained in New York for college, graduating from the School of Visual Arts.
Award-Winning Pastel Artist to Teach Adult Workshop at Darien Arts Center

All skill levels are welcome in the workshop, which takes place in the DAC Visual Arts Studio at 2 Renshaw Road, behind the Darien Town Hall. ... He Received a bachelor of fine arts from The School of Visual ...
Community Soundings: Darien plastic surgeons make strides against breast cancer; DCA recognizes scholarship sponsors

The association’s need-based college scholarship program for Darien High School graduates is a longstanding philanthropic tradition, now in its 77th year. ... Bell thanked the donors for their generosity and ...
DAC fall registration underway

There are a variety of opportunities for all age groups, from infants to adults, including classes in music, theater, visual arts and dance. ... The workshop "Connecting with the Camera" is new for middle and ...
Uncle’s Deli celebrates 30 years

After high school, he studied cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Get To Know...Tina Duryea, Darien native displays artwork at Darien Nature Center

The Darien native attended Tokeneke School, Greenwich Academy and Darien High School. ... After about two years, she decided to go back to school and was torn between attending law school or going to school for ...
Community Soundings: Honors, events and more

A new instructor A new visual arts instructor has joined the Darien Arts Center. Emily Evans, who is teaching cartooning, is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and draws and co-writes a monthly ...
'Little Treasures' on display at Geary Gallery in Darien

Murray Smith, from upstate New York, is a graduate of the High School of Art & Design and attended both the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts. ... She studied drawing, pastel, watercolor, oil and ...
School for Visual Arts proposed for downtown Torrington building
Theresa Sullivan, who represents the Connecticut Academy for the Performing Arts, filed the application in the hope of transforming the Coldwell Banker building, located at 61 Main Street into a school for the ...
Darienite featured in Rockwell exhibit

While teaching music in Greenwich she shifted her focus from music to visual art. ... He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Iona College in 1978 and attended Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts and the ...
New exhibit in NYC chronicles Westport photographer’s life-risking career, from Libya to Ukraine

That apologetic email, recorded in her 2015 memoir titled “It’s What I Do: A Photographer”s Life of Love and War,” is as good an introduction as any to Addario’s award-winning and life-risking career ...
Falls Village gallery has show with Gary Stephan

He is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches in the MFA program at School of Visual Arts in NYC and is ...
Torrington artist Mark Rich finds happiness in his Water Street studio

Olson TORRINGTON — Mark Rich’s studio is a visual feast, with paintings large and small hanging in every available space. ... Rich attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he met his wife, ...