Art/Place is a non-profit, artist-run gallery. It has been in existence for more than 35 years and features a new show by one or two members every month and several group shows a year. Receptions include free refreshments and a chance to meet the artists in the show.

 The shows can be viewed every afternoon at 70 Sanford Street in Fairfield. See www.artplacegallery.org or call 646-258-6912.

Art/Place Gallery invites the public to a reception for "Reflections", the solo show of paintings and monotypes of member, Mary Louise Long, on Sunday, September 8 at 3 to 5 pm. She will talk about her work at 4 pm. The show can be seen from August 27 to September 22. 

 Mary Louise Long, a Stamford, Connecticut painter and printmaker, has an MA in Printmaking from Montclair State University in New Jersey.  She was a Lecturer in Art at Bloomfield College, as well as an instructor in Contemporary Painting and Printmaking at the Montclair Art Museum.  She has been a member of many art groups and is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. She is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who of American Women 2019. 

 The artist's works have been exhibited in museums, galleries and private and public collections throughout the United States. She’s had five solo shows at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point.

 Mary Louise says that brilliant colors and powerful forms are central to her paintings and prints, and that ancient myths and legends also contribute to the formation of the work.  "Though the works are abstract, they are firmly rooted in the natural world."  The featured oil painting in this new exhibition is titled “Origins”, a large scale triptych measuring 50" x 120".  The artist describes "Origins” as a magical landscape where the passage of time is seen evolving through each of the canvases."