Early American Art: Two-Part Series - Colonial Painting and Revolutionary Images Part 1: Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 PM Part 2: Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 PM Celebrate America’s 250th with a visual journey through early American Art History—with added insights into art appreciation. This two-part program will first explore simple, straight-forward paintings by self-taught artists who gave us glimpses of life during the colonial era. Part 2 will be held on Saturday, May 30 and will rediscover...

Grab museum passes at the Westport Library for discounted entrance fees and head over to the Whaling Museum for: Lagoda - Below Deck Saturday, May 9th 10:00 - 11:00 AM Head below deck on the Lagoda, the Museum's half-scale whaling ship model, and imagine life at sea while exploring the captain and officers' living quarters. Learn about the business of New England whaling, the crew, and life on shipboard. While at the museum explore the Sailor's Nook. Imagine living and working on a whaling...

During May, Susanne Delatour Carey will be exhibiting abstract paintings exploring themes of geometry, color and space. Visit the Manton Room during Library hours: *M & TH: 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM *T, W, F & Sat.: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Susanne is a mixed media abstract artist residing in Westport. She has a studio in New Bedford and has shown her work at Colo Colo gallery and Judith Klein gallery. Her studio is open to the public every second Thursday of the month or by appointment.