It was one of the favorite places famed American Impressionists like Childe Hassam and J. Alden Weir to paint en plein air. Julian Alden Weir and his wife, later their daughter Dorothy Weir Young, hosted The Ten and other painters on the Weir Farm in rural Connecticut.
Now the 110 acre Weir Farm is the only National Historic Site devoted to painting. Here you can paint with the pros and with the spirit of painters past. The National Park Service runs the farm, and even provides charcoals, pastels or watercolors on various days so you can try your hand. A self-guided brochure available at the Visitor Center will show you around the popular painting sites around the farm.
The Stone Wall Program, a guided walk, examines the geology and agricultural history of this area in southwestern Connecticut. Thursdays & Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. year-round.
It will be featured in the "America the Beautiful" U.S. quarter series which starts minting this year.
Weir Farms
735 Nod Hill Road
Wilton, Connecticut 0689
+1-203-761-9945
Hours:
May - October: Wednesday thru Sunday - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
November - April: Thursday thru Sunday - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Art Center: weirfarmartcenter.org
National Park Service: nps.gov/wefa
Great fun, great hiking, great photo shoots, can't say much for my painting talents, however!
May your road rise to meet you,
Ann
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