Thursday, September 21, 2023, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
The Mayor’s Gallery
Government Center
888 Washington Blvd
Stamford CT 06901
Margaret Phillips and Mayann Weinberg met over 30 years ago at a quilting group when they were both young mothers and artists. Their quilting activities and travels overlapped, and a deep friendship developed. They organized and ran many art exhibitions over the years often bringing their children along to serve as helpers. Many years later Margaret’s son and Mayann’s daughter reconnected and eventually married. These remarkable women now share a grandchild.
Mayann Weinberg is a Stamford-based artist. She is a mixed media artist who embraces many forms of creating art, frequently combining techniques. Mayann quilts, paints, weaves as well, and works with glass. She also is an expert in repairing and making sails for sailboats. Boats and old vehicles are a common subject matter in her paintings. She has exhibited regionally as well as in France and Japan.
Margaret A. Phillips is a Greenwich-based artist. She has been an exhibiting artist for over 25 years. Her focus is on fiber arts and drawing. Her work is bright and colorful and prioritizes line and simplification. Margaret’s work has been shown regionally, nationally, and internationally including Quilt National, Quilts = Art = Quilts, and Sacred Threads. It has been published in 8 books and many magazines and is in two museum collections.
The Mayor’s Gallery is located on the 10th floor of Stamford’s Government Center. The City of Stamford gives area artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in this space. There are six exhibitions annually featuring emerging and professional artists.
Please contact curator Ellen Gordon at esgordon@optonline.net to view the exhibit on weekdays from 9 a.m. – to 4 p.m.