Artist Deb Robicheau as Guest Exhibitor at Drew Friedman Art Place at Westport Book Shop
Westport Book Sales: The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome artist Deb Robicheau as guest exhibitor for the month of May at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.
Deb is showing a variety of sculptural mixed media boxes from her recent “Tiny Boxes” series, created during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic. The boxes incorporate art from comic books from the 1930s through the 1980s that Deb had been saving because she thought their art was interesting. Said Deb, “Once the pandemic hit, I decided to sacrifice to the art and cut them up, to illustrate that value could be transferred into what was important in the current world. The images and words were used to illustrate what we were going through in each of our sequestered spaces. We were all in the same storm, but not all in the same boat. We had the challenge to fit our joy and sorrows and love and loss and life and death into smaller and smaller spaces to try and stay safe. That’s what the boxes symbolize to me.”
Deb Robicheau is a lifelong visual artist, sculptor, painter, writer, screenwriter — and devoted Thalassophile. She is a proud alumus of California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. Deb and her family moved to Westport in 2010.
Deb Robicheau’s artwork will be on exhibit at the Book Shop through May 31, 2022. All artwork on display is available for purchase.
Westport Book Shop, a nonprofit used book store, is downtown Westport’s only source for gently used and antiquarian books, vintage vinyl records, CDs, DVDs and audio books. It is located at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from the Westport Library.
The Book Shop’s “Drew Friedman Art Place” is an area of the store dedicated to exhibiting the work of community artists year-round, on a rotating basis.
Miggs Burroughs, a Trustee of the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center, and a founding member of The Artists Collective of Westport, is curating these exhibits, which change monthly. The art exhibit is open to the public during the Book Shop’s business hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. (closed Mondays).
Westport COVID-19 Cases Up 17; State Positivity Rate, Hospitalizations Up
The State Department of Public Health reported 17 more cases in Westport over the past day. The State’s daily test positivity rate was up to 11.20% while hospitalizations were up 9 patients, with 239 patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 throughout the State.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 4,555 cases.
Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 36 deaths
State Daily Test Positivity: 11.20% [up from 10.35%]
State Hospitalizations: 239 patients [+6]
Westport Property Transfers: April 18th - 22nd; Highest Sale on Longview Road at $3.9 Million
Westport property transfers as reported by the Westport Town Clerk’s Office:
Total Conveyance Tax: $74,951.75
Total Sales: $29,980,700
Highest Transfer Price: 5 Longview Road: $3,999,000
Lowest Transfer Price: 16 Fresenius Road: $350,000
Transfers:
5 Longview Road: $3,999,000
39 Burr Farms Road: $3,927,700
14 Owenoke Park: $3,300,000
51 Old Hill Road: $2,435,000
67 Old Hill Road: $2,300,000
11 Summer Hill Road: $2,050,000
20 Salem Road: $1,899,000
1529 Post Road East, Lot B: $1,840,000
22 Crooked Mile Road: $1,825,000
62 Easton Road: $1,550,000
348 Wilton Road: $637,500 (50%)
348 Wilton Road: $637,500 (50%)
18 Joann Circle: $1,025,000
18 Maple Avenue North: $875,000
5 Bowling Lane: $770,000
14 Maple Avenue North: $560,000
16 Fresenius Road: $350,000
Train Station Section of Riverside Avenue Closed Monday and Wednesday for Paving
Westport Public Works: Public Works Director Peter Ratkiewich announced that Riverside Avenue between Charles Street and Railroad Place will be closed to traffic between the hours of 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Monday, May 9 and on Wednesday, May 11 in order to facilitate final paving of the roadway after a long reconstruction project.
All persons wishing to drop off passengers on either side of the Saugatuck Train Station are advised to enter the station through Ferry Lane on the south side of the station. Those that wish to drop off on the North (Westbound) side of the Station are advised to continue driving on Ferry Lane past the Eastbound platform, go under the railroad bridge and proceed to the Railroad Place drop off for the Westbound platform, which will remain open through this period.
Alternatively Westbound passengers can be dropped off in Lot #1 and walk up the staircase to the Westbound platform.
Detour signage will be posted, and traffic control personnel will be utilized to assist commuters through the detour.
All roadwork and closures are subject to change due to adverse weather conditions. Signage will be updated as necessary.
Drivers and pedestrians are urged to use extra caution and allow ample time for travel in this area.