Kerstin Rao Announced as Westport Book Shop’s June Exhibiting Artist

The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome artist  Kerstin Rao as guest exhibitor for the month of June at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art  Place. 

On display are four art prints of Kerstin’s detailed colored pencil floral drawings, along  with a surprise element — QR codes to scan so you can see each piece being created via  time-lapse video.   

Kerstin’s work is hyper-local. Her pieces begin at the Westport Farmers Market with  bouquets from Muddy Feet Flower Farm, which she draws in her Westport home. Next, her  hand-drawn paper work is digitally scanned in Westport, and printed in Norwalk. Her art  business, Vivid Cottage, offers luxury stationery and home goods based on her original  artwork, available at www.vividcottage.com, and now also at the Westport Book Shop. 

Kerstin is an artist, educator, entrepreneur, and improv comedian. Kerstin majored in  Fine Art at Vassar, and earned a Master’s degree in Special Education at Bank Street College  of Education. She taught thousands of students for more than three decades, including 22  years with the Westport Public Schools, before returning to her first passion, art, during the  pandemic. Kerstin also volunteers with the Westport Library, facilitating author panels and  book talks, helping to plan events such as WestportReads, and was a founding member of  the Westport Maker Faire.  

Kerstin’s four floral prints will be on exhibit at the Book Shop through June 30, 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.

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