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.