Schelfhaudt Gallery at University of Bridgeport
84 Iranistan Ave, Bridgeport CT

The exhibit runs November 8 - December 13, 2025 with regular gallery hours Fri-Sun 12pm - 4pm. View an eclectic selection of art representing artists from the BAT family. This large group exhibit, with the subtitle “Connections”, demonstrates how the Bridgeport Art Trail extends throughout the city, county, state and beyond. Among the works on view are a selection of larger works, sculpture, drawings, paintings and fiber art and a wall full of small works representing Bridgeport Art Trail artists.

Curator Suzanne Kachmar brings back some BAT favorites and introduces new works. Highlights include fiber art by Carlos Biernnay, sculpture by Carlos Davila and Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, drawings by Rick Shaefer and Scott Schuldt, paintings by Looketha, Ellie Mesa, and Francine Fanali, large scale portraiture by Will Corprew and Francis Pressley, photography by Dustin DeMilio, Darius Kanarek, Thomas Mezzanotte, Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli, and Tamara Pienko, beadwork and drawings by Scott Schuldt, and the interactive “Bicker Booth” by Robert Gregson.

In the connecting room the Artists Collective of Westport presents a multi-media group show of art by some of their 150 members, many of whom have studios in Bridgeport. The work covers a wide variety of styles and techniques from large acrylic abstracts to small delicate watercolors, digital photography, and beautifully rendered oil paintings.

This exhibit is co-produced by City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail and the Artists Collective of Westport.