Sunday at the Nut House
Montserrat Gallery
�September 8 - November 14
Reception + Gallery Talk: Sunday, September 27, 3-5PM

This exhibition celebrates a brief period in the development of three artists who came together with the renowned artist, Maurice Sendak on Sundays in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Between 2003-4, Sendak convened a small group of artists and students in live drawing sessions at his home in order to provide Sendak with an occasional break from working long hours in his studio on such projects as the illustrations and sets for the children`s opera, Brundibar.

The title of the exhibition is a reference to the house where these drawing sessions took place, affectionately known as “the Nut House,” not because of the mental capacity of its inhabitants, but because squirrels constantly dropped acorns on its roof. The paintings, drawings and posters in this exhibition provide a sense of not only of what was made during these drawing sessions but also include examples of the work created by the four artists in the years before, during and after the Nut House days.

Featuring Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Weinberg, and artists Marc McChesney and Jamison Odone.