A FARM-TO-MUSEUM DINNER

Aldrich Artists at the Table returns Friday, Oct. 1 at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield, Connecticut. This signature farm-to-museum dinner will be held outdoors in the museum”™s Sculpture Garden. Guests are invited to enjoy a three-course meal prepared by Hayfields Market. The Shake and Stir Bar Truck will also be on site serving cocktails featuring Litchfield Distillery spirits and beer by Black Hog Brewing. More than 15 artists who have exhibited at The Aldrich will be in attendance. This seasonally inspired dinner invites art lovers to come together and share a meal, engage in conversation and celebrate local flavors and contemporary art. 

The evening will begin with a cocktail hour for VIP ticketholders at 6 p.m. with artists who have or are currently exhibiting at the museum and The Aldrich curators Richard Klein, Amy Smith-Stewart and Caitlin Monachino. VIP ticketholders also receive preferred seating for dinner. 

Dinner will commence outdoors at 7 p.m. and will highlight the work of Lucia Hierro, whose exhibition “Marginal Costs” is currently on view in the museum. She is collaborating with Hayfields Market to prepare a special Dominican dessert inspired by one of the works on view in her exhibition. Guests will each receive a menu card with a specially conceived work of art by Hierro to take home. 

The artists in attendance include David Brooks, Ilana Harris-Babou, Clarity Haynes, Laleh Khorramian, Athena LaTocha, Tony Matelli, Ander Mikalson, Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Hayal Pozanti, Tim Prentice, Jessi Reaves, Analia Segal, Rudy Shepherd, James Allister Sprang and Adrienne Elise Tarver. 

Proceeds from Aldrich Artists at the Table help support The Aldrich”™s exhibition program, which provides a platform for emerging and underrecognized artists. 

The rain date for this event is Saturday, Oct. 2. Tickets are available at thealdrich.org