City Lights Gallery

265 Golden Hill St Downtown Bridgeport CT 06604

Mailing Address

City Lights 130 Elm St Bridgeport CT 06604

BridgeportArtTrail@gmail.com City Lights Gallery / Bridgeport Art Trail

City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail:

"Serving the community through Art."

Support Bridgeport arts, please make a donation here.

HONORING HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK

Latinissimo at Read's ArtSpace and City Lights Gallery

LATINISSIMO/BPT BIENNALE

Opens Saturday 9/21/24, 6-8;30pm at Reads ArtSpace and City Lights Gallery

"Latinissimo" featuring over 25 artists is Bridgeport's largest exhibit celebrating Hispanic Heritage month at 2 downtown sites, Reads ArtSpace at 1042 Broad St and City Lights Gallery at 265 Golden Hill St. The vision of artist/curator Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli, 25 artists present work at Read’s Artspace and 2 Peruvian artists at City Lights Gallery, Guido Garaycochea and Samuel Pintos. Special thanks to co-curators Carlos Biernnay and Israel Zavellos. Below art by Lisie Orjuela.

CELEBRATING LATIN AMERICAN ARTIST ART N CULTURE Carlos Bautista Biernnay/Chile +USA, Marcio Arteaga/Honduras, Ale Feijo/Argentine, Josue Orellana/Honduras, Julio Cesar Lopez Lainez Samuel Pintos/Peru, Gustavo Larsen/Argentine, Guido Garaycochea/Peru, Sarahi Zacatelco/USA + Mexico, Filogonio Naxin/Mexico, Mario Ricardo Baez/USA, Rene Soto/Guatemala, Lisie Orjuela/USA + Argentina, Blanka AmesKua/ Mexico + USA, Gloria Santoyo Ruenitz/Mexico+ Cuba, Daniel Lanzilotta/USA, Indira Urrutia/Chile+ USA + Barcelona, Ruben Marroquin, Miguel Ángel Mendoza/Mexico, Elsa Bohorquez/Colombia/USA, Ana Ruiz-Castillo/Spain, Ernesto Lopez/USA + Puerto Rico, Andres Madariaga/USA    

SAVE THE DATE: BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL NOVEMBER 7-10, 2024 Learn more.

Along with exhibits and CL/BAT programs promote and offer work opportunities for local artists including free arts programs that enrich the learning experience for Bridgeport youth.

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 16TH BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL 11/7-10/24.

A signature event that City Lights initiated is the Bridgeport Art Trail; it is an annual city-wide open studios art celebration weekend. Now in its 16^th year, the event attracts 7000 attendees from the NY-CT region. I am happy to organize a day of touring studios during that time, in November 2024.

City Lights Gallery / Bridgeport Art Trail

About City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail (CL/BAT):

The hotspot for the arts in Bridgeport since 2004, City Lights maintains a gallery space in downtown Bridgeport bringing together people from different backgrounds for a shared cultural exchange, representing the rich diversity of greater Bridgeport.

The host organization, City Lights & Company, also known as City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail (CL/BAT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, acting as an arts advocate and incubator, serving the community through art, initiating and producing free annual events, supporting public art projects, workshops and performances. It produces the following.

Changing art exhibits in the gallery space and in the community present the full spectrum of visual expression from artists of different abilities and levels of training and success, representing relevant content. 

Work Opportunities: Programs and promotion provide work opportunities for local artists and creative entrepreneurs and raise awareness of Bridgeport’s creative potential.

The Bridgeport Art Trail is a city-wide open studio arts celebration attracting 7000 attendees from the region, marking 15 years in 2023. The Bridgeport Film Fest City Lights & Company is the proud fiduciary partner for this annual event in its 4th year, sponsoring an annual award for a young outstanding filmmaker.

Greater Bridgeport Pride celebration, began by annually producing the first Queer art exhibit in CT, “OUTwork” exhibit marked 14 years in 2024.

Schools Programs that enrich the learning experience for young people, reaching several thousands in the Bridgeport and Fairfield schools.

Coming soon, a review of the extraordinary summer experience, Bridgeport Art Trail artists exhibit art in Venice Italy. See previews here.

PLEASE SUPPORT CITY LIGHTS/BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL

City Lights & Company is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves the community through art. Donations by check can be made to City Lights & Company, 130 Elm St, Bridgeport CT 06604 or at BridgeportArtTrail.org

THANK YOU! 

Bridgeport's City Lights gallery and frame shop are located at 265 Golden Hill St Bridgeport CT 06604, gallery hrs are W-F 12-5, Sat 12-4 bridgeportarttrail@gmail.com | 203.334.7748