# Event Details - **Event Name**: Visiting Artist Lecture - Stephanie Pierce, Painter - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 05 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am – Mon, 05 Oct, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: WCSU MFA Visiting Artist Lecture with Painter, Stephanie Pierce, Monday, October 5, 2026About this EventSTEPHANIE PIERCE, PAINTERMonday, Oct 5, 2026, 11:00 amVisual & Performing Arts Center, room 144WCSU, Westside CampusFree & Open to the PublicLimited Seating AvailableStephanie Pierce was raised in Memphis, TN, and received her BFA from the Art Institute of Boston. She also studied at Yale Norfolk School of Art and earned her MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle. Her paintings explore relationships between light, time, and perception as they are reconsidered over time. In an interview, she said, “I paint during all times of the day, preferring daylight, and use the changes in light as it happens. In the process . . . I paint both towards understanding what I see and away from it until things are brought to a heightened experiential intensity and have a hallucinatory sensation.”Stephanie’s work is represented by Jupiter Contemporary in NYC and Miami, Alpha Gallery in Boston, and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects in NYC. She has had numerous exhibitions throughout the U.S. since 1993, and her work has been published and reviewed in the New Yorker Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Hyperallergic, and the Boston Globe, among others. Collections include William Dreyfus, Walton Family Foundation, Boston Public Library, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Stephanie is a recipient of many awards and grants, including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 2014 and a Peter S. Reid Foundation Grant in 2018. She has received two Fulbright travel grants and several artist residencies in the U.S. and France. For ten years, she taught at the University of Arkansas before moving to NYC in 2016. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Painting at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, where she was honored with a Faculty Excellence Award in 2022. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/danbury/visiting-artist-lecture-stephanie-pierce-painter/100001995148890038 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, fine-arts, Entertainment, Exhibitions, Nonprofit, performances - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Visual & Performing Arts Center - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Danbury - **state**: CT - **country**: United States - **location**: Visual & Performing Arts Center - **lat**: 41.3946305 - **long**: -73.49387810000002 - **full address**: Visual & Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Visiting Artist Lecture - Stephanie Pierce, Painter - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/710c25e28bac5b584c01f4e662477bb422b0d44bebfd1f8c619c7358ad9954be-rimg-w1152-h1452-dc302f17-gmir.jpg?v=1785133723 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Visiting Artist Lecture - Stephanie Pierce, Painter being held? - **A:** Visiting Artist Lecture - Stephanie Pierce, Painter takes place on Mon, 05 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am to Mon, 05 Oct, 2026 at 12:00 pm at Visual & Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Visiting Artist Lecture - Stephanie Pierce, Painter? - **A:** Visiting Artist Lecture - Stephanie Pierce, Painter is organized by Visual & Performing Arts Center at WCSU. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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