News Release

Weir Farm NHP Welcomes May 2025 Artist-in-Residence: Aspasia Anos

News Release Date: April 30, 2025 WILTON/RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – Aspasia Anos is a lifelong artist and educator who incorporates photography, painting and printmaking into mixed media monotypes and collages. Anos is drawn to the spring months in Connecticut: the morning light, the early blooms, and the rebirth of the surrounding landscape. During her May residency, she will continue to challenge the distinction between image and surface and create a body of work unique to the Weir Farm landscape.

“From the beginning I have been searching for a way to express the enormity of the moment. My art is a response to the turbulence of the physical world around me and the turbulence of life itself,” says Anos. “My passion has been to create a way of seeing that combines the strength of the black and white photographic image with the gestural qualities of paint and ink.” Anos looks forward to the opportunity to engage and create, uninterrupted, as many artists have, at this uniquely historic place of retreat and natural beauty.

Artist-in-Residence Open Studio Program Saturday May 24, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Stop by the Artist-in-Residence Studio between 11:00 and 12:30 to meet May Artist Aspasia Anos, view her work, and learn more about the Park's Artist-in-Residence program. The Friends of Weir Farm will offer light refreshments and fun art activities for children at this year’s Open Studios. Join us - it’s informal and artsy!

More about May’s Artist-in-Residence
Aspasia Anos earned a BFA from the University of Illinois and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. She is a past recipient of a Connecticut Commission of Arts Fellowship. Her work has been shown nationally in both solo and group exhibitions and is held in corporate and private collections. Learn more at aspasiaanos.com.

About the Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program
Weir Farm’s AIR Program continues the creative legacy started by the Weir Family through the work of contemporary artists. Weir Farm has inspired thousands of artists for more than 140 years, including over 250 Artists-in-Residence. The park hosts six visual artists each year to spend one month, from May to October, living and working onsite. The park’s founding legislation highlights the ongoing presence of working artists on the site as a key characteristic of the park. An active residency program ensures the park meets its legislated mission to continue the artistic tradition started by Julian Alden Weir in 1882.

The Weir Farm National Historical Park Artist-in-Residence program is supported by the Friends of Weir Farm NHP, the park's authorized philanthropic partner. This year, the Friends of Weir Farm received a grant from Tauck, a Connecticut-based business that offers upscale guided travel, specifically to support the AIR program.

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About Weir Farm National Historical Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park is a National Park for Art, a place that has inspired thousands of artists since 1882 when Julian Alden Weir, America’s most beloved Impressionist, made it his summer home. Today, artists and visitors of all ages enjoy the park’s stunning landscape, where they walk in the footsteps of American masters and create art themselves. Learn more at www.nps.gov/wefa and visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WeirFarmNPS, YouTube www.youtube.com/WeirFarmNHS, and Instagram @WeirFarmNPS.

About the National Park Service
More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 430+ national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.