News Release

Weir Farm NHP Welcomes October 2025 Artist-in-Residence: Lori Larusso

News Release Date: September 27, 2025 WILTON/RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – Lori Larusso is an American visual artist working primarily with themes of domesticity and foodways. Her body of work encompasses paintings and installations that explore issues of class and anthropocentrism, and how these practices both reflect and shape culture. Larusso executes her work in a flat, graphic style using bright, saturated colors and work in layers, using masking techniques to develop detail and sharpness. During her October residency, Larusso plans to create a series of site-responsive works that draw from the stories, landscapes, and materials she encounters.

“The opportunity to work at Weir Farm offers a unique shift in both my environment and approach. This new location provides an exciting backdrop for expanding my research, engaging with a different community, and reflecting on how specific geographical and cultural contexts shape our views of the non-human world,” says Larusso. “The residency's proximity to both woods, fields, and waterways, and its ecological diversity will serve as both inspiration and source material for my creative process.”

Artist-in-Residence Open Studio Program Saturday October 25, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Stop by the Artist-in-Residence Studio between 11:00 and 12:30 to meet October Artist Lori Larusso, 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 August’s Artist-in-Residence
Lori Larusso earned an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and a BFA from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). She currently lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky and is represented by Galleri Urbane in Dallas, TX and Rubine Red Gallery in Palm Springs, CA. Larusso’s work is exhibited widely in the US and is included in various public collections such as KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, 21c Museum, as well as numerous private collections. She has been awarded noteworthy residency fellowships including Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation, and MacDowell where she received a Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship. She is a recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council’s Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky South Arts Fellowship, and multiple grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Larusso’s work was recently reviewed by John Yau for Hyperallergic, and her first solo museum exhibition, A Paradox of Plenty, runs August 2025 through May 2026 at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Learn more about Larusso and view her work at www.lorilarusso.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.

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