News Release
Subscribe
 |
What is RSS
|
During his residency, Bradbury plans to make a visual record of Weir Farm and surrounding woods, which he once knew quite well, having stayed at Weir Farm when he was a student at Cooper Union. “I actually stayed at the house several times when Sperry Andrews was still alive and I was going to Cooper Union,” says Bradbury. “In fact, it was Sperry who encouraged me to be a plein air landscape artist.”
Artist-in-Residence Open Studio Program Saturday September 20, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Stop by the Artist-in-Residence Studio between 11:00 and 12:30 to meet September Artist Steven Bradbury, view his 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 September’s Artist-in-Residence
Steven Edgar Bradbury grew up in South Florida, studied art at Cooper Union in the seventies, and Chinese painting and calligraphy in Taiwan in the eighties. He then dropped art to become, among other things, a literary translator and literature professor, the latter for almost twenty years. In a leap of faith, he quit his job and returned to Florida in 2015 to pursue art full-time. It was at the water's edge he honed the "pine noir" style of his graphite drawings, many of which were started near sunset and not completed until it was too dark to see the page, a practice that introduces an element of chance. Learn more about Bradbury and view his work at stevenedgarbradburyart.key2theplanet.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.
# # #
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.
Pictured:
- National Park Service Photo: Steven Bradbury, September 2025 Artist-in-Residence
- National Park Service Photo: Bradbury’s artwork: Pines Off Route 26, Graphite on Quattro Artist Blank, 3.5" x 8.25"
Last updated: August 30, 2025