SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 · 11 am - 4 pm

Inclement weather date: 9/15/24

If you’re a musician, food vendor, or volunteer interested in the 2024 Art Walk, please email us at stoningtonborough@gmail.com

SPONSORS: We are offering a limited number of sponsorships. If you are interested in sponsoring the 2024 Art Walk, please contact us at stoningtonborough@gmail.com.

The Art Walk is an annual event held in mid-September hosted by the Stonington Borough Merchants Association. The one-day fair features the best of Southeastern Connecticut’s and Southern Rhode Island’s art scene, acoustic musical performances, the Borough’s shops, cultural assets, restaurants, and food vendors. The event is free to the public and attracts visitors from across New England and beyond.

The event has quickly become known as a mecca for great local art and art-loving patrons. The goal is quality over quantity — a well-curated assortment of less than 100 painters, illustrators, watercolorists, sculptors, potters, makers, and photographers — lining Water Street with tents and tables, stretching all the way down to Cannon Square.

There are many art-related activities as well: There’s a roving performance artist, tours and exhibits at The Captain Palmer House, The Lighthouse Museum, The James Merrill House, La Grua Center, The Velvet Mill, and The Stonington Free Library (which also provides free activities for the kids), and a delightful scavenger hunt, The Glaze Vase Project, thanks to local potter and Art Walk participant, Lyndsay Meiklem Dean of Glaze Handmade. Lyndsay hides tiny vases throughout the Borough for seekers to find. In addition, our local spirits shop, Cove Ledge Beer, Wine and Spirits offers tastings and hosts artists in their spectacular garden.

All of this in the tiny footprint of Connecticut’s oldest village — the beautiful seaside town of Stonington Borough.