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Thank you for your interest in the Annual Stonington Borough Art Walk. Below you will find all the necessary information regarding the event. Please email us at stoningtonborough@gmail.com if you have any questions.

The Art Walk is an annual event hosted by the Stonington Borough Merchants Association in mid-September. 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, and restaurants. 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 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. All of this — in the tiny footprint of Connecticut’s oldest village — the beautiful seaside town of Stonington Borough.

Statistics

StoningtonBoroughCT.com: Approximately 44,000 visits annually 

Social Media: 6.8K followers/6.2K likes on Facebook, 5,698 followers on Instagram*

E-blasts: 1,954 Subscribers, 50.9% - 61.4% open rate + 2.6% - 12% click-thru rate*

Event: Approximately 1,500 - 2,500 visitors