Historical Society Opens Two New Exhibits

The Westport Historical Society tonight hosted a reception for two new exhibits. One, “Vision & Dignity: The Art of George Hand Wright, is a retrospective that examines the work and life of the Pennsylvania-born artist who moved his home and studio to the then-sleepy farm town of Westport in 1908. Pictured is Edward F. Gerber, lead exhibit sponsor and a George Hand Wright collector who resides in the Cross Highway house where George Hand Wright lived until he died in 1951. The other exhibit, “Taking the Cure,” casts a lens on the social management of mental illness from the dawn of psychiatric care in the 19th century through the 1960s. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com