Supporting ‘#Unload-CT: Art Triggers a Conversation’

Police Chiefs Foti Koskinas (l) of Westport and Gary MacNamara (r) of Fairfield tonight flank Mary Himes (2nd l) and Helen Klisser During (2nd r) at a fundraiser at a private Fairfield home to raise money to buy back guns in Hartford to be turned into art by local artists. The chiefs were showing their support for the two women who have organized a yearlong active dialogue about gun violence called “Unload-CT: Art Triggers a Conversation.” (See WestportNow Nov. 27, 2017) Klisser During is artistic director emeritus of the Westport Arts Center and Himes is the wife of U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-4). Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe and Third Selectman Melissa Kane also attended the event. Online donations may be made HERE, please write UNLOAD in the note section, or mailed with checks payable to: Guns in Hands of Artists Foundation, c/o Megan Mitchell, 400a Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; please write UNLOAD in the memo section of the check. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo