Town Hall Talk Highlights Art and Social Change

More than 100 Westporters came out of the rain today to attend the TEA (Thinkers, Educatiors, Artistis) Talk, Art and Social Change, presented by he Westport Arts Advisory Committee (WAAC) at Town Hall. Panelists Miggs Burroughs, Mark Yurkiw, Carole Schweid, Michael Barker, John Dodig, and Haris Durrani discussed how social change can be affected through art, theatre and literature. The impact of art through history was presented by Town Curator Kathie Bennewitz; musical examples were performed by Charlie Widmer and Frederic Chiu; and Frannie, Jeff and Alan Southworth. Haris Durrani was presented with WAAC’s Horizon Award, given each year to a young artist on the “Horizon” of a promising career. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo