Bridgeport Art Trail
@bridgeport_art_trail
Description
The Bridgeport Art Trail serves the community through art. We believe in the power of the arts to enrich, engage, nurture, heal and inspire. We provide opportunities for artists of all levels, backgrounds and abilities to present and sell their art. We offer a common ground for students, youth, arts enthusiasts, artists, patrons, visitors, business people and residents to experience art, meet and exchange ideas. By working with diverse populations we hope to strengthen community relationships and improve the quality of life in the Park City. Our goals are to serve the community through art, raise awareness of the growing arts community in Bridgeport and make art an essential part of everyday life for the residents, visitors, and youth and business people of Greater Bridgeport.
Organization Type
Arts NonprofitLOCATION
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR ART for OUTwork 2026 - LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit
City Lights Gallery invites LGBTQ+ artists and allies to submit art for "OUTwork," a yearly exhibit that launches during Greater Bridgeport Pride in June. The deadline for submission is May 12, 2026.
OUTwork explores issues of gender, LGBTQ+ life, love and relationships, family, social justice, bias, personal stories and perspectives, pride, current issues of 2026, etc. Artists need not be gay, lesbian, nonbinary, or transgender to participate. Allies are welcome. The intention is to support the greatest possible inclusion and to create a platform for people of diverse backgrounds to meet and exchange ideas and want to express their support and respect.
SEND SUBMISSIONS IN JPEG FORMAT, (no more than 8 images), 72 DPI, DUE BY MAY 12 to: clgallerybpt@gmail.com
City Lights is a nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Bridgeport, CT that serves the community through art, easily accessible by Metro-North, Port Jeff Ferry, I-95 and the Merritt Parkway via the Route 25 Connector.
CALL FOR ART - FAT/PHAT: Culture, Language Morphology
To paraphrase Shakespeare “What’s in a word?” What is the impact of an utterance, a sound rife with cultural interpretation? For this exhibit at City Lights Gallery artists are asked to submit work responding to the concept of these 2 words that sound the same, spelt differently and have different meanings. Among the range of social and cultural interpretations (but not limited to) are body image, oversized fashion and popular culture, imagery, spoken word, music, socio-economic status, positive and negative affirmation.
For those struggling with maintaining a healthy weight and growing up during the ultra-skinny “Twiggy” era or the current Ozempic craze, the plague of negative body image is an unending nag, affecting all aspects of daily life and sense of self-worth.
Contrastingly, the word PHAT with its roots in popular Hip Hop culture is short for emphatic or slang used to positively describe a person’s physical appearance; it can also be used to describe other things that someone enjoys, such as music or food. Others claim PHAT is an acronym signifying Pretty Hot And Thick. Thick in this sense, is another word for fleshy, as a desirable attribute. In this case Fat is Phat. The viewer may be prompted by the question, “Is Fat Phat?”
CALL FOR ART for OUTwork 2026 - LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit
City Lights Gallery invites LGBTQ+ artists and allies to submit art for "OUTwork," a yearly exhibit that launches during Greater Bridgeport Pride in June. The deadline for submission is May 12, 2026.
OUTwork explores issues of gender, LGBTQ+ life, love and relationships, family, social justice, bias, personal stories and perspectives, pride, current issues of 2026, etc. Artists need not be gay, lesbian, nonbinary, or transgender to participate. Allies are welcome. The intention is to support the greatest possible inclusion and to create a platform for people of diverse backgrounds to meet and exchange ideas and want to express their support and respect.
SEND SUBMISSIONS IN JPEG FORMAT, (no more than 8 images), 72 DPI, DUE BY MAY 12 to: clgallerybpt@gmail.com
City Lights is a nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Bridgeport, CT that serves the community through art, easily accessible by Metro-North, Port Jeff Ferry, I-95 and the Merritt Parkway via the Route 25 Connector.
CALL FOR ART - FAT/PHAT: Culture, Language Morphology
To paraphrase Shakespeare “What’s in a word?” What is the impact of an utterance, a sound rife with cultural interpretation? For this exhibit at City Lights Gallery artists are asked to submit work responding to the concept of these 2 words that sound the same, spelt differently and have different meanings. Among the range of social and cultural interpretations (but not limited to) are body image, oversized fashion and popular culture, imagery, spoken word, music, socio-economic status, positive and negative affirmation.
For those struggling with maintaining a healthy weight and growing up during the ultra-skinny “Twiggy” era or the current Ozempic craze, the plague of negative body image is an unending nag, affecting all aspects of daily life and sense of self-worth.
Contrastingly, the word PHAT with its roots in popular Hip Hop culture is short for emphatic or slang used to positively describe a person’s physical appearance; it can also be used to describe other things that someone enjoys, such as music or food. Others claim PHAT is an acronym signifying Pretty Hot And Thick. Thick in this sense, is another word for fleshy, as a desirable attribute. In this case Fat is Phat. The viewer may be prompted by the question, “Is Fat Phat?”