Annual Fall Potluck Dinner - Bring a salad, dessert, or side dish to share (see link below)

Please join us for a fun evening at the historic 1843 Merwinsville Hotel. We'll be enjoying an Italian themed potluck - we'll provide the entre, and ask that everyone bring a dish to share. You can sign up at the following link:

https://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=MKGZ6452

The evening will begin with appetizers/munchies at 6:00 pm, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm. A quick meeting will take place around 7:15 pm, with our speaker, Deborah Shiflett-Fitton, Executive Director at the Kent Art Association, to follow at around 7:30 pm.

Deborah will share information about the founders of the Kent Art Association (KAA) and the Kent Art Colony which began in the early 1900s. While many of the artists were from Kent, two of them, Francis Luis Mora and Robert Hogg Nisbet, eventually lived in Gaylordsville and New Milford. 

Debbie has long roots in the area and she has a deep love of history as well as art. As well as acting Executive Director of the KAA, she is also a member of the Kent Historical Society Board of Trustees, She is excited to share news of the documentary film that is being created by a local filmmaker on how Northwest CT was a magnet for artists in the early 20th century.

Hope you can join us for this informative evening!