RIDGEFIELD -- Larry Bowers was at Weir Farm, bottle of animal hide glue in hand, fixing the furniture. "It's the stuff humans have been using for 3,000 years and it's still the best," Bowers said of ...

WILTON — Have you always wanted to work for the National Park Service? Well now you can, as a Maintenance Worker at Weir Farm National Historic Site. Applications ...

Living on the bucolic New England farm he purchased in 1882 for the price of one of his paintings and $10, American artist Julian Alden Weir adopted the en plein air (in the open air) painting style ...

WILTON — The Weir Farm Art Center, a Wilton nonprofit that sponsors artists in residency at the Weir Farm National Historic Site, donated a collection of works by artists who have lived at the farm -- ...

On warm summer days in the late 1800s, impressionist painter J. Alden Weir would wander the rolling hills of his Branchville farm, searching for inspiring landscapes to sketch en plein air. After Weir ...

With the change in seasons at Weir Farm, there is also a change in name for the arts program at the historic site. . With the new name comes a new push to make the art programs at Weir Farm more a ...

One in a series of occasional stories marking the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. WILTON, Conn. — Helping visitors see the world through an artist's eyes is a priority at Weir Farm ...