Wilton Library To Showcase Pictures Exhibit On Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill

WILTON, CT — Wilton Library will open its October exhibition, “Rust and Resolve: The Last Days of Wilton’s Industrial North,” on Oct. 3 with a public reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The present highlights greater than 40 pictures of the Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill taken between 1982 and 2007 by native photographers Elyse Shapiro and Bruce Ando. The mill, which operated in Georgetown for over 150 years, was as soon as central to the world’s industrial economic system.

The exhibition combines positive artwork pictures with native historical past, documenting the mill throughout its closing years of operation and after its closure. In addition to the pictures, a historic show curated by Julie Hughes, archivist for the Wilton History Room, will characteristic supplies from the Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill Collection in Redding.

Shapiro, a former photojournalist and longtime instructor, and Ando, a Marine Corps fight photographer turned industrial photographer, targeted their work on themes of resilience, labor, and neighborhood because the area transitioned from business to service and digital economies.

The exhibition will stay on view via Oct. 31. Most works can be out there for buy, with proceeds benefiting the library. Admission to the reception and exhibition is free.