{"id":183360,"date":"2025-11-16T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183360\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:37:18","slug":"queen-of-hearts-sculpture-unveiled-at-wcsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183360\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Queen of Hearts&#8221; sculpture unveiled at WCSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-79.png\" alt=\"Card game organizers gathered at the unveiling: Jennifer Pressman (canasta), Gerry Stein (bridge), Barbara Alfinito and Lisa Stein (canasta) and Mario Sa Couto (bridge) - Photo Westport Journal\" class=\"wp-image-90046\"  \/>Card game organizers gathered at the unveiling: Jennifer Pressman (canasta), Gerry Stein (bridge), Barbara Alfinito and Lisa Stein (canasta) and Mario Sa Couto (bridge) \u2013 Photo Westport Journal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker addresses the crowd of 25 - Contributed photo\" class=\"wp-image-90048\" style=\"width:264px;height:auto\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/First-Selectwoman-Jennifer-Tooker-addresses-the-crowd-of-25-Contributed-photo.png\"\/>First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker addresses the crowd of 25 \u2013 Contributed photo<\/p>\n<p>WESTPORT\u2013The Westport Arts Advisory Committee, Westport Center for Senior Activities and Friends of the Westport Center for Senior Activities joined together on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 12.<\/p>\n<p>They gathered in front of the WSCA to celebrate the unveiling of a new piece of public art, \u201cQueen of Hearts,\u201d by Carole Eisner.<\/p>\n<p>First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker gave a moving speech about how much joy it brings her\u00a0 every time she walks by one of the five sculptures she has helped install across the town during her tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eisner, the artist, lives in Weston. She said she created \u201cQueen of Hearts\u201d in 1997 by \u201cwelding together scrap metal pieces, sourced from local junk yards in Connecticut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Eisner did not admit to being inspired by playing cards, the WSCA hosts a number of card-playing groups, according to the Director, Wendy Petty. \u201cBridge and canasta are very popular,\u201d she said. Westporters looking to learn bridge or hone their skills can do so Monday mornings and afternoons (beginner and intermediate) and Wednesday mornings (advanced).<\/p>\n<p>Singer Suzanne Sheridan wrote a song for Meisner and the sculpture; poet laureate Donna Disch wrote and recited a poem.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of the Westport Center for Senior Activities covered all costs related to the art and its installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Card game organizers gathered at the unveiling: Jennifer Pressman (canasta), Gerry Stein (bridge), Barbara Alfinito and Lisa Stein&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,18,117,103394,19,17,103395],"class_list":{"0":"post-183360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-first-selectwoman-jennifer-tooker","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-westport-ct"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115558471830165189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}