Garden Stroll Kickoff Cocktails with Ceramicist, Author, and Photographer Frances Palmer

Join featured guest Frances Palmer for Pequot Library’s Southport Garden Stroll Cocktail Kickoff Party at a private home! A celebrated author, ceramist, gardener and photographer, Palmer trained as an art historian at Columbia University and for the past 38 years, has focused on the process of changing ideas into form in her functional work—handmade ceramics. Her work is represented in leading private craft and contemporary art collections around the world and has been exhibited and sold internationally including at Fotografiska, Neue Galerie, Object & Thing and Wave Hill. Palmer has been featured in publications such as House & Garden, Neptune Papers, Vogue, and The World of Interiors.

Her first book, Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity was published by Artisan Books in 2020. Her second book, Life with Flowers: Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden, also from Artisan Books, is dedicated to the subject of flowers in her work and will be published in May 2025. In this new volume, Palmer celebrates her love of gardening and her approach to planting in waves, ensuring there are always beautiful blooms for her to photograph in her vases.

RSVP for this special event and fundraiser here.

Frances’ photo: Weston Wells