Marina Drasnin’s hand-beaded dress collection on view at Westport Book Shop

Marina Drasnin’s hand-beaded dress collection on view at Westport Book Shop

Marina Drasnin
Westport Book Shop • 23 Jesup Rd, Westport, CT 06880
July 1 – 31 2025
Artist reception on July 16, 2025

The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome local photographer and artist Marina Drasnin as the guest exhibitor for the month of July at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.

Marina will be exhibiting a deeply personal and evocative collection titled ad-DRESSING-ing life, featuring her hand-beaded and story-imbued miniature dresses. Each dress represents a meditation on love, loss, and memory, created during her husband’s five-year battle with illness.

Marina shares, “I began creating these dresses as a way to process our time together. Each bead became a meditation on the grace and courage I witnessed during his illness.  Each dress became a reflection on love, loss, and the fragile beauty of life. They carry his memory forward—each one stitched with gratitude and powered by love.”

A recent transplant from her native California, Marina has been enjoying getting to know her new hometown and neighbors here in Westport. She studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris, and earned her B.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles, Boston, and Paris, and is held in private collections internationally.

The Westport Book Shop will host a reception in Marina’s honor on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Space is limited; please RSVP by calling 203-349-5141 or emailing RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org.

Marina Drasnin’s artwork will remain on view through July 31, 2025. All works on display are available for purchase. The exhibit is free and open to the public during the Book Shop’s regular business hours:
Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m.The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome local photographer and artist Marina Drasnin as the guest exhibitor for the month of July at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.

Marina will be exhibiting a deeply personal and evocative collection titled ad-DRESSING-ing life, featuring her hand-beaded and story-imbued miniature dresses. Each dress represents a meditation on love, loss, and memory, created during her husband’s five-year battle with illness.

Marina shares, “I began creating these dresses as a way to process our time together. Each bead became a meditation on the grace and courage I witnessed during his illness.  Each dress became a reflection on love, loss, and the fragile beauty of life. They carry his memory forward—each one stitched with gratitude and powered by love.”

A recent transplant from her native California, Marina has been enjoying getting to know her new hometown and neighbors here in Westport. She studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris, and earned her B.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles, Boston, and Paris, and is held in private collections internationally.

The Westport Book Shop will host a reception in Marina’s honor on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Space is limited; please RSVP by calling 203-349-5141 or emailing RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org.

Marina Drasnin’s artwork will remain on view through July 31, 2025. All works on display are available for purchase. The exhibit is free and open to the public during the Book Shop’s regular business hours:
Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m.

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