Co-owner of Connecticut Photographics, Catherine Vanaria, is also a full-time professor of photography at Western Connecticut State University. She is one of the 24 art faculty included in the WCSU faculty art exhibition titled "Creativity and Compassion" from Oct. 11 through Nov. 29 at the Higgins Gallery in Higgins Hall on the university's midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury.

There is an artist reception at 5 pm on Thursday, October 11.

From the university's website:
"The exhibition will consist of works by 24 full-time and adjunct art faculty in a wide variety of media, including photography, printmaking, sculpture, drawing and painting. This presents a unique opportunity to view one exhibition that brings together the personal work of so many instructors in the university's department of art. Some works are for sale."

Faculty participants include: Bob Alberetti, Vincent Baldassano, David Boyajian, Riley Brewster, Santo Bruno, Bruce Dunbar, Margaret Grimes, Chris Hartman, Jilaine Jones, Moira Kelly, Jurg Lanzrein, Joel Leneker, Ed Little, Sabrina Marques, Plonia Nixon, Fran Patnaude, Marjorie Portnow, Ken Scaglia, Michael Serao, Elyse Shapiro, David Skora, Jack Tom, Cathy Vanaria and Terry Wells.