RWhitcomb-editor August 8, 2023 Art history comes alive when you’re not looking RWhitcomb-editor August 8, 2023 “In the Museum’’ (Gouache on illustration board), by Jennifer Gibson, a featured artist at Spectrum Gallery’s Summer Art Festival on the town green of Essex, Conn., which has a very colorful history,. View from Essex Park, in Essex, Conn., on the Connecticut River—Photo by Joe Mabel