Grace Farms Lectures with Concert | Sharon Prince
Saturday, January 10, 2026, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
join us for an unforgettable talk & chamber music concert
What does it take to build a more equitable world?
Join Sharon Prince, CEO and Founder of Grace Farms, for an unforgettable chamber music concert and talk exploring the role each of us can play in building a better, more just world. Prince will share her remarkable journey of creating a boundary-defying environment that actively drives humanitarian outcomes and reshapes our approach to global challenges, including forced labor in the building materials supply chain. Her thesis has already begun to redefine how we think about architecture’s role in creating a more just and equitable world.
Following the talk, experience a one-of-a-kind chamber music concert delivered by some of today’s most celebrated musicians: Jennifer Frautschi, Vijay Gupta, Blake Pouliot &Michelle Ross, violins; Ayane Kozasa & Melissa Reardon, violas; Gabriel Cabezas & Arlen Hlusko, cellos; Anthony Manzo, bass; Pallavi Mahidhara, piano; Emi Ferguson, flute; Yoonah Kim, clarinet; and Gina Cuffari, bassoon.
Inspired by Prince’s humanitarian work and career, this 60-minute musical program features visionary composers—most of them American—who have expanded the ideas of what’s possible. This program is curated by Grace Farms Artist-in-Residence Arlen Hlusko.
Schedule:
3 – 3:45 pm
Sharon Prince Delivers Grace Farms Lecture
3:45 – 4 pm
Tea & Coffee Break
4 – 5 pm
Chamber Music Performance
Begin your Grace Farms Lecture experience with a Rest House Project Workshop, led by Slade Architecture from 1:30 – 2:30 pm on Saturday, January 10th. Register separately.
About Sharon Prince
Sharon Prince is the CEO and Founder of Grace Farms, a new kind of boundary-defying public space that advances good locally and globally. Prince commissioned Pritzker Prize-winning SANAA architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa to design Grace Farms, which has become widely known as a global humanitarian and cultural center located in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Grace Farms is the platform for the Foundation and its interdisciplinary humanitarian mission to pursue peace through nature, arts, justice, community, faith, and Design for Freedom, a global new movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain. The open, porous architecture of the River building at Grace Farms is embedded into 80 acres of natural biodiverse landscapes.
The building, designed to break down barriers between people and sectors, invites all to pause and reflect, while also encouraging engagement with Grace Farms’ work, including advancing gender and racial equity, all of which leads to creating new outcomes.
Since opening, Grace Farms has garnered numerous prestigious awards for contributions to architecture, environmental sustainability, and social good, including the AIA National 2017 Architecture Honor Award and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize.
Grace Farms is pioneering a new form of philanthropic capitalism with a non-profit owned certified B Corp. Prince is the Co-Founder of Grace Farms Tea & Coffee which offers coffees and teas that demonstrate what the Foundation advocates for: ethical and sustainable supply chains. 100% of the profits from Grace Farms Foods supports the Design for Freedom movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain. Learn more about Sharon Prince.
Grace Farms Lectures with Concert
Experience a moving afternoon of chamber music and dialogue, while immersed in 360-degree views of the surrounding natural landscape.
Visionary leaders who have shaped our world share a thought-provoking portrait of their life’s work on the Grace Farms Sanctuary stage, inviting you to explore central themes and fundamental questions that define their distinguished careers. A special chamber music concert follows the talk, performed by some of today’s most celebrated musicians. This unique musical program thoughtfully responds to the lecturer’s creative output, making for a one-of-a-kind experience rooted in hope, scholarship, and innovation.
We all build
2025-2026 season
Our 10 Year Season offers a full schedule of programming intentionally rooted in the theme, We all build. What we choose to build — and how we design and build it — are questions explored at Grace Farms and through our Design for Freedom movement. This season offers unforgettable experiences including one-of-a-kind concerts, nature workshops, wellness tea retreats, and programs spotlighting world-renowned leaders, prolific thinkers, and thought-provoking creatives—inviting people of all ages to come to Grace Farms and consider their individual and collective power to build a better world.
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