Connecticut museums and galleries offering virtual tours and exhibits

Connecticut is rich with art galleries, museums and artists in all corners of the state, with gorgeous and engaging exhibits opening every week. Unfortunately, many of those galleries are still closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Still, some are opening, and it’s only a matter of time before all the galleries and museums are open again. In the meantime, there is a lot of art to be seen, in open museums or outdoor exhibits, in online exhibits and Facebook live events. When venturing out, keep social distancing in mind.

Venues that are open to the public, as well as outdoor exhibits, are listed at the top of this file, by county. Visit their websites for social distancing rules. The venues that are still closed but have virtual offerings are listed in the “online” section.

Hartford County

New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.: “In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut” can be seen through Sept. 13. “Anything but Simple: Shaker Gift Drawings and the Women Who Made Them” through Jan. 10, 2021. The museum has begun free Saturday mornings, from 10 a.m. to noon. nbmaa.org.

Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: On view now: “Homebound: Shannon VanGyzen” is on view. realartways.org.

Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: The Sixth Annual Member’s Show will run until Sept. 12. windsorartcenter.org.

Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave. in Hartford: The historical home museum is open for small tours, by reservation only. Also, a 3D virtual tour can be seen at marktwainhouse.org/about/ the-house/virtual-tour/. A virtual reality tour also is available at that URL, but certain software must be downloaded.

Simsbury Art Trail: The Simsbury

Art Trail, which this year focuses on the world of Seward Johnson, will be on view throughout the town until Sept. 29. Map here: simsburyarttrail.com.

David Hayes Sculpture Fields, 905 South St. in Coventry: The fields, which surround the home of the sculptor (19312013), are open to the public for self-guided tours. davidhayes.com.

Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: “The New Normal: Nancy Greco” will be up to Oct. 4. galleryonthegreen.org.

Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “Manufacturing Victory: The Arsenal of Democracy” and “Fighting on the Home Front: Propaganda Posters of WWII” are up until Jan. 2, 2021. “A Vote of Her Own: The Long Fight for Woman Suffrage” is up until spring. chs. org.

Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: “Coping: Responding through Art,” an exhibit of COVID-related work, will be up from Sept. 4 to 27. Hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. artscentereast.org.

Fairfield County

Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich: “House on the Hill: The

“Stains Remain: Works by Michael Harvey”will be up from Aug. 29 to Nov. 1 at Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London.

Changing Face of the Bruce Museum” will be up until Oct. 11. “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e” will be up until Nov. 1. brucemuseum.org.

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Child “is up through Nov. 29. “Zoë Sheehan SaldañaThere Must Be Some Way Out of Here” is up until Oct. 4. aldrichart.org.

Tolland County

William Benton Museum of Art,

245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Noble Simplicity and Quiet Grandeur: Ancient Art at the Benton” and “2020 Studio Art and Digital Media & Design Faculty Exhibition” will be up from Sept. 2 to Oct. 17. benton.uconn.edu.

Litchfield County

Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St. in Torrington: “Here and Hereafter: Lydia Viscardi,” “Mathematical Views: Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen” and a group show, “At Home: Sara Conklin, Mary Tooley Parker, Polly Shindler, Patricia Weise” run until Oct. 3. fivepointsgallery.org/virtual-tours.html.

Five Points Annex Gallery, 17 Water St. in Torrington: “Selected Works 2020: Mark Rich,” will be up until Sept. 21. fivepointsgallery.org.

Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Bugs in the Barn,” an insectthemed exhibit with work by Lisa A. Frank, Francine Fox, Margot Glass, David Konigsberg, Catherine Latson, Joseph Scheer and Elijah Schwartz, runs to Sept. 26. kbfa.com.

New London County

Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “Meditation,” work by Sunil Howlader, is up from Sept. 12 to Oct. 9. hygienic.org.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London: “Sweet

Dreams: Confectionery Sculpture,” a collection of large-scale artworks by Peter Anton, will be up until Oct. 18. “Brought to Light: European Paintings from the Collection” is up until Sept. 20. “Stains Remain: Works by Michael Harvey” will be up to Nov. 1. lymanallyn.org.

Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Fresh Fields: American Impressionist Landscapes from the Florence Griswold Museum” will run until Nov. 1. flogris.org.

Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Road: “A Way with Wood: Celebrating Craft” is in the Collins Gallery. “Mary Mattingly’s Open Ocean” is up through January 2021. mysticseaport.org/explore/ exhibits.

Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Point of View: Elected Artists Exhibition” and “The Animal Kingdom” are up until Oct. 1. lymeartassociation.org.

Gilbert V. Boro Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds, 80 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: The sculpture grounds, with works by Boro and other artists, is on private property but is open to the public. Boro asks guests not to enter any buildings. A YouTube video about the grounds, part of the Smithsonian Channel documentary series “America: Over the Edge,” can be seen at gilbertboro. com.

New Haven County

Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: The exhibit “Summer in New England,” a group show of work by 20 artists, is up until Sept. 26. The gallery is open Sundays noon to 4 p.m. susanpowellfineart.com.

Mattatuck Museum, 63 Prospect St. in Waterbury: “Edward Balthazar: Urban Artist” will be up until the end of the year. Also up until the end of the year is “Women’s Sphere: Selections from the Collection,” a show of 25 works from the museum’s collection created by female artists, and exhibits by T.C. Cannon and George L.K. Morris. Entry to the museum is timed. mattmuseum.org.

Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven: “Surface Rising,” work by Michael Pressman, and “New Documents,” work by Sven Martson, will be up from Sept. 10 to Oct. 25. The glalery is open Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment. http://www.kehlerliddellgallery.com/.

City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven: “The Landscape: Real and Imagined” will be up from Sept. 5 to 27, on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. city-gallery.org.

50 Orange St. in New Haven: Revolution on Trial: May Day and The People’s Art, New Haven’s Black Panthers @ 50,” featuring art by Kwadwo Adae, Chloe Bass, Alex Callender, Melanie Crean, Ice The Beef, Paul Bryant Hudson and Miguel Luciano, is up until Oct 17. artspacenh.org.

Gallery 53, 53 Colony St. in Meriden: The 11th annual photography show will be up until Sept. 30. gallery53.org.

Windham County

The Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Instructional Center, Room 112, at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St. in Willimantic: “Painting and Drawing Faculty Exhibition” will be on view from Sept. 10, opening with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m., until Oct. 1. easternct. edu/art-gallery.

Online

Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford: “Her Dragons Fly,” a collection of paintings by Shanna Melton, is on the walls. charteroakcenter. org

Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven: The web page britishart.yale.edu/multimedia has videos of past gallery talk and lectures, short films and behind-the-scenes looks at past exhibits.

Ely Center of Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull St. in New Haven: Digital exhibits can be seen at elycenter.org.

New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.: The web page collections.newhavenmuseum.org has a list of permanent exhibits, including “Form and Function: Decorative Arts from the Collection,” “From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven,” “New Haven Illustrated,” “Robert R. Wiseman Artist Etcher, “Signs of the Time: Highlights from the Collection” and “The Amistad Story: Cinque Lives Here.” Click on the link to see items in that exhibit.

1 Royce Circle at UConn in Storrs: “Living Objects: African American Puppetry,” an exhibit that was on display from Oct. 2, 2018 to April 7, 2019, is online now at bimp-exhibitions.org/livingobjects/the-exhibition. Also, the end-of-semester presentation of UConn Puppet

Arts students is available at youtube.com/ channel/UC3VSthEDnYS6ZjOwzT1DnTg. Talkbacks led by puppeteer Blair Thomas also will take place each night.

The Gallery at Still River Editions,

128 East Liberty St. in Danbury: “Wish You Were Here,” an exhibit of postcards, is up until Sept. 25 at stillrivereditions.com.

Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@courant.com.