On exhibit
The latest offerings from Connecticut museums and galleries
Connecticut is rich with art galleries, museums and artists in all corners of the state, with gorgeous and engaging exhibits opening every week. Venues that are open to the public, as well as outdoor exhibits, are listed. Visit their websites for social distancing rules.
Hartford County
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500—1800” runs through Jan. 9. “Discovering Rose Fried’s Nephew by Alice Neel” runs through Jan. 23. “Christina Forrer / MATRIX 187” runs to
Jan. 2. “Leonardo Drew: Two Projects” is an exhibit of two of Drew’s site-specific sculptural “Explosion” installations, one on the lawn (up until Nov. 14) and another in the Main Street lobby (up until Jan. 2). “Stories in Ivory and Wood, told by Master Carvers” is up until Jan. 23. thewadsworth.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.:
“Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints” is up to Jan. 9. “Walter Wick: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Happily Ever After” is up until April 1. “Cycle of Terror and Related Work by Graydon Parrish” is up until Dec. 31. nbmaa.org.
ArtWalk at Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St.: “Portrait of a Picture: Wladyslaw Prosol” is up from Nov. 5 to Dec. 11. hplct. org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: “Nothing” Seunghwui Koo” is up until Dec. 19. realartways.org.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: “Imagine3: The works and artistic legacy of Dan J. Ferraina” is up to Dec. 4. windsorartcenter.org.
Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave. in Hartford: The historical home museum is open for small tours, by reservation only. marktwainhouse.org.
Main Street in Hartford:
A stroll down Main Street provides ample artworks to view. In front of the library, there is a sculpture
by David Hayes and a statue of Mark Twain. Between City Hall and Wadsworth Atheneum is Alexander Calder’s massive red “Stegosaurus.” In front of the Atheneum are a newly refurbished statue of Nathan Hale and sculptures by Conrad Shawcross, Tony Smith and William Turnbull. Across the street from the Atheneumn is Carl Andre’s “Stone Field Sculpture.” Also across the street from the Atheneum is the Bushnell Towers sculpture garden. thewadsworth.org.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “Albert’s Odd Jobs: Making a Living in the 1800s” is up until April 16. Permanent exhibits are “Making Connecticut” and “Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut.” chs.org.
WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester: “Staycation” is up until Nov. 27. workspacemanchester.com.
Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford:
“Abraham: Out of One, Many,” with work by Sinan Hussein, Shai Azoulay and Qais al Sindy, is up until Nov. 16. mandelljcc.org.
Art Gallery at University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford: “Tajima in Relief,” a retrospective of relief prints by Tajima Hiroyuki, is up to Dec. 11. usj.edu/arts/art-museum.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road: “Seven Sisters Sewing,” a fiber exhibit featuring work by Diane Cadrain, Linda Martin, Judy Ross, Sandy Schrader, Anna Tufankjian, Susan Vassallo and Carol Vinick,” and “Abstraction: 5 views,” featuring work by Carol Ganick, Zbigniew Grzyb, Tom Hlas, Joe Nicorici and Heather Neilson, are up to Nov. 14. westhartfordart. org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford: “Resilience: The Work of Georges Annan Kingsley” is up until Nov. 17. charteroakcenter.org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: The 53rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition and a solo exhibit by Suzan Scott are up until Nov. 13. galleryonthegreen.org.
Trinity-on-Main, 69 Main St. in New Britain: “Foundation Paintings” by Paul Baylock, Nancy Brockett, Stanwyck Cromwell, Clinton Deckert, Katie Jurkiewicz, Tatyana Nadgor, Alex Ranniello, David Segerra and Margaret Wilson, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the city, will be on exhibit until March. happeninghere.org/fpp.
Clare Gallery at St. Patrick—St. Anthony Church, 285 Church St. in Hartford: “Haiti: Land of
Beauty,” work by Patricia Brintle, is up until Nov. 30. spsact.org.
Tolland County William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs:
“Childhood in American Art” is up until Dec. 18. “Facing History: Social Commentary in Contemporary American Art” is up until March 11. benton. uconn.edu.
Contemporary Art Galleries, on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Death Throes,” an exhibit of mirrored-glass works by Eden Dodd, is up until Dec. 5, by appointment only. contemporaryartgalleries.uconn.edu.
Homer Babbidge Library on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Many Pieces Make a Whole,” mosaics by Deb Aldo, and “Sand Paintings From The Navajo
Nation” are up until Dec. 15. lib. uconn.edu/about/exhibits.
Middlesex County
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown: “The Language in Common,” a group show with work by Cecilia Vicuña, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Julien Creuze, Jasper Marsalis and Alice Notley, will be up to Dec. 12. wesleyan. edu/cfa.
Free Center, 52 North Main
St. in Middletown: OpenWall: VisAble,” a show of work by artists with disabilities, will be up until Nov. 17. freecenter.us.
Six Summit Gallery, 314 Flat Rock Place, Suite F135 and F140, in the Outlets at Westbrook: “Mythic Lore: Etchings &
Turn to Exhibits,
Paintings by Stoimen Stoilov and Sculptures by Dana Naumann, curated by Johnes Ruta, is up until Nov. 15. sixsummitgallery.com.
Earth and Fire Art Studio, 2 Main St. in Essex: A group show will be up until the end of December. earthandfireartstudio.com.
Windham County
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton: Work by Kristin Emilyta will be up to Dec. 31. fletchermemoriallibrary.org.
The Art Gallery in the
Fine Arts Instructional Center, Room 112, at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St. in Willimantic: “The Artist as Witness,” work by Elise Engler, Michael Caron, Ryan Carpenter, Nancy Chunn, Sue Coe, Lee Jupina Sr., Käthe Kollwitz, Michael Reddick and Rowan Renee, is up until Feb. 1. easternct.edu/ art-gallery.
Litchfield County
The Sophie Gallery, 15 Water St. in Torrington: “Wrench & Obi,” an exhibit of work by Scott Ritter, is up until Jan. 31. thesophiegallery. com.
Souterrain Gallery, 413 Sharon Goshen Turnpike in West Cornwall: “Oubliette: Amber Maida” will be up to Nov. 21. souterraingallery.net.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “Flora and Fauna,” featuring oil paintings by Lilly Woodworth and etchings by Allen Blagden, is up until Dec. 24. huntlibrary.org.
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Memories of the Future: Daniel Anselmi and Jenny Kemp” is up until Nov. 20. kbfa.com.
New London County
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Revisiting America: The Prints of Currier & Ives” is
up until Jan. 24. flogris.org.
Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Road: ”A Spectacle in Motion: The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World” will be up until March 27. mysticseaport.org/explore/exhibits.
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.
Sill House Gallery at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Memento Vivere,” with work by Felipe Alonso, Steven Assael, David Baird, Colleen Barry, Tamie Beldue, Hedi Ben Nun, Nina Cairns, Eudald De Juana, Hollis Dunlap, Paul Fenniak, Ann Gale, Michael Grimaldi, Amaya Gurpide, Grzegorz Gwiazda, Diarmuid Kelley, Edward Kinsella,
Paco Lafarga, Kate Lehman, Eduardo Millan, Eloy Morales, Ed Praybe, Edmond Rochat, Travis Schlaht, Bernardo Siciliano, Will St. John, Peter Van Dyck, Eran Webber, Timothy P. Wilson and Yuval Yosifov, is up until Dec. 9. lymeacademy.edu.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Point of View: Annual Elected Artist Show” and “Hello Yellow: an Exhibition that features the Color Yellow” are up to Nov. 11. lymeartassociation. org.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.: “Michael Melford: A Passage between Earth and Sky,” an exhibit of work by the National Geographic photographer, and “Flourish,” a group show celebrating survival, are up until Dec. 19. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Norwich Arts Center, 62 Broadway: “Seeking Solace” work by Susan Scott Kenney, is up until Nov. 30. norwicharts.org/exhibits
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London: ““Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting” is up to Jan. 2. “The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early
Republic” will be up to Jan. 23. lymanallyn.org.
New Haven County
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. in New Haven: “On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale” is up to Jan. 9. The permanent collection also is on display. artgallery.yale.edu.
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven: Permanent collection exhibits “Britain in the World” and “Love, Life, Death, and Desire: An Installation of the Center’s Collections” are up until Dec. 31. “Furniture at the Yale Center for British Art: A Selection” is up until Dec. 12. “The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby” is up until Jan. 22. britishart.yale. edu.
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “Everywhere and Here: Artists Respond to the Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History Collection,” a group exhibit of work by Martha Friedman, Anina Major, Brittany Nelson, Cauleen Smith and Tuan Andrew Nguyen, is up to Nov. 20. artspacenh.org.
Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200, in Woodbridge: The museum is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
NXTHVN, 169 Henry St. in New Haven: “Christian Curiel: Between Reveries” will be up to Nov. 28. nxthvn. com.
New Haven Pride Center, 84 Orange St.: “Queer Art : Retrospectively,” with work by Anne:Gogh, Basurababi, Marc-Anthony, Anthony Barroso, Robert Bienstock, Jesse Bowie, KC Councilor, Susan Czark, Siobhan Ekeh, Tony Ferraiolo, Lena Fin, Lari Freeman, Elliott Grinnel, Don Houston, Maxwell Kale, Jules Larson, Lee Massaro, Luciana McClure, Ricky Mestre, Jaii Marc Renee, Jesus Morales Sanchez, Sarah Savercool, Juancarlos Soto, Carl Sylvester, Charlotte van Voorhis and Tia Lynn Waters, is up until Nov. 14. newhavenpridecenter.org/exhibitions/ exhibit-queer-art/.
Gallery at the Institute Library, 847 Chapel St. in New Haven: John T. Hill: Persistent
Observer,” an exhibit selected from 65 years of photographs, is up to Jan. 15. institutelibrary.org
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.: “Strange Times: Downtown New Haven in the COVID Era” and “Factory” are up until the end of winter. newhavenmuseum.org.
City Gallery, 994 State
St. in New Haven: “William Frucht: Last Summer” is up from Nov. 5 to 28. city-gallery.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 63 Prospect St. in Waterbury: “Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera” is up until Jan. 16. “Collecting Presidential History: Signatures and Ephemera,” an exhibit of pieces from the collection of Francis T. “Fay” Vincent Jr., is up until Dec. 31. “Michele Tragakiss: Geometry and Gesture” and “Discovering New York’s Wrapper: The Art of Francis Hines” are up until Nov. 21. mattmuseum.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven: “Circumnavigation,” work by Brian Flinn, and “Parker / Wilton,” work by R. F. Wilton, are up to Nov. 28. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Susan Powell Fine Art,
679 Boston Post Road in Madison: The annual holiday show is up from Nov. 5 to Jan. 12. susanpowellfineart.com.
Fairfield County
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “When Caged Birds Sing,” an exhibit
by Ann Weiner of eight lifesize sculptures representing women’s rights activists, is up until February. mocawestport.org.
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Hugo McCloud: from where i stand,” an exhibit of found-object culture, “Adrienne Elise Tarver: The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth” and “Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs” are up to Jan. 2. “Karla Knight: Navigator” is up until May 8. aldrichart.org.
The Glass House, 199 Elm St. in New Canaan: The historic home of architect Philip Johnson is open for outdoor tours. “Pliable Plane: Anni Albers” is up until Dec. 13. “From the Collection: Frank Stella” and “David Hartt: A Colored Garden” are up until Nov. 15. theglasshouse.org.
Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan: “71st A-One” is up until Dec. 30. silvermineart.org.
Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich: “Fisher Dollhouse: A Venetian Palazzo in Miniature” and “RESOLUTE: Native Nations Art in the Bruce Collection” are up from Nov. 7 to Jan. 31. brucemuseum.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury:
A 10 Year Retrospective Group Exhibition runs to Dec. 17. Artists are Lisa Berger, Paul Berger and Caroline Harman of Newtown; Colin Burke and Phyllis Crowley of New Haven; Joy Bush, Tom Peterson, Kerri Sancomb, Jeff
Mueller and Keith Johnson of Hamden; Shona Curtis of New Preston; Chris Durante of Redding; William Frucht of Danbury; Daisy Gesualdi, David Gesualdi, Vito Gesualdi and Tara Tomaselli of Bethel; Gene Gort of Torrington; Cam Gould of Monroe;
Marcy Juran of Westport;
Ben Larrabee of Darien; Nancy Lasar of Washington. stillrivereditions.com.
Hollis Taggart Southport, 330 Pequot Ave: “Line, Shape, Color and Form,” an exhibit of modernism, surrealism, abstract expressionism, pop art and minimalism, is up from Nov. 6 to Dec. 11. hollistaggart.com.
Housatonic Museum of Art, on the campus of Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport: “Eric Chiang: Are We Born Connected?” is up until May 18. museum.housatonic.edu.
Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road in Fairfield: “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects,” “Roberto Lugo: New Ceramics” and “Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check” are up to Dec. 18. fairfield.edu/museum/
Art Gallery at Western Connecticut State University, in the Visual & Performing Arts Center on the Westside Campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury: “Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019” is up to Dec. 5. wcsu.edu/art/gallery/ exhibitions/.
Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@ courant.com.