CONNECTICUT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OFFERING EXHIBITS
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.
HARTFORD COUNTY
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford:
“Justine Kurland: Girl Pictures” and “Surrealism and Modernism: Highlights from the Collection” are up to Sept. 10. “Matt Paweski / MATRIX 191 is up to May 7. thewadsworth.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford:
“Specific Matter: Howard el-Yasin” is up to March 19.“A Rite of Passage: Kate Bae” is up to April 9. realartways.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. Across the street from the Atheneum is Carl Andre’s “Stone Field Sculpture.” thewadsworth.org.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford:
“Journeys: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission” is up until July 30. “The Bicycle Game,” a history of bicycles focusing on Hartford’s Pope Manufacturing Company, is up until fall. chs. org.
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.:
“Edward Burtynsky:
Earth Observed” is up to April 16.“North America Divided,” which pairs 19th-century landscapes and genre scenes with works by contemporary artists Neil Jenney and Valerie Hegarty, is up to March 18. “Being Seen: People and Places in American Art,
1960s to Today,” with work by Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Martine Gutierrez, Rashaad Newsome, Iké Udé, Carrie Mae Weems, Radcliffe Bailey and Hernan Bas, is up to March 12. “Masterworks of Shaker Design: A Tale of Two Enfields” is up to Aug. 6. “Ansel Adams and the Legacy of the American Landscape” is up to June 4. “Eva LeWitt” is up until Nov. 11.“Masterworks of the Sanford B. D. Low Illustration Collection” is up to June 4.“Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads” is up to May 28.“Rashmi Talpade: Piecing Together a New Britain Story” is up to April 30. nbmaa.org.
224 Ecospace, 224 Farmington Ave. in Hartford:
“Interpretations of Black Excellence,” an exhibit of photography, painting, mixed media and sculpture on the subject of Black culture and Black identity, curated by Andre Rochester, is up to March 31. the224.org.
Hill Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road in Farmington:
“Alfred Pope: An Evolution of Ingenuity” is up to May 30. hillstead.org.
Mercy Gallery at Loomis Chaffee School, 4 Batchelder Road in Windsor:
“Sammy Chong: Removed” is up to April 11. loomischaffee. org/arts/mercy-gallery.
Monastery Gallery of Art at Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road in West Hartford:
“A Missing Peace,” a group show responding to that theme, is up to April 10. monasterygallery.art.
Widener Gallery in Austin Arts Center at Trinity College, 300 Summit St. in Hartford:
“The Aesthetics of Information: No Olvidaremos,” an exhibit of work by Maria Veronica San Martin, is on view March 13 to May 13. trincoll.edu/austin-arts-center.
Gallery 66, 66 West Main St. in New Britain:
“The Pursuit of Excellence” is up to April 1. Artists include Katiana Jarbath Smith, Letty Rodriguez, Dana Simmons, Alyssa Griffin, Diba Mirzaei, Eddie Hall, Bita, Des Dolan, Sara Grote, Daniell Keane, James D’Amore and Hedi Minow-Pike. facebook. com/Gallery66NewBritain.
Kent Library, 50 North Main St. in Suffield: Artwork by
Steve Hamlin is up the month of March. suffield-library.org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford:
“Arwe Journey: The Art of Iyaba Iwo Mandingo” is up to March 24. charteroakcenter.org.
Joseloff Gallery at University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford:
“Designing the Dream State: Chiraag Bhakta” and “To Order the Days / Para Ordenar Los Días: Genevieve de Leon” are up to March 25. hartford.edu/academics/schools-colleges/ art/galleries/default.aspx.
Barnes-Franklin Gallery at Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Road in Farmington:
“your subtleties, they strangle me,” a show of work by Joe Bun Keo, is up to March 31. tunxis. edu/campus-resources/ barnes-franklin-gallery.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon:
“Flower-BirdWind-Moon Amy Casazza” and a ceramics show are up to March 25. artsfvac.org.
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road:
“Diversity in Weaving: Hartford Artisans Weaving Center” is up to
April 19. manchestercc.edu/ hans-weiss-newspace.
Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St. in West Hartford:
“Connecticut Creatures,” an exhibit of animal images, is up to March 30. westhartfordlibrary.org/
Webb Deane Stevens Museum, 211 Main St. in Wethersfield:
“Picture It In Silk,” schoolgirl needlework from the 18th and 19th century, “Pinhole Vision: Photography by Peter Brown,” are on view. webbdeane-stevens.org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton:
Member exhibit “Heartfelt Expressions” and solo show by Aaron Borkowski are up to March 11. A member and guest exhibit and a solo show by Terre Lefferts are up March 17 to April 15. galleryonthegreen.org.
Galleries @ WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester:
The third annual “Blank Canvas” challenge show is up to March 31. workspacemanchester.com.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road:
“ArtBeat, an exhibit of the West Hartford Public Schools” is up to March 25. westhartfordart.org.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford:
“United We Stand: Women’s Artists Collective” is up to March 24. mandelljcc.org.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
James Barron Art, 17 Old Barn Road in Kent:
“Mosaics” is up to March 30. Artists are Olga de Amaral, Jules de Balincourt, Chuck Close, Ghost of a Dream, Jessica Eaton, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Sidivial Fila, Hermine Ford, Jeffrey Gibson, Vera Girivi, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Sol Lewitt, Beverly Pepper, Howardena Pindell, James Middlebrook, Jan Müller, Sophy Naess, Rakuko Naito, Brian Rochefort, Kay Rosen, Shahzia Sikander, Stephen Shore, James
Siena, Stanley Whitney, Jack
Whitten, Pola Wickham and Elisabetta Zangrandi. jamesbarronart.com.
Five Points Annex, 17 Water St. in Torrington:
“Undertones,” a Hartford Art School sculpture exhibit, is up to March 31. fivepointsarts.org.
American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St. in Winsted:
Mural dedicated to American working people, five stories high and 120 feet wide, is open for viewing Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. $12, $10 seniors, $5 students, ages 4 and younger free, $25 for a season pass. americanmuralproject.org.
Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St. in Winsted:
A Rock and Mineral Show will be March 18 and 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St. in Torrington:
Exhibits running March 17 to April 22 are “Robert Taplin: Outscapes,”“Bridget Grady: Fragile Ecologies” and “Kathleen Schroeder: Of Two Minds: Dancing Between Art and Science.” fivepointsarts.org.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan:
“Shape + Movement + Color: The Abstract Art of David Crum, Joel Foster and Richard Griggs” is up to March 31. huntlibrary.org.
Craven Contemporary, 4 Fulling Lane in Kent:
“Bruno Leydet: In Conversation” is up to April 16. artnet.com/galleries/craven-contemporary/ artworks.
Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza in Washington Depot:
A faculty show will be shown simultaneously in the gallery and at Spring Hill Vineyards, 292 Bee Brook Road in Washington, to March 26. washingtonartassociation.org.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village:
“Sally Van Doren: Tangled Language” and “Rotating / Axis,” work by Power Boothe, Bettina Bloom, Yvonne Estrada, Hermine Ford, Kylie Heidenheimer, Carter Hodgkin, Erick Johnson, Mary Kenealy, Amanda Konishi, Kathleen Kucka, Stephen Maine, Gary Stephan and John Frederick Walker, are up to April 15. furnace-artonpaperarchive.com.
NEW LONDON COUNTY
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.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme:
“Dreams & Memories” is up to May 14. flogris.org.
Saint Ann’s Church, 82 Shore Road in Old Lyme:
Artwork by James B Murphy is on view until March 31. saintannsoldlyme.org.
Norwich Arts Center, 60 Broadway:
Artwork by Susan Parish and Brian DeVantier is up to March 25. norwicharts.org/exhibits.
LaGrua Center, 32 Water St. in Stonington:
“Celebrating Our Region’s Emerging Artists” is up to
March 31. lagruacenter.org.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.:
“Gifts to the Museum” is up to April 23. and “Young At Art” is up March 18 to April 23. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme:
“Four Acts,” a members’ show, is up to April 27. lymeartassociation.org.
Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave.:
“Fish & Forrest: Through the Lens of a Commercial Fisherman,” a photography exhibit, is up to the end of summer. mysticseaport.org.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London:
“The Masters Series by Julia Pavone” is up to April 23. “Where Children Sleep: Photographs by James Mollison” is up to April 30. lymanallyn.org.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
Gallery 53, 53 Colony St. in Meriden:
“A Woman’s Perspective,” an exhibit of work by the Women Photographers of Connecticut, is up to March 24. gallery53.org.
Buley Gallery at Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St. in New Haven:
An exhibit of quilts will be up to March 31. visual.southernct.edu/ places/buley.
Gallery at the Institute Library, 847 Chapel St. in New Haven:
“Sound & Vision II: For the Record: Celebrating Feminism, Music and Visual Art with a Group Exhibition of Imaginary Album Covers” is up until May 3. institutelibrary.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven:
“Light” is up to March 12. Artists are Ioana Barac, Brandin Barón, Mark Battista, Lisa Benson, Paul Berger,
Kraig Binkowski, Marsha Borden, Frank Bruckmann, Jill Butcher, Bill Butcher, Louise Cadoux, Allen Camp, Joseph Cavalieri, Kelly Clark, Ann Cofta, Jeanette Compton, Penrhyn Cook, Rod Cook, Michael Corthell, Ron Crowcroft, Jay Daugherty, Erich Davis, Rosemary Devlin, Carol Dunn, Thomas Edwards, Joan Emmet, Joe Fekieta, Chris Ferguson, Florin Firimita, Marc Fisher, Jonathan Gaetke, Sean Gallagher, Matthew Garrett, Robert Giannotti, Nancy Gladwell, David Gootnick, Rene Gortat, Dan Gries, Andrea Haas, Eddie Hall, Heidi Harrington, Kate Henderson, Kong Ho, Ellen Hoverkamp, Kathy Katella-Cofrancesco, William Kluba, Sheldon Krevit, Janet Leombruni, Howard Margules, Sven Martson,
Zoe Matthiessen, Michael McCarter, Sean McCusker, Lauren McDermott, Pj Mills, Roy Money, Masha Morgunova, Paul M. Murray, Julie O’Connor, Hilary Opperman, David Ottenstein, Hank Paper, Eric Renard, Mia Rollins , Eunice Roy, Charles Schiller, Sheri Schwarz, Mark K.St. Mary, Karin Stanley , Kathy Stark, Shawn Sullivan, Tom Swimm, Basia Tov, R.F. Wilton and Marjorie Wolfe. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Guilford Art League at Nathanael B. Greene Community Center, 32 Church St.:
Winter show will be up from Feb. 3 to mid-April. guilfordartleague.org.
Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St.:
“Felt: Fiber Transformed” is up to April 16. guilfordartcenter.org.
Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200, in Woodbridge:
The museum of works by Palestinian artists is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.:
“Instants: Linda Lindroth’s Polaroid Portraits” runs to June 10. “Point of Departure: New Haven, 1822? is up to May 6. newhavenmuseum.org.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven:
Work by Meg Bloom and Cyra Levenson is up to April 30.“Phyllis Crowley: Lexicon” is up to March 26. city-gallery.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury:
“La Onda Chicana” is up to May 28. Artists in that show are William Acedo, Blanka Amezkua, Michel Amescua, Chelo Amezcua, Judy Baca, Santa Barraza, Yreina Cervantes, Enrique Chagoya, Carlos Hernandez Chavez, Mariana Castillo Deball, Yaneli Delgado, Carla Fernández, Diane Gamboa, Luis Genaro-Garcia, Dolores Guerrero-Cruz, Erika Harrsch, Roxanne Jackson, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Jean LaMarr, Alma Lopez, Sandra de la Loza, Joseph “Nuke” Montalvo, Ernesto Yerena Montejano, Tony Ortega, Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli, Gabriel Garcia Roman, Frank Romero, Sonia Romero, Dewey Tafoya, Don Tomas, John Valadez and Patssi Valdez.“Flores de Femicido (Femicide Florals),” Natali Bravo-Barbee’s memorial for women in her native Argentina, is up to April 30. “Cutting Edge: Connecticut Artists Explore Precisionism” is up to April 30. The historical exhibit “Waterbury’s Soap Box Derby” is up to Jan. 30, 2024. mattmuseum.org.
Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St. in New Haven:
“Made Visible: Freedom Dreams,” a show of work by Connecticut artists of color, is up to March 18. creativeartsworkshop.org.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield:
“Aldrich Projects: Kathleen Ryan: Head and Heart” is up to May 14. “Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art” is up to Aug. 27. aldrichart.org.
Stratford Library, 2203 Main St.:
“Shadows and Reflections,” a show of acrylic, oil and watercolor paintings by Redding artist Beth Bailey, is up to April 30. stratfordlibrary.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk:
“Connect: Small Prints from the Boston Printmakers” is up to April 2. contemprints.org.
Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford:
“Vision/s,” a show of work by Suzanna Schlemm and Hasnat Mehmood, is up to March 12. loftartists.org.
Housatonic Museum of Art, on the campus of Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport:
A faculty art show is up to April 13 museum.housatonic.edu.
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike:
“Rainbow in the Dark, work by Anselm Reyle, is up March 18 to May 28 mocawestport.org.
Westport Book Shop, 23 Jesup Road: Artwork by
George Radwan will be up to March 31. westportbooksales.org.
Saugatuck Train Station, 1 Railroad Place in Westport:
A lenticular portrait of Olympic silver medalist and Westport resident Julia Marino, created by Miggs Burroughs, is on exhibit until summer 2023.
Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan:
A show of work by Silvermine instructors is up to March 23. silvermineart.org.
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road:
“The Road to Busytown: Richard Scarry’s Life in Fairfield County” is up to April 30. fairfieldhistory.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury:
“Material Culture,” a group textile show with work by Nike Cutsumpas, Catherine Lucia, Aly Maderson Quinlog, Rachel Sclare, Violet Harlow and Lys Guillorn, is up to March 31. stillrivereditions.com.
Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road in Fairfield:
“Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” an exhibit of posters, will be in the Walsh Gallery to April 6. “Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul” is up to April 8. fairfield. edu/museum.
TOLLAND COUNTY
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon:
A members’ exhibit is up to April 1. artscentereast.org.
Arts of Tolland, on the town green:
“Early Post-Soviet Ukrainian Art,” from the collection of George B. Yurchyshyn, will be up to March 18. artsoftolland.org.
Contemporary Art Galleries, on the campus of UConn in Storrs:
“The
Map and the Territory: an exhibition by Sara Morawetz” is up to March 22. contemporaryartgalleries.uconn.edu.
Ballard Institute Museum of Puppetry, at 1 Royce Circle at UConn in Storrs:
“Myths, Legends, and Spectacle: Masks and Puppets of Ralph Lee” will be on view to May 28. bimp.uconn.edu.
Homer Babbidge Library on the campus of UConn in Storrs:
“Good Music: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is up to June 30. lib. uconn.edu/about/exhibits/.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown:
The 42nd annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition is up March 11 to 19. wesleyan. edu/cfa.
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown:
“Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties” is up to May 27. wesleyan. edu/cfa.
Artists for World Peace, 428 Main St. in Middletown:
Handmade quilts by Tanzanian women are up to May 5. artistsforworldpeace. org.
Katharine Hepburn Museum, at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center at 300 Main St. in Old Saybrook:
Artifacts from the life and career of Katharine Hepburn are on permanent display. thekate.org.
Pegasus Gallery at Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road in Middletown:
Gil Scullion’s “Look at Me, Look at You” is up to March 16. mxcc. commnet.edu/Content/ Art_Exhibits.asp.
WINDHAM COUNTY
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton:
Work by Lori Barker is up to April 30. fletchermemoriallibrary. org.
Kerri Gallery, 86 Main St. in Willimantic:
“Steel and Canvas: Works by Diane Cote” is up to April 5. kerriquirk.com.
Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@courant.com