CT museums, galleries offering virtual tours
Connecticut is rich with art galleries, museums and artists in all corners of the state, with gorgeous and engaging exhibits opening every week. While some venues are closed, there is a lot of art to be seen, in open museums or outdoor exhibits, in online exhibits and Facebook live events.
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
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,
600 Main St. in Hartford: “Paul Manship: Ancient Made Modern” is up until July 3. “Todd Gray: MATRIX 186 is up until July 18. “The Dance on the Volcano: German Expressionism at the Wadsworth” is up until May 30. “Goya, Posada, Chagoya: Three Generations of Satirists” is up until Nov. 7. Also on view: “Protest and Promise Selections from the Contemporary Art Collection, 1963—2019,” an exhibit of protest work, and “Design in the American Home, 1650 to 1850.” thewadsworth.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: On view now: “The Things That Haunt Me Still:” Felandus Thames,” “Part Fact, Part Aspect: Robin Crookall,” “The Siren” Catalina Ouyang.” realartways.org.
Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St.: Work by members of Connecticut Women Artists are on show until May 14. alnb.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 statue of Nathan Hale and sculptures by Conrad Shawcross, Tony Smith and William Turnbull. Across the street from the Atheneum is Carl Andre’s “Stone Field Sculpture.” Also across the street from the Atheneum is the Bushnell Towers sculpture garden. thewadsworth.org.
Farmington Valley
Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “Refined: Contemporary Metal Jewelry Designs by Connecticut Women Artists” will be up from May 8 to June 27. artsfvac. org.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth
St. in Hartford: “A Vote of Her Own: The Long Fight for Woman Suffrage” is up. Permanent exhibits are “Making Connecticut” and “Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut.” “Freedom
Journey 1965: Photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March by Stephen Somerstein” is up until June 5. “Connecticut Freedom Workers: Remembering the Civil Rights
Movement” is up until the fall. chs.org.
WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester: “Fresh Start,” for which
artists were given a blank canvas and allowed to do whatever they wanted with it, is up until May 28. workspacemanchester.com.
Southington Community Cultural Arts Center, 95 Main St.: “Cheshire Art League Event: 28th Annual Member Exhibit” is up until May 29. southingtonarts.org.
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: “10th annual Artist Members Exhibit, is up to May 15. artscentereast.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art , 56 Lexington St.: “Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990-2003 is up to May 23. nbmaa.org.
Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: “Art in Action: Young Artists’ Vision of 2020,” an exhibit in collaboration with Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, will be up from May 5 to June 1. mandelljcc.org.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road: “The Art of Assemblage: Everyday Objects Arranged in 3D Sculpture” will be up from April 22 to May 16. “Fill the Walls” is up until May 23. westhartfordart.org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: The group show “Word Art Show” and solo shows by Simsbury Open Studios and Gay Schempp, are up until May 22. galleryonthegreen.org.
Pompanoosuc Mills,
21 Brace Road / Firehouse Square in West Hartford: “Have a Seat,” a collection of chair- and sofa-inspired art by members of West Hartford Art League, will be up until the end of spring. Artists are Debra Cantor, Michelle Peterson and Amy Goldblas of Bloomfield; Shari Cassutt of Simsbury; Joanna Eickenhorst, Harriet Schneider and Leslie Luksberg of West Hartford; Michaela Frodermann and Heather Satloff of Avon; Lynn Katz, C. Dianne Zweig and Heather Satloff of Avon; Sue Ellen Landwehr of Bethel; Jill Pasanen of Burlington; Clare Phillips of Hartford; Arlene Pomaski of New Hartford; and Carolyn Venne of South Windsor. westhartfordart.org.
Fairfield County
MoCA Westport,
19 Newtown Turnpike: “Smash,” an exhibit of the videos of Marilyn Minter, is up to June 13. mocawestport.org.
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main
St. in Ridgefield: “Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle” and “Frank Stella’s Stars: A Survey” are up until May 9. “Tim Prentice:” After the Mobile” is up to Oct. 4. aldrichart.org.
The Glass House, 199 Elm St. in New Canaan: The historic home of architect Philip Johnson is open for outdoor tours. theglasshouse.org.
Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan: “Paint 2021,” an exhibit of work by Sarah Balcomb of Greenwich, Lisa Brody of South Kent, Jacob Cullers of Waterford, Susan Cutler Tremaine of New Canaan, Kevin Ford of Norwalk, Karl Goulet of Terryville, as well as
Olga Alexander, Karen Allen, Todd Arsenault, Sarah Lightfoot Brundage, Lisa Cain, Pamela Cardwell, Charles Compo, Wendy Connelly, Marcia Cooper, Michael Covello, Elizabeth Schneider, Jil Crary-Ros, Camilla Marie Dahl, Michael Frechette, Elisabeth Gineste, Cassie Gnehm, Vincent Hawley, Heidi Johnson, Barry
Katz, Déirdre Kelly, Yan Yan Lam, Khanh Le, JoAnne Lobotsky, Jovanni Luna, Jennifer McCandless, Nicole Melnicky,
Brian Mukerjee, Seamus O’Rourke, Kate Hooray Osmond, Chunbum Park, Alan Prazniak, Matthew W. Robinson, Ellen Hallie Schiff, Brian Sheridan, Lauren Skelly Bailey. Adrianna Speer, Jeremy Stenger, Keith Thomson, Lauren Yandell, Leonard Yang and Jenna Youngwood, will be up from May 8 to June 30. silvermineart. org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: Instructor Showcase 2021 is up until May 23. contemprints.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury: ““Abstractions: Shadows & Runes,” an exhibit of
photographs by Joy Bush of Hamden, will be up until May 28. stillrivereditions. com.
Brookfield Craft Center,
286 Whisconier Road: Selections of work from 23 students who are candidates for the bachelor’s degree in visual arts at Western Connecticut State University will be on view May 1 to 30. Students are Emily Calano and Jakari Austin of East Hartford; Bridget Monks of Trumbull; Brian Payne of New Haven; Conor Burke of Southbury; Joseph Eller, Philicia Matturie and Daniel Baker of Danbury; Danielle Nielsen and Mary Tedesco of Bethel; Amanda Palladino of Bristol; Matthew
Wixted of New Fairfield; Macayla Cody of Glastonbury; Rae O’Hara of East Haven; William Parrott of Naugatuck; Sarah Sprogis of Shelton; Anna Boers of West Hartford; Emily Mansi of Seymour; Francisco Ramirez of Stamford; and Ava Westervelt of New Milford. Others are Joelle McCue, Patrick Burns and Julia Sterc. Artworks not on exhibit in Brookfield can be seen at wcsu. edu/art/gallery/exhibitions/2021-senior-portfolio-exhibition.
The Candlewood Market,
85 Mill Plain Road in Fairfield: A pop-up exhibit of photographs by Katie Settel, “Capturing The Teen Years,” will run through through May 23. Settel will be on site Thursdays 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon. katiesettel.com/photosessions.
browngrotta arts, 276 Ridgefield Road in Wilton: “Adaptation: Artists Respond to Change” will be up from May 8 to 16. Artists include Artists include Adela Akers, Polly Barton, James Bassler, Zofia Butrymowicz, Sara Brennan, Pat Campbell, Włodzimierz Cygan, Neha Puri Dhir, Paul Furneaux, John Garrett, Ane Henriksen, Kazue Honma, Tim Johnson, Lewis Knauss, Nancy Koenigsberg, Yasuhisa Kohyama, Irina Kolesnikova, Lawrence LaBianca, Gyöngy Laky, Sue Lawty, Jennifer
Falck Linssen, Federica Luzzi, Rachel Max, John McQueen, Mary MerkelHess, Norma Minkowitz, Laura Foster Nicholson, Keiji Nio, Gudrun Pagter, Eduardo Portillo & Mariá Eugenia Dávila, Mariette Rousseau-Vermette, Heidrun Schimmel, Hisako Sekijima, Karyl Sisson, Jin-Sook So, Polly Sutton, Noriko Takamiya, Chiyoko Tanaka, Blair Tate,
Eva Vargo, Wendy Wahl, Gizella K Warburton, Grethe Wittrock and Carolina Yrarrázaval. browngrotta.com.
New Haven County
Mattatuck Museum ,63 Prospect St. in Waterbury: “Collecting Presidential History: Signatures and Ephemera,” an exhibit of pieces from the collection of Francis T. “Fay” Vincent Jr., is up until Dec. 31. “A Face Like Mine, works from a century of Black figurative art, is up until Sept. 12. Artists include Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Kerry James Marshall, Lorna Simpson, James VanDer Zee and Kehinde Wiley “A Secret Heliotropism: The Art of Jeanne Silverthorne” is up until June 27. mattmuseum. org.
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “W.E.B. Du Bois, Georgia, and his Data Portraits” is up to June 26. artspacenh.org.
Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200, in Woodbridge: The museum is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
Gallery 53, 53 Colony St. in Meriden: “Textile Show 2021: Inches of Stitches,” a show in collaboration with Studio Art Quilt Associates Connecticut Region, will be up from May 8 to 28. gallery53.org.
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull
St. in New Haven: “New Haven Paint & Clay Club’s 120th Annual Juried Exhibition” will be up until May 30. elycenter.org.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: “Journeys,” work by 18 artists, is up until May 31. susanpowellfineart.com.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven: “Legacy & Rupture,” a group show curated by Howard el-Yasin and featuring work by Nathaniel Donnett, Sika Foyer, Merik Goma, James
Montford, James Ransome, Kamar Thomas and Marisa Williamson, will be up through May 30. city-gallery.org.
New London County
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “The Art of Susan Hurley” is up to May 27. hygienic. org.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Expanding Horizons: Celebrating 20 Years of the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection” and “Centennial of the Lyme Art Association Gallery” will be up until May 23. flogris.org.
Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Road: “Sailor Made: Folk Art of the Sea” is on view. 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.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum,
625 Williams St. in New London: “Encountering Resonance: Aaron Taylor Kuffner’s Gamelatron” will be on view to May 23. “Xanda McCagg Recent Work: Icon” is up until May 16. lymanallyn. org.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Expanding Visions: Traditional and Beyond” is up until May 13. lymeartassociation.org.
Litchfield County
Craven Contemporary,
4 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Black and White,” a show of black and white works by Brian Bress, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe ,
Rob Pruitt, Steven Haas, Alex Katz, Richard Serra, David Shrigley and Shira Toren, is on view until May 16. artnet.com/galleries/ craven-contemporary/ artworks.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “Small Town, Big Talk,” an exhibit about Falls Village, is up until May 28. huntlibrary.org.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village: “Stephen Maine: Cupcake Uptake and the Cloud of Unknowing” is up until June 6. furnace-artonpaperarchive.com.
Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza in Washington Depot: “Bye Bye Birdie,” an exhibit about birds, is up until June 6. Artists are John James Audubon, Rachel Berwick, Xavi Bou, Leila Daw, Elizabeth Macdonald, Malcolm Moran, Banjie Getsinger Nicholas, Tim Prentice, Jon Riedeman and Hagar Fletcher. washingtonartassociation.org.
Tolland County
David Hayes Sculpture Fields, 905 South St. in Coventry: The fields, which surround the home of the sculptor (1931-2013), are open to the public for selfguided tours. davidhayes. com.
Windham County
The Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Instructional Center, Room 112, at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St. in Willimantic: “2021 Senior Exhibition” is up May 7 to 16. easternct.edu/ art-gallery.