CT 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. Visit their websites for social distancing rules.
Hartford County
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Christina Forrer / MATRIX 187 runs from Aug. 13 to Jan. 2. “Leonardo Drew: Two Projects,” an exhibit of two of Drew’s site-specific sculptural “Explosion” installations, are up until Nov. 14. One will be on the lawn and another in the Main Street lobby. “Goya, Posada, Chagoya: Three Generations of Satirists” is up until Nov. 7. “A Remarkable Friendship: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril” is up until Aug. 29. “Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years” is up until Oct.
17. “Stories in Ivory and Wood, told by Master Carvers” is up until Oct. 31. Jackson Pollock & Tony Smith is up until 2023. thewadsworth.org.
Amistad Center for Art & Culture, inside the Wadsworth Atheneum at 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Through the Looking Glass,” an exhibit of the Randolph Linsly Simpson Collection of African American art, artifacts and ephemera from the 17th to 19th century, is up until Oct. 3.
Butler McCook Gallery, 396 Main St. in Hartford: “Above the Underground: The Art of Andres Chaparro” will be up to Sept. 10. instagram.com/chaparro_art
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.: “Walter Wick I Spy: Summer, Autumn, and Winter” is up until Dec. 31. “NEW/NOW Jennifer Wen Ma: An Inward Sea” is up until Oct. 24. nbmaa. org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: “Situational Awareness: Jacob Cullers” and “Real Wall: Lauren Be Dear” are up until Aug. 29. “Then The Morning Comes Lydia Viscardi,” “Can You Repeat The Question?: Chantal Feitosa” and “There were no casseroles ... Daniela Puliti” are up until Oct. 17. realartways.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: “Freedom Journey 1965: Photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March by Stephen Somerstein” is up until Aug. 28. “Connecticut Freedom Workers: Remembering
the Civil Rights Movement” is up until Oct. 16. Permanent exhibits are “Making Connecticut” and “Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut.” chs.org.
WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester: “Art in Action: Staycation” is up to Sept. 24. workspacemanchester. com.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: A pop up show will be up to Aug. 29. galleryonthegreen.org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center , 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford: “Love, Justice & Peace,” work by Pierre Sylvain, is up to Sept. 30. charteroakcenter.org.
Farmington Valley Arts Center ,25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “Julie Phillips: Of Air and Sea” is up to Sept. 26. artsfvac. org.
Fairfield County
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “Between the Ground and the Sky,” photography from the “Who Grows Your Food” initiative of farms and farmers from Westport Farmers’ Market, is up from Aug. 27 to Oct. 17. mocawestport.org.
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Clarity Haynes: Collective Transmission” and “Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey” are up until Sept. 6. “Tim Prentice:” After the Mobile” is up to Oct. 4. “Hugo McCloud: from where i stand,” an exhibit of found-object culture, and “Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs” are up to Jan. 2. 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.
Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich: “The Amazon Rainforest: Beauty, Destruction, Hope” and “Chain Reaction: The Photography of Patrick Nagatani” are up until Oct. 10. The museum will be closed on Aug. 23 to 25. brucemuseum.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: 13th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition 2021 is up until Aug. 29. contemprints.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: “Reunion: A Group Exhibition,” with work by Elise Ansel, William Buchina, Leah Guadagnoli, André Hemer, Dana James, Tim Kent, John Knuth, Suchitra Mattai, Anna Pietrzak and Alexandros Vasmoulakis, is up to Sept. 4. hollistaggart. com
Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford: “unite and persevere: celebrating the artistic voices of black artists” is up until Aug. 29. loftartists.org.
Middlesex County
Earth and Fire Art Studio,
2 Main St. in
Essex: River Valley Artists group show, with work by members, is up until Sept. 2. rivervalleyartists.com.
Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex: “Splashes, Drips and Drops,” a show with work by Dana Uzwiak, Erin
Starr, Hope-Denée Fortier, Joan Appel, Richard Nowak, Sabely Peralta, Chris Penry, Katie Danahy Samuelson, Pat Damiani, Diane Rubacha, Edith Skiba LaMonica, Pam Carlson, Kathleen DeMeo, Bonnie Lea Townsend, Kearen Enright, Kimberley Kordonowy, Carolyn Rothfeld, Catherine Satsuk, Ceal Swift, Laurie Diwinsky, Marjorie Sopkin, Teri Glassman, Robert Thomas, Scott Camphausen, Harry Rosenbluth, Michael Fanelli, Lois Blood Bennett,
Maryann Flick, Larry Bilansky, Paul Ramsey, Dianne Roberts, Stephen Dandrow, Bob Rosenberg, Jean Gresham, Andy Teran, Anna Sidorow, Lisa Krall, Lyn Harper, Marcia Kindlmann, Odette StapleBrown, Carol Dorman, Joanna Biskupski, Kate Huddleston, Linda Saucier and Kristie Foss, will be up to Sept. 4. spectrumartgallery.org.
New Haven County
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. in New Haven: The permanent collection is on display. artgallery.yale.edu.
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven: “The View From Here,” work by New Haven student photographers, is up until Oct. 10. 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. “Art in Focus: Women From the Center” is up until Oct. 3. “Furniture at the Yale Center for British Art: A Selection” is up until Dec. 12. Work by Bridget Riley is up until July 24, 2022. britishart.yale.edu.
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: “Painted Ladies: Ellie Bender, Bonnie Potter, Rita Sarris” is up until Aug. 28. gallery53.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven: “Pinhole Perspective,” work by Lisa Toto, and “Form Focus Figure,” work by Warda Geismar, Jackie Heitchue and Brian Williams, are both up to Sept. 25. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: “Vincent Giarrano: City Stories” is up to Sept. 25. susanpowellfineart.com.
Mattatuck Museum,
63 Prospect St. in Waterbury: “Celebrating Hispanic Heritage” will be up until Oct. 17. “In the Wake of 9/11: Robert Carley’s American Journey” is up to Sept. 12 . ”CollectingPresidential 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. mattmuseum.org.
New London County
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “Salon des Independants,” the annual uncurated, uncensored community exhibit, will run from Aug. 21 to Sept. 10. hygienic.org.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Social & Solitary:
Reflections on Art, Isolation, and Renewal” is up until Sept. 19. flogris.org.
Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Road: “Sailor Made: Folk Art of the Sea” is on view. “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.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “A Century of Inspiration” will be up to Sept. 16. lymeartassociation.org.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.: “The Founders: Reclaiming Mystic’s Artistic Roots,” work by Charles H. Davis, Henry Ward Ranger, Robert Brackman, George Albert Thompson, Y.E. Soderberg and others, is up until Sept. 12. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams
St. in New London: “The Prismatic Palette: Frank Vincent DuMond and His Students” will be up to Oct. 3. “Forest Dreaming: Sculptures and Paintings by Ana Flores” is up until Oct. 24. lymanallyn.org.
Windham County
The Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Instructional Center, Room 112, at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St. in Willimantic: ““Our Tears Are Sweet, Our Laughter Venomous,” work by 14 Iranian-American artists, will be up from Aug. 23 to Oct. 8. easternct.edu/ art-gallery.
Tolland County
William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Immigrant Eyes: Photographs by Joe Standart” is up until Oct. 16. benton.uconn.edu.
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.
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: Work by Connecticut Women Artists will be up from Aug. 21 to Sept. 10. artscentereast.org.
Litchfield County
Ober Gallery, 6 North Main St. in Kent: “Max Frintrop and Pam Glick” is up until Aug. 30. obergallery.com.
Craven Contemporary, 4 Fulling Lane in Kent: Four floral artworks by Alex Katz will be up until the end of summer. artnet.com/galleries/craven-contemporary/ artworks.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “Bookmarks” is up to Sept. 10. Artists are Erika Crofut, Zoe and Sergei Fedorjaczenko, Amanda Thackray, Robert Cronin, Danielle Mailer, Emily Rutgers Fuller, Sue Berg, Robert Andrew Parker, Michael Gellatly, Tilly Strauss, Lori Barker, Megan Berk, Lena Curtis, Richard Griggs, Ani Jenkins, Garth Kobal, KK Kozik, Patty Mullins, Peter Steiner and Judith Wyer. huntlibrary.org.
Kenise Barnes Fine
Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Janna Watson: Seven Perfect Syllables” is up to Oct. 3. kbfa.com.
Carol Corey Fine Art,
2 Old Barn Road in Kent: “Roz Chast At Home” will be up to Sept. 19. carolcoreyfineart.com