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. Visit their websites for social distancing rules.
Hartford County
Amistad Center for Art & Culture, inside the Wadsworth Atheneum at 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Changing Lanes: Mobility in Connecticut,” a show of historic artifacts about the limitations of African Americans’ mobility, is up until April 3. amistadcenter.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.:
“Steel, String, Spit Bite: Selections from the LeWitt Collection” is up until March 18. “Walter Wick: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Happily Ever After” is up until April 1. “American Art in New Britain: The Evolution of the NBMAA” is up until Oct. 1. “Permanent Collection Installation: People and Places in America, 1960s to Today” is up until May 1. “Eva LeWitt” is up until Nov. 11, 2023. “The Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the New-York Historical Society” is up to May 22. The Shantell Martin virtual reality space is now open. nbmaa.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford:
“Teeter/Totter Ken Morgan Peter Waite” is up until April 17. “Battlegrounds Elizabeth Flood” is up until June 12. 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.
The Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road:
is showing the artwork of the MCC Visual Fine Arts faculty until March 11. manchestercc.edu.
Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St.: “Nothing But Flowers,” a group show, is up to March 6. 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 newly refurbished statue of Nathan Hale
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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.
Marlborough Art Center, 231 North Main St.:
The regional Student Art Show will open March 5.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “Albert’s Odd Jobs: Making a Living in the 1800s” is up until April 16. “Common Struggle Individual Experience: An Exhibition About Mental Health” will be up until Oct. 15. Permanent exhibits are “Making Connecticut” and “Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut.” chs.org.
Monastery Gallery of Art at the Holy Family Retreat Center: 303 Tunxis Road in West Hartford, presents an exhibit of works from the Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program until Feb. 28. monasterygallery.art.
Galleries @ WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester:
“Inspiration: Blank Canvas Show 2022” will be up from March 4 to April 20. workspacemanchester.com.
The Ethel Walker School, 230 Bushy Hill Road in Simsbury:
“Cave Wall Paintings,” a show of work by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, and “Looking Up: My Hudson River Commute,” a show of photographs by Katharine Swibold, are up until March 19. “Vex the Ending,” a show of paintings by Steven Cabral and Tracy Hayes, is up until April 29. By appointment only by emailing calvarezdelugo@ my.ethelwalker.org.
Kent Library 50 North Main St. in Suffield:
presents work by Joe Burger until Feb. 28. suffield-library.org.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road:
A solo show of work by Richard Schlicher, who was Best of Show winner of the 2021 CT+6 exhibit, is up until March 6. westhartfordart. org.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon:
“Tea Party,” an exhibit themed on tea, is up from March 5 to 26. artsfvac. org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: The love-themed group show “Be Mine!” plus solo shows by Stephanie Rogers and by Susan Bradley, are up to March 12. galleryonthegreen. org.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: “Art from across the Tracks: A Celebration of our “Studios,” a show of work by Andres Chaparro, leeAnn Cogswell, Cathy Doocy, Michelle Hawran, JoeSam, Adam Lenz, Xarea Lockhart and Amy Hoffman, is up to March 5. windsorartcenter. org.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Nevine Mahmoud / MATRIX 188” is up to May 1.“Milton Avery” will be up from March 5 to June 5. thewadsworth.org.
Clare Gallery at St. Patrick—St. Anthony Church, 285 Church St. in Hartford: ”Veyond the Subject: Work by Fr. Michael Reyes O.F.M.”
will be up from March 1 to May 23. spsact.org.
Art Gallery at University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford: “Liliana Porter: Actualidades / Breaking News” and “Portraits by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst” and “Selections from the Collection” are up to March 12. usj.edu/arts/ art-museum.
Middlesex County
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown:
“Brandon Ndife: Down to the Spoons and Forks” and “Dana DeGiulio: Live or Die” will be up to March 6. wesleyan.edu/ cfa.
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown: “Strong Bodies for the Revolution: Pursuing Health and Power in the People’s Republic of China”is up to May 13. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex: “Concealment” runs to March 13. Artists include Diane Ward, Dina Belyayeva, Nancy Dudek, Darla DiRusso, Greg Murry, Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti, Regina Thomas, Lauren Mills, Elayne Marholin, Patricia Parente, Patricia Corbett, Ted Genard, Teri Glassman, Vincent Palladino, Stephanie Rogers, Ceal Swift, Claudia van
Nes, Dan Dahlstrom, Diane Rubacha, Gloria Nilsson, Kearen Enright, Ned Farrell, Colleen Reilly, Maria Johnson, Maryann Flick, Michael Fanelli, Paul Essenfeld, Paul Ramsey and Robert Thomas. spectrumartgallery.org.
New London County
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “The Crossing,” a juried group show, is up from March 4 to April 8. hygienic.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.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.: “2022 Annual Members and Elected Artists Exhibition” is up until March 6. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “New London County Quilts & Bed Covers, 17501825” is up to May 1. flogris. org.
LaGrua Center, 32 Water St. in Stonington: “Celebrating Our Region’s Emerging Artists,” a show of work by high school students, open on March 4. lagruacenter.org.
Chauncey Stillman Gallery at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Lennart Anderson: A Retrospective” will be up to March 18. lymeacademy.edu.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London: “Norman Ives: Constructions & Reconstructions” is up to April 24. “Locations: Recent Work by Marian Bingham” is on view through April 10.“Unbeatable Women: Power and Innovation in the Work of Women Photographers,” is up from Feb. 26 to June 19. lymanallyn.org.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme:
“An Exhibition in Four Acts 1: Poetry of Motion 2: Black and White 3: Renewal: Visions of Spring 4: Wanderlust” is up from March 4 to April 7. lymeartassociation.org.
Fairfield County
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Milano Chow: Prima Facie,”“Duane Slick: The Coyote Makes the Sunset Better” and “Karla Knight: Navigator” are up until May 8. “Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski: Portal Pieces” is up until May 29. aldrichart.org.
Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich:
“Permanent Science Galleries: Natural Cycles Shape Our Land” is up until the end of the year. brucemuseum.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: “A Show of Hands: Diane Cherr” is up until April 17. contemprints.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury: Scratching the Surface: David Haislip” is up until May 27. stillrivereditions.com.
Hollis Taggart Southport, 330 Pequot Ave: “Beyond the Surface: Edward Holland, Will Hutnick, Emily Kiacz,
Lizbeth Mitty and Erika Ranee,” is up from March 5 to April 30. hollistaggart.com.
Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford: “Lost and Found,” a show of work by new members, is up from Feb. 12 to March 13. loftartists.org.
Housatonic Museum of Art, on the campus of Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport: “Making Your Mark,” a show of prints and drawings from the Hechinger Collection, is up until March 25. museum. housatonic.edu.
Art Gallery at Western Connecticut State University, in the Visual & Performing Arts Center on the Westside Campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury: “Mohamad Hafez: Unsettled Nostalgia” is up until March 6. wcsu.edu/art/ gallery/exhibitions.
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “The Westport Idea,” featuring selected works from the Westport Public Art Collections, is up to March 12. mocawestport.org.
Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road in Fairfield: “Adger Cowans: Sense and Sensibility” is in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries to June 18. “Seeing is Believing: Crossings and Transpositions, Part II” is in the Walsh Gallery at the Quick Center for the Arts to March 5. The artists are He Jiancheng, Xiao Yao Ning, Luo Biwu, Zuo Zeng Yao and Zhang Zeng Min. At the same time, “ink/stone,” a show of 15 contemporary Chinese paintings and works on paper, will be on show. fairfield.edu/museum.
New Haven County
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “Dyschronics: Work by Carolina Caycedo, Emily Jacir, Baseera Khan and Tsedaye Makonnen, will be up to April 16. 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: “Let Them Roam Freely,” work by Hong Hong and Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, is up from March 5 to May 15. nxthvn.com.
Buley Gallery at Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St. in New Haven: “Salvador Dali Illustrates The Divine Comedy” is up to April 7.
southernct.edu.
Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St. in New Haven:
“Made Visible: Through Errors: Work by Binwanka” is up until Feb. 28. creativeartsworkshop.org.
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.:
“Strange Times: Downtown New Haven in the COVID Era,” “Children of the Elm City” and “Factory” are up until the end of winter. newhavenmuseum. org.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven: “Phantasmagoria: Ruth Sack” is up to March 6. city-gallery.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury: An American Lens: A History of Photography in Waterbury” is up until Dec. 31.“Janet Maya: Women/ Strength/Beauty” and “Focus on the Makers: Samplers, Needlework, and Quilts” are up to Feb. 28.“Mixmaster 2022: Juried Members Exhibition is up to March 16. mattmuseum.org.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison:
“Valentine Gems,” a show of work by Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Patt Baldino, Paul Batch, Julie Beck, Paul Beebe, Peter Bergeron, Zufar Bikbov, Kelly Birkenruth, Dan Brown, David Dunlop, Eileen Eder, Jeff Erickson, Vincent Giarrano, Tom Hughes, Susan Jositas, James Magner, Anne McGrory, Leonard Mizerek, Larry Preston, Cindy Procious, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland and George Van Hook, will be up to Feb. 28. susanpowellfineart.com.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven: “Pest Control: Willliam Kent, Gar Waterman” is up to March 13. kehlerliddellgallery. com.
The Keyes Gallery at Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Islands Road in Branford: “Shifting Tides: Art that Speaks to Ever-Changing Times,” work by Mary Elizabeth Marvin Peterson, is up from March 4 to 28.
Litchfield County Five Points Gallery, 33
Main St. in Torrington:
“Real & Imagined: Tamara Dimitri, Nancy Hayes, Susan Sharp, Lisa Warren and Joan Wheeler” will be up through March 26. fivepointsarts.org/ five-points-annex.
The Sophie Gallery, 15 Water St. in Torrington:
“Scott Ritter’s Churn and Flow” is up to March 26. thesophiegallery.com.
James Barron Art, 17 Old
Barn Road in Kent: “Earthly Dreams” will be up until March 19. Artists are Carla Accardi, Moira Dryer, Ruth Duckworth, Pam Glick, Beverly Pepper, Laura de Santillana, Janet Sobel, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Betty Woodman. jamesbarronart.com.
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Cool & Collected ’22” will be up until March 13. kbfa.com.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village: “Winter,” an exhibit of work by Jimbo Blachly, Bettina Blohm, Yvonne Estrada, Johnathan Fabricant, Greg Goldberg, Carter Hodgkin, Vincent Inconiglios, Erick Johnson, Amanda Konishi, Kathleen Kucka, Stephen Maine, Susan Martin, Georgia McGovern, Holly Miller, Nicholas Moenich, Marilla Palmer, Jean Parks, Gelah Penn and Sally Van Doren, is up until March 20, weekends only. furnace-artonpaperarchive.com.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “Colored pencil and pastel artworks by Marsha Altemus and assemblage and painting by Roger McKee” will be up to March 11. huntlibrary.org.
Tolland County
William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Facing History: Social Commentary in Contemporary American Art” and “Remembering the Nut Museum: Visionary Art of Elizabeth Tashjian” are up until March 11. benton.uconn. edu.
Contemporary Art Galleries, on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Rafael Concepcion: Where do I know you from?” is up to March 11. contemporaryartgalleries.uconn.edu.
Homer Babbidge Library on the campus of UConn in Storrs:
“Beth Pite, Colorscapes”is on view. “Vilde Chayes / Wild Things: Childhood Through the Eyes of Maurice Sendak” is up until March 31. lib.uconn.edu/ about/exhibits/
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: “11th Annual Artist Members Exhibit” is up from March 5 to 26. artscentereast.org.
Windham County
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton: “Work by Ann C. Rosebrooks is up until Marcy 1 to April 30. fletchermemoriallibrary.org.