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 and masking rules.
Hartford County
Burnside Paper Mill, 87 Church St. in East Hartford: “Blue and Yellow,” a benefit art sale to raise money for Maidan United, a nonprofit helping Ukrainian civilians in need of medical care and Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines, will take place on July 31 from 2 to 8 p.m. maidanunited.org.
Amistad Center for Art & Culture,
inside the Wadsworth Atheneum at 600 Main St. in Hartford: An exhibit in honor of Bloomfield native Anika Noni Rose will be up until Sept. 18. amistadcenter.org.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of
Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Naama Tsabar / MATRIX 189: Melodies of Certain Damage (Opus 6)” and ”Hamilton: The Art of Remaking History” are up to Sept. 11.“Edward Russell Thaxter: Love’s First Dream” is up to July 31. A spotlight exhibit, “James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Coast of Brittany (Alone with the Tide),” begins Aug. 4. thewadsworth.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art,
56 Lexington St.: “30 Americans,” a show of work by Black artists, is up to Oct.
30. Artists are Nina Chanel Abney, John Bankston, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Nick Cave, Robert Colescott, Noah Davis, Leonardo Drew, Renée Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, William Pope.L, Rozeal, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Shinique Smith, Henry Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde
Wiley and Purvis Young. “Mildred Thompson: Cosmic Flow” is up until Nov. 27. “North America Divided,” which pairs 19th-century landscapes and genre scenes with works by contemporary artists Neil Jenney and
Valerie Hegarty, is up until March.“American Art in
New Britain: The Evolution of the NBMAA” is up until
Oct. 1. “Eva LeWitt” is up until Nov. 11, 2023. “Cowboys, Detectives, and Daredevils: Pulp Art at the NBMAA” is up until Aug. 7.“Being
Seen: People and Places in American Art, 1960s to Today” is up until Aug. 28. nbmaa.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: “Dreaming in Black & White Deep Pool” is up to Aug. 28. “Dishonest Dancers Jesús Hilario-Reyes” is up until Aug. 21. 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 Atheneumn is Carl Andre’s “Stone Field Sculpture.” Also across the street from the Atheneum is the Bushnell Towers sculpture garden. thewadsworth.org.
New England Air Museum, 36 Perimeter Road in Windsor Locks: An exhibit about New England women who made significant contributions to the history of aviation, an exhibit about the Windsor Locks tornado and an exhibit about the Kosciuszko Squadron are on permanent display. neam.org.
Marlborough Town Hall, 26 North Main St.: Work by Carol Jeffries is up until December. marlborougharts.org.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “Formative: Frederick Law Olmsted in Connecticut” is up to Aug. 28. “Common Struggle Individual Experience: An Exhibition About Mental Health” will be up until Oct. 15. chs.org.
Hill Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road in Farmington: “Radical Spirits: Tarot, Automatism, and Feminist Histories,”an exhibit of work by members of the feminist art collective Hilma’s Ghost, will be up to Nov. 1. hillstead.org.
Galleries @ WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester: “The Art of Recovery,” work by artists impacted by addiction, is up to Aug. 19. workspacemanchester.com.
Kent Library, 50 North Main St. in Suffield: Work by Joe Lanier will be up until July 31. suffield-library.org.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “Summering: FVAC Studio Artist Exhibit” is up to Aug. 27. artsfvac.org.
ArtWalk at Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St.:“Gateway toPlacesWe’reToldWeCannot Go: Christa Whitten”is up to Aug. 27. hplct.org.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: “8th Annual Member’s Exhibition” runs until Sept. 3. windsorartcenter.org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: The 62nd Anniversary Exhibition and a solo exhibit by Richard Allen Cohen are up to Aug. 6. galleryonthegreen.org.
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road: Spring Arts Festival is up to Aug. 24. manchestercc. edu/hans-weiss-newspace.
Avon Town Hall, 60 West Main St.: A spring/summer exhibit of 29 artworks will be up until Oct. 15. avonarts.org.
Art Gallery at University of SaintJoseph, 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford:“A Summer Selection: Works from the Collection”is up until Sept. 3. usj.edu/arts/art-museum.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: Photographs by Mallorie Ostrowitz are up until Aug. 26. mandelljcc.org.
Lost Acres Vineyard,
80 Lost Acres Road in North Granby: Work by Diane Olean Bannon is up until Aug. 7. lostacresvineyard.com.
New London County
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “This is Us,” work by Rebecca Fowke, Dame Fk, Stephanie Gerald, Kern Bruce, Mere Doyen and Nicki Arciolinda Bonanno, is up to Aug. 12. hygienic.org.
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 Seaport Museum,
75 Greenmanville Ave.:“Story Boats: The Tales They Tell”is up to Aug. 14. mysticseaport.org.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in
Old Lyme: “Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness” is up to Sept. 18. flogris.org.
Norwich Arts Center,
60 Broadway: “Artistic Wanderings”is up from Aug. 5 to 31. norwicharts.org/exhibits.
Lyme Academy of Fine
Arts, 84 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “111th Annual Exhibition of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts” is up until Aug. 20. lymeacademy.edu.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Water All Around Us,” work by artists age 3 to 18, is up to Aug. 12. lymeartassociation.org.
Thames River Gallery, 239 Bank St. in New London: “Eye of the Beholder,” an exhibit of seven local artists — Thomas Adkins, Lisa Miceli, T.R Mockler, Brechin Morgan, H. Gray Park IV, Howard Park and Len Swec — will be up until Sept. 24. instagram. com/thamesrivergalleryct.
LaGrua Center, 32 Water St. in Stonington:“13th Annual Stonington Artists Show”is up to Sept. 23. lagruacenter.org.
Mystic Museum of Art,
9 Water St.: “Norman Rockwell’s Saturday
Evening Post Covers: Tell
Me a Story” and “Missing Narratives” are up to Sept. 18. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London: “Picturing Mystic: Views of the Connecticut Shoreline, 1890-1950” is up to Sept. 4.“Poetry in the Wild: Sculptures by Ana Flores” will be up all summer.“The Will to Change: Gathering as Praxis,” an exhibit by Nasty Women Connecticut in honor of bell hooks, will be up until Aug. 12.“Sol LeWitt: Artist and Collector at Play,” will be up to Oct. 16. lymanallyn.org.
Fairfield County
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Melvin Edwards: Asafokra” is up until Sept. 5. “52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone” is up to Jan. 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.“David Hartt: A Colored Garden,” with paintings by Charles Ethan Porter and a new film by
Hartt, will be up until Nov. 14. theglasshouse.org.
Silvermine Arts Center,
1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan: The 2022 Guild Summer Salon, an exhibit of work by more than 100 Silvermine members, will be up to Aug. 18. silvermineart.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: “8th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition 2022” and
“Shop Swap: East London Printmakers at CCP” are up to Aug. 28. contemprints.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury: “The Inner Sanctums: Gene Moore” will be up to Sept. 30. stillrivereditions.com.
Hollis Taggart Southport, 330 Pequot Ave: “Abstract Ascension: Dana James, Kathryn MacNaughton and Anna Pietrzak” is up to Aug. 31. hollistaggart.com.
Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford: The annual member/guest exhibit is up until July 31. loftartists.org.
MoCA Westport, 19
Newtown Turnpike: “Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse,” a collaboration with The Contemporary Art Modern Project and the Fiber Artists Miami Association, will be up to Sept. 4. Artists include Laetitia Adam-Rabel, Alissa Alfonso, Carlos Bautista Biernnay, Nancy Billings, Liene Bosquê, Pip Brant, Carola Bravo, Mabelin Castellanos, Melissa Dadourian, Camille Eskell, Susan Feliciano,
Molly Gambardella, Amy
Gelb, Joseph Ginsberg, Jac Lahav, Maria Lino, Laura Marsh, Sooo-z Mastropietro, Caitlin McCormack, Shelly McCoy, Jeanne Jaffe & Molly McGreevy, Norma Minkowitz, Aurora Molina, Valeria Montag, Chiara No, Evelyn Politzer, Rosana Machado Rodriguez, Alina Rodriguez Rojo, Damian Rojo, Margaret Roleke, Debora Rosental, Rosario Salazar, Yolanda Sanchez, Natalia Schonowski, Leslie Sheryll, Silvana Soriano, Maru Ulivi, Rita Valley, Lisu Vega, Laura Villareal, Joan Wheeler, Silvia Yapur and Wendy Wahl. mocawestport.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.
Stratford Library, 2203 Main St.: “Stuff I See,” photograph by Nicole Irene, is up until July 31. stratfordlibrary.org.
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Waveny Park, 681 South Ave. in New Canaan: Tapestries by Ukrainian artist Olha Pilyuhina will be up until July 30. carriagebarn.org.
City Lights Gallery, 265 Golden Hill St. in Bridgeport: “OutWork,” an exhibit coinciding with Bridgeport’s annual Pride festival, will be up to Sept. 10. Artists are Erik Anderson, Mario Baez, Melisa Benedek, Angel Bloom, Carlos
B Biernnay, Darron Copeland, Jon Couto, Sue Czark, Leaf De Moura, Guido Garaycochea, Andrew Graham, Adair Heitman, Marina Hernandez, M. C. Hewlett, Christina
Jones, Rafiq Kathwari, Conor Kovatch, Mia Lipstick, JuliaRose Liptak, Finn Lockwood, David Marciniszyn, Ricky Mestre, Casey Moran, Marshall Moyer, Katelyn Owens, Victor Pigoretti, Adrian Pulido, Valerie Ruby Omen, Richard Stillson, Carl Straw, Richard Taddei, David Townsend, Danielle Walker, Patrick Webb and Joan Wheeler. citylightsgallery.org.
New Haven County
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “Lino Kino: Completely Familiar, Entirely Free,” a show of work by Lani Asunción, Amira Brown, Saskia Globig, Michael Ipsen, Kyuri Jeon, Micah Lat, Matt Lavine, Anna Lindemann, Shelby Meier, Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Jessica Smolinski and Sonnie Wooden, addresses the historic and continued roles of industry and advertising in shaping urban spaces. It is up to Sept. 10. 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:“From the Outside In,” a show of work by Kaitlyn Higgins, Lauren Wiedenmann, Sofia Carrillo, Nelly Torres, Jaiden Shoulders, Ashlynn Topper and Sereen Mezzane, is up to Sept. 4. nxthvn.com.
Gallery at the Institute Library,
847 Chapel St. in New Haven: “Decoys & Mimics,” a group exhibit that mixes books in the library’s collection with decoys, mimics, faux, imitations, ersatz, parodies, fakes, forgeries and deceptions, is up until Sept. 22. The artists are Frederic Aquaviva, Regan Avery, Marsha Borden, Hank Bradley, Janet Severi Bristow, Robert Brush, George Corsillo, Leila Daw, Eva Geertz, Edward Gorey, Clymenza Hawkins, Jack Hitt, Ann Kennedy, Martha Willette Lewis, Linda Lindroth, Zohra Rawling, Brian Slattery, Maddy Rosenberg, Scott Schuldt, Jean Scott, Jeff Slomba, Christina Spiesel and Rita Valley. institutelibrary.org
Henry Whitfield State Museum, 248 Old Whitfield St. in Guilford:“Weld-Built:
The Guilford Architecture of William E. Weld” is on view until December. portal.ct.gov/ECDHenryWhitfieldStateMuseum.
Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St. in New Haven: “Art in Relief: New Works from the CAW Studios” is up until Aug. 23. creativeartsworkshop.org.
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.: “Strange Times: Downtown New Haven in the COVID Era,” “Children of the Elm City,” “Factory” and “The Quantum Revolution: Handcrafted in New Haven” are on view. newhavenmuseum.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven: “Lost/Found: Over 65 Artists Consider What They Have Either Lost or Found,” is up to July 31. The artists are Alicia Afonso, Mark Battista, Robert Bienstock, Dawn Bisharat, Marsha Borden,
Chris Bordenca, Amy Browning, Frank Bruckmann, Bill Butcher, William Butcher III, Louise Cadoux, Allen Camp, Susan Clinard, Alison Cofrancesco, Penrhyn Cook, Rod Cook, Robyn Cooper, Kit Curry, Amanda Duchen, Riley Dunbar, Carol Dunn, Thomas Edwards, Joe Fekieta, Chris Ferguson, Brian Flinn, Julia Forrest, Julie Fraenkel, Jake Gagne, Sean Gallagher, Jeffrey Gangwisch, Kelley Griffin, Matthew Garrett, Eddie Hall, Heidi Harrington, Kate Henderson, Ann Hodgdon-Cyr, Kate Pollard Hoffmann, Mary Janacek, Karen Kertesz-Sklar, Earl Killeen, Oxana Kovalchuk, Terrence Lavin, Marta Machabeli, Sven Martson, Janice Mauro, JoAnne McFarland, Roy Money, Nancy Moore, Michelle Morgan, Hilary Opperman, David Ottenstein, Hank Paper, Rujuta Paradkar, Dionne Pia, Barbra Ringer, Matthew W. Robinson,
Mark K. St. Mary, Preeti
Garg Schaden, Franklin da Silva, Lisa Toto, Basia Tov, Gabriela Vazquez, Amanda Walker, Gar Waterman,
R.F. Wilton, Marjorie Wolfe, Amie Ziner and Lou Zucchi. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven:“Incarnations: Roberta Friedman, Sheila Kaczmarek, Lenny Moskowitz” is up to July 31.“Upper State Street 1978: At the Height of Its Decline,” a show of photographs by Karen Klugman, will be up from Aug. 5 to 21. city-gallery.org.
Perspectives Gallery @ Whitney Center,
200 Leeder Hill Drive in Hamden: “Storytellers,” a show of work by Kwadwo Adae, Matthew Best, Jenn Cacciola, Mary Dwyer, Anya Kotler, Melissa Sutherland Moss and Joan Wheeler, is up until Sept. 9. elycenter.org.
Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St.: The annual Ceramics Biennial is up until July 31. guilfordartcenter.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury: “The Immigrant Suitcase Project: Italians of Waterbury” is up until Oct. 31.“An American Lens: A History of Photography in Waterbury”is up until Dec. 31. “Shipwrecks: Duty of Memory,” a show of photographs by Stefano Benazzo, and“The Garden”will be up to Aug. 28. “Mystery & Benevolence,” an exhibit on the histories of the Freemasons and the Independent Order of the
Odd Fellows, is up to Sept. 4. “Beyond Fraternity: Charitable and Community Organizations in Waterbury”is up to Aug. 21. mattmuseum.org.
Yale Center for British Art,
1080 Chapel St. in
New Haven: “Bridget Riley: Perceptual Abstraction” is up until July 24. “Marc Quinn: History Painting +” is up until Oct. 16. britishart.yale.edu.
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. in New Haven: The permanent collection is on view. artgallery.yale.edu.
Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, 37 Harrison St. in the Westville section of New Haven: Artwork by Jane Gilman Fleischner and Larry Morse will be on view from Aug. 2 to 30. azothgallery. com.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: “Summer in New England” is up to Sept. 5. Artists are Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Paul Beebe, Peter Bergeron, Zufar Bikbov, Kelly Birkenruth, David Dunlop, Neal Hughes, Tom Hughes, Carol Jenkins, Andrew Lattimore, James Magner, Anne McGrory, Leonard Mizerek, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Dennis Sheehan, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Katie Swatland, and George Van Hook. susanpowellfineart.com.
Middlesex County
Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex:“Fun and Pleasure” will be on exhibit to Sept. 10. spectrumartgallery.org.
The Space Gallery, 1 Main St. in Chester: “Contemporary Show” by River Valley
Artists is up to Aug. 31. rivervalleyartists.com.
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.
Litchfield County
James Barron Art, 17 Old Barn Road in Kent: “Kikuo Saito: Paint with Drawing” is up until Aug. 5.“Sidival
Fila: Weaving Reality” and “Elisabetta Zangrandi: Blue Constellations” are up until Aug. 17. jamesbarronart.com.
Craven Contemporary, 4 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Trees and Flowers” with work by Mio Akashi, Jeff Joyce, Daniel Murray and Olga Sweet, will be up until Sept. 18. artnet. com/galleries/cravencontemporary/artworks.
Kent Art Association, 21 South Main St.: “Elected Artist and Solo Show” is up from July 31 to Aug. 21. kentart.org.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “302
Years of Making Art,” a show of work by Joey Sage Jablonski and Bernie Re of East Canaan, Diane and Joel Schapira of Lakeville, and Karen and Scott Culbreth of Millerton, will be on view from Aug. 5 to 26. huntlibrary.org.
Five Points Annex, 17
Water St. in Torrington: “Juxtapositions: Portraits and Puns: Brian McClear” is up until July 31. fivepointsarts.org.
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St. in Torrington: “Jill Enfield: Glasshouse of Immigrants,” “Jane Rainwater: The Botanical Tyranny Dollhouse,” “John Keefer: Six Paintings” will be up from Aug. 5 to Sept. 10. fivepointsarts.org.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village: “Summer Selections,” a show of work by Leora Armstrong, Jimbo Blachly, Sam Clayton, Jonathan Fabricant, Michael Gellatly, Greg Goldberg, Erick Johnsno, Mary Kenealy, Stephen Maine, Holly Miller, Marilla Palmer, Carter Hodgkin, Lawre
Stone and Gelah Penn, will be up until Aug. 28. furnaceartonpaperarchive.com.
Kenise Barnes Fine Art,
7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Weather,” a show of paintings by Susan English, is up to Sept. 4 kbfa.com.
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.
Carol Corey Fine Art, 6 North Main St. in Kent:“Lisa Lebofsky: On the Horizon”is up to Sept. 4. carolcoreyfineart.com.
Tolland County
William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Tradition and Transformation: Mithila Art of India” is up until July 31. benton.uconn.edu.
Homer Babbidge Library
on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Beth Pite, Colorscapes” and “Awake: The Art & Design of Anthony Foronda” are on view through the end of summer. lib.uconn. edu/about/exhibits/.
Ballard Institute Museum of Puppetry, at 1 Royce Circle at UConn in Storrs: “Swing into Action: Maurice Sendak and the World of Puppetry” will be up to Dec. 16. bimp.uconn.edu.
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: “Don’t Break the Bank Art Sale” will be Aug. 4 to 7. artscentereast.org.
Windham County
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton: “Work by Jane Collins” is up until June 30. Work by Scott Rhoades runs to Aug. 31. fletchermemoriallibrary.org.
The Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Instructional Center,
Room 112, at
Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St. in Willimantic: “Imagined Places, Inhabited Spaces” is up until Sept. 2. Artists in the show are Adrienne Chadwick, AdrienneRose Gionta, Rod Faulds and Lydia Viscardi. easternct.edu/ art-gallery.