Museums, 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
Amistad Center for Art & Culture, inside the Wadsworth Atheneum at 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Art and Activism at Tougaloo College,” an examination of the birth and development of the unique collection of modern art at the historically Black college, will be up from Oct. 22 to Jan. 16. amistadcenter.org.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Fired Up: Glass Today” runs to
Feb. 5. The exhibit will show work by more than 50 contemporary glass artists including Lino Tagliapietra, Nancy Callan, Dante Marioni, Sidney Hutter, Tim Tate, Kim Thomas, Hannah Gibson,
Dan Friday, Megan Stelljes, Ben Cobb, David Colton, Kelly O’Dell, Wesley Fleming, Joseph Ivacic, Demetra Theofanos, Dean Benson and Kimberly Thomas. A spotlight exhibit,“James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Coast of Brittany (Alone with the Tide),” is on view to Oct. 23. “Creative Connecticut Moshe Bursuker” is up to December. “Stephanie Syjuco / MATRIX 190:
Image Trafficking” will be up to Jan. 8. thewadsworth.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: Work by Joe Bun Keo inspired by his Khmer identity and his contemporary troubles, is on display to Dec. 11. Work by Howard el-Yasin, inspired by marginalized racial and gender identities, can be seen to Jan. 8. “Every Little Thing: Rashmi Talpade” is up to Jan. 15. 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.” 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: “Journeys”: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission” is up until July 30, 2023. 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.
Monastery Gallery of Art at Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road in West Hartford: A textile exhibit will be up to Jan. 9. monasterygallery.art.
Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St.: “Carriage House Member Show” is up to Nov. 4. alnb. 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.“American Realism Today” runs to Jan. 1. It includes work by 21 artists, including Robert Lobe, Kathleen Gilje, Joseph McNamara, James Prosek and Faith Ringgold. “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. “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.“Eva LeWitt” is up until Nov. 11, 2023. nbmaa.org.
Gallery 66, 66 West Main St. in New Britain: A Car Art exhibit of work by James D’Amore and David Mocarsky is up to Nov. 4. facebook. com/Gallery66NewBritain/
Kent Library, 50 North Main St. in Suffield: Work by Laurie Tavino is up to Oct. 31. suffield-library.org.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road: “Annual National Open Juried Exhibition of Connecticut Women Artists” is up to Nov. 13. westhartfordart.org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford: “Entangled and Ingested,” an exhibit of work by Dr. Katherine A. Owens about how species harmed by plastic pollution, is up to Nov. 3. charteroakcenter.org.
Joseloff Gallery at University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: “Komatsu Hiroko: Second Decade” is up to Dec. 10. hartford.edu.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “Time / Change” is up Nov. 5 to 26. artsfvac.org.
Barnes-Franklin Gallery at Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Road in Farmington: “Jason Werner ... a light inside the darkness” is up to Nov. 3. tunxis. edu/campus-resources/barnesfranklin-gallery/
ArtWalk at Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St.: “Visual Narratives,” a show of work by Brigid Kennedy about ”healing, memory, systemic racism, mental health, war, immigration, the plight of child refugees, public health and the learning of young students at home and at school during the pandemic” is up to Nov. 13. hplct.org.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: “Sewn Stories, Shared Lives,” a show of textile work by Linda Martin and Carol Vinick, is up to Dec. 3. windsorartcenter.org.
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at
Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road: “Jack Lardis: Color Unbridled” is up to Nov. 16. manchestercc.edu/hans-weissnewspace/
Avon Town Hall, 60 West Main
St.: Avon Arts Fall-Winter Exhibition is up until Feb. 18. avonarts.org.
Art Gallery at University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford: “Gladys Triana: A Path to Enlightenment 1971-2021 is up to Dec. 17. usj.edu/arts/art-museum.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: “For the Love of Art: A Carrie Simon Retrospective” is up to Nov. 9. mandelljcc.org.
Lost Acres Vineyard, 80 Lost Acres Road in North Granby: Granby Land Trust Show is Oct. 29 to Nov. 29 lostacresvineyard.com.
Mark Twain House and Museum, 351 Farmington Ave. in Hartford: “The Evocative Mark Twain Inspires the Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England” runs through January. marktwainhouse. org.
Clare Gallery at St. Patrick—St. Anthony Church, 285 Church St. in Hartford: “Angels in the Dark,” work by George Herrick, is up to Dec. 1. spsact.org.
Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, 431 Hartford Ave.: “5th Biennial Competition Art Show: Realism” is up to Nov. 13. wethersfieldarts.org/.
Webb Deane Stevens Museum, 211 Main St. in Wethersfield: “The Story Beneath Our Feet: Pyquag and ‘Weathersfield’,”“Pinhole Vision / Photography by Peter Brown” and “Paper Trail(s): Maps from the Webb Deane Stevens Collection” are all up to Oct. 31. webb-deanestevens.org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: 54th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, and a solo exhibit by Donna Namnoum, are up to Nov. 12. galleryonthegreen.org.
Litchfield County
Kent Historical Society, 4 Studio Hill Road in Kent: “Kent Before Cameras: When Ammi Painted the Town” is up to Oct. 23. kenthistoricalsociety.org.
Craven Contemporary, 4 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Jeff Wallace: People and Places” is up to Nov. 20. artnet.com/galleries/cravencontemporary/artworks.
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St. in Torrington: “Drink the Wild
Air: Nancy Lazar” and “John Willis: Print Retrospective and Collection” are up from Oct. 28 to Dec. 3. fivepointsarts.org.
Five Points Annex, 17 Water
St. in Torrington: “Articulated Expression: Shona Curtis” is up Oct. 28 to Nov. 20. fivepointsarts.org.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village: “Courtney Puckett: Drawings and Sculptures” is up to Oct. 2.“Power Boothe: Everything Trembles” is up to Nov. 6. furnace-artonpaperarchive.com.
Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza in Washington Depot: “Earth & Sky: Constance Kilgore, David Licata, Carolyn Millstein and Ann Mallory” is up until Nov. 13. washingtonartassociation.org.
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “These Days: New Paintings by David Collins” is up to Oct. 30. 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: “J. C. Fontanive: Difference City” is up to Nov. 27. carolcoreyfineart.com.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “Amuse-bouche: An Appetite for Art” is up to Nov. 18. huntlibrary.org.
The Gallery at Founders’ Hall at Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Park Place East in Winsted: “Birds & Their
Just Desserts/ Let Them Eat Cake,” collaborative work by Edgar Allan Slothman (Don Carter) and Dora Dylanne Reyes, is up to Nov. 4. nwcc. edu/gallery/
New London County
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 110 Pequot Trail in Mashantucket: “The Indigenous People’s Project:
The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Women” is up to May 27. pequotmuseum.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.: “Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano” runs to Feb. 27. mysticseaport.org.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Dreams & Memories” is up to May 14. flogris. org.
Norwich Arts Center, 60 Broadway: “Into the Darkness: Mysterious Images for Fall” is up to Oct. 31. norwicharts.org/exhibits.
LaGrua Center, 32 Water St. in Stonington: “Celebrating Our Region’s Hispanic Artists” is up to Oct. 31. lagruacenter.org.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.: “100 Years of the Mystic River and the Bascule Bridge” is up to Dec. 17. The 66th regional group show, “Building Bridges,” is up to Dec. 18. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London: ”Album of Flowers | Interesting Times,” work by Catherine Christiano, is up to Nov. 6. “America’s Instrument: Banjos from the Jim Bollman Collection” runs to Jan. 8. lymanallyn.org.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “New England Landscape” is up to Nov. 10. lymeartassociation.org.
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79
Bank St. in New London: “The f-Stops Here,” the annual juried photography show, is on view. “Playful Propaganda II: Adie Dela Cruz” is up until Nov. 4. hygienic.org.
New Haven County
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “Against the General Good / Contra el Bien General,” a show of work by artistic duo Bergman & Salinas, is up to Dec. 3. artspacenh. org.
Gallery at the Institute Library, 847 Chapel St. in New Haven: “Waste Management: Reuse, Reimagine, Repurpose,” a group show about the climate crisis, will be up to Jan. 14. institutelibrary.org
Gallery 53, 53 Colony St. in Meriden: The 98th Annual Fall Art Exhibit is up to Nov. 4. gallery53.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: “Common” and “B ng Qua N c: Across Land, Across Water” are up Oct. 21 to Nov. 26. 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:
“Allegories of the Heart and Mind,” paintings by William Butcher, and “GROW UP! ,” photographs by Sven Martson, are up to Nov. 13. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury: “The Immigrant Suitcase Project: Italians of Waterbury” is up to Oct. 31.“An American Lens: A History of Photography in Waterbury” is up to Dec. 31. A show of work by Schandra Singh, who won the 2022 Mixmaster competition, is up to Nov. 27.“Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor” and “Elemental: Art as Advocacy,” work by Debra Claffey, Patricia Gerkin, Donna Hamil Talman and Charyl Weissbach” run to Dec. 31. mattmuseum.org.
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven: ”Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree” is up until Oct. 30.“The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby” is up to Jan. 22. ”Richard Long: Quantock Wood Circle” is up to Feb. 12. britishart. yale.edu.
Yale University Art Gallery,
1111 Chapel St. in New Haven: Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition” and “Fazal Sheikh: Exposures” are up to Jan. 8. artgallery.yale.edu.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: “Vincent Giarrano: City LIfe Paintings” is up from Oct. 28 to Nov. 26. susanpowellfineart.com.
Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200, in Woodbridge: The museum is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven: “Open Source @ City,” a show of work by Judy Atlas, Meg Bloom, Joy Bush, Phyllis Crowley, Jennifer Davies, Roberta Friedman, William Frucht, Joyce Greenfield, Rita Hannafin, Barbara Harder, Sheila Kaczmarek, Kathy Kane, Esthea Kim, Tom Peterson, Ruth Sack and Michael Zack, will be up to Oct. 30. city-gallery.org.
Fairfield County
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “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.“Robert Stadler: Playdate” is up to Dec. 12. “Pliable Plane: Anni Albers” is up to Dec. 13. “David Hartt: A Colored Garden,” with paintings by Charles Ethan Porter and a new film by Hartt, will be up to Nov. 14. theglasshouse.org.
Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road in Cos Cob: “Life and Art: The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachtman” is up to Jan. 22. greenwichhistory.org.
Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich: “Natural Cycles Shape Our Land” is up in the Science Gallery to Jan. 1. brucemuseum.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: “Text Messages,” work that incorporates test, is up to Oct. 30. Artists are Ben Beres, April Bey, Mel Bochner, Robert Cottingham, Lesley Dill, Shepard Fairey, Glenn Ligon, Edie Overturf and Lucas Samaras. “Silent Revelations: The Mezzotints of Cleo Wilkinson” is up to Nov. 20. contemprints.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury: “Lord of Yrself,” a show of paintings and drawings by Elisa Flynn, is up to Dec. 23. stillrivereditions.com.
Hollis Taggart Southport, 330 Pequot Ave: “Dimensions: Paige Beeber, Emilie Duval and Rachel MacFarlane” is up to Nov. 5. hollistaggart.com.
Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford: “Faces and Figures” is up to Nov. 6. loftartists.org.
Housatonic Museum of Art, on the campus of Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport: “Reflecting Time: June Ahrens” is up to Nov. 12. 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: “Address: Earth Art Expo” is up to Dec. 4. wcsu.edu/art/ gallery/exhibitions/.
Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road in Fairfield: “Out of the Kress Vaults: Women in Sacred Renaissance Painting” runs to Dec. 17. “Gladys Triana: A Path to Enlightenment 1971-2021 is up to Dec. 17. fairfield.edu/museum/
Fairfield University’s DiMennaNyselius Library, 200 Barlow Road in Fairfield: “Painting the Border: A Child’s Vision,” an exhibit of 32 paintings by migrant children at the U.S-Mexico border, will be up to Dec. 17. fairfield.edu.
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “From The Pen To
The Knife,” watercolors by Marian Christy, is up to Nov. 27. 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.
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Waveny Park, 681 South Ave. in New Canaan: “Capturing New Canaan” is up Nov. 4 to 14. carriagebarn.org.
Alvarez Gallery, 11 Brookside Road in Redding: “Concept + Material,” work by Joseph Kosuth, Eugene Oferi, Ben Quesnal and Eduardo Rico is up by appointment only until the end of November. alvarezgallery. com.
Middlesex County
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown: “Karen Xu: Massive Power Ball” is up from to Dec. 9. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main
St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex: “Changing Seasons” is up to Nov. 6. Artists are Allison Maltesem, Carol Dunn, Carol Lowbeer, Don Dressler, Erica Nava, Mallorie Ostrowitz, Maria Johnson, Mary Elizabeth Dutko, Paul Ramsey, Robert Thomas, Sergio Villaschi, Barbara Rossitto, Bievenne
Harvery Staiger, Catherine Satsuk, Ceal Swift, Dan Nichols, Daniel Dahlstrom, Deb Churchill, Diane Rubacha, Diane Ward, Elizabeth Demeras, Glynnis Sorrentine, Jeannette Delmore, Jill Butcher, John Murray, Linda Reid, Marjorie Sopkin, Michelle Grosjean, Nancy Gladwell, Pam Peters, Patricia Corbett, Sang Han, Stephanie Rogers, Tammy Blais, Victoria Williams, Beth Terhaar, Kristie Foss, Dawn Lombard, Gloria Nilsson,
Jean Gresham, Joan Wenzel, Sue Braden Hull, Valerie Owens, Linda Saucier, Sandra and Whitney Huber, Lisa Fatone, Susan Dangle, Joan Weir, Maryann Flick, Sharon Lewis, Thomas O’Connell, Hayne Bayless, Justin Gerace, Lynne Scullion,
Niko Scharer, Amy Handler, Andy Teran, Anna Mastropolo, Beverly Waters, Ceil Rossi, Marie Angersola, Elaine Sych, Joanne Brown, Kate Galambos, Kristen Owens, Lynne Webber, Michiyo Shinohara,
Monica Hewryk, Regina Thomas, Sue Mullaney and Bill Waldron. spectrumartgallery.org.
The Space, 1 Main St. in Chester: “Scenes of Essex, Chester and Deep River” runs to Oct. 30. 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.
Essex Coffee & Tea Company, 51 Main St. in Essex: “Bird Show” is up to Nov. 13. rivervalleyartists.com.
Windham County
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton: “Real and Imagined,” photography by Kim Bova, is up to Oct. 31.“Art & Quantum Biology: Steve Schumacher” is up Nov. 5 to Dec. 31 fletchermemoriallibrary.org.
Tolland County
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.
Jorgensen Gallery inside the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Celebration! A New Chapter for the M. Estelle Sprague Collection,” highlighting the changing silhouette of women’s dress from the early 19th to 21st centuries, is up to Dec. 9. jorgensen. uconn.edu.
Arts of Tolland, on the town green: “Artists at the Crossroads” is up Nov. 15 to Dec. 3. artsoftolland. org.
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: “The Thinning of the Veil,” a show about death, love, and art, will be up to Oct. 30. artscentereast.org.
Homer Babbidge Library on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Elements of Time: Lost and Found: The Jewelry of Ann Pedro” is up to Dec. 11. lib.uconn.edu/about/ exhibits/.
William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Ray Guns, Dames and the Guilty Gaze: Feminism and the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulps” is up to Dec. 18. “2022 Digital Media and Design Faculty Exhibition” is up Oct. 27 to Dec. 18. “Encounters with the Collection: Celebrating Art by Women” is up until July 28, 2024. benton.uconn. edu.