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.
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 to Jan. 16. amistadcenter.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 Jan. 15. 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. An exhibit by Kate Bae opens Dec. 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 Atheneum 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.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “Journeys : Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission” is up until July 30. ”The Bicycle Game,” a history of bicycles focusing on Hartford’s Pope Manufacturing Company, is up to next fall. chs.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.: “Edward Burtynsky:
Earth Observed” is up to April 16. “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.“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 Quickto-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. “Masterworks of the Sanford B. D. Low Illustration Collection” is up to June 4.“Rashmi Talpade: Piecing Together a New Britain Story” is up to Feb. 26.“Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads” is up to Jan. 29. nbmaa.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. “Stephanie Syjuco / MATRIX 190: Image Trafficking” will be up to Jan. 8.“The Spell of the Studio: Balthus’ Portrait of Mrs. Cooley, 1937 is up to Feb. 26.“Justine Kurland:
Girl Pictures” is up to February. thewadsworth.org.
Hill Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road in Farmington: “Alfred Pope: An Evolution of Ingenuity” is up to May 30. hillstead.org.
Mercy Gallery at Loomis
Chaffee School, 4 Batchelder Road in Windsor: Artwork by Margaret Jacobs is up until Jan. 24. loomischaffee.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.
Gallery 66, 66 West Main St. in New Britain: “Open and Shut: Abstract Window Art by Eddie Hall” is up to Dec. 29. facebook.com/ Gallery66NewBritain/
Kent Library, 50 North Main St. in Suffield: Work by Kim CarusoPoley is up to the end of December. suffield-library.org.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road: “Small Works Holiday Show & Sale” is up to Dec. 18. westhartfordart.org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford:
“The Spirit of Textile: The Fiber Art of Linda F. Martin and Pierre Sylvain” is up to Dec. 22. charteroakcenter. org.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “Stefanie Baechler: Mixed Emotions” is up to Dec. 23. artsfvac. org.
ArtWalk at Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St.: “Ebb & Flow: Barbara Hocker” is up to Jan. 22. hplct.org.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: “Women Artists Collective’s Exhibition” is up to Jan. 21. windsorartcenter.org.
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road: The Winter Arts Festival, featuring art by Justine Devitt, is up from Dec. 16 to Feb. 8. manchestercc.edu/hansweiss-newspace/
Avon Town Hall, 60 West Main
St.: Avon Arts Fall-Winter Exhibition is up until Feb. 18. avonarts.org.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: “Rhapsodies in Color: Estelle Laschever” is up to Dec. 21. mandelljcc.org.
Lost Acres Vineyard, 80 Lost Acres Road in North Granby: Granby Artists Association’s holiday show is up to Dec. 31. 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.
Noah Webster House, 227 South Main St. in West Hartford: “Persistence,” a show of work by Mary Cottle Smeallie, is up to Dec. 31. noahwebsterhouse.org.
Southington Community Cultural Arts, 93 Main St: “Aim For The Stars!,” an exhibit of mixed-media paintings centered around the theme of the star, created by members of the center’s All Access Art Program, is up to Jan. 31. southingtonarts.org.
Connecticut State Capitol, 300 Capitol Ave. in Hartford: “Robert Carley’s Photos of Hope: Makeshift Memorials and Tributes,” an exhibit of images taken in Newtown in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, will be up to Dec. 30.
Galleries @ WORK_SPACE,
903 Main St. in Manchester: “Perspectives on Our World” is up to Jan. 27. workspacemanchester.com.
Litchfield County James Barron Art, 17 Old Barn Road in Kent:
“Beverly Pepper: Time” is up to Dec. 23. jamesbarronart.com.
Five Points Annex, 17 Water St. in Torrington: Exhibit and holiday sale is up to Dec. 18. fivepointsarts.org.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village: “Rotating / Axis,” work by Power Boothe, Bettina Bloom, Yvonne Estrada, Hermine Ford, Kylie Heidenheimer, Carter Hodgkin, Erick Johnson,
Mary Kenealy, Amanda Konishi, Kathleen Kucka, Stephen Maine, Gary Stephan and John Frederick Walker, is up until March. furnaceartonpaperarchive.com.
Stairwell Gallery at Gunn Memorial Library, 5 Wykeham Road in Washington: “Outdoor Moods: Scott Butwill” is up to Dec. 31. gunnlibrary.org.
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: “Think Twice II,” a show of work by Elise Ansel, Robert Ayers, Dozier Bell, Larry Bentley,
Dina Brodsky, Roz Chast, Daisy Craddock, Emily Eveleth, Lizzie Gill, Leslie Giuliani, Andy Harper, Lisa Lebofsky, Matthias Meyer, James Mullen and Shelley Reid, is up to Jan. 15. carolcoreyfineart.com.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in the Falls Village section of Canaan: “The Return of 12X12,” a show and sale of works that are all those dimensions, is up from Dec. 10 to Jan. 13. Artists are Gail Allyn, Marsha Altemus, Katie Atkinson, Lori Barker, Pamela Berkeley, Nancy Bevans, Janet Andre Block, John Brett, Patricia Carrigan, Erika Crofut, Robert Cronin, Karen Culbreth, Lena
Curtis, Nancy DePecol, Sergei Fedorjaczenko, Zoe Fedorjaczenko, Emily Fuller, Anita Garnett, Michael Gellatly, Richard Griggs, Sharon Hamilton, Susan Hennelly, John Hodgson, Shaari Horowitz, Ani Jenkins, Peggy Kauffman, Cherie Kennedy, Sallie Ketcham, Christine Koneazney, Pieter Lefferts, Danielle Mailer, Willie Marlowe, Sarah Martinez, Laura Matthews, Colleen McGuire, Roger McKee, Patricia Medvecky, Hope Mongeau, Terri Moore, Ken Musselman, David Noonan, Christine Owen, Robert Andrew Parker, Mike Parmalee, Mary Perotti, Sybil Perry, Bernie
Re, Bonnie Riedinger, Jacob Ross, Jaimie Sadeh, Diane Schapira,
Joel Schapira, Bela Selendy, Gayle Shanley, Peter Steiner, Tilly Strauss, Jude Streng, Wendi Thitchener, Justine Valla, Victor Valla, Terry Wise, Judith Wyer and Lilly Woodworth. huntlibrary.org.
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main
St. in Torrington: Five Points Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, with art from 32 artists who have exhibited in the space, is up to Jan. 21. Artists are Mio Akashi, Talya Baharal, Cat Balco, Matthew Best, Power Boothe, David
Borawski, Donald Bracken, Peter Busby, Robert Calafiore, Harriet Caldwell, Melanie Carr, Patricia Carrigan, Susan Clinard, Cynthia Cooper, Eric Forstmann, Joe Gitterman, Zbigniew Grzyb, Susan Hackett, Barbara Hocker, Brigid Kennedy,Nayana Lafond, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Sydney Morris, Chris Perry, Tim Prentice, Jack Rosenberg, Erika Santos, Dee Shapiro, Kim Sobel, Sally Van Doren, John Frederick Walker and Anna Webersen. fivepointsarts.org.
Craven Contemporary, 4 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Alex Katz Women” is up to Feb. 5. artnet.com/galleries/ craven-contemporary/artworks.
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent: “Radical Chrome: Mary Judge, Jenny Kemp, Julie Maren, Joanne Mattera and Audrey Stone” is up to Jan. 15. kbfa.com.
Windham County
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton: “Art & Quantum Biology: Steve Schumacher” is up to Dec. 31 fletchermemoriallibrary.org.
The Corridor Gallery at Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School St.: Work by Ann C. Rosebrooks and Donna O’Scolaigh Lange is up to Dec. 31.
Kerri Gallery, 86 Main St. in Willimantic: “Gifted: Holiday Pop-Up Store” is up to Dec. 30. kerriquirk.com.
New London County
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.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Dreams & Memories” is up to May 14. flogris. org.
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Monochrome” is up to Feb. 19. lymeacademy.edu.
Thames River Gallery, 239 Bank St. in New London: “Poetry in Art,” work by Thomas Adkins, Gwen Basilica, Nina Fuller, Alison C. Ives, Lisa Miceli. TR Mockler, Brechin Morgan, Dominic Moriarty, Howard Park and Susan Van Winkle, is up to Feb. 5. thamesrivergalleryct.com.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.: The 66th regional group show, “Building Bridges,” is up to Dec. 18. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Deck the Walls” is up to Jan. 1, as are solo exhibits of work by Aleta Gudelski, John Traynor and Christopher Zhang. lymeartassociation.org.
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “Art = Gift” is up to Dec. 23. hygienic.org.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London:
“The Circle Game: New works by Pamela Zagarenski” is up to Jan. 28. “America’s Instrument: Banjos from the Jim Bollman Collection” runs to Jan. 8. “Chromatopia: Stories of Color in Art” is up to March 5. lymanallyn.org.
Cooley Gallery, 25 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “The Small Painting Show 2022 is up to Jan. 7. cooleygallery. com.
New Haven County
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “For Your Consideration: Flatfile” is up to April 21. 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
Henry Whitfield State Museum, 248 Old Whitfield St. in Guilford: “Weld-Built: The Guilford Architecture of William E. Weld” is on view until Dec. 31. portal.ct.gov/ ECD-HenryWhitfieldStateMuseum.
Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St. in New Haven: “Common,” an exhibit of work by CAW’s teaching artists, and “B ng Qua N c: Across Land, Across Water” are up to Jan. 20. creativeartsworkshop.org.
Hamden Senior Center in the Miller Memorial Library Complex, 2901 Dixwell Ave.: The 2022 winter exhibit runs to Jan. 3. hamdenartleague.org.
Ely Center for Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull St. in New Haven: Exhibits up until Jan.
5: Art by Jonathan Weinberg; “Primal Affinities,” a show of work by Steven DiGiovanni, Linda King Ferguson, Donna Forma, Becca Lowry, Greg Slick and Kim Weston; and “AKWAABA, a show of work by Susan Clinard, Clymenza Hawkins, David Holzman and Shaunda Holloway. elycenter.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven:
“Celebrate!” is up to Dec. 24. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury: “Walker Evans: American Photographs” is up to Dec. 31.“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. “Emida Roller: Walker Evans to Waterbury: Immersive Street Art” is up to Jan. 29. “Unplugged: New England Artists Depict Trees,” with work by Donald Bracken, Cindy Dobie, Paul Murray and William Simpson, is up from Dec. 10 to Feb. 5. mattmuseum.org.
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven: “The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby” is up to Jan. 22. ”Richard Long: Quantock Wood Circle” is up to Feb. 12. “Interior Dialogues: Works from the Collection” is up to Jan. 22. “Bill Brandt | Henry Moore” is up to Feb. 26. 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.
Mitchell Branch of the New
Haven Free Public Library, 37 Harrison St. in the Westville section of New Haven: Art by Magda Mraz and Kathleen Demeo is up to Dec. 31. azothgallery.com.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: The annual Holiday Show is up to Jan. 28. susanpowellfineart.com.
Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200, in Woodbridge: The museum of works by Palestinian artists is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in
New Haven: “Give Art Holiday Exhibition,” featuring work by member artists 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 & sculpture Michael Zack, is up to Dec. 23. city-gallery. org.
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.: ““Instants: Linda Lindroth’s Polaroid Portraits” runs Dec. 7 to June 10. “Point of Departure: New Haven, 1822 is up to May 6. “Factory” is up to Feb. 28. newhavenmuseum.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.
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 to Dec. 18. “Encounters with the Collection: Celebrating Art by Women” is up until July 28, 2024. benton.uconn. edu.
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: The 11th annual juried photography exhibit is up to Jan. 14. artscentereast.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 Westport Book Shop, 23 Jesup Road: Art by Jarvis Wilcox is on view to Dec. 31. westportbooksaleventures.org.
Stratford Library, 2203 Main St.: “Still Vignettes: Ellen Thees” is up to Dec. 31. stratfordlibrary.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. theglasshouse.org.
Greenwich Art Society, 299 Greenwich Ave.: “Stationary Movement: Nabil West” is up to Dec. 29. greenwichartsociety.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: “Linda Herritt: Patterned Prose” is up to Feb. 19. 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: “Shape Shifting: Tommy Fitzpatrick, Debbi Kenote, Osamu Kobayashi, Kelly Worman and Hayley Youngs” is up to Dec. 31. hollistaggart.com.
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “From The Pen To The Knife,” watercolors by Marian Christy, is up to Dec. 18. 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.
City Lights Gallery, 265 Golden Hill St. in Bridgeport: “How Did We Get Here?: Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli and Dariusz Kanarek” is up to Jan. 20. citylightsgallery.org.
Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan: “Holiday Salon -The Gift of Art” is up to Dec. 30. silvermineart.org.
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road: “The Road to Busytown: Richard Scarry’s Life in Fairfield County” is up to April 30. fairfieldhistory.org.
Heather Gaudio Fine Art, 78 Elm St. in New Canaan: ““The Joy of Living: Clara Nartey” is up to Jan. 21. heathergaudiofineart.com.
Middlesex County
Promethea Potters, 68 Main St. in Deep River: “River Valley Artists Holiday Show,” work by 29 artists, is up to Dec. 24. rivervalleyartists.com.
Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex: “Let There Be Love” is up to Jan. 14. spectrumartgallery.org.
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.
Chester Gallery, 76 Main St.: Postcard Show, with artwork the size of a postcard, is up to Jan. 22. chestergalleryct.com.
Pegasus Gallery at Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road in Middletown: Work by Joseph Gorneault is up to Jan.
19. mxcc.commnet.edu/Content/ Art_Exhibits.asp
Wesleyan Potters, 350 South Main St. in Middletown: The annual holiday show and sale runs to Dec. 24. wesleyanpotters.com.
Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@courant.com.