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 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. “The Spell of the Studio: Balthus’ Portrait of Mrs. Cooley, 1937” is up to Feb.
26. “Justine Kurland: Girl Pictures” and “Surrealism and Modernism: Highlights from the Collection” are up to August. thewadsworth.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: “Specific MatterHoward el-Yasin” is up to Feb. 5. “Every Little ThingRashmi Talpade” is up to Feb. 26. 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 until fall. chs.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art,
56 Lexington St.: “Edward Burtynsky: Earth Observed” is up to April 16.“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.“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.
224 Ecospace,
224 Farmington Ave. in Hartford: “Interpretations of Black Excellence,” an exhibit of photography, painting, mixed media and sculpture on the subject of Black culture and Black identity, curated by Andre Rochester, is up to March 31. the224.org.
Hill Stead Museum,
35 Mountain Road in Farmington: “Alfred Pope: An Evolution of Ingenuity” is up to May 30. hillstead.org.
Monastery Gallery of Art
at Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road in West Hartford: “A Missing Peace,” a group show responding to that theme, is up to April 10. monasterygallery.art.
West Hartford Art League,
37 Buena Vista Road: “Celebrating our Diversity,” an exhibit of work by artists of color including Michael Borders, Stanwyck Cromwell, Linda Martin, EdJohnetta Miller and Joe Sam, is up to Feb. 12. westhartfordart.org.
Farmington Valley Arts Center,
25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “The Elements” and “Hearts on their Sleeves: Artists Valentines” are up Feb. 4 to 25. artsfvac.org.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.: “Freedom” will be up from Feb. 4 to March 11. windsorartcenter.org.
CCSU Art Galleries in Maloney Hall,
second floor, at Central Connecticut State University, the corner of Stanley Street and
Ella Grasso Blvd. in New Britain: “Silent Spring,” a show of work of Ashley Eliza Williams, Michele Lauriat , and Sandy Litchfield, who are influenced by the literature of ecofeminists such as Rachel Carson
and Donna Haraway. The show will be up from Jan. 26 to March 2. ccsu. edu/art/galleries/.
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery
at Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road: The Winter Arts Festival, featuring art by Justine Devitt, is up to Feb. 8. manchestercc. edu/hans-weiss-newspace/
Avon Town Hall,
60 West Main St.: Avon Arts Fall-Winter Exhibition is up until Feb. 18. avonarts.org.
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 Library,
20 S. Main St. in West Hartford: “Connecticut Creatures,” an exhibit of animal images, is up Feb. 2 to March 30. westhartfordlibrary.org/
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: “Resolutions,” a members’ exhibit, plus solo shows by David McKay and by Christopher Maglieri are up to Feb. 4. galleryonthegreen.org.
Southington Community Cultural Arts,
93 Main St: “Aim For The Stars!,” an exhibit of mixedmedia 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.
Clare Gallery
at St. Patrick—St. Anthony Church, 285 Church
St. in Hartford: “A Suspension of Perception: Work by Christine Breslin,” an exhibit about children detained at the border, is up to March 12. spsact.org.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: “Sidonia’s Thread,” fiber art by Holocaust survivor Sidonia Perlstein, is up to Feb. 9. mandelljcc. org.
Litchfield County
James Barron Art, 17 Old Barn Road in Kent: “Mosaics” is up to March 11. Artists are Olga de Amaral, Jules de Balincourt,
Chuck Close, Ghost of a Dream, Jessica Eaton, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Sidivial Fila, Hermine Ford, Jeffrey Gibson, Vera Girivi, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Sol Lewitt, Beverly Pepper, Howardena Pindell, James Middlebrook, Jan Müller, Sophy Naess, Rakuko
Naito, Brian Rochefort, Kay Rosen, Shahzia Sikander, Stephen Shore, James Siena, Stanley Whitney, Jack Whitten, Pola Wickham and Elisabetta Zangrandi. jamesbarronart.com.
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.
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.
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: “Cool & Collected” is up to March 5. The show, curated by Lani Holloway, features work by Amanda Acker, the estate of Yayoi Asoma, Kirstin Lam and Mary Tooley Parker. It is dedicated in memoriam to Asoma. kbfa.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.
LaGrua Center,
32 Water St. in Stonington: “Winterlude: The Artists of Gallery One,” a show of work by Rosemary Cotnoir, Michael Fanelli, Victor Filepp, Karen Israel, Ann Knickerbocker, Paul Fitzpatrick Nager, T. Willie Raney, Diana
Rogers, Rick Silberberg and Jill Vaughn, is up to the end of January. lagruacenter.org.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.: “2023 Annual Members and Elected Artists Exhibition” is up Jan. 27 to March 5. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Lyme Art Association, 90
Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “First Impressions: 31st Annual Associate Artist Show” is up to March 2. lymeartassociation.org.
Hygienic Art Galleries,
79 Bank St. in New London: “Salon des Independants XLIV” is up Jan. 28 to Feb. 11 at the main gallery and a satellite gallery at 312 State St. 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.“Chromatopia: Stories of Color in Art” is up to March 5. A newly acquired painting,“Portrait of a Youth,” an 1830s-1840s painting of a mixed-race young man, is on view now. lymanallyn.org.
Mystic Seaport Museum,
75 Greenmanville Ave.: “Fish & Forrest: Through the Lens of a Commercial Fisherman,” a photography exhibit, is up to the end of summer. mysticseaport.org.
New Haven County
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven: “For Your Consideration: Flatfile” is up to April 21. artspacenh. org.
Ely Center for Contemporary Art,
51 Trumbull St. in New Haven: Exhibits up to Feb. 19: “AKWAABA II” (artwork by Ridha Ali, Susan Clinard, Clymenza Hawkins, David Holzman and Shaunda Holloway), “Figures and Faces: Recent Works by the Brush & Palette Club” (artwork by Carol Boynton, Frank Bruckmann, Eoin Burke, Diane Chandler, Elena Gerard, Heidi Harrington, Ruth Johnson, Candace Klein and Todd Lyon), “January Yoon Cho: The Walk Project,” ”Quartered: Recent Works by Educational Center for the Arts students” and “Kit Hung: Forever
17” will be up from Jan. 22 to Feb. 19. elycenter.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven: “Chris Ferguson, Hank Paper, Lisa Toto” is up to Feb. 5. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Guilford Art League at Nathanael B. Greene Community Center, 32 Church St.: Winter show will be up from Feb. 3 to mid-April. guilfordartleague.org.
Yale Center for British Art,
1080 Chapel St. in New Haven:”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.
US,
Palestine Museum 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200, in Woodbridge: The museum of works by Palestinian artists is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney
Ave.: “Instants: Linda Lindroth’s Polaroid Portraits” runs to June 10. “Point of Departure: New Haven, 1822” is up to May 6. “Factory” is up to Feb. 28. newhavenmuseum.org.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven: “Life after Life,” a show of textile work by Rita Daley Hannafin and Gwen Hendrix, is up Feb. 3 to 26. city-gallery.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury: “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 to Feb. 5. “Staff Favorites” and “MIXMASTER Juried Members’ Exhibition” are up to Feb. 19. The historical exhibit “Waterbury’s Soap Box Derby” is up to Jan. 30, 2024. mattmuseum.org.
Susan Powell Fine Art,
679 Boston Post Road in Madison: “Valentine Gems” is up Feb. 3 to March 4. Artists include Kathy Anderson, Carol Arnold, Del-Bourree Bach, Patt Baldino, Paul Batch, Paul Beebe, Peter Bergeron, Kelly Birkenruth, Dan Brown, Grace DeVito, David Dunlop, Vincent Giarrano, Sue Gilkey, Tom Hughes, Sarah Stifler Lucas, James Magner, Anne McGrory, Leonard Mizerek, Larry Preston, Deborah QuinnMunson, Dennis Sheehan, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland and Laura Westlake. susanpowellfineart.com.
Fairfield County Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,
258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Aldrich Projects: Kathleen Ryan: Head and Heart” is up to May 14. aldrichart.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: “Linda Herritt: Patterned Prose” is up to Feb. 19. contemprints.org.
Westport Book Shop,
20 Jesup Road: Work by Katya Lebrija is up until Jan. 31. westportbooksaleventures.org.
The CAMP Gallery, 190 Main St. in Westport: “The Not So Silent Witness,” artwork by Rita Valley and Lydia Viscardi, is up to Feb. 28. thecampgallery.com.
Loft Artists Association,
575 Pacific St. in Stamford: “Rhythm and Blues” is up to Feb. 4. loftartists. org.
Housatonic Museum of Art,
on the campus of Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport: “The Practice of Democracy: A View from Connecticut,” an exhibit that “will explore the impact of the built environment and past planning decisions on the lives of Connecticut’s residents through the lens of democracy, equity and justice,” is up to Feb. 24. museum. housatonic.edu.
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “Paul Camacho: El Ritmo Y La Unidad” is up to Feb. 26. 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.
Silvermine Arts Center,
1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan: “New Members 2023” is up to Feb. 25. silvermineart.org.
Turn to Exhibits,
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.
Bruce S. Kershner Gallery
at Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road: “New Beginnings … After the Pause” is up to Feb. 11. fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/ our-community/bruce-skershner-gallery/.
The Gallery at Still River Editions,
128 East Liberty
St. in Danbury: “Material Culture,” a group textile show with work by Nike Cutsumpas, Catherine Lucia, Aly Maderson Quinlog, Rachel Sclare, Violet Harlow and Lys Guillorn, is up to March 31. stillrivereditions.com.
Fairfield University Art Museum,
200 Barlow
Road in Fairfield: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” an exhibit of posters, will be in the Walsh Gallery to April 6. “Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul” is up Jan. 27 to April 8. fairfield.edu/museum/
Tolland County
Ballard Institute Museum of Puppetry, at 1 Royce Circle at UConn in Storrs: “Myths, Legends, and Spectacle: Masks and Puppets of Ralph Lee” will be on view Jan. 26 to May 28. bimp.uconn.edu. Jorgensen Gallery inside the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of UConn in Storrs: Work by the Connecticut Women Artists is up to March 11. jorgensen.uconn.edu. Saxton B. Little Free Library, 319 Route 87 in Columbia: Artwork by Columbia resident Paul Ramsey is up until the end of February. columbiactlibrary.org.
William Benton Museum of Art,
245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Seeing Truth: Art, Science, Museums, and Making Knowledge” and “Raid the Archive: Edwin Way Teale and New Works” are up to March 10.“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: An exhibit of fiber art is up from Feb. 4 to Feb. 25. artscentereast.org.
Middlesex County Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
at Wesleyan University in Middletown: “Ilana Harris-Babou: Liquid Gold” and “Carrie Yamaoka: seeing is forgetting and remembering and forgetting again” are up Jan. 30 to March 5. wesleyan.edu/ cfa. 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. Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex: “The
Unique Still Life” will be on view from Jan. 27 to March
11. Artists include Hall Groat
II, Orna Greenberg, Rose
Mary Gates, Nicole Stark, Anastasia Kozlova, Tom Swimm, Julianna Cameron, Steven Ostrowski, Charles Schiller, Ioana Barac, Brian Dudek, Yessina Manrique and Barbara Hernandez-Froehlich. spectrumartgallery.org.
Windham County
Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial
Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton: Work by Frietha Lawrence is up to Feb. 28. fletchermemoriallibrary.org. The Corridor Gallery at Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School St.: “PAC Members, Family & Friends” is up to Feb. 12. facebook. com/PutnamArts Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@ courant.com.