CONNECTICUT ARTS LISTINGS
By Susan Dunne Hartford Courant
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:
“Chasing Rembrandt: The Wadsworth's Quest for a Rembrandt,” a show about the museum's as-yet unsuccessful attempt to acquire a Rembrandt, which exhibits three Atheneum acquisitions that turned out to not be Rembrandts, is up to July 23. Rembrandt's “The Return of Tobias and the Angel” will be on view until July 23.“Justine Kurland: Girl Pictures” and “Surrealism and Modernism: Highlights from the Collection” are up to Sept. 10.“Matt Paweski / MATRIX 191 is up to
May 7. “Alexander Calder: Collaborative Creations” is up to June 4. “Hartford Youth Art Renaissance” is up May 6 to 28. thewadsworth.org.
Amistad Center for Art & Culture, inside the Wadsworth Atheneum at 600 Main St. in Hartford:
“Merik Goma: My Heart is Light in the Void” is up to Aug. 27. amistadcenter.org.
Hartford Art Space Gallery, 555 Asylum St.:
“Ekphrasis: Poetry, Music & Dance Inspired by Visual Art 2023,” part of the spring edition of Open Studio Hartford, will be May 13 from 2 to
4:30 p.m. facebook.com/ hartfordartspacegallery.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford:
“Speaking Sentences Backwards,” a show of work by Paloma Izquierdo, Miguel Gaydosh, Matthew Schreiber, Laura Henriksen, Jeremy ToussaintBaptiste and Dylan Hausthor, is up to Aug. 6. “Round About Midnight: Alan Neider” and “Real Wall: Karl Goulet” are up to May 28. “Parir los pétalos: Romina Chuls” is up to July 16. “A Temporary Weight: Roni Aviv” is up to Aug. 20. realartways.org.
Conrad L. Mallett Gallery at Capital Community College, 950 Main St. in Hartford:
Artwork inspired by Asian aestheic influences is on exhibit until Aug. 10. capitalcc.edu/mallett
Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Ave. in Hartford:
Artwork by Diane Cadrain is on view until the end of June.
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.
Marlborough Arts Center, 231 North Main St.:
A Members Exhibit is up to May 28. marlborougharts.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.:
“Masterworks of Shaker Design: A Tale of Two Enfields” is up to Aug. 6.“Ansel Adams and the Legacy of the American Landscape” is up to June 4. “Eva LeWitt” is up until
Nov. 11.“Masterworks of the Sanford B. D. Low Illustration Collection” is up to June 4.
“Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads” is up to May 28. “Walter Wick: Hidden Wonders!” is up to Sept. 3. nbmaa.org.
224 Ecospace, 224 Farmington Ave. in Hartford:
“Raw Flow,” work by Miguel Jose Matos, runs through May. “The Weight of My Faith,” work by B.D. Stellmacher Jr., is up to June 30. the224.org. bdstellmacher.com.
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:
“Ro Clarq: Freedom of Thought” is up to June 12. loomischaffee.org/ arts/mercy-gallery.
Bodytalk, 51 E. Main St. in Avon:
“Bits and Pieces,” a show of contemporary art, is up from May 11 to
June 7. Artists are Debra Cantor, Michelle Peterson and Amy Goldblas of Bloomfield; Peggy Demicier, Michaela Frodermann, Heather Satlof, Michael
Toti and Nicole Leavens of Avon; Joanna Eickenhorst, Harriet Schneider and Leslie Luksberg of West Hartford; Jennifer Knaus and Donna Namnoum of Canton; Tara Lucky of Farmington; Sue Mullaney of Middlefield; and Jill Pasanen of Burlington. The show is curated by C. Dianne Zweig of Avon. cdiannezweig.com.
Monastery Gallery of Art at Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road in West Hartford:
Artwork by students from local Catholic high schools is up to May 22. monasterygallery.art.
Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St.:
19th Annual Spring Juried Exhibit is up to May 27. alnb.org.
Widener Gallery in Austin Arts Center at Trinity College, 300 Summit
St. in Hartford:
“The Aesthetics of Information: No Olvidaremos,” an exhibit of work by Maria Veronica San Martin, is on view to May 13. trincoll.edu/austin-artscenter.
Gallery 66, 66 West Main St. in New Britain:
“Emerging Colors” is up to June 9. facebook.com/ Gallery66NewBritain.
Joseloff Gallery at University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford:
The annual BFA Thesis Exhibition is up to May 9, with photography and printmaking. hartford. edu/academics/schoolscolleges/art/galleries/ default.aspx.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon:
“Mo Myra: Signs of Spring” and “Kindred Spirits: Lilla Samson, Jo Lynn Alcorn” are up May 4 to 27. artsfvac.org.
Barney Library, 71 Main St. in Farmington:
“Four Artists Look at Ireland,” featuring work by Sean Gallagher, Terry Donsen Feder, Jim Lee and Whitey Jenkins, will be up May 6 to June 14. farmingtonlibraries. org/about/location-hours/ barney
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, 135 Lang Road in Windsor:
“‘Visitors' in the Valley: Exploring Housing Accommodations Extended to Migrant Laborers During World
Ward II” is up to Oct. 28. tobaccohistsoc.org.
Art Gallery at University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford:
“Trailblazer: A Tribute to
Toko Shinoda” and “By the Book: Writers, Artists and Illustrations” are up to June 3. usj.edu/arts/art-museum.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton:
“Word Art” group show, and solo shows by Suzanne Jill Levy and Brigid Kennedy, are up to May 20. galleryonthegreen.org.
Lost Acres Vineyard, 80 Lost Acres Road in North Granby:
Work by Steve Linde is up to May 5 to 29. lostacresvineyard.com.
Mark Twain House and Museum, 351 Farmington Ave. in Hartford:
“For Business or Pleasure: Twain's Summer Sojourns,” a show with artifacts from the Clemens family's summer vacations in Old Saybrook, Elmira, New York and Dublin, New Hampshire. One of the artifacts is one of Twain's legendary white suit coats. It runs to the end of the year. marktwainhouse.org.
Webb Deane Stevens Museum, 211 Main St. in Wethersfield:
“Threaded Voices,”“Webb Deane Stevens Rebranded” and “The Story Beneath our Feet: Pyquag and ‘Weathersfield'” are on view. wdsmuseum.org.
Galleries @ WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester:
“The Future,” an exhibit celebrating the next 100 years of Manchester, scheduled to commemorate the town's bicentennial, will run to May 31. workspacemanchester. com.
Clare Gallery at St. Patrick–St. Anthony Church, 285 Church St. in Hartford:
“Old Growth,” work by Roberta Shea runs to May 12. spsact.org.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road:
A members' juried exhibit is up to May 7. westhartfordart. org.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford:
Work by abstract painter I. S. Levitz and contemporary textile artist Phyllis Small is up to May 31. mandelljcc.org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford:
“The Romance of Fiber Art” is up to June 15. charteroakcenter.org.
Noah Webster House, 227 South Main St. in West Hartford:
“Pastel Paintings by Gina Trusiewicz” will be up May 4 to June 19. noahwebsterhouse.org.
Kent Library, 50 North Main St. in Suffield:
Work by Ashley Hyatt will be up the month of May. suffieldlibrary.org.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY James Barron Art, 17
Old Barn Road in Kent:
“Moira Dryer and Laura de Santillana: Air and Light” is up to May 20. jamesbarronart. com.
Kent Art Association, 21 South Main St.:
A show of photography will be up to May 7. kentart.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.
Greenwood Glass Blowing Studio, 3 Robertsville Road in the Riverton section of Barkhamsted:
“Remarkable Work” is up May 13 to 31. Artists are Trae Brooks, Brian Walters, Jonah Gershon,
Don Ledversis, James
Honer, Peter Greenwood, Christine Chaise Greenwood, Antony Zito and David
Hayes. facebook.com/ GreenwoodGlassStudio GallerySchool.
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St. in Torrington:
Exhibits running to June 3 are “Nature Remains: Margaret Grimes,” “Flood 2.0: Krisanne Baker, Susan Hoffman Fishman, Leslie Sobel” and “Dreaming Animals: Meredith Miller and MJ Millington.” fivepointsarts. org.
Hurley Business Park, 37 Greenwoods Road in New Hartford:
“ArtMinded: An Art Show in Remembrance of David I. Joslyn” will be up May 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. facebook.com/ events/6806683099347947
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent:
“The Presence of Absence: Brett Eberhardt and Gregory Hennen” will be up to May 14. kbfa.com.
Carol Corey Fine Art, 6 North Main St. in Kent:
“Reflections on Water,” work by Dozier Bell, Dina Brodsky, Lisa Lebofsky, Matthias Meyer, James Mullen and Rick Shaefer, is up to June 4. carolcoreyfineart.com.
Furnace Art on Paper Archive, 107 Main St. in Falls Village:
“Janis Stemmerman: Cut to Length,”“Jimbo Blachly: Hills, Trees and Others” are up to May 28. furnaceartonpaperarchive.com.
Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza in Washington Depot:
Work by Robert Andrew Parker is up to June 4. washingtonartassociation. org.
David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main St. in Falls Village:
Art by Millree Hughes and Sarah Davis is up May 13 to June 9. huntlibrary.org.
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.
Norwich Arts Center, 60 Broadway:
The 17th annual Photo Show is up May 5 to 31. norwicharts.org/exhibits.
Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.:
“Magic Hour: Art Between Waking And Dreams,” a show of 22 works by Linden Frederick, complemented by founders of the Old Lyme and Mystic art colonies, is up May 5 to June 4. A complementary exhibit, “People's Choice,” is up in the same time frame. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Thames River Gallery, 239 Bank St. in New London:
“Passion,” featuring work by 13 artists, is up to July 15. The artists are Thomas Adkins,
Gwen Basilica, Hilaire Cote, Alison C. Ives, Ray Johnson,Jr., David McKay, Lisa Miceli, T.R. Mockler, Brechin Morgan, Dominic Moriarty, Howard Park, Len Swec and Susan Van Winkle. facebook.com/ thamesrivergalleryct
Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme:
“102nd Elected Artist Exhibition” and “Ship to Shore: A Marine Show” are up May 5 to June 15. lymeartassociation.org.
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London:
“The Wandering Uterus,” an exhibit of work by female artists, is up to May 20. Artists are Beverley Fisher, Carrie Dinunzio, Shelley Osowiecki, Katie OsowieckiZolnik, Shannon Gagne, Kim Tyler, Tricia Anderson Kelley, Tina McCurdy, Annie Averil, Katia Porte, and Stevie Macloed. hygienic.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.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London:
“Small Wonders: Insects in Focus” is up to July 23. lymanallyn.org.
LaGrua Center, 32 Water St. in Stonington:
“An Expressive Brush: The Art of Margaret Triplett” is up May 5 to June 30. lagruacenter.org.
Cooley Gallery, 25 Lyme St. in Old Lyme:
“Laying it On: The Fearless Paintings of Helen Cantrell” will be up May 5 to June 10. cooleygallery. com.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY Gallery 53, 53 Colony St. in Meriden:
“Fabricated Visions: 2023 Fiber Art Exhibit” is up May 6 to June 1. gallery53.org.
NXTHVN, 169 Henry St. in New Haven:
“Not for
Sale” will be up to May 14. Artwork is by Anthony Akinbola, Lakela Brown,
David Hammons, Arthur Jafa, Emmanuel Massillon, Lucia Hierro and Sable Elyse Smith. Curators are Cornelia Stokes and Kiara Cristina Ventura. nxthvn.com.
The Mitchell Branch of New Haven Free Public Library, 37 Harrison St.:
Artwork by Mariellen Chapdelaine and Joseph Fekieta will be up until May 31. azothgallery. com.
Ely Center for Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull St. in New Haven:
“New Haven Paint and Clay Club 122nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition” is up May 8 to 27. elycenter.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in New Haven:
“Mind Fibers & Typologies: Memory and Ingemination: Edith Borax-Morrison & Keith Johnson” is up to May 21. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St.:
“Light and Line,” an exhibit of work by the artists who once formed Gallery One, as well as special guests, is up to May 21. Participating artists are Jill Vaughn, Diana Rogers, Rick Silberberg, Rosemary Cotnoir, Michael Fanelli, Victor Filepp, Karen Israel, Ann Knickerbocker, T. Willie Raney, Judith Barbour Osborne, Sheila Kaczmarek and Brian McClear. guilfordartcenter.org.
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. in New Haven:
“In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art” is up to Dec. 3, while the British Art museum is closed for conservation. “Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500–1800,” an exhibit that examines connections among art, science, and European colonialism, is up to June 25. “Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale,” a show of 17thcentury artworks, is up to July 23. artgallery.yale.edu.
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:
“Red: Kathy Kane” will be up May 5 to 28. city-gallery.org.
Perspectives Gallery @ Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, south entrance, in Hamden:
“Where Beauty Resides” is up May 12 to Sept. 6. Artists are Eoin Burke, Heide Follin, Katie Jurkiewicz, Clara Nartey and Patty Weise. elycenter.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. in Waterbury:
“La Onda Chicana” is up to May 28. Artists in that show are William Acedo, Blanka Amezkua, Michel Amescua, Chelo Amezcua, Judy
Baca, Santa Barraza,
Yreina Cervantes, Enrique Chagoya, Carlos Hernandez Chavez, Mariana Castillo Deball, Yaneli Delgado, Carla Fernández, Diane Gamboa, Luis Genaro-Garcia, Dolores Guerrero-Cruz, Erika
Harrsch, Roxanne Jackson, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Jean LaMarr, Alma Lopez, Sandra de la Loza, Joseph “Nuke” Montalvo, Ernesto Yerena Montejano, Tony Ortega, Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli, Gabriel Garcia Roman, Frank Romero, Sonia Romero, Dewey Tafoya,
Don Tomas, John Valadez and Patssi Valdez.“Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936 – Present” is up May 7 to Sept. 3. Artists are Perle Fine, Esphyr Slobodkina, Charmion von Wiegand, Irene Rice Pereira, Alice Trumbull Mason, Gertrude Greene, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau, Judith Murray, Alice Adams, Merrill Wagner and Katinka Mann. 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:
“Remembering Dan Brown” and a 20th anniversary show are up to May 13. Artists in the show are Kathy Anderson, Carol Arnold, Del-Bourree Bach, Julie Beck, Paul Beebe, Peter Bergeron, Zufar Bikbov,
Kelly Birkenruth, Deborah Chabrian, Grace DeVito, David Dunlop, Vincent Giarrano, Sue Gilkey, Neal Hughes, Susan Jositas, Andrew Lattimore, James Magner, Anne McGrory,
Jim McVicker, Len Mizerek, Cora Ogden, Larry Preston, Cindy Procious, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Dennis Sheehan, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland, George Van
Hook and Laura Westlake. susanpowellfineart.com.
Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven:
“Love Notes,” the annual fund raising exhibition, is up May 3 to 16 artspacenh.org.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield:
“Aldrich Projects: Kathleen Ryan: Head and Heart” is up to May 14. “Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art” is up to Aug. 27. aldrichart.org.
Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich:
“Lois Dodd: Natural Order” and “James Castle: Thresholds” are up to May 28.“American Modernism” and “Then is Now: Contemporary Black Art in America” are up to
July 9.“Penguins: Past and Present” is up to Aug. 6. “Material Matters: The Sculptures of Elie Nadelman” is up to Sept. 24.“The William L. Richter Collection” is up to Oct. 15.“Connecticut Impressionism” is up to March 17, 2024.“Gabriel Dawe: Plexus No. 43” is up to Feb. 1, 2026. brucemuseum. org.