CONNECTICUT ART EXHIBITS

Exhibits

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 17th-century 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 to May 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 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.

Artspace, 50 Orange St. in New Haven:

“Love Notes,” the annual fund raising exhibition, is up to May 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. “Amy Brener: Harbingers” is up May 17 to Sept. 3. 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.

Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk:

“Collaboration 2020 Encore: Ann Chernow and James Reed” is up to May 21. contemprints.org.

The CAMP Gallery, 190 Main St. in Westport:

“The Continuum of Connection: Sooo-z Mastropietro and Julie Peppito” is up to May 27. thecampgallery.com.

Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford:

A Director’s Choice exhibit is up to May 21. loftartists.org.

MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike:

“Rainbow in the Dark, work by Anselm Reyle, is up to May 28. mocawestport.org.

Westport Book Shop, 23 Jesup Road:

Work by photographer Rowene Weems is up until the end of May. westportbooksales.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:

“Spectrum,” the annual contemporary art show, is up to May 27. carriagebarn. org.

Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan:

“Narrations,” a show of figurative art, is up to May 18. silvermineart. org.

Bruce S. Kershner Gallery at Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road:

“Places to Wander,” a show of work by Jason Pritchard, Rebeca Fuchs and Kate Henderson, is up to June 17. fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/ our-community/bruce-skershner-gallery.

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 July 1. “In Their Element(s): Women

Artists Across Media” is in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries to July 15. fairfield.edu/ museum.

Stratford Library, 2203 Main St.: A show of work by Donna Osterby-Brien is up to May 31. stratfordlibrary. org.

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 to May 28. bimp.uconn.edu.

Homer Babbidge Library on the campus of UConn in Storrs:

“Good Music: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is up to June 30. lib. uconn.edu/about/exhibits.

William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs:

“In/Outside,” work that ponders what it means to be an outsider or an insider, is up to July 30. “Encounters with the Collection: Celebrating Art by Women” is up until July 28, 2024. benton. uconn.edu.

Arts of Tolland, on the town green:

Work by Shirley Mae Neu is up the month of May. artsoftolland.org.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown:

“Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties” is up to May 27. 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.

Connecticut River Artisans, 55 Main St. in Essex:

Work by Sandy Sicignano will be up to the end of May. ctriverartisans.org.

Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex:

“Nature Celebrates” is up May 19 to July 8. Artists are Kelly Taylor, Linda Hallinan, Lisa Ludwig, Victoria Williams, Paul Baldassini, Megan Emily Ely, Suzanne Sholly, Yudit Barr, Phil Atiyeh, Brian Dudek, Zili Zhang, Robert Thomas, Scott Camphausen, Mallorie Ostrowitz, Dianne Roberts, Paul Essenfeld, John Lamirande, Lyn Harper, Elayne Stratz, Emily VanDerMaelen, Jessica Dickens, Kristie Foss and Sandra Huber. spectrumartgallery.org.

WINDHAM COUNTY Top Shelf Gallery at Fletcher Memorial Library, 257 Main St. in Hampton:

Work by Lori Smolin is up in May and June. fletchermemoriallibrary.org.

Coffee Break Gallery, in the Eastern Connecticut Veteran’s Community Center, 47 Crescent St. in Willimantic:

Coventry Arts Guild Member Art Show, with work by Coventry artists, will be up to May 29. coventryartsguild.org.

Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@courant.com

COURTESY “Laying it On: The Fearless Paintings of Helen Cantrell” will be at Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme from May 5 to June 10.