Exhibits at Connecticut’s galleries, museums
Connecticut is rich with art galleries, museums and artists in all corners of the state, with gorgeous and engaging exhibits opening every week. We’ll chronicle some of them that you won’t want to miss with a brief description of what you can expect.
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Hartford County
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “The Bauhaus Spirit at the Wadsworth Atheneum” and “The Mathematics of Elegance: An Icon of Early Connecticut Furniture,” an exhibit of pieces created by Eliphalet Chapin, will be up until Jan. 12, 2020. “Afrocosmologies: American Reflections,” a collection of artworks by contemporary African-American artists, is up until Jan. 20, 2020. “Tradition and the Avant-Garde Highlights of Ballets Russes Design” is up until Jan. 21, 2020. thewadsworth.org.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford: “Microbotanicals,” a show of nature photography by William Scully, will run until Jan. 9, 2020. (Note: The center and gallery will be closed from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6.) charteroakcenter.org.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “War, Maps, Mystery: Dutch Mapmaker Bernard Romans and the American Revolution” is up until Feb. 1, 2020. “Pieces of American History: Connecticut Quilts” will be up until May16, 2020. chs.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: “Somewhere in the Sequence,” and Jaanika Peerna’s exhibit “Cold Love” are up until Jan. 5, 2020. “Jeanne Jalandoni: Sowing Mythology,” a collection of portraits focusing on the artist’s Filipino ancestry, is up until Jan. 19, 2020. realartways.org.
Bin 228, 228 Pearl St. in Hartford: Artwork by Sandy Welch will be on view until Jan. 19, 2020. thebin228.com.
West Hartford Art League, 37 Buena Vista Road: A solo show by Janine Robertson, who won Best in Show at the annual CT+6 exhibit, runs until Dec. 22. The “small works” holiday sale will run in the same time frame. westhartfordart.org.
Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford: “Continuing the Legacy: 90th Anniversary Show,” an exhibit of work by Connecticut Women Artists, runs to
Dec. 29. mandelljcc.org.
Art Museum at University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford: “Shared Space: A New Era: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection,” is up until Dec. 15. usj.edu/arts/art-museum/
Gallery at Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St. in West Hartford: “Trees of West Hartford” a juried photography show of 25 images of trees in the town, will be up until Feb. 28, 2020. westhartfordct.gov
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St.” “Kiss My Black Art: Black Lives Matter,” an exhibit of work by JoeSam, runs until Jan. 11, 2020. windsorartcenter.org.
Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery at The Loomis Chaffee School, 4 Batchelder Road in Windsor: “Exiled,” an installation of large-scale sculptures by Harriet Diamond dealing with the refugee experience, will be up until Jan. 17, 2020. loomischaffee.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art., 56 Lexington St.: Bill Viola’s video “The Raft” is on view until Jan. 5, 2020. “Chairway to Heaven: A Celebration of Shaker Seating Furniture” is on view through Jan. 15, 2020. “For America, Paintings from the National Academy of Design,” a collection of portraits of painters and examples of their works, is up until Jan. 26, 2020. nbmaa.org.
Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St.: “Go Figure: Photography by Faith & Larry Bilansky” and “Art in the Family: A Retrospective and Current Work by Liz, Ken, and Sarah Larson” will be up until Dec. 22. alnb.org.
New Britain City Hall, 27 West Main St.: “The Mayor’s Invitational,” an exhibit of work by residents of the region, including Mayor Erin Stewart, will be on exhibit by June 2020. newbritainct.gov.
Stockman Gallery, 19 Chestnut St. in New Britain: “Summer Bummer,” oil paintings by Alexander Ranniello, runs to Dec. 27. happeninghere.org.
Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: The “Signature Artists Member Exhibit” will run until Dec. 29. artscentereast.org.
New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave. (Route 72) in Bristol: “Carousel Art of This Century,” a work of photographs of carousels designed by Jeff Briggs, is up until Aug. 16, 2020. thecarouselmuseum.org.
Underground Gallery, 122 Main St. in the Collinsville section of Canton: The annual holiday show with work by more than 25 Connecticut artists is up until Dec. 22. facebook.com.
Pinney Gallery at Kent Memorial Library, 50 North Main St. in Suffield: Artwork by Phyllis Taylor will be up until Dec. 31. suffield-library.org.
Manchester Community College, on Great Path Road: The annual Winter Arts Festival runs until Jan. 17. The student art exhibit of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and photography is in the Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, which is in the SBM Charitable Foundation Building. manchestercc.edu.
WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St. in Manchester: “Perspectives: We Are All Different, We Are All One,” an exhibit focusing on equity and inclusion, is up until Dec. 26. workspacemanchester.com/art-culture.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Drive in Avon: “2D & 3D: Shape & Color” runs until Jan. 18, 2020 in the Drezner Visitors Gallery. The show’s juror is Paul Baylock. artsfvac.org.