Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: The Case for Human / Coastal Shorebird Coexistence: Why the Public Cultures of Shorelines Matter for Equitable Climate Resilience
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonBryce DuBois, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven and Coordinator of the M.A. Program in Marine Policy and Management Beaches, the foreshore, are legally […]
Faye Webster at College Street Music Hall
College Street Music Hall 238 College Street, New HavenFaye Webster loves the feeling of a first take: writing a song, then heading to the studio with her band to track it live the very next day. When you […]
Knit Your Bit National Service Project
Since its launch in 2006, Knit Your Bit has reached more than 10,000 knitters and crocheters in all 50 states. Through their efforts, the Museum has distributed more than 50,000 scarves to veterans’ centers, hospitals, and service organizations across the country. Hand knit or crochet a scarf measuring 4" - 5" wide and 48" - […]
Divine Geometry Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 600 Main Street, HartfordNovember 27, 2024–April 13, 2025 Divine Geometry is a multimedia exhibition that explores the Islamic arts holdings within the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art’s expansive collections. Through floral motifs, geometric patterns, […]
Exhibit: “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at Weston History & Culture Center
Weston History & Culture Center 104 Weston Road, WestonThrough March 2, 2025. Open Sundays and Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm. The yard of one of Weston’s oldest homes, the Peter Thorp House, reveals its past lives in the […]
Conversation with Collector Tony Yurgaitis at Hillstead
Hillstead Museum 35 Mountain Rd, FarmingtonHillstead hosts Tony Yurgaitis, owner of Arethusa Farm in Litchfield, for a conservation about art collecting with our Executive Director, Dr. Anna Swinbourne. Tony’s personal story, which fuses appreciation of […]
Gallery Talk and workshop Interacting with Color with Fritz Horstman at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyJoin Fritz Horstman, Color and Light exhibiting artist and Education Director at the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, for a talk and workshop centered on his recent book, Interacting with Color: A Practical […]
Madness with Best-Selling Author Antonia Hylton at New Canaan Library
New Canaan Library 151 Main Street, New CanaanWidely listed as one of the best books of 2024, Madness tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still […]
Arden’s February After Hours: That’s AMORE in Norwalk
Arden's 158 Rowayton Ave, NorwalkJoin us for an unforgettable evening of warmth, delicious food, live music, and a pouring of several fine wines from Tuscany and Central Italy. Our very talented friend, Chef Marisol […]
Dawn & Dusk: Tonalism in Connecticut at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldBellarmine Hall Galleries January 17 – April 12, 2025 This exhibition explores Tonalism in the United States from the 1880s to the early 20th century, through artists from the Northeast […]
To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home at Walsh Gallery: Fairfield
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldJanuary 24 – March 29, 2025 Environmental threats and climate change are urgent matters of concern at Jesuit universities, where conversations on this topic often take place in reference to two documents by Pope Francis: Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (2015) and the 2023 update Laudate Deum. Artists play an indispensable role in our collective […]
Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain Museum of Art 56 Lexington Street, New BritainJanuary 24, 2025 - May 18, 2025 "It must not be assumed that American Impressionism and French Impressionism are identical. The American painter accepted the spirit, not the letter of […]