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 art of all kinds with a passion for farming, is a familiar one at Hill-Stead. Tony and members of the Pope family, who also designed […]
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 Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments (Yale University Press, 2024). Learn about and experience the fundamentals of color relationships and interaction through hands-on guidance, just as […]
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 stands in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people’s bodies and minds in […]
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 Morley, will be preparing classic Italian dishes including her coveted Morley family recipe “Pucci’s Lasagna Bolognese”. And while you dive into layers of fresh pasta […]
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 such as George Inness, John Henry Twachtman, and John Francis Murphy. Tonalism is a transitional movement that grew out of and reacted to the Hudson […]
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 […]
Dominion Energy SchoolTime Performance Series at The Garde: Origin
Garde Arts Center 325 State Street, New LondonOrigin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in […]
Celebrate the Spring Season with a Visit to the Lyme Art Association
Lyme Art Association 90 Lyme Street, Old LymeFour Acts and the Jane Penfield Solo Show are both on view February 28 – April 10, 2025. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 2 from 2 – 4 pm. The Lyme Art Association invites you to its historic galleries this spring to see An Exhibition in Four Acts, an exhibit showcasing the diversity of styles created by its talented member […]
Sip & Sketch at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyJoin us for an enjoyable and creative evening of drawing while listening to music, sipping wine, and savoring light refreshments. This event, led by experienced artist and WCSU alumna Janet Warner, welcomes participants of all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned artists, for a shared art experience in a fun and relaxed studio environment. The […]
Rock Hearts Bluegrass at The Garde
Garde Arts Center 325 State Street, New LondonFormed in 2013, Rock Hearts brings together five seasoned musicians from Southern New England who love to sing and pick bluegrass, old country tunes, and seek out tunes from other genres to “bluegrass-ify.” Named an Official 2021 IBMA Showcase Band, the band is enjoying national radio and Chart activity. They are a sought after band for major festivals. They […]
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: True To Form: Academic Figure Studies from the Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old LymeMarch 1-April 27, 2025 The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts is proud to present True To Form: Academic Figure Studies from the Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries, an exhibition that celebrates the significance of the human figure in academic art training. Opening Saturday, March 1st, the exhibition will be on view through Sunday, April […]
The Chapel in the Hive: A Multidisciplinary Exploration in New Haven
Sterling Divinity Quadrangle 409 Prospect Street, New HavenCome March 1 as we build a hive in Marquand Chapel with The Chapel in the Hive. Performers: Joseph Campana, poetry Kurt Stallmann, music Experience The Chapel in the Hive, a forty-minute live performance by poet/scholar Joseph Campana and composer/performer Kurt Stallmann, who draw from history and natural history and reflecting on them through literary and electro-eco-acoustic […]