Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Artist Talk: Elizabeth Englander and Eduardo Andres Alfonso at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldThursday, July 18 | 6 to 7 pm Please join artist Elizabeth Englander and Associate Curator Eduardo Andres Alfonso for a talk on the work and ideas behind Elizabeth Englander: Eminem Buddhism, Volume 3, the artist’s first museum exhibition. The talk will explore the relationship between the contemporary materials forming the sculptures of deities and the […]
Camp Aldrich Registration is Now Open
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldJoin us at The Aldrich for a full-day, week-long arts experience with Museum Educators and a practicing teaching artist. Campers explore the Museum’s three-acre campus, learn in the galleries, and incorporate the world around them into their art. Each week, campers will be guided through art-making workshops and activities led by a professional, practicing […]
Performance: Gossip by Alexa West at The Aldrich
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldGossip is a choreographed duet created in response to the current exhibition Loie Hollowell: Space Between, A Survey of Ten Years. Choreographed and presented by dance artist Alexa West performed by Owen Prum and Chelsea Enjer Hecht. Gossip will occur as a live performance in the Museum’s first floor on Saturday, June 22 at 2 pm and repeated at […]
Aldrich After Hours
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldKick off the weekend with Aldrich After Hours and enjoy drinks and special programming in the Museum’s galleries. Associate Curator Eduardo Andres Alfonso will give a highlights tour of Elizabeth Englander’s exhibition, Eminem Buddhism, Volume 3 focusing on the inclusive nature of Buddhism in celebration of Pride month. Collage artist Michael Hentz will lead an open […]
Virtual Artist Talk: Loie Hollowell and Amy Smith-Stewart
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldPlease join artist Loie Hollowell for a virtual conversation with Chief Curator Amy Smith-Stewart on the work and ideas behind Loie Hollowell: Space Between, A Survey of Ten Years. This exhibition is the artist’s first museum survey and first museum presentation on the East Coast including paintings and works on paper made over a decade […]
2024 GALA Honoring Eric Diefenbach and Loie Hollowell at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldThis year, we are thrilled to be honoring two extraordinary individuals - Trustee and Chair Emeritus Eric Diefenbach and artist Loie Hollowell. Their outstanding achievements and profound impact perfectly encapsulate the spirit of excellence that has defined The Aldrich for sixty remarkable years. Join us in honoring Eric and Loie at The Aldrich's 60th Anniversary […]
Elizabeth Englander: Eminem Buddhism, Volume 3 at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldApril 7 through October 27, 2024 The iconography is drawn from Englander’s study of Asian religious art, specifically the history of statuary icons that began in the 2nd century BCE in India. From this iconography certain sacred forms emerge as the protagonists in Englander’s sculptures: Chamunda,“the feminine element of god,” or shakti, whose attributes symbolize the […]
Layo Bright: Dawn and Dusk at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldApril 7 through October 27, 2024 Dawn and Dusk is Layo Bright’s first solo museum exhibition featuring new and borrowed works in glass and pottery made between 2020 and 2024. The show brings together several ongoing series tracking Bright’s synchronized jumps from figuration to abstraction. Working in the round, on the wall, and in relief, Bright’s […]
Film Screening and Talk: Hernmarck Tapestries at Hudson Yards
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldPlease join us for a film screening of Hernmarck Tapestries at Hudson Yards followed by a post-film talk with artist Helena Hernmarck and The Aldrich’s Executive Director Cybele Maylone. This 20-minute film presents tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck’s latest major commission: two sets of monumental tapestries for a residential lobby at 35 Hudson Yards in New York City. […]
Virtual Artist Talk: Yvette Mayorga and Meredith Martin
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldPlease join us for a virtual conversation between exhibiting artist Yvette Mayorga and art historian Dr. Meredith Martin. The pair will be discussing Mayorga's maximalist aesthetic and its relationship to a neo-Rococo impulse in contemporary art. They will also delve into Mayorga's uniquely personal, witty use of historical sources and her interest in making the […]