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The Museum is CLOSED for Spring Break and will reopen March 19.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Mar
21
NCAA Women’s Basketball – Auburn vs. Arizona 7:00pm
NCAA Women’s Basketball – Auburn vs. Arizona
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
07:00 PM
Gampel Pavilion
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Mar
26
Art Encounters: Seeing Climate Change? 6:30pm
Art Encounters: Seeing Climate Change?
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Join Benton educators for an interactive two-part workshop exploring the exhibition, Seeing Climate Change?. Learn more about featured works of art through close looking and discussion. Then use watercolors to paint a seascape and add upcycled materials.
Registration Required: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0udeGvpjstHN0quMNGGA1uJBUd1TODM1Ct
Project kits available for registrants at the front desk one week before the program.
This is an Honors Event. See tags below for categories. #UHLevent10794
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Apr
2
Homeschool Program: Undersea Fantasy Watercolors 10:30am
Homeschool Program: Undersea Fantasy Watercolors
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Benton Museum of Art
The Museum’s homeschool programs, designed for aspiring artists ages 6-12, are the perfect opportunity to view special exhibitions, try new art techniques, and explore creative writing activities.
To register for a program please contact Mollie Sixsmith, Curator of Education, at 860-486-1711 or via email mollie.sixsmith@uconn.edu
Subject: Undersea Fantasy Watercolors
$10 per studentStudents will practice critical looking and sketching in the Seeing Climate Change? exhibition and use pastels and watercolors to create undersea-themed paintings.
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Apr
4
First Thursday - Sip and Sketch with SAA 4:30pm
First Thursday - Sip and Sketch with SAA
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
04:30 PM - 07:00 PM
The Benton Museum of Art
Open house in partnership the Student Alumni Association (SAA), Student Health & Wellness (SHaW), WHUS Radio, and The Beanery Cafe
4:30-6:30PM
Visit with cute Pet Therapy dogs Millie and Andy
In partnership with Student Health and Wellness (SHaW)3-6:30PM
Open Mic at The Beanery
The Beanery Café will be open for drinks and snacks with a specialty drink specially for today.
4:30-6:30PMIn the Galleries:
- Live DJ with WHUS
- Craft: Sip and Sketch with SAA - create your own UConn Memories Postcard
- Pick up an art sticker
- Do a fun scavenger hunt in the galleries with friends
- 20% off in the Museum Store all day
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
WGSS at 50: Our Histories, Intimacies, and Futures through Audre Lorde's Uses of Anger
March 21 – May 5, 2024
2024 Studio Art + Digital Media & Design Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
April 2 – May 5, 2024
Landscapes from the Permanent Collection at The Benton
May 28 – July 28, 2024
David LaChapelle
August 27 – December 15, 2024
Yishai Jusidman: Prussian Blue
August 27 – December 15, 2024
Encounters with the Collection: Art and Human Rights
August 27, 2024 – July 28, 2025