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MarchMarch 8 - 12
The Benton is closed.
March 14
Last day to see From Amazing Stories to Weird Tales
March 25, 10 AM
New exhibitions open: Poem & Picture and CounterMart
March 26, 2:30 PM
Drawing Workshop conducted by Education Coordinator Tracy Lawlor
March 27, 2 PM
Campus Art Walk led by Museum Docent
March 28, 2 PM
Sunday Films: Artist Biopic: Miss Potter (2006)
AprilApril 1, 12:15 PM
Gallery Talk: The Work of Abby Manock Assistant Curator Eve Perry
April 1, 5 –7 PM
Reception for Poem & Picture, CounterMart, and The 2010 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
April 2, 2:30 PM
Drawing Workshop conducted by Education Coordinator Tracy Lawlor
Monday, April 5, 7-9pm
LRL!'s special celebration of National Poetry Month features poetry by Sean Forbes and Denise Abercrombie, visual art by Caitlin Yates, and open mic. The event is presented in conjunction with the Benton's Poem & Picture exhibition. Bring a favorite poem to share on the open mic. Light refreshments will be served. For more info, visit http://longriverreview.com/live/
April 3–7
The Benton is closed.
April 8, 12:15 PM
RecitalsPlus: A performance by an advanced music student in the School of Fine Arts
April 9, 2:30 PM
Drawing Workshop conducted by Education Coordinator Tracy Lawlor
April 10, 2 PM
Campus Art Walk led by Museum Docent

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Past Exhibitions
October 29–December 18, 2009The Spirit of Afghanistan: Carpets of War and Hope
Reception: October 30, 5–7 pm
September 24–December 18 Women's Work, Women's Dreams: A Century of Swedish Women's Arts
Reception: September 27, 1–3 pm
September 3–October 18 The 44th Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Reception: September 3, 5–7:30 pm  
June 6 – August 9, 2009Punch & Judy: Handpuppets, Politics & Humor
June 6 – August 9, 2009A Touch of Humor
Through May 10, 2009The Heywood Legacy: Twenty Years of Costumes for the Connecticut Repertory Theatre
April 4 – May 10, 2009Apperceptions: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition 2009
March 17 – May 10, 2009Anatomically Correct: Medical Illustrations, 1543–2008
April 4 – May 10, 2009Luigi Lucioni's American Countryside
January 20 – March 6, 2009 ¡Merengue! Visual Rhythms / Ritmos Visuales
January 20 – March 6, 2009Yuyanapaq: To Remember
January 20 – March 6, 2009Rhythms in Design
October 21 – December 19, 2008 Bound by Tradition and Religion: Tibetan Tangkas
October 21 – December 19, 2008 Mandala: The Sacred Circle of Vajrabhairava
November 4 – November 9, 2008 Monks of Namgyal Monastery Return to the Benton
August 26 – December 19, 2008Sera: The Way of the Tibetan Monk, The Photographs of Sheila Rock
September 2 – October 12, 200843rd Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
June 3 – August 10, 2008Stoned or Impregnated, New York Lithography, ca. 1960
November 6 – May 23, 2008Rome, Italy and Europe
April 12-May 11, 2008Pentameter: The 2008 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
March 19 – May 11, 2008Marcus Garvey: The Centennial Exhibition
January 22 – March 30, 2008The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946
January 22 – March 30, 2008Pamina Traylor’s Tagged
January 22 – March 30, 2008A Place Called Manzanar: Photographs by Ansel Adams
January 22 – March 30, 2008Manzanar and Tule Lake: A Soundscape by Richard Lerman
August 28 – November 4, 2007 42nd Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
September 8 – December 16, 2007 Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.
September 8 – December 16, 2007 Rodin's Contemporaries