Today's the day!
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART's OPENING RECEPTION runs from 4:30 to 7 pm!
Jonathan, the Pep Band, and Jim Calhoun will be here!
Will you?
Come celebrate the new Spring exhibitions — SWEET SENSATIONS: Inspired by the UConn Reads book The Omnivore's Dilemma and IN THE PAINT: Basketball in Contemporary Art.
There will be a silent auction of basketballs signed by the men’s and women’s basketball teams, plus appetizers and cash bar.
FREE ADMISSION
IN THE PAINT celebrates the sport of basketball and UConn’s men’s and women’s national championship teams while it explores the complexities of the game in art.
The exhibition also includes art created by the UConn players, memorabilia, trophies, photographs, and art by Janet Biggs, the Brothers Costacos, Awol Erizku, Ewok One 5MPH, Dario Escobar, Robert Indiana, Joe Iurato, Charles Johnstone, Billi Kid, Andrew Kuo, Sharon Lockhart, Simon Norfolk, Daniel Petraitis, Paul Pfeiffer, Shiro, Lucien Smith, and Hank Willis Thomas.
SWEET SENSATIONS presents works portraying sinfully seductive foods juxtaposed with excerpts from The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Featured artists include Peter Anton, Gina Beavers, Desire Obtain Cherish, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, Margaret Morrison, and Joe Nanashe. The exhibition is funded in part by UConn Reads.
Both exhibitions will be on view from January 23 through March 29, 2015.
Museum hours: Tuesday through Friday 10 to 4:30 / Saturday and Sunday 1 to 4:30.
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
University of Connecticut
School of Fine Arts
245 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT
860.486.4520
www.benton.uconn.edu
www.facebook.com/benton.museum
For more information, contact: The Benton at 860-486-4520