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  • 9/1 New Exhibit Opens Tomorrow at The Benton

    The museum doors open TOMORROW at 10am on a new exhibition —
    Dotted Dialogues: Contemporary Indigenous Art from Central Australia

    You're invited to the OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, September 3, 4:30 to 7pm.

    This exhibition presents paintings and sculptures that incorporate traditional iconography of the Aboriginal culture and reveal ancestral stories that reconnect indigenous communities with their ancestors, their land, and their heritage, while also sharing it with others. It was curated by the students in the Spring 2015 Anthropological Perspectives in Art class under the direction of Professor Françoise Dussart.

    MUSEUM HOURS: Tuesday through Friday, 10am to 4:30pm / Saturday and Sunday 1 to 4:30pm
    CLOSED LABOR DAY WEEKEND, September 5, 6, and 7

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    University of Connecticut
    School of Fine Art
    245 Glenbrook Road
    Storrs, CT

    Website: www.benton.uconn.edu
    Twitter: @uconn_benton

     

    For more information, contact: The Benton at 860-486-4520