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  • 10/25 Benton: Opening Reception: Rand Exhibition

    Opening Reception: Ellen Emmet Rand Exhibition

    Thursday, October 25, 2018
    4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Remarks at 5:00pm
    Cash Bar & light hors d'oeuvres.
    Open to the Public.  Free event, donations are most welcome. 
    RSVP appreciated to 860-486-4520 or benton@uconn.edu.

    Join the School of Fine Arts for two opening receptions.  
    Benton Museum: 4:00pm - 6:30pm, Ballard Museum: 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

    At The Benton Museum: Opening Reception for "The Business of Bodies: Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941) and the Persuasion of Portraiture".
    Music by Survivors Swing Band.

    Continue on to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry’s for their newest exhibition "Living Objects: African American Puppetry" opening reception from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

    Transportation will be available starting at 6:15pm from the Benton Museum to the Ballard Museum and to the parking areas after that.

    If you require an accommodation (at this event), please contact the Museum’s Visitor Services Desk at 860-486-4520 or benton@uconn.edu

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

    www.benton.uconn.edu

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