Current Exhibitions
Encounters With The Collection: Celebrating Art By Women, Part II
Part of a series of permanent collection gallery rotations, the exhibition features work in a variety of media such as paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, posters, ceramics, textiles, video, and mixed media assemblages. Spanning the 18th century to the present, the show highlights the work of more than 45 women-identified artists, designers, and collectives. Celebrating Art by Women recognizes the achievements of a diverse set of artists while providing visitors opportunities to reflect on equity and inclusion on the UConn campus, in the art world, and beyond.
Museum As Classroom: Teaching And Learning With Art
Through March 8, 2024
Teaching and learning are central to the Benton’s mission, yet most of this work takes place behind the scenes. From Primary School Field Trips to UConn First Year Experience, to Capstone Seminars and beyond, hundreds of students and life-long learners visit the Benton every month. Delve into the Benton’s initiatives in PreK-12 and University learning and see how faculty are engaging the museum’s collections in their teaching. The exhibition also celebrates the opening of the new education space at the museum, which will significantly enhance the Benton’s offerings.
Seeing Climate Change
January 16 – July 28, 2024
Technically, we can’t see climate change because climate is an abstraction, a categorical name for what we expect the weather to be. What we can see are natural phenomena related to climate such as tropical forests, desert dunes, and creeping ice sheets. This exhibition invites you to learn to see the effects of climate change in our daily lives by examining natural phenomena in works of art. How might the scene in a 19th century painting look different today, and how could the scene in a 20th century photograph look different in the future? Curated with Robert Thorson, Professor of Earth Sciences at UConn.
Museum Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
University of Connecticut
School of Fine Arts
245 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT
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