Loading Events

Art for All: Connecting Campus and Community

The Housatonic Museum of Art will host a first-ever panel discussion that brings together leaders from community college art museums and galleries from across the U.S.. Panelists will discuss the important role that their institution plays on campus, including professional development, exhibitions and public programs, and student and faculty learning. Free & open to the public. Made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art with the support of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of…

when

October 10, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

where

900 Lafayette Blvd
Bridgeport, CT United States

cost

Free

contact

Housatonic Museum of Art

203-332-5052

about

The Housatonic Museum of Art will host a first-ever panel discussion that brings together leaders from community college art museums and galleries from across the U.S.. Panelists will discuss the important role that their institution plays on campus, including professional development, exhibitions and public programs, and student and faculty learning.

Free & open to the public.

Made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art with the support of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, Connecticut Humanities, the Association of Academic Museums & Galleries, and with additional private support.

join us:

AMERICA ABROAD: Art, Architecture, and Diplomacy – Works from the FAPE Collection

Presented on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 40th anniversary of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the exhibition offers rare public access to artworks typically seen only at US embassies—spaces not generally open to the public—and explores how art and architecture have shaped the United States’ diplomatic presence abroad from the Cold War to today. It draws from FAPE’s Site-Specific, Print, and Photography collections and includes maquettes of sculptures commissioned…

The Onera Foundation

For Which It Stands…

This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 75 works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents…

Bellermine Hall – Fairfield University

AMERICA ABROAD: Art, Architecture, and Diplomacy – Works from the FAPE Collection

Presented on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 40th anniversary of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the exhibition offers rare public access to artworks typically seen only at US embassies—spaces not generally open to the public—and explores how art and architecture have shaped the United States’ diplomatic presence abroad from the Cold War to today. It draws from FAPE’s Site-Specific, Print, and Photography collections and includes maquettes of sculptures commissioned…

The Onera Foundation

follow us: