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Autumn Stroll
Notice nature as seasons change with a guided fall walk among the trees at Grace Farms. Through guided walks, connect with the purpose of the ecosystems we inhabit, the vibrant life that’s a part of it, and our role in maintaining and adding to it.
Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy
Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity, politics, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down […]
Stitching Time: The Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project and Give Me Life: CPA Prison Arts Program
Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art, and accompanying recorded interviews, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators, people often forgotten by society when discussing the […]
Community Ofrenda Celebration
Celebrate Día de Muertos at the Wadsworth and contribute to our community ofrenda! Decorate a sugar skull mask, dance to live music with Mariachi Tercera Generación, and enjoy books provided by the Hartford Public Library’s Library On Wheels. Free. Registration encouraged. This event is created in partnership with Helena’s Casita as part of Hartford’s Día […]
Isamu Noguchi: Metal the Mirror
“Here is where finally opposites come together, I see a surprising purity. Stone is the depth, metal the mirror. They do not conflict…” —Isamu Noguchi While the renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) is best known for his work in stone, he consistently explored new materials and methods during his wide-ranging career. He first experimented with […]
The Art of Work: Painting Labor in Nineteenth-Century Denmark
One hundred and fifty years ago a group of French artists staged their first independent exhibition in Paris and a radical movement called Impressionism was born. In July of that year, Danish artist Michael Ancher (1849–1927) joined Karl Madsen (1855–1938) in Skagen, Denmark, a fishing village located on the country’s northernmost point. As with the […]
iCreate 2025: Annual Juried Exhibition of High School Talent
The Bruce Museum proudly presents iCreate 2025, our annual juried exhibition showcasing exceptional artistic talent from high school students across the region. Now in its 17th year, this celebrated exhibition transforms our gallery into a vibrant showcase of emerging creativity, featuring works selected from hundreds of submissions representing dozens of schools throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, […]
Curator Talk: The Cheney Family: Local Trendsetters
Through their successful silk business in Manchester, Connecticut, the Cheney family brought global taste and style to turn-of-the century Hartford with their pursuit of fashion and artworks as markers of refinement. Join Erin Monroe, Krieble Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and Ned Lazaro, associate curator of costume and textiles, as they explore how the […]
TLGV Walktober Event: Exploring America at 250
Celebrate The Last Green Valley’s Walktober with a walk-through and discussion around our exhibition Exploring America at 250. Join Curator of Education, Matthew Marshall for a walk-through of the exhibition Encounters with the Collection: Exploring America at 250. The exhibition draws on the museum’s holdings of American art to think broadly about how the very […]