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On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness

On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness transports visitors to the Arctic to confront the startling impacts of climate change. Remarkable animals from the Bruce’s natural history collections are paired with scale landscape models that showcase Alaska’s diverse ecosystem. The installation highlights both subtle and dramatic shifts occurring across the Alaskan landscape, bringing attention to the […]

Bruce Museum

Insights into the Mattatuck Collection: Becca Lo Presti

Gain an inside look from the people who spend the most time in the Mattatuck Museum- our staff! Hear from Mattatuck Museum Assistant Curator, Becca Lo Presti, on her favorite pieces of art currently on display. Register Here Cost $10.00 per Adult $5.00 per Member Adult   Sponsored by Christine & Eugene Shugrue Interested in […]

Mattatuck Museum

Full Moon Rise Night Hike

Hike through the almost-spring woods as our sun sets and the March full Worm Moon rises. We’ll see what signs of spring and wildlife we can find and enjoy the end of our winter season. Meets at Overbrook Nature Center. Limited to 16 participants. Each attendee age 3+ must have a ticket. Members: $10/participantNon-Members: $12/participant […]

Meets at Overbrook Nature Center

American Mural Project Extends Its Family-Day Programming To Weekends throughout September

The American Mural Project (AMP) has extended its Family Day programming to weekends through September 29. Families can now participate in art activities any time during open hours. All art activities are included with admission. This month’s activities include Making Art with Fire: Fire Tiles and making Fire Prevention posters. Fourth and fifth graders can […]

American Mural Project

All In This Together: Highlights from our Printmaking Programs

All In This Together: Highlights from our Printmaking Programs Exhibition Dates: March 4-30, 2025 Over the past 12 months, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking has facilitated the printmaking projects of dozens of artists. We’ve hosted Artists-in-Residence, conducted collaboration and editioning services, offered workshops across a spectrum of printmaking processes, and mentored high school students through […]

Center for Contemporary Printmaking

Kenji Nakahashi: Strange Beauty

Best known for his conceptual and street photography, Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) produced a highly experimental body of work grounded in the everyday. Image: Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) Time–B, 1980 (printed 1985) Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Bruce Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi, 2022.01.33 © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona […]

Bruce Museum

Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist

The first monographic exhibition of her work in nearly two decades, Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist traces the artist’s pioneering approaches to abstraction in the United States. Image: Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878–1956) Church Around the Corner, 1949 Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 3/16 in. Art Museum of West Virginia University Collection, acquired through […]

Bruce Museum

On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness

On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness transports visitors to the Arctic to confront the startling impacts of climate change. Remarkable animals from the Bruce’s natural history collections are paired with scale landscape models that showcase Alaska’s diverse ecosystem. The installation highlights both subtle and dramatic shifts occurring across the Alaskan landscape, bringing attention to the […]

Bruce Museum

Family Day: Earth-Friendly Arts

Join us on Saturday, March 15 in the Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom for a Family Day inspired by the artwork on view in our exhibition To See this Place: Awakening to Our Common Home! Learn more about the exhibition at fairfield.edu/museum! The first session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and the second at 2:30 […]

Bellermine Hall – Fairfield University