Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

Through February 9: Desire Lines featuring the artwork of Alex Callender, Nandini Chirimar, Tara Geer, Maggie Nowinski, Dana Piazza, James Siena; Susan Mikula: Island. Ongoing: Adrienne Elise Tarver: Roots, Water, Air; The Noise of Us, featuring the artwork of Felipe Baeza, Ori Gersht, Simonette Quamina, and Maika’i Tubbs, and Vanessa Compton: A Night at the Garden. Opening February 14: 2025 Vermont Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. February 15–23: Explore the wild, wonderful, Artful Ice Shanties outdoor exhibit in connection with Retreat Farm. Admission is pay-as-you-wish.

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Brickbottom Gallery

January 3–28: AWAKE—An Exhibition of Mindfulness & Presence in Art. Opening reception: Friday, January 3, 6–8 p.m. Curated by Jack Energy. February 6–28: Paint, Cut, Fold, Stitch. Opening reception: Sunday, February 9, 3–5 p.m. Closing event: Sunday, February 23, 3–5 p.m. Curated by Diane Novetsky, this show explores the ideas and creative process of four abstract artists—Denise Bergman, Yildiz Grodowski, Novetsky and On Kyeong Seong—all are expressive colorists who have
thoughtfully invented ways of reinvigorating modern abstraction. 

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Kingston Gallery

January 2–February 2, Main, Center and Project Spaces galleries: Phyllis Famiglietti and Debra Samdperil: We Are Not the Stories We Tell Ourselves: Intersecting Thoughts—Parallel Play. Opening reception: Friday January 3, 5–8 p.m. February 5–March 2, Main and Center galleries: Cree Bruins in collaboration with Martin and Erik Demaine: (In)Secure. Project Space Gallery: Brian Littlefield: Again. Opening reception: Friday, February 7, 5–8 p.m.

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Mattatuck Museum

The museum showcases American art and cultural history through its collection of over 15,000 objects, provides access to a research library and archives, hosts lectures, workshops, and community events, and offers spaces for corporate, wedding, and holiday rentals. Through January 5: Poskas, Father and Son. Through January 12: Federico Uribe’s Menagerie. Ongoing: O’Keeffe in Conversation. Opening January 12: Mixmaster 2025: Juried Members’ Exhibition. Opening January 19: Gordon Parks, Homeward to the Prairie I Come. Opening celebrations: Sunday, January 19.

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Hartford Art School Galleries

January 30–February 22, Joseloff Gallery: The 2025 Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition invites University of Hartford students to submit their best works to be selected for exhibition by invited juror Chenoa Baker. Of the works chosen, two receive Purchase Prizes and enter the Goldfarb Memorial Collection. Opening reception and awards: Thursday, January 30, 5–7 p.m. January 13–31, Silpe Gallery: The annual Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition recognizes the best student artwork from public, parochial, and private schools throughout Connecticut.

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Colby College Museum of Art

Ongoing: Some American Stories is the newly installed thematic presentation of works from Colby’s collection in the museum’s Lunder Wing that leads visitors on a journey from before the founding of the United States to the present day. Galleries represent a different topic within the broader narrative of American art and history, reflecting a great diversity of experiences.

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The Current

Opening January 16: Timothy Curtis: Two Hundred Years of Painting. Curtis will explore the relationships between Pennsylvania Dutch Stoneware of the 1860s in Philadelphia, 1960s graffiti writing in the same area, and his own artwork, highlighting the thread of influence in one region over 200 years. View original stoneware and new paintings by Curtis, along with a special area dedicated to celebrating the lives and work of 1960s African American Philadelphia graffiti writers.

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