Arts & Culture

'Armchair Gardener,' by Mitch Ryerson (2000), one of the works on display at the Benton Museum in an exhibit inspired by this year's UConn Reads book selection, Game of Thrones. (Courtesy of the artist)

Exploring Furniture as Art

Inspired by this year's UConn Reads book, 'A Game of Thrones,' an exhibition at the Benton Museum presents chairs as sculpture.

From left, Kelly Dennis, professor of art and art history; Megan Scholtz, ’19 (SFA), a photography major; and Deanna LaVoie ’20 (SFA), graphic design major, reviewing an updated biography in preparation for this year’s Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon during a History of Photography class in Oak Hall. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Women in the Arts: Setting the Record Straight

During a day-long event at two UConn campuses on April 1, students, faculty, and staff edited Wikipedia to ensure the inclusion of female artists.

UConn soprano Andria Benvenuto '19 (CLAS) of Wolcott, Connecticut.

An A Capella Rendition of ‘How Long’

The student a cappella group A Minor performs a popular song, Charlie Puth’s 'How Long.'

Preliminary drawing of title page for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), 26:7. (The Maurice Sendak Collection)

From ‘Wild Horses’ to ‘Wild Things,’ a Window Into Maurice Sendak’s Creative Process

The making of “Where the Wild Things Are” was a journey, and the vivid materials in Sendak’s archive illuminate the level of investment that was required to complete it, write Kate Capshaw and Cora Lynn Deibler of UConn.

'If I Ruled the World,' from The Vision, Black Arts + Wellness Journal, 50th anniversary edition. (African American Cultural Center)

African American Cultural Center’s 50th Offers Moment for Reflection

Browse a selection of images from the African American Cultural Center's 50th anniversary edition of its journal, The Vision.

Composer Kenneth Fuchs, professor of music, left, and conductor JoAnn Falletta, after winning a Grammy on Sunday, in the Best Classical Compendium category for the album 'Spiritualist – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.' (Photo courtesy of Kenneth Fuchs)

Two Faculty Members Bring Home Grammy Awards

UConn faculty members won in the categories of Best Classical Compendium and Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

Shen Xin, Provocation of the Nightingale, 2017, BALTIC Artists’ Award, 2017 video installation view.

Protests, Proclamations, & Celebrations

An ambitious new multimedia exhibition at Contemporary Art Galleries consists of four consecutive two-week solo exhibitions by artists from Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

Esme Roszel '20 (SFA), center, and Felicia Cooper, a first-year MFA student, perform in Matthew Sorenson’s 'Legend of the Snow Queen.' (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Community Celebrates ‘Legend of the Snow Queen’

UConn graduate student and performance director Matthew Sorenson wrote the play to inspire children to be able to solve problems with compassion and kindness.

Amy Goto, cello, age 14. (Photo courtesy of 'From the Top')

Sparking JOY!

The Jorgensen Outreach for Youth program aims to expose area children, especially those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, to the arts.

A portrait of Charles Lewis Beach, president of Connecticut Agricultural College from 1908 to 1928, in 1925 by Ellen Emmet Rand. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The Pioneering Work of a Female Portrait Artist

The curator of the Ellen Emmet Rand exhibition at Benton Museum describes the early 20th-century portraitist as "one of the most important female artists that you’ve never heard of before."