Arts & Culture
Children’s Hospital the Set for Student Puppetry Performance
While the design and building of puppets is a familiar task for Noel Williams MFA, creating them from materials that can be cleaned and sanitized under hospital infection control protocols was not.
From Building Puppets to Building Puppeteers
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is celebrating Puppet Arts program director Bart Roccoberton’s career as puppeteer and educator with an exhibition of nearly 100 puppets he and his collaborators and students created.
The Face of the Law School Now
Four new portraits have been added to the stately Reading Room at UConn Law to reflect the school's gender and racial diversity that had long gone unrepresented.
‘When a Woman Can Be King’: CRT’s Production of Henry IV
Aaliyah Habeeb plays King Henry and Michele Tauber Falstaff in Shakespeare's epic coming-of-age story of privilege, politics, and power, at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre April 25-May 5.
Living the Dream
Music education student Jesús Cortés-Sanchez discusses being a DREAMer and what music means for him.
The Struggle to Find Affordable Housing in Hartford
A new exhibit at the Dodd Center, opening April 17, documents the racism and discrimination that many Hartford residents have experienced over the years, leaving them with little access to affordable housing.
Photography Professor Janet Pritchard Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Award
Pritchard, a landscape photographer, will pursue a project on the Connecticut River Watershed during the period of her fellowship.
Meet the Researcher: Isabella Saraceni ’19, Fine Arts
Wandering through the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, Isabella Saraceni was initially captivated by the work of the great masters of art that surrounded her: Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael. But after a few visits to the gallery, Saraceni eventually began to notice a conspicuous absence in the displayed collection: where were the women […]
‘If We Were Birds’ Reflects Long History of Sexual Violence
The Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s modern adaptation of a story from Greek mythology shows that sexual violence has been chronicled for centuries.
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.