The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

How do our bodies co-exist with the natural landscape through tumultuous times? Explore how artists from 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone have been inspired by or explored the relationships between the body and landscape through a variety of found materials, ephemeral creative processes, and corporeal symbolism along this gallery tour.

Join The Aldrich’s Curatorial and Publications Manager and owner of CM Cookies, Caitlin Monachino, for a fun day of decorating specialty cutout cookies! Caitlin will be teaching attendees how to decorate cookies inspired by artworks on view in 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone along with some winter classics. You will learn the basics of royal icing cookie design and several insider techniques, just in time for the holidays.

Join Aldrich educator and Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes for an afternoon of ekphrastic writing, using 4-5 favorite works from the current 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone exhibition as inspiration. Ekphrasis is the act of responding to a work of art in poetry or prose. It can be thought of as a personal response to the "call" of a painting, sculpture, or other artistic work.

Some artists appear to be content with structure, while others play with it or abandon it all together. Join Aldrich Educator Noelle Newell in exploring the concept of the grid in contemporary art through artists in our 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone exhibition. Then, decide whether you will embrace or abandon the grid through a mixed media artmaking project in our Studio!

How do artists make profound meaning out of simple materials? Join Aldrich Educator Barb Jennes to explore artwork constructed of common or found materials throughout our 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone exhibition and discover how artists employ even the simplest and least-expected media to express their ideas. Afterwards, transform everyday items in our Studio into your own meaningful artwork!

In this workshop inspired by Susan Chen’s painting, An Afternoon Making Quaranzines with Apex for Youth (2022), join Aldrich Educator Alanna Fagan in exploring how artists use their work to connect to their communities. Then, head to the Studio to create your own zine, or self-published booklet, about a topic that is important to you!

We’re back in the new year to celebrate the final weekend of our current exhibition, 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone during Aldrich After Hours! Enjoy a drink and explore this historic exhibition before it closes on January 8th! Museum Educators will also be on-site to lead highlight tours of the show..

The first live performance installment of the Aldrich Box, a year-long traveling exhibition, is moments, a dance-theatre work created over five years by dancer and choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky that bridges choreographed movement, composed sound, and art direction.

Invitation only. Members and friends, please join us for a first look at Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art, Hangama Amiri: A Homage to Home, and Kathleen Ryan: Head and Heart before the exhibitions open to the public.

Join us in the Museum's Sculpture Garden for Gala in the Garden celebrating The Aldrich's longtime Exhibitions Director Richard Klein and Registrar Mary Kenealy on the occasion of their retirements. The evening will include cocktails and a seated dinner, a special performance, and a live auction.