The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Visit the Museum for FREE the third Saturday of every month. Participate in a Story Time at 10:30 am and a Family Tour of Karla Knight: Navigator at 1 pm.

Explore the paintings of Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski in the Museum’s lobby on color, gender, and identity with a family-friendly reading of They She He Me: Free to Be! by Maya Gonzalez and Matthew SG. Then, move to The Studio to create personal identity collages.

Inspired by Karla Knight: Navigator, stop by the Museum's Studio to create your own art, through a self-guided activity with materials and prompts.

Join us at the Museum for a family-friendly, participatory tour of Karla Knight: Navigator, guided by Aldrich Educators!

Join Ridgefield Poet Laureate and Aldrich Educator Barb Jennes in this poetry workshop as she guides a group in observing select works in the newest exhibitions by artists Milano Chow and Duane Slick.

Join us virtually with the Ridgefield Library for a screening of the film A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks with a talkback immediately afterward with moderator Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum about the many ways renowned photographer Gordon Parks (1912-2006) documented his narrative as a Black American in the 20^th century and beyond.

Join us for a private tour of David Salle's exhibition at The Brant Foundation in Greenwich, CT. Salle has exhibited twice at The Aldrich throughout his career.

Explore Indigenous storytelling in Duane Slick: The Coyote Makes the Sunset Better with a family-friendly reading of Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest by Gerald McDermott in the Museum’s galleries.

Visit the Museum for FREE the third Saturday of every month. Participate in a Story Time at 10:30 am and a Family Tour of Milano Chow: Prima Facie at 1 pm.

Join us for a family-friendly, participatory tour of Milano Chow: Prima Facie, guided by Aldrich Educators! Explore Chow’s ornamented mise-en-scènes that seem frozen in time and loaded with disquieting effects, influenced by Surrealism, fashion photography, shop window design, and Hollywood film noir from Chow’s native Los Angeles.

Join The Aldrich’s Executive Director, Cybele Maylone, for a tour of the Museum’s current exhibitions followed by drinks in the Atrium.

This ARTalk will focus on an exciting upcoming exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone. This exhibition celebrates the fifty-first anniversary of the historic exhibition Twenty-Six Contemporary Women Artists, curated by acclaimed art critic Lucy R. Lippard which was presented at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 1971.

Join us at Aldrich Gala in the Garden for cocktails, a seated dinner, and auction in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden.