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Public Programs
Participate in a broad range of programs designed to deepen understanding and engagement with the works of art on view, focused on interactive experiences around contemporary culture.
These programs include tours and talks with curators, artists, and scholars; performances in adjacent media such as music, dance, theater, and experimental forms; artist-led community events; and classes to build skills in creating and understanding art while engaging with artists and peers.
Hindsight is Podcast Series
We are thrilled to present Hindsight is, a three-episode podcast series in the radio play genre to be released weekly starting on Monday, October 19. The series will focus on vignette scenes with a range of local and regional historical figures in Connecticut including women’s Suffragist Alice Paul and former NAACP Connecticut Chapter President William Webb. Actors will portray these historical figures, dramatizing social and political issues intensified this year such as voting rights, racism, and fascism through their unique perspectives as citizens from the past.
Listen to Hindsight is here.
Ander Mikalson: Scores for the Stars, Part I
Ander Mikalson Score for the Stars, 2020 Watercolor and pencil on paper 12 x 18 inches Courtesy of the artist
Scores for the Stars, 2020-21, is a two-part series by artist Ander Mikalson commissioned by The Aldrich and dedicated to Frank Stella’s Stars. The first part, Scores for the Stars, Part I, was a two-channel sound installation on view in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden from December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021. Signage with QR codes to access Mikalson’s score while viewing Stella’s sculptures was placed in the Sculpture Garden. Visitors were encouraged to explore the outdoor works by Stella and experience Mikalson’s installation together in real time.
Listen to Scores for the Stars, Part I here.
ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is thrilled to present a participatory mail art project, “The ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty,” created by artists Bridget Elmer and Emily Larned in concurrence with the upcoming Twenty Twenty exhibition.
Learn more here.
Funders
Generous support for Education and Public programs is provided by The Leir Foundation; Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts; Institute of Museum and Library Services; National Endowment for the Arts; Ridgefield Thrift Shop; The Gage Fund; New England Foundation for the Arts; Connecticut Humanities; and Fairfield County Bank.
Generous support for Hindsight is podcast series is provided by the New England Foundation for the Arts and Connecticut Humanities. Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
Related Events
May 20, 2021 at 6:00 pm |
Talks
Frank Stella: Virtual Talk with Art Historian Robert Hobbs presented with The Glass House
This talk will cover Frank Stella’s artistic development and his place in art history by examining Stella’s works from the current Aldrich exhibition Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey and the Glass House’s collection.
May 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm |
Talks
Thrown Stone's Meet the Playwrights for "The Suburbs"
“Meet the Playwrights,” a lively and candid discussion with the award-winning authors of The Suburbs. In this Zoom interview, led by CT Office of the Arts Program Associate Kolton Harris, playwrights Tony Meneses, Phanésia Pharel, Catherine Yu, and director Kholoud Sawaf will talk about the three new plays that make up this unusual roving production.
June 4, 2021 at 1:00 pm |
Talks
Virtual First Look: Hugo McCloud
Please join artist Hugo McCloud for a livestreamed talk from inside the galleries in advance of his first solo museum exhibition from where i stand, opening on Monday, June 7.
June 15, 2021 at 4:00 pm |
Workshops
Virtual Poetry: When Trash Is a Poet’s Treasure
Just as artist Hugo McCloud employs discarded plastic bags as the colorful medium of the works included in his from where I stand exhibition, poets can use discarded print media to create poems that are works of art.
June 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Empowering Connection on Juneteenth with the Community Mindfulness Project
Join the Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) and Education Assistant Lorena Sferlazza—outdoors in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden with your kids and loved ones—to reflect on the power of CONNECTION and how you can change the world with it.
June 20, 2021 at 1:30 pm |
Performances
Scores for the Stars, Part II
Scores for the Stars, 2020-21, is a two-part series by artist Ander Mikalson commissioned by The Aldrich and dedicated to Frank Stella’s Stars.
June 21, 2021 |
Performances
Make Music Day
We are delighted to partner with Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra on three performances as a part of Ridgefield’s Make Music Day!
July 17, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Sparking Curiosity with the Community Mindfulness Project
Join the Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) and Education Assistant Lorena Sferlazza outdoors in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden with your kids and loved ones to activate joy with CURIOSITY, through guided meditation alongside the monumental sculptures of Frank Stella’s Stars!
August 21, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Building Resilience with the Community Mindfulness Project
Join the Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) and Education Assistant Lorena Sferlazza outdoors in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden with your kids and loved ones to learn ways we can build RESILIENCE, through guided meditation inspired by current exhibition Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs!