The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

When Larry Aldrich established The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 1964 there was little support for emerging artists. An active art collector, he visited artists’ studios with great frequency, acquiring work and then featuring it in exhibitions at the Museum accompanied by publications.

Janine Antoni: A Conversation with the Artist Behind 'Girl Made of Butter'"

Written by Education Manager, Maria Damato

Since 2011, The Aldrich’s Education Department has led the Common Ground program which hosts an exhibiting artist and connects them with local school children for a variety of experiences, from visiting their work in the Museum to creating artwork back in their classrooms together.

A Conversation between Director of Education Namulen Bayarsaihan and Education Assistant Antonio Paone

Written by 2024 Curatorial and Marketing Intern, Zuhra Amini.

In 1985 the group exhibition A Second Talent: Painters and Sculptors Who Are Also Photographers was presented at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Direct in scope, as the title suggests, yet decidedly challenging the perceptions regarding the medium, the exhibition’s premise is based on taking stock of the photographic work of major artists who were predominantly known as sculptors and painters.

In February 2023, Eduardo Andres Alfonso joined the Museum as Associate Curator. We asked Eduardo a few questions about his time at The Aldrich so far and what he’s been working on.

Elizabeth Englander’s first solo museum exhibition, Eminem Buddhism, Volume 3, features new and recent works. The exhibition will be on view from April 7 to October 20, 2024, and will be accompanied by the artist’s first museum publication featuring an essay by Eduardo Andres Alfonso, Associate Curator.

Elizabeth Englander answered a few questions about her work and practice.

Layo Bright’s first solo museum exhibition, Dawn and Dusk, features new and recent works in glass and pottery made between 2020 and 2024. This show brings together several ongoing series tracking Bright’s synchronized jumps from figuration to abstraction. The exhibition will be on view April 7 to October 20, 2024, and will be accompanied by the artist’s first museum publication featuring an introduction and interview by Amy Smith-Stewart, Chief Curator.

Layo Bright answered a few questions about her work and practice.

Curatorial and Publications Manager Caitlin Monachino shares how The Aldrich has programmed public sculpture on site since the Museum's founding in 1964.

We asked Eddie Marshall, Principal and Landscape Architect at STIMSON, a few questions about how the Sculpture Garden renovation project has been going so far.

On February 26, 2024 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to inaugurate the commencement of its Campus and Sculpture Garden Renovation Project, slated to be completed Fall 2024.

The story of the Old Hundred, the original galleries at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, as a turning point in Robert Indiana's career and the place he found "LOVE."

This Spring, the Aldrich Teen Fellows worked with exhibiting artist Hangama Amiri on a project that allowed the Fellows to share their reflections on the themes found in Amiri's exhibition with the wider Aldrich community.

Willoughby Thom, The Aldrich's Summer Intern, reflects on her time at the Museum and the work she did with both Marketing & Communications and Education Departments. She worked on a number of projects during her 8-week internship but primarily focused on digitizing and cataloguing a large portion of material from the late to mid-1990's as well as conduct a visitor's experience survey for the museum's Third Saturday programming.

High school intern Soren Covell reflects on his month-long internship at The Aldrich witnessing the installation of 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone.

Learn about the making of the Museum's largest exhibition to date, 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, from Caitlin Monachino, Curatorial Assistant and Publications Manager.

Blog entries from the Fall 2021 cohort of Aldrich Teen Fellows speaking about their projects inspired by Hugo McCloud and Lucia Hierro's exhibitions.

Tim Prentice (b. 1930) is known for his innovative work in the field of motion in sculpture. Prentice has been a resident of Connecticut since 1975, and After the Mobile marks his first solo museum exhibition since 1999.

Karla Knight has spent the last forty years creating an impressive body of work that spans painting, drawing, and photography.

Since The Aldrich’s founding in 1964, Frank Stella has participated in fifteen group shows, and yet, Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey marks the first exhibition dedicated solely to the artist at the Museum.