JuneSaturday, June 2, 2012 - 1:45 PM
PUPPET SHOW
Seth Shaffer, a graduate student in the Puppet Arts Program, will present a half-hour puppet show sure to entertain people of all ages.

Museum galleries.
ALUMNI WEEKEND SPECIAL
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 12:15 pm
CAMPUS ART WALK
Learn about some of the sculptures and art you see on UConn's campus.
Meet at the Benton Museum and set off with a museum docent.
Wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to walk.
*This event is subject to cancellation in rainy weather.
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 12:15-1:15 pm
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, SEASON 6 - CHANGE
Featuring artists Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui, Catherine Opie


Over the past decade, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody Award-winning biennial television series, "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The Benton is pleased to show films from Season 5 & 6.

Running time: 1 hour

Bring your lunch!

East Gallery
Saturday, June 9, 2012 - 12:45-1:45 PM
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, SEASON 6 - CHANGE
Featuring artists Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui, Catherine Opie


Over the past decade, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody Award-winning biennial television series, "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The Benton is pleased to show films from Season 5 & 6.

Running time: 1 hour

Bring your lunch!

East Gallery
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 12:15 pm
THE ZACHENSKI BROTHERS
Jeffrey Chen on cello and electronics and Greg Zaluski on guitar and electonics bring together classical and world influences with modern and electronic components, creating vibrant and evocative soundscapes.
Bring your lunch and enjoy the music!
Outside at the Benton Patio if the weather is good, or inside the museum's East Gallery.


**Co-sponsored by The Student Activities and Programs Office, Student Union, UConn.
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 12:15-1:15 pm
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, SEASON 6 - BOUNDARIES
Featuring artists David Altmejd, assume vivid astro focus, Lynda Benglis


Over the past decade, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody Award-winning biennial television series, "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The Benton is pleased to show films from Season 5 & 6.

Running time: 1 hour

Bring your lunch!

East Gallery
Friday, June 16, 2012 - 12:15-1:15 pm
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, SEASON 6 - BOUNDARIES
Featuring artists David Altmejd, assume vivid astro focus, Lynda Benglis


Over the past decade, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody Award-winning biennial television series, "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The Benton is pleased to show films from Season 5 & 6.

Running time: 1 hour

Bring your lunch!

East Gallery
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In concert with the School of Fine Arts’ digital media initiatives and the debut of the interdisciplinary Digital Media Center early last year, the Benton presents an exhibition focused on the social and creative impact of digital media’s most ubiquitous arena: the Internet. From the development of the largely text-based and specialized World Wide Web of the 1990s through to the highly visual, user-generated Web 2.0 of the past decade, artists have continuously found inspiration in the form, context, and material of the Internet for their art practice.... More

From Objects to Object: Found Sculpture by Leo Sewell June 2–August 5, 2012

Philadelphia sculptor Leo Sewell (b. 1945) grew up in Annapolis near a naval community dump where he began playing with its “found” objects before he was ten. With the help of his father and access to his father’s workshop, he began creating assemblages using fasteners and welding. While in college in the 1960s, he studied modern art—writing a Master’s thesis on the "Use of the Found Object in Dada and Surrealism"—and decided to dedicate his life to making sculptures from manufactured objects... More

Four Seasons March 22–May 20
Reception: March 22, 4:30–6:30 pm

Philadelphia sculptor Leo Sewell (b. 1945) grew up in Annapolis near a naval community dump where he began playing with its “found” objects before he was ten. With the help of his father and access to his father’s workshop, he began creating assemblages using fasteners and welding. While in college in the 1960s, he studied modern art—writing a Master’s thesis on the "Use of the Found Object in Dada and Surrealism"—and decided to dedicate his life to making sculptures from manufactured objects... More

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Academic Plan The goal of the University's new academic plan is to create an outstanding educational environment for undergraduate and graduate study and to extend the research, scholarship, and values of this environment to as broad a specialist and public audience as possible. The William Benton Museum of Art can contribute substantially to the University’s academic mission through the intersection of scholarship, teaching, and outreach from among its many activities... Read More