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 pmSeth 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
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 pmLearn 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.
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 PMFeaturing 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
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 pmFeaturing 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
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 pmJeffrey 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.
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 pmFeaturing 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
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
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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Tuesday–Friday 8:30–4, Saturday & Sunday 1–4
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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
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
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
