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WORK STUDY POSITIONS
We are looking for experienced retail/coffee shop associates for the fall. Must have work study funds available. Tuesday - Friday, need AM in particular (8am - noon).
Apply at The Benton front desk. Tuesday - Friday 8:30 - 3.

Summer Hours
The Store & The Beanery are open
Tuesday–Friday through August 6, 8:30 am–3 pm.

The galleries are closed.

Closed for Independence Day Weekend, July 2­–6.

July Today! July 29, 12:15 pm
Thursday Talk: Treasures from the Vault
"Off the Boardwalk: Lesser Known Locales by Reginald Marsh"¯
Docent Arthur Rovozzo.
A special piece of art from the Benton's "vault" will be the subject of a 45 minute talk by a member of the museum's docent program.
July 30, 12:15 pm
Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides (2001) This portrait of the revered Scottish sculptor known for his rock walls, icicle assemblages and other intricate, druidic masterpieces is a study of the fragile relationship between man, art and nature. [90 min.]
AugustFriday, August 20, 2010
Tanglewood Trip
Enjoy classical music under the stars, listening to soprano Dawn Upshaw and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The bus leaves Storrs at 3:30 pm and returns about 1 am. The cost is $55 for members / $62 for non-members. For information about this trip and membership, please call Lynn Eriksson at 860.486.1709 or visit our website for a pdf version of the trip flyer. More Info. (PDF)
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Past Exhibitions
March 25–May 9 CounterMart, An Installation by Abby Manock
March 25–May 9 Poem & Picture
April 1–May 9 The 2010 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
October 29–December 18, 2009The Spirit of Afghanistan: Carpets of War and Hope
Reception: October 30, 5–7 pm
September 24–December 18 Women's Work, Women's Dreams: A Century of Swedish Women's Arts
Reception: September 27, 1–3 pm
September 3–October 18 The 44th Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Reception: September 3, 5–7:30 pm  
June 6 – August 9, 2009Punch & Judy: Handpuppets, Politics & Humor
June 6 – August 9, 2009A Touch of Humor
Through May 10, 2009The Heywood Legacy: Twenty Years of Costumes for the Connecticut Repertory Theatre
April 4 – May 10, 2009Apperceptions: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition 2009
March 17 – May 10, 2009Anatomically Correct: Medical Illustrations, 1543–2008
April 4 – May 10, 2009Luigi Lucioni's American Countryside
January 20 – March 6, 2009 ¡Merengue! Visual Rhythms / Ritmos Visuales
January 20 – March 6, 2009Yuyanapaq: To Remember
January 20 – March 6, 2009Rhythms in Design
October 21 – December 19, 2008 Bound by Tradition and Religion: Tibetan Tangkas
October 21 – December 19, 2008 Mandala: The Sacred Circle of Vajrabhairava
November 4 – November 9, 2008 Monks of Namgyal Monastery Return to the Benton
August 26 – December 19, 2008Sera: The Way of the Tibetan Monk, The Photographs of Sheila Rock
September 2 – October 12, 200843rd Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
June 3 – August 10, 2008Stoned or Impregnated, New York Lithography, ca. 1960
November 6 – May 23, 2008Rome, Italy and Europe
April 12-May 11, 2008Pentameter: The 2008 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
March 19 – May 11, 2008Marcus Garvey: The Centennial Exhibition
January 22 – March 30, 2008The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946
January 22 – March 30, 2008Pamina Traylor’s Tagged
January 22 – March 30, 2008A Place Called Manzanar: Photographs by Ansel Adams
January 22 – March 30, 2008Manzanar and Tule Lake: A Soundscape by Richard Lerman
August 28 – November 4, 2007 42nd Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
September 8 – December 16, 2007 Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.
September 8 – December 16, 2007 Rodin's Contemporaries