JOIN US FOR A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS IN & AROUND THE CAPITAL CITY.
From theatre and dance to music, literature, classic and cutting-edge visual art, there’s something for everyone to love. So get out and pARTicipate in the arts in our community with free and low-cost events sure to get your ART beating—all thanks to your generous donations toward the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign.


                                
                          

 

ARTS WEEK CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(ALL FREE EVENTS ARE MARKED BY **) 


Sunday Strolls | Butler-McCook House & Garden | 10am
Learn about the development of Main Street and see "Knit-Hit Hartford."


**Aetna Arts Week Kick-Off Happy Hour | The Russian Lady | 5pm
Grab a drink and some apps and color in sketches of Hartford landmarks.


**Cast Talk: Potted Potter | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | 12:30pm
Meet and ask questions to the cast of the popular Harry Potter parody.


**Tech Rehearsal and Discussion of Twelfth Night | Hartford Stage | noon
An open tech rehearsal and discussion of Shakespeare's comedy.


**Lunch & Learn w/ Anita Gangi Balkun | 100 Pearl Street Gallery | noon
Enjoy your lunch as Balkun discusses her exhibit, "Sanctuary," in the Gallery.

 
**Gallery Talk w/ Susan L. Talbott | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | noon
Examine art and the spiritual with the Wadsworth's Director & CEO. 
 



ARTS WEEK ONGOING EVENTS

“Sanctuary”: Mixed-Media Installation by Anita Gangi Balkun |100 Pearl Street Gallery
“This Won’t Hurt a Bit”: A History of Pain Relief | Connecticut Historical Society

“A Joint Venture: The Collection of Thomas & Kathryn Cox” | New Britain Museum of American Art
NEW/NOW: Michael Mahalchick: “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” | New Britain Museum of American Art

NEW/NOW: Brown Gillespie | New Britain Museum of American Art
Twelfth Night | Hartford Stage

Potted Potter | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
William Villalongo’s “Fierce!” | Real Art Ways

Tadashi Moriyama’s “Planetalgia” | Real Art Ways
“Burst of Light” Caravaggio and His Legacy” @ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Deb Sokolow / MATRIX 166: “Some concerns about the candidate” @ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Bill Viola’s Ascension | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Community Partners in Action: Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2013 | Charter Oak Cultural Center

 

 

 


























 

 

 

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