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Museum News

NBMAA hosting 22nd annual Juneteenth celebration
By Brian M. Johnson, New Britain Herald, May 30, 2023

An Afternoon at the New Britain Museum of American Art
By Erica Tannen, The E List, February 6, 2023

Halloween Spooktacular draws hundreds
By Erica Drzewiecki, The Bristol Press, October 30, 2022

Free Halloween Spooktacular event highlights October events at New Britain Museum of American Art
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, September 28, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art offers free Saturday admission
By Dean Wright, New Britain Herald, September 3, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art will be hosting Nor'Easter: The 52nd Annual Juried Members Exhibition
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, July 22, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art brings back 'Art Summer Nights' event
By Alexis Dascher, New Britain Herald, July 18, 2022

Weekly art therapy classes taking place at the NBMAA this summer
By Erica Drzewiecki, New Britain Herald, July 17, 2022

Bysiewicz, area officials visit New Britain Museum of American Art to highlight state's Summer at the Museum program
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, July 11, 2022

Liszt enthusiasts gather for piano recital
By Erica Drzewiecki, New Britain Herald, June 26, 2022

Here are Juneteenth events taking place across Connecticut
By Jennifer Glatz, FOX61, June 13, 2022

Here's a look at Juneteenth celebrations across Connecticut
By Jim Welch, Connecticut Public Radio, June 10, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art hosting 21st annual Juneteenth Celebration
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, June 7, 2022

Several events planned at New Britain Museum of American Art to celebrate Mother's Day
By Ciara Hooks, The New Britain Herald, April 29, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art hosting symposium on sustainable tourism and hospitality
By Ciara Hooks, The New Britain Herald, April 7, 2022

Road Trip: New Britain is home to first museum dedicated to acquiring American art
By News 12 Staff, News 12 Connecticut, March 31, 2022

New art project entitled 'Piecing Together a New Britain Story' seeking community's help in creating final product; here's how to take part
By Ciara Hooks, The New Britain Herald, March 30, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art offering free activities for families during spring break
By Ciara Hooks, The New Britain Herald, March 30, 2022

Thomas Hart Benton's 'The Arts of Life in America': Creative Impulses
By Willard Spiegelman, The Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2022

NBMAA explores continent’s transformation
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican American, March 23, 2022

'North America Divided' is new installation on display at New Britain Museum of American Art

By Ciara Hooks, The New Britain Herald, March 18, 2022

Brett Abbott of the New Britain Museum of American Art
By Suzanne Volmer, Artscope, March/April 2022

Museum Releases New Lineup Of Activities
By Ciara Hooks, Southington Patch, March 3, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art has new lineup of studio classes, educational programs, social events
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, March 2, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art has new lineup of studio classes, educational programs, social events
By Ciara Hooks, The Bristol Press, March 2, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art celebrates Presidents Day with free admission, slew of activities

By Justin Muszynski, New Britain Herald, February 21, 2022

10 events to visit in Connecticut this March
By Paul Joseph, New England Magazine, February 22, 2022

Weekends in Connecticut!
KISS 95-7, February 16, 2022

Black History Month: Amistad Center for Arts & Culture Along with New Britain Museum of American Art
By Dominique Moody, NBC Connecticut, February 16, 2022

New Britain museum celebrates Black History Month with exhibition, community programs
By Faith Williams, Record Journal, February 11, 2022

Black History Month events held across Connecticut
By Jennifer Glatz, FOX 61, February 1, 2022

Blumenthal announces National Endowment for the Arts grant
By Jeniece Roman, The New Britain Herald, January 25, 2022

New Britain Museum Of American Art To Celebrate Black History Month
By Jeniece Roman, Patch, January 25, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art celebrates Black History Month
CT Post, January 26, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art celebrates Black History Month
Stamford Advocate, January 26, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art will celebrate Black History month with a variety of events
By Jeniece Roman, The Bristol Press, January 24, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art honors Martin Luther King Jr.
By Kay Perkins, Connecticut Public Radio, January 17, 2022

MLK Day celebration in West Hartford focuses on King’s ‘Strength to Love’
By Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, January 17, 2022

 

Exhibitions

The Black Matriarchs Series

Exhibit to celebrate Black women who lived, worked in New Britain
New Britain Herald
, May 30, 2023

 

Walter Wick: Hidden Wonders!

Creator of 'I Spy' book series, Hartford's Walter Wick, discusses his work
By Janet Reynolds, Connecticut Magazine, May 18, 2023

Museum exhibition celebrates the world of Walter Wick

By Phil Hall, Westchester & Fairfield Business Journals, March 29, 2023

Walter Wick's artwork subject of NBMAA exhibit starting March 31
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, March 22, 2023

 

Masterworks of Shaker Design: A Tale of Two Enfields

Art review: How can Shaker furniture be so alike when communities were miles apart?
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, April 10, 2023

 

Edward Burtynsky: Earth Observed

Art review: Burtynsky offers breathtaking, natural beauty. It’s also grisly
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, February 18, 2023

Photographs that don’t so much confront scale as embrace it
By Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe, January 11, 2023

New Britain museum hosts collection of important photographs
By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Republican-American, January 25, 2023

 
Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads

New Britain Museum of American Art to feature Cheshire artist in latest exhibit
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, October 3, 2022

 
American Realism Today

New Britain museum’s American Realism exhibit explodes with mystique, muscle
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, October 15, 2022
 

Jenney known for unique, influential Realist work
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, October 15, 2022

 
30 Americans

"30 Americans"
By Susan Rand Brown, Art New England, September/October 2022

'I haven't seen an exhibit quite like this' | New Britain Museum of American Art opens new exhibition focused on Black artists
By Raquel Harrington, FOX61, July 14, 2022

Contemporary Black artists claim their place in the world in ‘30 Americans’ exhibit at NBMAA
By Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, July 3, 2022

'30 Americans' Display Features African American Art in New Britain
By Leslie Mayes, NBC Connecticut, June 22, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Arts' latest exhibit embraces voices of Black artists
By Alexis Dascher, New Britain Herald, June 8, 2022

 
Mildred Thompson: Cosmic Flow

Interpreting the Universe
By Nell Porter Brown, Harvard Magazine, July-August, 2022

‘Unseen energy and forms’
New England Diary
, May 28, 2022

 
Early Modern America

Alive with tension: Early modern American art a complex story
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, June 4, 2022

 
Poetry of Nature

Awakening the Senses: Hudson River School landscapes captivate in a traveling exhibition on view now at the New Britain Museum of American Art
American Fine Art Magazine, March/April 2022 Edition 

10 events to visit in Connecticut this March
By Paul Joseph, New England Magazine, February 22, 2022

Intimate, expressive: Hudson River School shows elegiac, poetic touch in New Britain
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, February 19, 2022

Things to do in Connecticut this week (Jan. 27–Feb. 2)
By Patricia LaPietra, Connecticut Magazine, January 26, 2022

Hudson River School Landscapes On View Alongside Frederick Law Olmsted Bicentennial Events
Art Fix Daily, January 18, 2022

View of the Frederick Law Olmsted Bicentennial Events as well as Hudson River School Landscapes
Darik.News | Connecticut News, January 18, 2022

 
Shantell Martin Virtual Reality

New Britain Museum of American Art to feature Shantell Martin with virtual reality exhibition
by Jeniece Roman, New Britain Herald, January 20, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art to feature Shantell Martin with virtual reality exhibition
Opera News, January 20, 2022 


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