Monday–Thursday 12-6 p.m.
Friday–Saturday 1-5 p.m.
To make an appointment for class visits, please contact the Gallery Director, Carrie Cushman: ccushman@hartford.edu
Find inspiration and let your imagination wander by attending one or more of over a dozen art exhibitions presented by the Hartford Art School each year. From renowned visiting artists and retrospectives, to student and faculty shows, a variety of mediums and innovative expressions are on exhibit for all to experience.
The events listed below are open the public, as are the opening receptions for each show.
Pathways: HAS Faculty Show
September 12 – December 14, 2024
Joseloff Gallery
This exhibition unveils the latest creations from the esteemed faculty of the Hartford Art School. The artwork, while diverse in materials, subject matter, and style, represents a collective commitment to curiosity, process, and making. From porcelain to woodcut prints and even augmented reality, the exhibition paints a rich portrait of the multiple creative realms explored by HAS faculty members.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12, 5–7 p.m. at Joseloff Gallery
Artist Panel: Wednesday, September 25, 12:45–2 p.m. at Wilde Auditorium
Art History Panel: Monday, October 7, 12:45–2 p.m. at Wilde Auditorium
Jazz Night: Friday, October 25, 4:30–6 p.m. at Joseloff Gallery
Poetry Night: Thursday, November 14, 5:30–7 p.m. at Joseloff Gallery
image caption: Terry Feder, Hillstead 1, 2024, Oil on metal
First-Year Foundations
November 4 – 23, 2024
Silpe Gallery
Join the Hartford Art School in celebrating a new cohort of talented thinkers and makers. This annual exhibition features students’ work created during their first three months in the First-Year Foundations program.
HAS Holiday Sale
December 6 – 13, 2024
Silpe Gallery
Your one-stop shop for holiday shopping and seasonal giving! HAS student clubs join forces for an annual exhibition and fundraiser that supports students, alumni, faculty, and friends.
Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
January 13 – 31, 2025
Held in collaboration with the Connecticut Art Education Association, Inc., this juried exhibition recognizes the best student artwork from public, parochial, and private schools throughout Connecticut.
Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition
January 30 – February 22, 2025
Joseloff Gallery
The annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition invites all University of Hartford students to submit their best works to be selected for exhibition by an invited juror. Of the works chosen, two receive $1,000 Purchase Prizes and enter the Goldfarb Memorial Collection, owned by the Hartford Art School and proudly displayed in public spaces throughout the University.
Juror: Chenoa Baker, Independent Curator
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation: Thursday, January 30, 5–7 p.m.
Community Show
February 10 – 22, 2025
Silpe Gallery
The 2025 Community Show is a collaborative initiate between Hartford Art School and community colleges throughout the nation.
Dream Murals: Public Art with Hartford Art School Alumni
March 3 – April 12, 2025
Silpe Gallery
In this community-focused exhibition, we give over the gallery walls to six alumni of the Hartford Art School to paint their dream murals. Working in public art, muralists often bend to the wishes and desires of their clients. At the same time, murals can be collaborative projects in the best of ways—an opportunity to tap into a community and give it visual expression on a large scale. This exhibition creates an opportunity for alumni to take what they have learned from these experiences and to share lessons about the transformative power of public art with the next generation of artists at the Hartford Art School.
Artist Panel & Closing Reception: Friday, April 4, 4-6 p.m.
image caption: Sophy Tuttle, Alma, 2024, Acrylic on wood
The Georgette and Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts Exhibition: Silas Munro
March 6 – April 12, 2025
Joseloff Gallery
The Georgette and Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts is an annual appointment for visiting teaching artists that rotates through each discipline at the Hartford Art School. For the 2024-25 academic year, the Visual Communication Design Department is pleased to welcome Silas Munro, whose solo exhibition Black Grids will explore the grid as a design tool with deep ties to the artist's Ugandan heritage, where he locates the roots of Black liberatory forms.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6, 5–7 p.m.
Koopman Artist Talk: Wednesday, March 26, 5–6:30 p.m. followed by Community Dinner
BFA Thesis Exhibitions
Round 1: April 19–27, 2025
Joseloff Gallery: Illustration
Silpe Gallery: Visual Communication Design
Closing Reception: Saturday, April 26, 6–8 p.m.
Round 2: May 3–11, 2025
Joseloff Gallery: Painting / Printmaking / Sculpture
Silpe Gallery: Ceramics / IMA / Photography
Reception: Saturday, May 3, 6–8 p.m.
Ceramics Post Baccalaureate Exhibition
May 16-24, 2025
Joseloff Gallery
MEANDERS / MEANDRE: Romanian Artists in CT
May 30 - June 28, 2025
Silpe Gallery
What experiences mold and erode our paths? What do we carry with us, what do we leave behind? What journeys have marked us, unfolding in our art?
Through works of varied scale and media, our group of Romanian-born artists practicing in the Northeast U.S. and in Romania invites the audience to step into the space where our paths unfold together. Using structure and pattern, binding or flowing geometries, shifts in rhythm and dimension, existing and new work will frame the journey as the destination.
MEANDERS includes work that connects us across the geographies and time of our individual practices, from specific cultural roots, real places and characters, to stories, fantasy, and immersive assemblies of color and pattern.
The exhibit is organized by RoArtConn, a workgroup of Romanian artists collaborating to increase the visibility of the artistic contributions and achievements made by Romanian artists in America.
MEANDERS / MEANDRE brings our paths together in the second public show organized by our group, a stage for renewed collaborations and new explorations in divergence and affinity.
Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 6-8 p.m.
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 21, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
MFA Thesis Exhibitions
Exhibit 1: Illustration
July 2025
Joseloff Gallery
Exhibit 2: Photography
August 2025
Joseloff Gallery