Exhibitions

Flora/Fauna: The Naturalist Impulse in American Art

June 3 – September 17, 2017

Willard Metcalf, Collection Chest, Wood containing a collection of butterflies, moths, birds’ eggs, nests and supporting documents, 64 ½ x 42 ¼ x 14 ¼, Florence Griswold Museum

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Fall Exhibitions
September 30, 2017-January 28, 2018
Three exhibitions examine social consciousness and community participation.


World War I and Connecticut Artists illuminates the significant role played by artists with ties to Connecticut in mobilizing public sentiment for America’s entry into the war and in defining a new role for art in the field of modern warfare. In particular, members of the Lyme Art Colony pioneered designs for naval camouflage painted on the hulls of ships and created celebrated images such as Childe Hassam’s depictions of a flag-draped New York as the emblem of the nation that would tip the balance in favor of the Allies.

Oscar Fehrer: Reflecting and Reflections presents a selected retrospective of work from every period of Fehrer’s career—early charcoal drawings, portraits, and plein air landscapes—to reconsider Fehrer’s contribution to the art world on both a local and international level.

Contemporary photographer Pola Esther presents A Room of Her Own (Ballad of Ruth Coxe), an exhibition of photographs and installation elements that conjure this complex and unconventional woman. Coxe, who died at age 85 in 2015, was an embattled figure who clashed with others on politics, feminism, and religion.