Thursdays with The Benton

The Benton’s popular First Thursday open house is online this semester with weekly activities, crafts, workshops & more! All events are free.

                    PAST EVENTS (Fall 2020):

                      • September 3:
                        Benton Museum Challenge with UConn’s Art & Art History Club
                        Recreate a work of art from the Benton’s collection.
                      • September 17:
                        Coloring Pages
                        Relax with a set of free coloring pages from The Benton.
                        Coloring pages are still available to download.
                      • October 8:
                        Creative Pumpkin Decorating
                        UConn Students Only.  Registration Required.  This event is limited to 25 participants.
                        Pick up your pumpkin and supplies from the museum and create your fall decoration for your dorm room or apartment.
                      • October 22:
                        DIY Fall Leaf Candle Holder
                        UConn Students Only.  Registration Required. This event is limited to 25 participants.
                        Pick up your jar and supplies at the museum to create a beautiful fall candle holder that can be used inside or outside.
                      • October 29:
                        Drawing Workshop, 6:30-7:30pm
                        Led by UConn Studio Art graduate student Magdalena Pawlowski. Offered via Zoom Webinar – registration is required.
                      •  November 5:
                        Healing with Poetic Release & UCCOx, 6:00 – 7:30
                        The power of poetry can help heal a community. The Benton Museum is partnering with UConn’s Poetic Release and UCCOx student clubs for a poetry and spoken word open mic night.  Speak your words or listen in.  Offered via Zoom Meetings. Registration required.
                      •  November 19: WHUS DJ Playlist
                        Finish the week with a playlist made just for Thursdays.
                      • November 26: Happy Thanksgiving
                      • December 3: Drawing Workshop, 6:30-7:30pm
                        Learn the basics of still life drawing with UConn Studio Art graduate student Magdalena Pawlowski. Offered via Zoom Webinar – registration is required.
                    • Spring 2021
                      • January 28:
                        Benton Museum Challenge
                        Recreate a work of art from the Benton’s collection.
                        Click on the link above for details.
                      • February 4:
                        Drawing Workshop, 6:30-7:30pm
                        Learn the basics of still life drawing with UConn Studio Art graduate student Magdalena Pawlowski. Offered via Zoom Webinar – registration is required.
                      • February 11:
                        Poetry and Spoken Word Open Mic. Celebrating Black History Month with Poetic Release & UCCOx, 6:00 – 7:30
                        The Benton Museum is partnering with UConn’s Poetic Release and UCCOx student clubs for this event.
                        Speak your words or listen in.  Offered via Zoom Meetings. Registration  with a UConn email required
                      • February 18:
                        Coloring Pages
                        Relax with a set of free coloring pages from The Benton.
                        Coloring pages are still available to download.
                      • February 25:
                        DJ Set Playlist from WHUS
                        Finish the week with a playlist made just for Thursdays.
                      • March 4:
                        Fridays for Future Club Takeover
                        Inspired by the exhibition
                      • April 22:
                        Drawing Workshop, 6:30-7:30pm
                        Led by UConn Studio Art graduate student Magdalena Pawlowski. Offered via Zoom Webinar – registration is required.
                      • The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene, and the UConn Reads 2021 book selection, members of UConn’s Fridays for Future club present The Contradictions of Green Capitalism.
                      • March 11:
                        Drawing Workshop, 6:30-7:30pm
                        Learn the basics of still life drawing with UConn Studio Art graduate student Magdalena Pawlowski. Offered via Zoom Webinar – registration is required.
                      • March 18:
                        Art & Art History Club Takeover – Looking Through Drawing
                        Members of UConn’s Art & Art History Club engage the art of Käthe Kollwitz through a collaborative drawing activity.  For UConn Student’s only.
                      • March 25:
                        Project Fashion Takeover – Environmentalism through fashion
                        The museum has partnered with UConn’s Project Fashion Club.  Club participants will present how a Museum exhibition and UConn Reads 2021 influenced their creative designs.
                      • April 1:
                        UConn Grief Project zine launch
                      • April 8:
                        DJ Set Playlist from WHUS
                        Finish the week with a playlist made just for Thursdays

                          • April 22:
                            Drawing Workshop, 6:30-7:30pm
                            Led by UConn Studio Art graduate student Magdalena Pawlowski.