How the Weston Woods Was Won Weston (Google Maps location) March 13, 2010 Update: Morton Schindel passed away in 2016 at the age of 98. This place no longer exists as we visited it, and that makes my wife and I very, very sad. We both loved meeting Mort and could have spent a week with him in Weston. His house and … [Read more...]
Eagle Rock
Fly Eagle Fly! Route 66 Hebron Equally handsome from either direction, Eagle Rock stands sentry in Hebron, Just north of the Marlborough line. Probably the proudest of Connecticut's roadside painted rocks, and one of the few fully endorsed by the town in which it resides. Which is Hebron. Not Marlborough. By mere … [Read more...]
PhotoSynthesis Gallery
Down the Dark Alleys of Manchester* Manchester (Google Maps location) November 20, 2010 *Photosynthesis moved to East Hartford in 2018. See update at bottom! What a day. A surprise visit from EdHill, a hastily thrown together itinerary, A fairly well-behaved Damian, the largest serviceberry tree in America, … [Read more...]
Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center
History! Industry! Art! Buttons! Phew… I’m MattaTuckered Out. Waterbury (Google Maps location) August 9, 2009 The Mattatuck is a Conneticut Art Trail site. I’ve procrastinated writing about the Mattatuck for all the right reasons: It’s huge, it’s excellent and it’s more or less four museums in one. There is … [Read more...]
196. Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at MCC
A Show of Hans… Who Likes Quilts? Manchester (Google Maps location) November 20, 2010 To answer my title, I do not like quilts or quilting. And judging by this picture, neither does Damian. Just not our thing. Oh sure, I like how they keep me warm and there’s the whole old school quilting of historical … [Read more...]
174. ArtSpace Hartford
ArtSpaaaaaace Cowboys Hartford (Google Maps location) July 16, 2010 This would be one of the things you’re reading here on CTMQ because I recently (spring/summer 2010) expanded what my own definition of museum was to me. All Hartford ArtSpace is is a large empty room that the artists who live in the ugly loft … [Read more...]
Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School
Beautiful Litchfield County Never Looked So Beautiful Salisbury (Google Maps location) October 2010 I love Salisbury. In fact, I wouldn’t mind living up there at all. Oh sure, it’s pretentious and everyone drives Volvos and Audis, but that’s no different from where I live now in West Hartford. Salisbury is just … [Read more...]
164. Bruce Museum
I’m Not Booing, I’m Saying “Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!” Greenwich (Google Maps location) May 8, 2010 2019 Update: The Bruce is undergoing a major renovation, so a revisit is in order. The Bruce Museum is a Connecticut Art Trail site. There’s an old comment on some page here on CTMQ where someone named … [Read more...]
177. ArtPlace at Yale Physician’s Building
You Need Guts to Go Here… Um, No You Don’t New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 No, this isn’t a museum. Not even close. But since I recently opened up my CTMQ definitions to include non-commercial galleries, I’ve been able to check out some interesting and different types of what I still loosely … [Read more...]
Real Art Ways
Kevin Van Ael-some Hartford (Google Maps location) August 5, 2010 I’m a lucky dude. No, not only because I’m so gosh-darn handsome, but also because I get to meet a lot of really cool and talented people along the CTMQ-way. Sure, I’ve been on the teevee and in several newspapers and magazines, but it’s still … [Read more...]
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