Mallett Art Gallery
pictured above: With and Against the Grain, Benjamin Parker + Tom Crain, Fall 2022
MISSION
The mission of the Mallett Gallery is to support the arts at Capital and in the community. Gallery programming celebrates heritage and expression, often in dialog with the efforts of Capital’s neighboring museums, theaters, music, and historic places. Historically poised within the G. Fox & Co. Building, the gallery was once one of the first art deco style department stores in the state (est. 1847).
HISTORY
The Mallett Gallery is named in honor of the second President of the college, Dr. Conrad LeRoy Mallett Sr., a lover of the arts, who served as an honorary board member of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and on the board of the Amistad Center for Arts and Culture. Mallett retired from the Presidency of then Hartford Connecticut Capital Community Technical College in 1996.
VISIT US
Mallett Art Gallery
CT State Capital Campus
950 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
VIRTUAL TOUR
Free and open to the public:
M/T/W/T/F. 8:00am-8:00pm
Sat. 8:00am-1:30pm
Sun. closed
FALL 2024
SUMMER 2024
On View: May 8 – August 13, 2024
Trash to Treasure is an open call for art to everyone, artists and non-artists alike in celebration of Earth Day and the end of the Spring 2024 semester. Projects on view were created using materials destined for the landfill and instead turned into art, providing a variety of investigations into the topic of sustainability.
Stephen Grossman (image 2), who was trained as an architect, also interprets materials to highlight the interpretation of different spaces, sharing on his website “The art I make relates to the human body and the means through which it experiences its environment. I am interested in the boundary between perception and cognition.”
Leila Daw (image 3) has a parallel exhibit at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, of which Greenwich Time reported, “Daw has been studying the Earth for most of her life in works ranging in inspiration from its early geological beginnings, to the land, sea and air around us, through mapping imagery and the relationship between man and environment in an eclectic and creative array of media.” Artwork by Leila Daw is on permanent display at Bradley International Airport above the ticket counters.
SPRING 2024
Opening Reception: Thurs. March 21st | 4:00 – 5:00 PM
On View: March 7 – April 28, 2023
ARTISTS ON VIEW
- Ashley Innocent (Hartford, CT) shares a body of work responding to connections of the natural world and the human body; ultimately personifying nature and exploring the essence and energy of color, emotions, and beauty that we see and feel often. IG: ashley.thecreator
- Amaya Jade (Windsor, CT) is drawn to the interconnectedness of flowers, symbolizing life, death, and love. Flowers, in their cyclical nature of life and death, serve as powerful symbols in her acrylic and oil pastels. IG: feyerelotus
- Bizzie Ruth (Hartford, CT) displays En Rouge, a set of five photographs of Amaya Jade, channeling filmmaking, photography, and graphic design to celebrate the beauty of black and brown communities. Bizzie is also Founder and Director of THE PHOTOBOOTH, her art curation company. IG: @bizzier_
EVENTS
- Thurs. 3/21 Positive Affirmation Card Workshop (2:00-4:00pm) in the cafeteria, supplies provided, hosted by Capital’s Women’s Group.
- Thurs. 3/21 Artists Reception (4:00-5:00pm) Meet the artists, share your Affirmation cards with refreshments, sponsored by the DEI Committee.
CALLS FOR ENTRY
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
Fall 2023
Arts Potluck: Student Art Show
On view: Dec. 7 – Jan. 26, 2024
Press Release and More Information: click here.
The Power of the Elements: Art Connection Studio
Opening Reception: Fri. Sept. 29th | 4:00 – 7:00 PM
On view: Sept. 1 – Nov. 1, 2023
Organization Website: www.artconnectionstudio.com
Spring 2023
Asian Influence: Student & Community Art Show
Opening Reception: Mon. May 1st | 12 PM
On view: April 24 – Aug. 10, 2023
Enter your art online by Sun. April 23, 2023
Entry Form: click here.
What Looms: the Hartford Artisans Weaving Center
Opening Reception: Wed. March 22nd | 12 PM
On view: March 7 – April 14, 2023
Organization Website: www.weavingcenter.org
Fall 2022
Art of the Divergents: Student Art Show
Opening Reception: Wed. Dec. 7th | 12 PM
On view: Dec. 7 – Feb. 15, 2023
Enter your art online by Sun. Dec. 4, 2022
Entry Form: click here.
With and Against the Grain: Tom Crain and Ben Parker
Closing Reception: Sat. Dec. 3rd | 12 PM
On view: Jul. 21 – Sat. Dec. 3, 2022
Artist Websites: Tom Crain and Ben Parker
Spring 2020
29th CRT Show: National Arts Program
in partnership with Community Renewal Team, Inc.
Awards Ceremony: Sat. Feb. 22nd | 11 AM
On view: Feb. 13 – March 4, 2020
Organization Websites: www.crtct.org and www.nationalartsprogram.org
CT Women’s Hall of Fame: Rise Up Sisters
Jeanne Ciravolo: The Body Politic
On view: Jan. 22 – Jan. 31, 2020
Organization Website: www.cwhf.org
Artist Website: www.ciravolo.com
Fall 2019
Spotlight: Open Studio Hartford
Opening Reception: Wed., Nov. 20th | 1 – 2 PM
Open Studio Hartford Weekend Stop: Sat., Nov. 16th | 9 AM – 1 PM
On view: Nov. 13 – Dec. 9, 2019
with: A.D. Bloom, Genti Bushi, Barbara Hocker, Suzanne Levy, Kathi Packer, Sarah Rohlfing, Angela Schenk, Eric Urquhart, Anthony Zito
Organization Website: www.openstudiohartford.com
Pedro Martin Declet & Pedro Valentin
Opening Reception: Wed., Oct. 9th | 1 – 3 PM
On view: Oct. 2 – Nov. 11, 2019