Arts & Culture

Final artwork of title page for In the Night Kitchen (New York: Harper & Row, 1970), The Maurice Sendak Collection. Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation.

First Look at Sendak Collection Items: In the Night Kitchen Exhibit

In 1969, children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak wrote excitedly about his work on In the Night Kitchen. “I’m mad for it-and it’s mad,” he noted.

At Hartford Jazzfest this summer left to right: Jeremy Baouche ’19 (ENG), Aaron Eaddy ’14 (ENG), Singngam, Walters, Marsters, and McNeill.

Midtown Funk — Funky Dawgz Brass Band

From a European tour to Madison Square Garden, the Funky Dawgz Brass Band is on a serious roll.

Sub-Antarctic Chile. (Bernard Goffinet/Submitted Image)

The Art of Organisms Living in the Extreme

Images of Professor Bernard Goffinet's work debuted at the Chilean embassy this week, drawing attention to the tremendous and unaccounted for biodiversity in a region of that country.

Four men with bluegrass instruments stand on stage before a large audience

Brothers of We Banjo 3 Bring Fresh Sound to Jorgensen

The Irish bluegrass group We Banjo 3 brings its signature mix of musical styles to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 17.

Child molds princess bodies out of clay.

Study: On Screen, Girls’ Bodies are Changing

The bodies of female characters in animated films have changed within the last two decades and the impact on young viewers merits further study, says Rebecca Rowe of UConn.

Donna and John Krenicki, both UConn Class of 1984. (Submitted Photo)

$5M Gift Launches Arts and Engineering Institute

University of Connecticut alumni John and Donna Krenicki gave $5 million to the university’s Schools of Fine Arts and Engineering to launch the Krenicki Arts and Engineering Institute.

Asante Artist (Ghana) Stool, Gift of Janine and Josef Gugler, William Benton Museum of Art.

African Art Exhibit Represents Diverse Ethnic Groups

While conducting research on the urban transformation of developing countries in Africa, Josef Gugler, emeritus professor of sociology, and his wife, Janine, a printmaker, also spent time with artists who created a variety of works that they purchased for their own collection of African art. The couple recently donated the art they acquired to the […]

Professor Blends Art and Science in ‘The Colony’

The Colony, a performance about the evolution of communication in two of the most social creatures on earth — humans and ants — can be seen tonight, Saturday, and Sunday.

The exhibit, "Seeing Truth," will challenge notions of what counts as a “scientific” object or as “art,” which will in turn challenge the assumption that there is only one way of understanding and valuing truth and knowledge.

Luce Foundation Grant Launches ‘Seeing Truth’ Exhibit

The exhibition will challenge notions of what counts as a 'scientific' object or as 'art,' which will, in turn, challenge the assumption that there is only one way of understanding truth and knowledge.

Two actors on stage, an African-American woman and a white man, warily eye each other in a backdrop of Aboriginal Austrlian art and scenery

Behind the Scenes With UConn’s Resident Dramaturg

Dramaturgs are often the unsung heroes in bringing plays to vivid life, explains Professor Lindsay Cummings.