Calendar of Events
Events
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Reflections in Focus
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesReflections in Focus is a four-part mindfulness and gallery-observation series inviting participants to encounter Ming Smith's photography through intentional attention. Movement, relational care, and embodied awareness. Each session pairs an accessible mindfulness practice with sustained observation of selected works, reflective writing, and a simple invitation participants can carry into daily life. Across the series, participants...
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Booked and Framed Book Club: The Goldfinch
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesBook: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt After surviving a tragic accident that changes his life forever, thirteen-year-old Theo Decker clings to a small painting that becomes both his greatest comfort and his greatest burden. As he grows into adulthood, the painting draws him through worlds of art, love, wealth, and crime, forcing him to confront...
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History Hike: Indian Well State Park
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesTime: 10 AM–12 PM Price: Free Join us at Indian Well State Park for a scenic hike of the Woodsend and Paugussett Trail Loop (2 miles). Along the way, we will pass an overlook of the Housatonic River and a series of cliffs. where the Paugussett Tail. Whether you're looking for fresh air, great company, or stunning...
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Food for Life: Breast Cancer Prevention & Survival
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesThe classes in this series will bring into focus the undeniable connection between diet and cancer risk. Here we will focus more specifically on foods that have been shown to directly reduce breast cancer risk and support survival.The intended audience for this class is for cancer survivors and their family and friends, as well as...
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Memories at the MATT
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesTime: 11:30 AM–1 PM Price: Free A supportive program for people living with early-stage dementia and their care partners featuring an in-gallery tour, art activity, and complimentary lunch. Memories at the MATT is a free program available to all people living with early-stage dementia and their care partners. Come spend an afternoon in a supportive and fun...
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Family Fun Day: Halloween Spooktacular!
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesGet ready for a wonderfully wicked Family Fun Day where you'll create your own pinch-pot cauldron and craft haunted paper stained glass windows. Visit the galleries if you dare for mysterious touch and feel stations and a scavenger hunt before grabbing your sweet treats on the way out! FREE Register Here SUPPORT PROVIDED...
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Museums on Us
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesBank of America Museums on Us (1st full weekend of the month) Bank of America offers their cardholders free general admission – during the first full weekend of every month – to the Mattatuck Museum and other cultural institutions across the United States. Free admission for Bank of America, Merrill, & Bank of America Private Bank...
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Schools OUT! | Memories in Motion: Photography and Scrapbooking
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesEarly drop-off: 8–9:30 AM Late pick-up: 3:30–5 PM $50 General | $35 Members | $25 Kids Adventure Pass Step into the frame and tell your story! Inspired by the work of Ming Smith, campers will explore the art of visual storytelling through photography and scrapbooking. Campers will learn to look at the world through a...
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Member Perk
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesJoin us this November for a member trip to the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, where we'll take in Patchwork: Connecticut Artists Consider 250, a special exhibition marking the state's role in American art history. As fellow NARM institutions, FloGris and The MATT share a real kinship, and this trip is a chance to...
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Cocktails & Conversations: The Language of Art: Expression, Healing & Connection
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesHow can art communicate what words sometimes cannot? Join a Curatorial Team member at the Mattatuck Museum, along with Briana Benn Mirandi and Valerie Drake, art therapists from Art and Soul Art Therapy in Madison, for a conversation exploring mental health, the benefits of art therapy, and our exhibition Franne Davids and the World She...
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Museums on Us
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesBank of America Museums on Us (1st full weekend of the month) Bank of America offers their cardholders free general admission – during the first full weekend of every month – to the Mattatuck Museum and other cultural institutions across the United States. Free admission for Bank of America, Merrill, & Bank of America Private Bank...
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Kid’s Art Workshop: The World I Painted
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesInspired by Franne Davids, a painter from Waterbury, artists will be encouraged to use paint and a canvas to reimagine folklore art and create the world as they see from their imagination. Non-Members: $10 Adults: $5 Adventure Passholders: $0 Waterbury and Watertown Students: $0 Register Here Support provided by American Savings Foundation, Post University, and...
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Intermediate Art Workshop: Photography, Cityscapes, and Dreams
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesIn this workshop, teens will take cityscape photographs and paint to transform them into dreamlike landscapes. With paint in hand, teens will create blur, movement, light, shadow, and layering onto the landscape. This will not only reframe how each cityscape looks but how it feels and exists to them individually. Non-Members: $15 Members: $10 Adventure...
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Schools OUT! | Fractured Fairytales
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesEarly drop-off: 8–9:30 AM Late pick-up: 3:30–5 PM $50 General | $35 Members | $25 Kids Adventure Pass Step into a world where stories aren't just written, they're painted, torn and layered! Inspired by the art of Franne Davids, young artists will reimagine classic folklore and invent their own magical legends. Campers will use various...
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Lunch and Learn: Religion in American Federal Indian Law
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesJoin us for a delightful afternoon of good food and engaging conversations about local art and history! Order ahead from Sweet Bella @ The MATT or bring your own lunch to enjoy. Join guest speaker James Coppa, educator at the Institute for American Indian Studies and graduate student at Hartford International University, for a look...
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Reflections in Focus: Ming Smith
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesReflections in Focus is a four-part mindfulness and gallery-observation series inviting participants to encounter Ming Smith's photography through intentional attention. Movement, relational care, and embodied awareness. Each session pairs an accessible mindfulness practice with sustained observation of selected works, reflective writing, and a simple invitation participants can carry into daily life. Across the series, participants...
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Mixmaster Submissions Due
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesMIXMASTER is an annual juried exhibition that seeks to discover and recognize the talents of the Mattatuck Museum’s artist-members based in New England and the Tri-State region. Initiated in 2015 to support contemporary art and artists, MIXMASTER provides an opportunity for both established and emerging artists to exhibit their most recent work. As the Mattatuck...
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FREE Admission – Access for All
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesFree admission and programming on the Second Saturday of each month. Support provided by the Art Bridges Foundation
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Concert: Just Jazz Quintet: Reflections on Ming Smith
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesJoin Just Jazz, CT's only quintet with a chromatic harmonica player, for concert interpreting the photography of Ming Smith. Watch and listen as the band performs musical responses to key photographs from the exhibition. Experience the electrifying performance as the Just Jazz Quintet perform jazz classics and in the second set, perform musical responses to...
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Food For Life – Diabetes Initiative: Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesA growing body of research shows that a new approach to nutrition and diabetes can actually addressthe root cause of diabetes: insulin resistance. Common advice for diabetes management used to call for portion control, carbohydrate counting, and, for those who are overweight, calorie restrictions. Fortunately, there is an easier way. A low-fat plant-based diet can...
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Booked & Framed Book Club: The Improbability of Love
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesWhat happens when a forgotten painting opens the door to a world of art, intrigue, deception, and unexpected romance? Join the Booked & Framed Book Club for a discussion of The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild. When Annie McDee discovers a dirty painting in a London junk shop, she finds herself drawn into the...
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Tai Chi
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesImprove your energy and stamina as you move to the music with certified Tai Chi instructor Matt Dempsey. Matt will teach gentle movements that improve balance, flexibility, and mobility and reduce stiffness and soreness. Wear comfortable clothes. All levels welcome! FREE Register Here Sponsored by the Connecticut Community Foundation
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Memories at the MATT
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesMemories at the MATT is a free program for people living with early-stage dementia and their care partners. Spend time together in a supportive, welcoming environment while connecting with art and others in the community. The program includes an in-gallery tour and a hands-on group art activity led by a specially trained docent. Participants can...
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Senior Mornings
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesSenior Mornings: every Wednesday between 9:30-11:00 AM Enjoy the Museum’s collection and special changing exhibitions in a quiet and comfortable environment before the Museum opens.
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Chess
Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT, United StatesChess Lessons all ages and skill levels welcome. Learn chess or refresh your skills with private or semi-private lessons. Open to all. Every Saturday. Register Here Support provided by Connecticut Community Foundation
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