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Housatonic
Museum
of Art

Housatonic
Museum
of Art

The Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) holds one of the largest art collections of any community college in the United States with almost 7,000 artworks. The focus of the HMA is modern and contemporary American and European art, including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, Cindy Sherman, and Jenny Holzer. The collection also includes artwork from Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Unlike most campus museums, the HMA displays selections of its collection throughout CT State Housatonic. Visitors also enjoy the special exhibitions and programs offered in the Burt Chernow Galleries. Free and open to the public!

September 18, 2024 — February 21, 2025

Arwe Journey: Twentieth-Century Afri-Caribbean Migration

In this exhibition, the artist Iyaba Ibo Mandingo tells the story of the Afri-Caribbean migration to Europe and North America in the twentieth century through his paintings and sculptures.
20 Nov, 2021 —  5 Jan, 2022
November 29, 2024

Sweet Grass: Dancing with My Ancestors

Prayer bundles from the opening of Sweet Grass: Dancing with My Ancestors
The exhibition features the artwork of Kim Weston, an Afro-Indigenous artist whose long exposure photographs at powwows invites her ancestors’ spirits to reveal themselves in the image.
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