Join the School of Fine Arts for two opening receptions. 
Benton Museum: 4:00 - 6:30 PM
Ballard Museum: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

At The Benton Museum:
Opening Reception for The Business of Bodies: Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941) and the Persuasion of Portraiture

Music by Survivors Swing Band

FREE. Open to everyone.

Cash Bar; Light hors d'oeuvres

Remarks at 5:00 PM

RSVP appreciated to 860-486-4520 or benton[at]uconn[dot]edu.

Continue on to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry for the opening reception of their newest exhibition Living Objects: African American Puppetry from 6:30-8:00 PM. For more information on the Ballard’s event, please click here.

Transportation will be available starting at 6:15 from the Benton Museum to the Ballard Museum and to the parking areas after that.