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Enjoy this unique exhibition of rock music memorabilia from the archive of editor, journalist, and radio disc jockey Ken Best. This personal collection features decades worth of iconic photos, album covers, posters and promotional materials that Best has amassed while writing about music for newspapers in New Jersey and Connecticut and interviewing musicians and authors on the radio at WPKN in Bridgeport and WHUS in Storrs. Highlighted will be 50 photos of major rock 'n' roll figures by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia, including his famous image of Jimi Hendrix at Woolsey Hall in New Haven in 1968, known as "The Shadow," from Best and Sia's 1992 book,Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock 'n' Roll (Pomegranate Books).

Join Curator of Education, Matthew Marshall for a walk-through of the exhibition Encounters with the Collection: Exploring America at 250. The exhibition draws on the museum's holdings of American art to think broadly about how the very word "American" can be defined: as an identity, a place, and an idea. Highlights include landscapes and cityscapes by Ansel Adams, Martin Johnson Heade, and Richard Misrach; representations of President Abraham Lincoln across different media; and a salon-style wall of portraits from the 18th century to the present. Also featured are recent additions to the collection by Valerie Hegarty, Jeffrey Gibson, and Sarah Sense. This presentation of key works from the Benton's collection will encourage dialogue about American art, culture, and identity. Visitors are encouraged to think about the ideas and ideals that shaped America at its founding while also exploring how they resonate in America today and for the future. FREE