Current Exhibitions
From the creation of the multi-million dollar Norwich Industrial Park to the revolutionary computerized cutting machine, John Meyer was a true innovator, bringing trendsetting style to the Northeast. The John Meyer of Norwich label provided a certain status and confidence to stylish women from the 1950s through the 1970s. Meyer’s daughter, Elise, has compiled an archive of the groundbreaking businessman including photographs, stories and vintage clothing. The exhibition is a stunning tribute to this lasting American phenomenon. Supported in part by:
Artist Mark Beard, the accomplished painter, print-maker, sculptor and noted theatrical set designer is a master of fiction. His talent is so overflowing that he developed a number of distinct artist personalities with intertwining story-lines, each with a detailed biography and portrait photograph, to enable himself to work in a variety of styles and mediums. The central figure in this fantasy world of Beard’s is his imaginary great-uncle Bruce Sargeant (1898–1938), an English artist and contemporary of E. M. Forster, Rupert Brooke, and John Sloan. The fictitious Sargeant is a painter who largely idealized and celebrated the beauty of the male form who, had he not met a tragic and unexpected death in a wrestling accident at the age of 40, may have gone on to achieve the fame and renown of such painters as James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Eakins, or Winslow Homer. Image: Mark Beard, Two Men Standing, date unknown Supported in part by:
With her camera in hand Carolyn Marks Blackwood finds her courage and creates deceivingly simple photographs of things we all know— newly harvested cornfields, huge flocks of birds in the fall, the ice as it moves on the tides and shatters like glass on the banks of the Hudson River. She finds her pictures by cropping them, never manipulating them, and skillfully redefines our perception of the familiar.
Visit the long forgotten lunar mining colony on the museum roof. Built to work autonomously, it is now breaking down but it drives on because the robots keep on going -- that is what they do. Image: Detail of Roofbots, sculpture installation by Tom Torrey Supported in part by:
Since its founding in 1877, the Mattatuck Museum has continuously sought to build a collection that represents the history of Waterbury, the region and the state of Connecticut. Over time, gifts, bequests, and purchases have contributed to make it one of the gems of our community. With a unique collection of over 8,000 objects, this exhibition draws upon the museum’s holdings to present a sampling of 50 objects that tell the story of Waterbury from its founding to the present. Covering all three floors of the museum, this exhibition also extends to some of the important landmarks and parks of the city. Image: Indian Deed to Ancient Proprietors of Mattatuck, December 2, 1684; Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
The photo exhibition focuses on Holy Land USA, a shrine and tourist attraction in Waterbury that closed to the public in 1984. The 19 acre property includes miniature replicas of ancient Bethlehem and Jerusalem and once attracted over 200,000 persons each year. Documentary and fine art photographer Joy Bush captures the piety, former glory, and disrepair as chronicled through her twenty years of pilgrimage to the site. Image: Joy Bush, Holy sign, Holy Land, 1997
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The Preppy style was born on the campuses of America’s Ivy League colleges but it was manufactured using the resources of Eastern Connecticut. Origin of Preppy explores the style’s transformation from campus fad to innovative fashion by pioneering purveyor John Meyer of Norwich. 
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