After Progress
Adam Viens at Real Art Ways

May 15, 2025 - December 13, 2025

Real Art Ways presents After Progress, a solo exhibition by Adam Viens Viens is a mixed-media artist whose work delves into concepts of time, perception, memory, and philosophy. As a physical representation of intellectual and emotional processes, Viens’ work presents a combination of frantic, improvisational technique and slow, interpretive contemplation.  The result is admittedly abstract however, frequently edging in and out of vague spatial representation.  After Progress is predicated on personal interpretation, explains Viens, “The work is not didactic, it is not… Find out more

September 18, 2025 - December 13, 2025

Real Art Ways presents It’s Going to Rain, a solo exhibition by Real Art Award winner Tielin DingBefore a storm comes,  swirling vortices of air bring leaves floating and in motion.  Brooms, fans, umbrellas; gathering, murmuring; It’s a party with flickering lights. Yes, it‘s going to rain. It’s Going to Rain is a multimedia exhibition that reflects on the relationships between objects, environments, and their shared states of uncertainty. John Cage asked, “When a truck passes by a music school or a factory, which is more… Find out more

November 11, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“If anyone has the right to make a revenge fantasy, it’s Jafar Panahi. And yet, this movie isn’t that. Panahi doesn’t make statement films; he makes question films, designed to instigate soul-searching and debate.” – Washington Post“Once you arrive at the ultimate destination — a primal, furious cinematic scream at all the injustices that have happened in Iran and throughout the globe — you will never forget it. This is essential viewing and essential filmmaking.” – San Jose Mercury News“It… Find out more

November 14, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“Rather than leaning on caricatures or stereotypes, the film gives each person’s perspective a respectful hearing. The added element of Wang’s subterfuge is what keeps it all fresh.” – The New York Times“It’s about the mysteries of the human heart. Its exploration of these subtle depths is sensitive, as are its conclusions.” – RogerEbert.com“Mistress Dispeller is a bittersweet take on bittersweet feelings that is also a fascinating showcase of the familial, cultural and societal rules and rituals in China.” –… Find out more

November 14, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“Sachs presents his characters’ intellect and emotion, their artistic energy, as inseparable from physicality: he avoids the cliché of talking heads and realizes the idea of talking bodies.” – The New Yorker“The result is a charming experiment that should delight those who like their pleasures both nostalgic and voyeuristic.” – The New York Times“Peter Hujar’s Day doesn’t ask big questions – it creates an ephemeral, meditative space that invites them.” – Filmspotting“The film is a surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute… Find out more

November 14, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“Bugonia is one of the best films in recent memory to capture what it feels like to be alive right now. Because of that, it is Yorgos Lanthimos’s darkest and most timely work.” – The Independent (UK)“Lanthimos’s hand is steady as he spins us deeper into chaos, always withholding just enough to keep us questioning what’s real.” – Chicago Reader“Proof that not every new movie is a cookie-cutter audience pleaser. Expect the unexpected in a sublimely ridiculous corporate kidnap caper… Find out more

November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025

 Please join us as we break ground on our expansion and celebrate the future of Real Art Ways.Program:10:30 a.m. Light Refreshments11:00 a.m. Press Conference and Ceremonial Ground Breaking 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tours and other activities (more announcements coming soon)Enjoy an open house that features what Real Art Ways does best: movies, art, music and community!Registration is not required, but it will help with our planning. Please take a moment to RSVP. —Details:Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Speaker of the House Matt Ritter,… Find out more

November 21, 2025 - November 27, 2025

“It’s a movie that sneaks up on you like great fiction, blending theme and character in a way that allows it to live in your mind after you see it, rolling around what it means to both the people in it and your own life.” – RogerEbert.com “It’s hardly a guilty pleasure movie, though its sheer pleasantness comes with a certain pang of conscience: should cinema this intelligent be this much fun to watch?” – Daily Telegraph (UK) “Sentimental Value… Find out more

November 23, 2025 - November 23, 2025

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!November 23 Performance:    Rob Brown-alto saxophone, flute   Anna Webber-tenor saxophone, flute   Matthew Rousseau-drums Joe Morris-bass, compositions Find out more

November 30, 2025 - November 30, 2025

 In recognition of World AIDS Day, you’re invited to a community screening of Derek Jarman’s final feature film, BLUE. A single field of radiant blue fills the screen while Jarman, facing AIDS in the final month of his life, speaks of illness, intimacy, and eternity. With only voice and color, BLUE becomes a meditation on presence and absence, on the body in decline, and the spirit in defiant bloom.This screening will take place at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600… Find out more