November 5 - December 7, 2025

This dynamic exhibition features fourteen contemporary artists whose work explores Long Island Sound's striking natural beauty, cultural history, its ecological resilience and evolving environmental story -- one of the region's most vital yet often overlooked natural landscapes.  Designed by notable artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein, Sight and Sound invites audiences to delve into the Sound's significance through diverse artistic perspectives. The participating artists are Frances Ashforth, Christopher Baker, Marion Belanger & Martha Willette Lewis, Christopher Coffin, Kenneth Martin, Brechin Morgan, Constance Old, James Prosek, Duke Riley, Alexis Rockman, Jeremy Slater, Beth Stewart-Kelly, and Catherine Vanaria.

A panel discussion from 6:30 to 7:30 pm during the opening reception included Brechin Morgan, artist; Martha Willette Lewis, artist; Bill Lucey, Soundkeeper with Save the Sound; Francis Ashforth, artist; Syma Ebbin, Research Coordinator, CT Sea Grant, and Interim Director Maritime Studies Program at UConn; Matt McKenzie, Professor of History and Maritime Studies at UConn; and Richard Klein, independent curator, writer and artist.

The exhibition’s presentation at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UCONN Avery Point has been generously supported by the Arts Support Awards Program of the Connecticut Sea Grant, UConn Avery Point, UConn School of Fine Arts, and the Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation. Sight and Sound: Artists Consider Long Island Sound was organized by and initially presented at The Norwalk Art Space, with funding provided by ROAN Development Ventures, The O’Grady Foundation, and Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy–TRIP Foundation.

UConn Avery Point presents a permanent collection of sculptures displayed along the campus’s shoreline path. The collection is on view for the public year-round. Look for new sculptures to be added in May 2026 as part of the next annual Open Air exhibition which will be on view from June to October.