Welcome to the Mystic Arts Center,
a regional arts center and cultural hub located in scenic Mystic Connecticut.
Connecting community, creative expression, and artistic heritage.
- Gallery Exhibitions
- Four galleries (4,000 sq. feet) showcase fifteen annual exhibitions designed to promote emerging and professional local artists through juried, open and invitational exhibitions. MORE INFO >
- Studio Art Classes
- Two spacious art studios hold classes and workshops for all ages in watercolor, sculpture, oil painting, pastels, paper-making, drawing, and a myriad of children’s art classes. MORE INFO >
- Educational Outreach
- MAC offers grant-funded outreach programs supporting and expanding arts instruction in our public schools and childcare agencies. Through a combination of gallery, studio and classroom activities, the program helps children using non-traditional teaching methods to develop “Literacy Through Art.” MORE INFO >
- Cultural Programming
- Through its dedication to excellence and high standards, The Mystic Arts Center serves as the cultural center for the greater Mystic area, providing enrichment and quality of life. MORE INFO >
- Permanent Collection
- The Center maintains a permanent collection of work by early Society of Mystic artists as an important educational and historical link for the community. MORE INFO >
- Elected Artist Membership
- Elected Artist Membership is awarded to artists whose work has been received into four of the Center’s juried shows within a twenty four month period. The Mystic Arts Center and the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), which holds its annual exhibit at the Center each spring, have entered into a reciprocal agreement. All works juried into the CAFA show are eligible for both a CAFA and Mystic Arts Center juried requirement. There are typically six juried shows within a twenty four month period.
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