The Reading Room

Located in the South Gallery of the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, the Reading Room is an informal space for learning collectively, honoring the CFA’s commitment to art as opening a door to interdisciplinary inquiries of all kinds. A lounge as much as a library, the Reading Room is open to the public during the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery’s regular hours whenever a special exhibition is on display. After gallery hours, the Reading Room becomes a hub for the CFA’s public programs that further connect artists with the community, both on- and off-campus. For information about the Reading Room and educational initiatives at the gallery please contact Rosemary Lennox at rlennox@wesleyan.edu.

Photo by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. 

Directions

The address for Zilkha Uncommons is 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT 06459.

From New York, and other points south:

I-95 North to I-91 North
Exit 18 to Route 691/66 East 

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The Merritt/Wilbur Cross Parkway (Route 15 North)
Exit 68 to Route 691/66 East (recommended path, no trucks)

Route 66 becomes Washington Street in Middletown. 
After you pass two shopping plazas and go under a railroad overpass, take a right at the first light onto Veterans Way.
Turn right at the stop sign and park in T-Lot on your left.

Zilkha Gallery is the building on your left with a loading dock. 

From Boston, and other points north: 

Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) West to I-84 West to Hartford. 
Exit 57 to I-91 South
Exit 22 to Route 9 South. 
At Exit 15 turn right onto Route 66 West (Washington Street). 
Turn left at traffic light onto Veteran’s Way.
Turn right at the stop sign and park in T-Lot on your left.

Zilkha Gallery is the building on your left with a loading dock. 

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I-95 South through Providence
Exit 69 to Route 9 North (approximately 26 miles.)
At Exit 15 turn left onto Route 66 West (Washington Street).
Turn left at traffic light onto Veteran’s Way.
Turn right at the stop sign and park in T-Lot on your left.

Zilkha Gallery is the building on your left with a loading dock. 

About the Venue

The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery is dedicated to presenting groundbreaking solo and group exhibitions and installations that explore contemporary issues, often through an interdisciplinary lens. Site specific projects that take advantage of the gallery’s unique and majestic space have also been featured. In the 1980s, the gallery worked with artists Jessica Stockholder, Kiki Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Cindy Sherman, and Daniel Buren. In the 1990s, the gallery worked with Mary Kelly, Astrid Klein, Glenn Ligon, Tony Feher, Fred Sandback, and Beverly Semmes. In recent years, the gallery has worked with Ralph Lemon, Nancy Spero, Alvin Lucier, Clarissa Tossin, Kahlil Robert Irving, and Brendan Fernandes.

Click here to view the exhibitions in the Ezra and Cecile Zillkha Gallery.