Community Free Day
MEET SANTA! 
Sunday, December 8th
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Santa is making a pre-Christmas visit to Waterbury stopping at the Mattatuck Museum. Boys and girls of all ages can hand-deliver their Christmas letters to Santa personally and have their pictures taken with him. Parents are welcome to bring their own cameras to capture this special moment. Santa will have a special gift for each child. The event will include hands-on art-making projects, holiday music and refreshments. As part of the festivities, the Museum is also presenting Novelties of the Industrial Age: Toys Made in Connecticut, an exhibit featuring vintage toys manufactured in Connecticut during the 19th century. Bring a toy to be donated to New Opportunities, Inc. Help us fill the antique sleigh that will be on display in the Museum's history exhibit with toy donations to benefit children from the community.

Opening Reception
Alex Katz: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art 
Sunday, December 8th
from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Free with Museum Admission.
The Mattatuck is proud to showcase forty plus paintings of family and friends by this celebrated living artist drawn from the holdings of New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. Throughout his illustrious 50 year career, Alex Katz has exhibited great artistic independence in articulating an original vision. Associated with Pop Art, his flat, elegant and realistic style made him a pioneer in figure painting.
 
Cinema Winter
Alex Katz: What about Style? 
Thursday, December 12, 5:30 p.m.
Members $7, Non-Members $10
Filmmaker and art critic Heinz Peter Schwerfel captures the elusive Alex Katz laboring over a 32-foot painting, The Black Brook. Interviews, archival footage and images of his subjects are combined to convey his unique style.