A new public art exhibit – Bench Mark 2025 – was unveiled in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square and the Center on Monday, Sept. 8.

The Bench Mark 2025 public art exhibit will be on display in West Hartford from Sept. 8-Oct. 22, 2025. Photo credit: Ronni Newton

By Ronni Newton

Even before the benches were officially unveiled to launch Bench Mark 2025, they were being put to good use by people strolling through West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square.

“This is community building,” Mayor Shari Cantor said Monday. “It is public art, it is raising money for really good causes, and it brings people together – and we see it right in front of us.”

The benches installed Monday morning, surrounding the Noah Webster statue near the West Hartford Public Library on South Main Street, and in the

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