Enjoy FREE Museum admission and 2-for-1 All Day Happy Hour on the first Thursday of every month from 11 am to 7 pm during Free First Thursday Sunny Days/Starry Nights. Mini Muse! 4:30 – 6:30 pm Free drop in art making activities for children inspired by a current exhibition. Starry Nights is presented by […]
Looking closely at nature inspires a huge range of imaginative artwork, from abstraction and decorative work to illustration and cartooning. In this workshop, we’ll first examine a wide variety of drawings before exploring techniques for unleashing our imagination to create our own. Class size will be limited to 15 to allow time for individual feedback. […]
Leaves are falling outside but the flowers are blooming in our galleries! Curatorial fellow Janet O’Brien will guide you on a stroll through the lush gardens evoked in Islamic and South Asian art featured in a temporary installation. Along the way, you’ll view a magnificent 18th-century Persian carpet of a four-part garden (chaharbagh) design, contemporary […]
In the early 20th century, as increasingly tall buildings introduced new perspectives onto the world, photographers sought ways to capture this way of seeing. Many of Charles Sheeler’s compositions for his celebrated drawings and paintings began as photographs and were indebted to the contemporaneous technological advancements in architecture and photography. Join curator Mitra Abbaspour for […]
Join us for an in-depth tour of our special exhibition Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static (August 30, 2025–January 4, 2026), led by Madeline Murphy Turner, co-curator of the exhibition. Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static offers a new look at the practice of acclaimed artist and educator Edna Andrade (1917–2008). Andrade is best known for her geometric […]