Programs

Enjoy free lectures, panel discussions, symposia, film screenings, and more, given by curators, scholars, artists, critics, writers, and others immersed with the world of art and ideas. 

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Outdoors, many people sit at a long table covered in bright pink fabric. The people are sewing smaller geometric shapes to the pink cloth. In a dark-walled gallery space, an audience sits around a standing woman facing a folded screen on a pedestal. The woman is speaking with her head turned to the audience while gesturing with a paintbrush in her right hand. A man stands at a podium on a stage speaking to an audience. A large screen projects an image to the left of the podium that reads, “John Walsh Lecture Series/Lecture One. Matisse Up Close and All Around: Matisse Liberates Color” A group of people sit together at a long, rectangular table in the lobby. The participants are engaged in conversation and a book-making activity. Paper and other art supplies fill the table. A group of seven people dressed in black wear black cut-out shapes on top of their heads and pose for a photo. The group stands in front of a white wall with bold black lines forming a grid-like pattern. One person holds a sign upside down that reads “Dada Ball”. Two people in conversation are seated in a gallery space facing an audience of people to the right, also in chairs. A life-sized metal sculpture resembling tree trunks stands to the left of the people. A group of six people stand together in a semi-circle in a gallery space with large paintings on the red walls. All group members sing while three hold musical instruments. A colorful, linear sculpture hangs in the foreground of the gallery space. Beyond the sculpture, some seated people draw the object while others stand and admire it. A large metallic object hangs on the wall behind the group. Studio Program, Sewing Circle with Marie Watt in lobby
  • Outdoors, many people sit at a long table covered in bright pink fabric. The people are sewing smaller geometric shapes to the pink cloth.
  • In a dark-walled gallery space, an audience sits around a standing woman facing a folded screen on a pedestal. The woman is speaking with her head turned to the audience while gesturing with a paintbrush in her right hand.
  • A man stands at a podium on a stage speaking to an audience. A large screen projects an image to the left of the podium that reads, “John Walsh Lecture Series/Lecture One. Matisse Up Close and All Around: Matisse Liberates Color”
  • A group of people sit together at a long, rectangular table in the lobby. The participants are engaged in conversation and a book-making activity. Paper and other art supplies fill the table.
  • A group of seven people dressed in black wear black cut-out shapes on top of their heads and pose for a photo. The group stands in front of a white wall with bold black lines forming a grid-like pattern. One person holds a sign upside down that reads “Dada Ball”.
  • Two people in conversation are seated in a gallery space facing an audience of people to the right, also in chairs. A life-sized metal sculpture resembling tree trunks stands to the left of the people.
  • A group of six people stand together in a semi-circle in a gallery space with large paintings on the red walls. All group members sing while three hold musical instruments.
  • A colorful, linear sculpture hangs in the foreground of the gallery space. Beyond the sculpture, some seated people draw the object while others stand and admire it. A large metallic object hangs on the wall behind the group.
  • People in a lobby space sit at multiple tables engaged in individual sewing activities. In the foreground, a person looks at another who is smiling while sewing.
  • A group of people seated in a gallery space holds books while one person reads aloud. On the left, a round white sculpture is displayed on a pedestal in a case. Behind the group hangs a large painting of a surreal landscape scene.

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Upcoming Programs

A group of people seated on stools and seen from behind as they view of work of art that hangs on the wall. Next to the painting, a person stands facing the group while gesturing.

In Person, Tours Summer Highlights Tour

Saturday, July 27, 2024, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
A group of people seated on stools and a bench in a gallery while viewing a work of art that hangs on the wall. Next to the artwork, one person stands and gestures.

In Person, Tours Summer Highlights Tour

Saturday, July 27, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A classroom and/or studio space. In the right foreground stands a tall shelf with art supplies, books, and other materials. In the left background, three people sit at tables configured in a square or circle.

In Person, Teen Programs Teen Program

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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