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Slow Art Friday: Once Upon a Time: Storytelling in Art

THIS PROGRAM TAKES PLACE VIRTUALLY. A ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE OR DAY OF THE PROGRAM.

Slow Art Friday: In the Age of the Etching Revival

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Slow Art Friday: Rebel/Re-Belle

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In Conversation with Emelie Gevalt: What is Folk? Museums, Markets, and the Invention of an American Art Tradition—VIRTUAL

Registration Closed THIS PROGRAM TAKES PLACE VIRTUALLY. A ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE OR DAY OF THE PROGRAM. Since its…

*FULL* Slow Art Friday: Women Photograph Women

THIS PROGRAM TAKES PLACE VIRTUALLY. A ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE OR DAY OF THE PROGRAM. What is going on…

Slow Art Friday: Revisiting Old Favorites

THIS PROGRAM TAKES PLACE VIRTUALLY. A ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE OR DAY OF THE PROGRAM. What one-word describes your…

Slow Art Friday: History Repeats Itself VIRTUAL

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Slow Art Friday: All in the Family VIRTUAL

THIS PROGRAM TAKES PLACE VIRTUALLY. A ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE OR DAY OF THE PROGRAM. The renowned Wyeth family.…

*FULL* Slow Art Friday: Feminist Art: Three Works by Judy Chicago – VIRTUAL

Join Barbara Heller, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three Judy Chicago artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Slow Art Friday: Ruminations on Memory – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the special exhibition Ruminations on Memory.

Slow Art Friday: Gestures: Mid-Century Abstraction from the Collection – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Slow Art Friday: My Head’s in a Spin, My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

In Conversation: From Talking Leaves to Pixels – VIRTUAL

Join artist Jeff Edwards and language technologist Zachary Barnes for an illustrated talk chronicling the history and contemporary uses of the Cherokee syllabary.

Slow Art Friday: Modernist Design at Black Mountain College – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about artworks in the special exhibition Modernist Design at Black Mountain College.

Slow Art Friday: Rural Avant-Garde – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the special exhibition Rural Avant-Garde: The Mountain Lake Experience.

Connections: Rural Avant-Garde – VIRTUAL

Today’s virtual program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Michelle Weitzman, touring docent.

Slow Art Friday: Portraits: What They Reveal – VIRTUAL

Join Barbara Pressman, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Slow Art Friday: Spin the Color Wheel – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Adult Studio: Cultivating Digital Photography Skills: Light – VIRTUAL

In this four-week virtual class, explore natural and artificial using digital photography!

Connections: Expressions – VIRTUAL

Today’s virtual program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Doris Potash, master docent.

Slow Art Friday: What a Wonderful World – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Women’s Bodies in a Museum – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Childhood – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Doris Potash, master docent.

The Element of Line – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection and special exhibition Golden Hour

A Conservation Conversation – VIRTUAL

Join Hilary Schroeder, assistant curator, for a conversation about the art and science of environmental change with Benjamin Dimmitt and Matthew McCarthy, PhD.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation – VIRTUAL

Join Kay Dunn and Ruth Shedwick-Bryant, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Celebrating Olympians – VIRTUAL

Join Doris Potash, master docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our current exhibitions Golden Hour and Artistic Tribute.

Museum Of Bad Art – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to continue virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the Museum of Bad Art in Somerville, MA.

Public Domain – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s special exhibition Public Domain: Photography and the Preservation of Public Lands.

Cultivating Digital Photography Skills: Composition – VIRTUAL

In this four-part virtual class, explore composition and color using digital photography!

Mysterious Places – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Hank Bovee, touring docent.

Am I Awake, or Am I Dreaming? – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of Ruth Asawa, 1947, gelatin silver print, 5 ⅜ × 3 ⅜ inches. Black Mountain College Collection, gift of Michael & Catherine Urbain, 2012.21.14.91. © Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer

How Do I Look? The Art of Portraits – VIRTUAL

Join Ralinda Lurie, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection.

Open to Interpretation – VIRTUAL

Join Doris Potash, master docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in the Museum’s Collection and special exhibition Huffman Gifts of Contemporary Southern Folk Art.

Missoula Art Museum – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to continue virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the Missoula Art Museum in Missoula, MT.

Creating Home – VIRTUAL

Join Barbara Pressman, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our special exhibition Old World/New Soil: Foreign-Born American Artists from the Asheville Art Museum Collection.

Our Strength Is Our People – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Hank Bovee, touring docent.

Folk Art Stories – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our special exhibition Huffman Gifts of Contemporary Southern Folk Art.

The Pragmatic Vision: Jane Addams, Lewis Hine, John Dewey, and the Art and Politics of Experience – VIRTUAL

Ken Betsalel discusses the pragmatic vision of social reformers, documentary photographers, and thinkers whose ideas and ways of seeing have come to shape the way we think about society and the role of government in addressing social problems.

Our Strength Is Our People – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our special exhibition Our Strength Is Our People: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine.

In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race by Amy Cherrix – VIRTUAL

From local author Amy Cherrix, In the Shadow of the Moon is the extraordinary, often hidden story of the space race, that takes you behind the scenes into the bitter rivalry that launched humankind to the moon.

Beauford Delaney’s Portraits – VIRTUAL

Join Susan Oliver, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our special exhibition Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis into Freedom.

New Museum – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to continue virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the New Museum in New York, NY.

Myron G. Barlow, Woman Arranging Flowers, circa 1915, oil on canvas, 39 × 31 inches. Gift of Mrs. Charles M. Butler, 1997.02.01.21.

Interiors – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Doris Potash, master docent.

On the Waterfront – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

To Boldly Go Where No Artist Has Gone Before: NASA’s Art Program and Visionary Space Artists – VIRTUAL

In the 1950s, Forward-thinking aerospace engineers not only were thinking about space flight but also working on the first practical and serious plan for what would become the Space Age. To help sell their vision, they sought out artists to turn ideas into visual form that the American public could see and understand

Where Have All the People Gone? – VIRTUAL

Join Sylvie Horvath, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

I Always Loved You: A Novel by Robin Oliveira – VIRTUAL

In I Always Loved You, Oliveira brilliantly recreates the irresistible world of Belle-Époque Paris, writing with grace and uncommon insight into the passion and foibles of the human heart.

Darkness to Light – VIRTUAL

Join Sarah Reincke, master docent and Steve Bennett, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibitions Many Become One and Meeting the Moon.

Chrysler Museum of Art – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to continue virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA.

*FULL* Cultivating Digital Photography Skills: The Photographer’s Playbook – VIRTUAL

In this four-part virtual class, use The Photographer’s Playbook as a guide and source of inspiration for a series of creative photo assignments that can help jumpstart a stagnant practice, challenge us to get out of our comfort zone, and reimagine how we approach image-making.

Is It a Woman’s Point of View? – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibition Meeting the Moon.

Let’s Laugh! – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Kathy Seguin and Sheila Langdon, touring docents.

Walking on the Moon – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our special exhibition Meeting the Moon.

Conversation with the Curator: Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis into Freedom – VIRTUAL

Stephen Wicks, the KMA’s Barbara W. & Bernard E. Bernstein Curator and organizing curator of Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis into Freedom, gives an overview of the exhibition, offers insight into the experience of building the exhibition, and answers questions from the audience.

Play It Again: Repetition in Art – VIRTUAL

Join Kay Dunn and Ralinda Lurie, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our Collection.

Coloring and Cocktails – VIRTUAL

Spend your Thursday evening with the Museum for some creative fun!

Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door edited by Stephen C. Wicks – VIRTUAL

This book examines the 38-year relationship between painter Beauford Delaney and writer James Baldwin and the ways their ongoing intellectual exchange shaped each other’s creative output and worldview.

Slow Art Day 2021 – VIRTUAL

Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art. One day each year, people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly.

Clear as Mud – VIRTUAL

Join Sarah Reincke, master docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibitions Fantastical Forms and Meeting the Moon.

National Nordic Museum – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to launch virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the National Nordic Museum in Seattle, WA.

*FULL* Cultivating Digital Photography Skills: Mise-en-Scène – VIRTUAL

In this four-part virtual class, explore the visual concept of mise-en-scène, the overall look and feel of an image.

Exploring Color with Soft Pastel – VIRTUAL

In this four-part virtual class, explore color, texture, and design with soft pastels to create beautiful finished paintings.

Listening to the Animals – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee and Jim Crook, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our Collection.

Conversation with the Curator: Across the Atlantic – VIRTUAL

Scott Schweigert, the Reading Public Museum’s curator of art and organizing curator of Across the Atlantic, gives an overview of the exhibition, offers insight into the experience of building the exhibition, and answers questions from the audience.

Darkness to Light – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Sarah Reincke, master docent and Steve Bennett, touring docent.

Painting the Impressionist Landscape – VIRTUAL

In this virtual workshop, learn how to see and paint like the Impressionists!

Weaving Women: Creating with Fiber – VIRTUAL

Join Barbara Heller, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our Collection.

Discovering Rural Landscapes – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibition Across the Atlantic.

Women Who Read Are Dangerous by Stefan Bollmann – VIRTUAL

What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworks by iconic artists.

We Wear the Mask – VIRTUAL

Join Kay Dunn and Susan Coleman, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibition Across the Atlantic.

Detroit Institute of Arts – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to launch virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) in Detroit, MI.

Conversation with the Director: Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters – VIRTUAL

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters is a close-up portrait of the acclaimed photographer, filmed with unprecedented access over a decade as he creates his stunning images. For this program, director Ben Shapiro discusses his interest in Crewdson, the process of making the film, and answers questions from the audience.

The Color Blue: Finding Meaning in You – VIRTUAL

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibition Across the Atlantic.

Conversation with the Curator: Vantage Points – VIRTUAL

Carrie Springer, the Whitney’s assistant curator and organizing curator of Vantage Points, gives an overview of the exhibition, offers insight into the experience of building the exhibition, and answers questions from the audience.

A Midwinter Night’s Dream – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Hank Bovee and Kathy Seguin, touring docents.

Reading Faces: Selections from Vantage Points – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in Vantage Points.

Different Strokes for Different Folks: Selections from Vantage Points – VIRTUAL

Join Sylvie Horvath, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in Vantage Points.

Vantage Points: People, Places, Narratives – VIRTUAL

In this six-part virtual class, dive into the narrative power of photography! Three professional guest photographers join the Museum’s M. Paige Taylor to present their work and to discuss ways to use the medium to express the spirit of a person, place, story, or idea.

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard – VIRTUAL

This book tells the fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad.

Threads of History: Cut, Sewn, and Pressed – VIRTUAL

Join Kathy Seguin, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection and special exhibition Across the Atlantic.

Birmingham Museum of Art – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to launch virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, AL.

Observation or Hidden Meaning – VIRTUAL

Join Shana Hill, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

In Conversation: Robert Longo – VIRTUAL

This virtual program takes place via Zoom. Space is limited; to register, click here. The Museum is thrilled to present a special evening program with…

Shelby Lee Adams, Southern Baptist, 1975, gelatin silver print on paper, 12 ½ × 9 ¾ inches. Gift of an anonymous donor, 2003.03.91. © Shelby Lee Adams.

Grandmothers, Mothers, and Daughters – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about artworks in our Collection.

Conversation with the Artist: Liz Williams – VIRTUAL

Through this talk, Williams will focus on the work she and Murray have done with projections, the events that inspired these works of activism, as well as other forms of art activism and collaboration that she has created in the past few years.

The Human Spirit – VIRTUAL

Join Kay Dunn, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Views of the World – VIRTUAL

Join Barbara Pressman, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Conversation with the Artist: Matt Jones – VIRTUAL

Matt Jones’ Star Wars Trilogy pots, prominently displayed in the Museum’s Windgate Foundation Atrium, feature symbolic commentary on the politics and economy of our time and are a favorite of visitors.

The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton – VIRTUAL

This book introduces the extraordinary range of contemporary art photography, from portraits of intimate life to highly staged directorial spectacles.

Humans Interacting: Selections from Vantage Points – VIRTUAL

Join Doris Potash, master docent and Hope Warshaw, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our special exhibition Vantage Points.

The Columbus Museum – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to launch virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to The Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA.

Women in a Material World – VIRTUAL

Join Sylvie Horvath and Michelle Weitzman Dorf, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Room with a View – VIRTUAL

Join Sarah Reincke, master docent, for an interactive conversation about artworks in our Collection.

Conversation with the Directors: All the Possibilities: Reflections on a Painting by Vernon Pratt – VIRTUAL

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Marsha Gordon and Louis Cherry, co-directors of the documentary film All the Possibilities… Reflections on a Painting by Vernon Pratt, and William Dodge, director of the Vernon Pratt Project.

Is It Art? Part 4 – VIRTUAL

Join Steve Bennett and Hank Bovee, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our Collection.

Conversation with the Curator: BMC Dreier Collection – VIRTUAL

The Museum’s fall 2020 Curatorial Fellow Lydia See will discuss the process of cataloguing and interpreting Black Mountain College Dreier Collection, share some previously unseen ephemera, and speak on the intersections of art, archives, and community.

Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel by Susan Vreeland – VIRTUAL

Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn of the 20th century, best-selling author Susan Vreeland again breathes life into a work of art in this extraordinary novel, which brings a woman once lost in the shadows into vivid color.

John Coplans, Interlocking Fingers, No. 17, 2000, gelatin silver print on paper, edition 1/3, 47 × 39 inches. 2013 Collectors' Circle purchase, 2013.34.01.91. © The John Coplans Trust

The Human Condition – VIRTUAL

Join Sarah Reincke, master docent and Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Whitney Museum of American Art – VIRTUAL

Until it’s safe to travel together for our popular Art Travels day, overnight, national, and international trips, we’re thrilled to launch virtual trips for armchair travelers each first Thursday evening! This month, we travel to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY.