SEATTLE – April 14 is droid day at the Museum as The Pacific Northwest R2-D2 Builders Club and their robot friends attend their first Museum Expo. The robots will roaming the galleries from 10 a.m. [Read More]
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The Cartoon Art Museum, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit, kicks off its most ambitious and intensive online fundraising campaign to date starting April 4, 2018 through the nonprofit crowdfunding platform YouCaring. The fundraiser aims to finish [Read More]
Christa Clarke, a specialist in historic and contemporary African art, is senior curator, Arts of Global Africa, at the Newark Museum, where she has organized numerous exhibitions on topics ranging from Nigerian modernism to men’s [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the RPM Foundation for the second straight fiscal year. This grant supports CBMM’s shipwright apprentice program, specifically RPM [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH. – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host Behind The Color of Money with John W. Jones Saturday, April 7 at 1:30 p.m. The program is in conjunction with Confederate Currency: The [Read More]
What is a miraculous icon and the “powers” that believers feel the icons possess? Docent Michael Popik answers these questions, discusses the role of miraculous icons in daily life, and offers examples of miraculous icons [Read More]
Learn about two very different arts: one a living tradition steeped in mystery and ancient symbolism; the other, glittering gifts to rulers of an empire. Thursday, April 5 through Saturday, April 7, 11:30am Free with [Read More]
Through a close look at select icons, Docent Art Norman traces the historical arc of Eastern monasticism from its Jewish Nazirite origins to modern Western connections; and considers the twinned concepts of monks seeking unity [Read More]
Docent Jim Flynn offers a closer look at the Museum’s collection of icons of the Virgin Mary, and their presentation and significance in Russian culture and religion, from the coming of Christianity in the 10th [Read More]
Using recently completed icons inspired by ancient patterns, Maureen will explore the constraints of tradition, the limits of self-expression, and the role of free-will in the creative process of a 21st century iconographer. Sunday, April [Read More]
This gripping documentary draws a straight line from the Great Terror unleashed by Joseph Stalin from 1929 until his death in 1953 to the conflicting narratives of this history in Russia today. Prof. John Michalczyk, [Read More]
Rabbit Goody, PhD, will discuss how Ukrainian rushnyky relate to a larger historic precedent of using specific textiles for traditional ceremonial and cultural purposes. She will demonstrate part of the technique of weaving a rushnyk [Read More]
The schooner Sultana will be at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. beginning on Sunday, May 13, and continuing through Wednesday, May 23. Sultana returns to CBMM on Friday, June 29, and [Read More]
From 5:30–7:30pm on Thursday, May 17, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will host “A Boy in the Boatyard: Wingate Stories with Pres Harding.” In this free, public concert, Harding, grandson of [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will present a conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates, MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, and author of Marvel’s The Black Panther comic book series on Thursday, [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight joins the global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space with a Yuri’s Night party on April 14. Yuri’s Night at the Museum is a 21+ dance [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum will be open free April 8 from 8-10 a.m. for those with autism spectrum disorder and their families in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day. The J. Elroy McCaw Personal Courage [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., has announced four recent additions to its staff. Joining the team are Barry Raymond as Assistant Guest Relations Manager, Laurel Seeman as Programs Administrative Assistant, Tom [Read More]