Lectures
Wednesday, February 15 | 2 pm
Floral Demonstration: Day after Valentine’s: Picking Up the Petals
Whether you were inundated with roses or you treated yourself to tulips, we’ll help you make... Read more >
Sunday, February 19 | 2:30 pm
Lecture: Looking at African Art in the 21st Century
In this presentation Dr. Rebecca Martin Nagy, director of the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at... Read more >
Friday, February 24 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Fairy Tales and Other Literature in Ancient Egypt
The pyramids, temples, and treasure-filled tombs have eclipsed ancient Egypt’s more intellectual... Read more >
Saturday, March 17 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Edward Durell Stone: American Modernist
Edward Durell Stone, designer of the NCMA’s East Building, was one of the first American... Read more >
Sunday, March 18 | 2:30 pm
Lecture: El Anatsui: A Curator’s Perspective
Dr. Lisa Binder, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum for African Art, discusses the work... Read more >
Friday, March 23 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Curator’s Highlights: El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
Linda Dougherty, chief curator and curator of contemporary art, explores the five-decade long... Read more >
Sunday, March 25 | 2 pm
Lecture: John Singer Sargent’s Israel and the Law: The Key to a Missing Keynote
Israel and the Law holds a crucial place in John Singer Sargent's mural cycle at the Boston... Read more >
Thursday, April 19 | 6:30 pm
Film Screening and Discussion: Fold, Crumple, Crush: The Art of El Anatsui
Art historian and videographer Dr. Susan Vogel discusses the making of her documentary about the... Read more >
Friday, April 20 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Friend or Foe: Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors
Who were Egypt’s neighbors, and did they get along? Was Egypt influenced by foreign cultures?... Read more >
Thursday, April 26 | 6:30 pm
Art + Cuisine: Design and Installation of El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
Featuring art made from both conventional materials and highly unusual media and construction,... Read more >
Friday, May 4 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: New Acquisitions in the NCMA Collection
Are you curious about how works of art are added to the Museum’s collection? Join the Museum’s... Read more >
Sunday, May 20 | 3:30 pm New Time
Lecture: Secrets of the Silver Pharaoh: The Tombs and Treasures of Tanis
Dr. Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art, Michael C.... Read more >
Saturday, May 26 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: El Anatsui: Adventures in Installation and Conservation
Perry Hurt, NCMA associate conservator, began researching conservation issues related to... Read more >