Senior Samplers
Even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush, now’s your chance to have fun engaging with art while taking a closer look at works in the Museum’s collection. Each session offers an informal gallery discussion paired with a studio experience exploring subjects in paintings and sculpture. Enhance your appreciation of art and try your hand at artists’ techniques and materials in a relaxed atmosphere.
Tuesday, May 28 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Form and the Figure
What do artists consider when modeling a form or figure in clay? Look at line, shape,... Read more >
Tuesday, May 28 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Form and the Figure
What do artists consider when modeling a form or figure in clay? Look at line, shape,... Read more >
Tuesday, June 11 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Around the Bend
Look at the treelike structures of Roxy Paine, who uses metal to make manmade versions of... Read more >
Tuesday, June 11 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Around the Bend
Look at the treelike structures of Roxy Paine, who uses metal to make manmade versions of... Read more >
Tuesday, June 25 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Making an Impression
Learn how artists, with the stroke of a brush, make an object come alive with light, color, and... Read more >
Tuesday, June 25 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Making an Impression
Learn how artists, with the stroke of a brush, make an object come alive with light, color, and... Read more >
Tuesday, July 9 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: One of a Kind
Explore color, line, shape, texture, and movement while using a spontaneous painterly method of... Read more >
Tuesday, July 9 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: One of a Kind
Explore color, line, shape, texture, and movement while using a spontaneous painterly method of... Read more >
Tuesday, July 23 | 10 am
Daylong Senior Sampler: Portraits from the Past
View various styles of portraits through the centuries, including European masterworks on loan... Read more >
Tuesday, July 30 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Working in Harmony
Study how artists organize line, shape, color, value, and texture in a composition to create a... Read more >
Tuesday, July 30 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Working in Harmony
Study how artists organize line, shape, color, value, and texture in a composition to create a... Read more >
Tuesday, August 13 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Lost and Found
Take a closer look at the sculpture of Louise Nevelson, who transformed wood scraps and found... Read more >
Tuesday, August 13 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Lost and Found
Take a closer look at the sculpture of Louise Nevelson, who transformed wood scraps and found... Read more >
Tuesday, August 27 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Summer Seascapes
Observe how artists have depicted water in its many conditions—from glassy stillness to crashing... Read more >
Tuesday, August 27 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Summer Seascapes
Observe how artists have depicted water in its many conditions—from glassy stillness to crashing... Read more >