This week’s Art at Home project is designed especially for little ones and is inspired by dots and Kevin Cole’s colorful creations. You can use basic art supplies to make your own dots. Follow the instructions that we’ll post in the Art at Home section of our website and enjoy storytime there or on our YouTube channel.
Amy Galpin, chief curator of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, has been organizing a series of lively conversations with other curators from across the country, broadcast on Instagram live. This time, she’ll be joined by our own Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art at the Georgia Museum of Art. Tune in on Instagram.
Galpin focuses on modern and contemporary work created in the U.S. and Latin America. She previously served as associate curator of art of the Americas at the San Diego Museum of Art, and has organized exhibitions at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago and the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Teens ages 13 – 18 are invited to this studio-based Zoom workshop led by local artist and educator Kristen Bach. Explore the art of Athens cartoonist Patrick Dean in a virtual exhibition on the museum’s website, then create your own cartoon monster. This program is free, but art activity kits are limited. Please email gmoa-tours@uga.edu to reserve a kit.
Join a mindfulness instructor at the Georgia Museum of Art via Zoom to participate in free guided mindfulness meditation sessions, held every other Friday during the school year. Sessions include a variety of instructor-led meditation, movement and mindfulness techniques. No experience or special clothing is necessary.
Join us via Zoom for a free yoga class surrounded by works of art in the galleries. Led by instructors from Five Points Yoga, this program is free and open to both beginner and experienced yogis.
Please note: As situations change, virtual events may become in-person events and vice versa.
Alfred Heber Holbrook started the museum in 1945 with his donation of 100 works of art. Holbrook believed in “art for everyone” and drove all around Georgia sharing art. Check out some of the first works of art in the permanent collection, then make your own art to mail to someone special. Virtual Family Day includes an Art at Home worksheet, online games and an art activity kit that you can pick up at the museum’s back entrance July 14 to July 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (later into the evening on Thursday, July 16). Family Day art kits are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.
Join a mindfulness instructor at the Georgia Museum of Art via Zoom to participate in free guided mindfulness meditation sessions, held every other Friday during the school year. Sessions include a variety of instructor-led meditation, movement and mindfulness techniques. No experience or special clothing is necessary.
Enjoy looking at art and story time in the galleries online, and an Art an Home activity just for the little ones. Check out Charles Biederman’s large and colorful abstract painting during storytime, then trace and name the shapes you find at home. This free program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years.
Please note: As situations change, virtual events may become in-person events and vice versa.
Join us via Zoom for a free yoga class surrounded by works of art in the galleries. Led by instructors from Five Points Yoga, this program is free and open to both beginner and experienced yogis.
Please note: As situations change, virtual events may become in-person events and vice versa.