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SUMMARY:Book + Banisadr Book Club | Mythology + History
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist\, the Book + Banisadr Book Club invites participants to immerse themselves into the complex\, turbulent worlds of Banisadr’s works through the lens of contemporary fiction that mimic the artist’s practice in both chaos and composure. \nThis month’s book club pick\, Black Leopard\, Red Wolf by Marlon James\, is an award-winning\, genre-defying novel that blends myth\, fantasy\, and African history in an epic quest to find a missing child—exploring truth\, power\, and the stories we choose to believe. \nEach session will feature a specially paired wine\, unlimited popcorn\, a carefully facilitated book club discussion\, and a gallery talk to bridge the artworks in the exhibition to the relevant and resonant conversations shaping our society today. \nHeld in partnership with Book + Bottle. \n\n\nThu\, June 4\, 6 PM – 8 PM\n$25 for Members\n$35 for Not-Yet-Members\nTicket includes program and one glass of wine. Additional wine available for purchase.\n \nTICKETS \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!\nEnjoy free admission\, special access\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, and more. \nBECOME A MEMBER \n\nAbout Book + Bottle\n \nBook + Bottle is a bottle shop\, an independent bookstore\, a coffee café\, and a wine bar all rolled into one exquisite little package. They have the most passionate\, friendly\, and helpful team in town to help you choose a book or a bottle or to take care of you and your friends on your night off. \nThey’re an independent\, woman-owned\, values-driven\, sustainably run\, local-first business that believes little kindnesses can make our community—and the world—a better place. \nAbout Black Leopard\, Red Wolf by Marlon James\n \nOne of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time / Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize / Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award / The New York Times Bestseller \nNamed a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal\, TIME\, NPR\, GQ\, Vogue\, and The Washington Post \n“Gripping\, action-packed….The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe.” –Michiko Kakutani\, The New York Times \nIn the stunning first novel in Marlon James’s Dark Star trilogy\, myth\, fantasy\, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. \nTracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: “He has a nose\,” people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier\, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge\, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own\, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. \nAs Tracker follows the boy’s scent–from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers–he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive\, Tracker starts to wonder: Who\, really\, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth\, and who is lying? \nDrawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination\, Marlon James has written a novel unlike anything that’s come before it: a saga of breathtaking adventure that’s also an ambitious\, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters\, Black Leopard\, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth\, the limits of power\, and our need to understand them both. \nSee ALL Book + Banisadr Book Club Dates and Times: \nMay 7\, 2026 @ 6 pm: Book + Banisadr Book Club | War + Apocalypse\nJune 4\, 2026 @ 6 pm: Book + Banisadr Book Club | Mythology + History\nJuly 2\, 2026 @ 6 pm: Book + Banisadr Book Club | Sound + Composition
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/book-banisadr-book-club-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Educational Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T120000
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SUMMARY:Homeschool Hours
DESCRIPTION:Homeschool groups and families are invited to join the MFA as we explore culture\, history\, math\, and the science of art alongside exhibitions in our permanent collection. Learn about all the animals found in the museum and their importance in art history. Then\, create your own piece of animal art to take home. \nAll ages are welcome! Instruction is geared towards ages 5-14. \nHome School Hours occur the second Wednesday of each month. \nWed\, June 10\, 10 AM – 12 PM\nFREE for MFA Members\nIncluded with the cost of admission for Not-Yet Members\nRegistration required \nREGISTER FOR HOMESCHOOL HOURS \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!\nEnjoy free admission\, special access\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBecome a Member
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/homeschool-hours-6-10-26/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational Event,FREE for MFA Members,Homeschool Hours,Youth and Family Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T110000
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SUMMARY:Studio Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Create colorful crowns\, bracelets\, flowers and more at our FREE pop-up studio in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory. We’ll bring the materials. You bring the fun! \nDesigned for visitors of all ages\, Studio Saturdays happen every second Saturday and include a free art-making activity. Enjoy Café Clementine\, where members enjoy a 15% discount\, and browse the MFA Shop for books\, gifts and art supplies to take home. \nSat\, June 13\, 9 AM – 11 AM\nFREE FOR EVERYONE \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!\nEnjoy free admission\, special access\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBecome a Member
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/studio-saturdays-at-the-mfa-6-13-26/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational Event,FREE for MFA Members,FREE for Pinellas County Residents,Youth and Family Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T120000
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SUMMARY:In Conversation | Yvette Mayorga and Katherine Pill
DESCRIPTION:In this intimate conversation\, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill sits down with multidisciplinary artist Yvette Mayorga\, whose work links feminized labor and the aesthetics of celebration to colonial art history and racialized oppression through the guise of using pink as a weapon of mass destruction. \nSat\, June 20\, 11 AM – 12 PMFree with admission; Registration required \nRegister \n\nYvette Mayorga\, artist \n \nYvette Mayorga is a Mexican-American multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago\, Illinois. Her work links feminized labor and the aesthetics of celebration to colonial art history and racialized oppression through the guise of using pink as a weapon of mass destruction. She fuses confectionary labor with found images to explore the meaning of belonging. Mayorga holds an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \nMayorga’s most recent solo museum exhibition\, Dreaming of You\, was at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 2023-24. In 2023\, Mayorga had her first major solo museum exhibition\, What a Time to Be\, at The Momentary\, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the Museum of Arts and Design\, New York\, NY; Vincent Price Art Museum\, Monterey Park\, CA; El Museo del Barrio\,The Center for Craft\, Asheville\, NC; Museo Universitario del Chopo\, Mexico City\, MX; and LACMA\, Los Angeles\, CA. Mayorga’s large-scale installation\, Pilgrimage to the Isle of Pink\, is on view with the City of Chicago’s permanent public art collection at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5. \nMayorga has been featured in Artforum\, Artnet\, Art in America\, Art News\, Cultured Magazine\, DAZED\, Galerie Magazine\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Hyperallergic\, Latina Magazine\, Teen Vogue\, The Guardian\, The New York Times\, Vogue\, W Magazine\, and Women’s Wear Daily. Her works are in the permanent collections of 21c Museum Hotels\, Cerámica Suro\, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, DePaul Art Museum\, El Museo del Barrio\, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation\, Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, and New Mexico State University Art Museum. \nWebsite: https://www.yvettemayorga.com/  \nImages: \nYvette Mayorga\, Mexican-American Latinx\, b. 1991\, Magic Grasshopper (detail)\, 2025\, Silicon piping\, steel frame\, polycarbonate resin\, metal\, casts\, mechanical engineering\, #D printed plastics\, and marine grade plywood. Images courtesy of Times Square Arts. Photography by Michael Hull.  \nPhoto of Yvette Mayorga by Marzena Abrahamik\, 2025
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/in-conversation-yvette-mayorga-katherine-pill/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Educational Event,Lecture / Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T150000
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SUMMARY:Classical Guitar Master Class featuring Ibison Guitar Duo
DESCRIPTION:Join the acclaimed Ibison Guitar Duo for an interactive master class designed for local guitarists and advanced students. Four registered participants will have the opportunity to perform and receive direct feedback from the duo\, gaining insight into technique\, interpretation\, and professional practice. \nInterested in observing? Auditors are welcome to attend and watch the master class. Auditor tickets are free for MFA Members or included with the cost of museum admission. \nWed\, June 24\, 1 PM – 3 PM\n$30 for Members\n$50 for Not-Yet-Members\nAdvanced registration required; Only 4 Spots Available! \nTICKETS \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!\nEnjoy free admission\, special access\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, and more. \nBECOME A MEMBER \n\nAbout Ibison Guitar Duo\nThe Ibison Guitar Duo\, Chad Ibison and Janet Grohovac\, are Grammy-nominated guitarists whose performances have been praised as “superb and sublime” (Austin American-Statesman) while presenting a “refined and elegant style” (This is Classical Guitar). The duo performs throughout the United States and abroad\, with recent appearances at the Fundación Guitarra Viva tour in Chile; the esteemed Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina; the Canada West tour of Banff\, Edmonton and a one-week residency at Calgary’s GuitarFest West; Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Taxco\, Mexico; Christ Church Cathedral series\, Canada; Ticino Musica’s concerts in Lugano\, Switzerland; and the Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition. They also manage a successful Austin-based guitar studio\, where the duo teaches close to seventy students a week.  \nIbison and Grohovac perform on Martin Blackwell guitars handcrafted in the Sunshine Coast of BC\, Canada. \nChad Ibison\, guitar \nAmerican guitarist Chad Ibison has captivated audiences across North America and abroad through his imaginative musical interpretations and charismatic stage presence. Hailed as “very versatile in terms of contrast and range of expression” (Classical Guitar Canada) with “masterful phrasing combined with technical precision” (ClassicalGuitar.org)\, Composer Gregory Sullivan Isaacs described Ibison’s impact as a performer in the Fort Worth Star Telegram as “Chad gave an incendiary performance. His approach was\, at the same time\, aggressive and intimate. He melded with the instrument\, and the result was brash\, expressive and technically secure.” Along with his critical acclaim\, Ibison has accumulated ten first place awards among his eighteen top prize wins at international guitar competitions including the Guitar Foundation of America\, JoAnn Falletta Concerto Competition and Boston’s New England Conservatory Guitarfest. He participates regularly at guitar festivals as a performer\, teacher and judge. Ibison resides in Austin\, where he is professor of guitar\, directs the ensemble at Austin Community College and maintains a private studio in Hyde Park.  \nJanet Grohovac\, guitar \nCanadian-American classical guitarist Janet Grohovac is a passionate performer and sought after instructor based in Austin\, Texas. She holds a doctor of musical arts degree and a master of music degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor of music degree from the University of Victoria\, British Columbia. As a dynamic concert artist\, recent performances include solo concerts for Austin Classical Guitar Society’s Salon and Cactus series\, the Central Valley’s Guitarraganza festival in California\, and Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Summer Guitar Academy in Canada. Grohovac has accumulated many top prize awards in competitions\, including first place as a soloist in Southern Guitar Competition and Northwest Guitar Competition and finalist in the international guitar competitions at Lone Star Guitar Festival and in Montreal\, Tennessee\, and Dallas. In addition to performing\, Grohovac is a professor and directs the guitar program at Concordia University. She also directed the guitar programs as professor at Huston-Tillotson University and Texas Lutheran University\, is invited regularly to teach masterclasses and adjudicate competitions at universities and guitar festivals throughout North America\, and has served as a clinician for the Lullaby Project through Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections Program. 
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/classical-guitar-master-class-feat-ibison-guitar-duo/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Educational Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T200000
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SUMMARY:Banned Books Journaling Session with Book + Bottle
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate banned and challenged books in an immersive evening of literature\, reflection\, and creative exploration with the Book + Bottle and The Last Library IV: Written in Water. \nThrough a curated selection of banned books and guided writing prompts\, you’ll be challenged to investigate what you know while exploring what you don’t. Inspired by the artwork around you\, group conversations\, personal passions\, and even your own assumptions\, each prompt is designed to spark curiosity\, connection\, and discovery. \nAs the evening unfolds\, attendees will move throughout the exhibition space\, allowing new perspectives and environments to shape their journaling experience. Bring your journal\, an open mind\, and a willingness to engage deeply with stories that continue to challenge\, provoke\, and inspire. \n\nThu\, June 25\, 6 PM – 8 PM\nFree with admission; RSVP required \nTICKETS \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!\nEnjoy free admission\, special access\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, and more. \nBECOME A MEMBER \n\nAbout Book + Bottle\n \nBook + Bottle is a bottle shop\, an independent bookstore\, a coffee café\, and a wine bar all rolled into one exquisite little package. They have the most passionate\, friendly\, and helpful team in town to help you choose a book or a bottle or to take care of you and your friends on your night off. \nThey’re an independent\, woman-owned\, values-driven\, sustainably run\, local-first business that believes little kindnesses can make our community—and the world—a better place.
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/banned-books-journaling/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Educational Event,FREE for MFA Members
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