Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: A Master Image-Maker

Marly Room: Museum of Fine Arts

Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s program is entitled A...

Creating a Legacy: The Art of Planning

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

The Museum of Fine Arts has partnered with the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay to provide an interactive discussion with a panel of experts on the legal, financial, and philanthropic aspects of estate planning, especially timely with the changes in tax regulations this year. Estate planning can be an art,...

Book Club at the MFA – Bluebeard

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts.  Each month's featured book will relate to the MFA's collection or special exhibtions. October 11th:  Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut Humor and irony collide in this novel by the...

Cocktails & Collections

Membership Garden: Museum of Fine Arts

Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, allowing us to experience the art in different ways. Each month features live music, a customized tour, light bites, art-inspired signature cocktails,...

Book Club at the MFA – Self Portrait With Boy

Bayview Room: Museum of Fine Arts

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts.  Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibtions. November 8th:  Self Portrait With Boy, by Rachel Lyon We explore themes central to our This...

Cinema @ the MFA – Egó Sympósion: Film by Yasumasa Morimura

Egó Sympósion (2016) is the Florida debut of Morimura Yasumasa, the noted Japanese appropriation artist. Featured in our photography exhibition This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, Yasumasa borrows images from historical artists (ranging from Rembrandt to Cindy Sherman), and inserts his own face and body into them;...

Friends of Decorative Arts: Highlights From the Asian Art Collection

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

  The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $50 in addition to a minimum of a Dual Level...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Conceptualizing Cindy

Marly Room: Museum of Fine Arts

Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s program is entitled Conceptualizing...

Collector’s Circle Fall Lecture: Ancient Art in Miniature: Masterworks of Ancient Jewelry

The Fall Collector's Circle Lecture features Max Bernheimer, International Head of Antiquities at Christie’s. Mr. Bernheimer organizes auctions in this specialized area of Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Egyptian and Near Eastern art and artifacts. He has participated in archaeological excavations at Caesarea in Israel, sponsored jointly by the University of Maryland and...

Cocktails & Collections

Membership Garden: Museum of Fine Arts

In complement to Syd Solomon: Views from Above, artist and writer Mike Solomon will speak about his father’s artistic practice.  The discussion will begin in the Acheson Gallery at 6pm, in front of Syd Solomon’s Westcoastalscape (1968). A noted expert on artist’s estates, Mike Solomon is also a practicing artist who has...

Deck the Great Hall – Holiday Open House

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

The Museum of Fine Arts traditionally celebrates the season with a holiday tree placed in the MFA's Great Hall. This year we begin a new tradition: we have commissioned an artist to create an original, site-specific work of art for our museum’s holiday celebration. We will ring in the holidays...

Friends of Decorative Arts: West African Textiles

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

  The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $50 in addition to a minimum of a Dual Level...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: A Self-Portrait

Marly Room: Museum of Fine Arts

Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s program is entitled A...

Member Preview – Jewels of the Imagination: Radiant Masterworks by Jean Schlumberger

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

One of the benefits of an MFA Membership is access to preview events for exhibitions in advance of their opening. The Member Preview for two exhibitions, "Jewels of the Imagination: Radiant Masterworks by Jean Schlumberger and "Drawn to Beauty: The Art and Atelier of Jean Schlumberger" will open at 7:00pm, with exhibition opening remarks at 7:15pm....

Friends of Decorative Arts: Jean Schlumberger

PORTSPACE 3007 BEACH BLVD. S., Gulfport, FL

The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $50 in addition to a minimum of a Dual Level Museum...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Drawn to Beauty

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA's ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today's Program is entitled: Drawn to...

Friends of Photography Presents: Pick-A-Pic

Please join the Friends of Photography for the best-ever Pick-A-Pic fundraising event. Guests will view three photographs by California artist Sam Contis, listen to this exciting emerging artist talk about her work, and then vote on which piece will join the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts. Be...

The Contemporaries Field Trip: Haitian Art

Offsite

Join us for our first field trip of the year! Please note: The date has changed to January 26th We are thrilled to visit the home of collector's Ann and Ed Gessen, who moved to St. Pete in 2016 from California. Their extensive collection includes over 400 works of art,...

Gallery Talk With Robin O’Dell: E.G. Barnhill

Gallery - Museum of Fine Arts

Please join Robin O’Dell, Curator of the Photographic Collection, for a discussion centered around the practice and influence of E.G. Barnhill, noted photographer who painstakingly hand-colored photos of the Florida landscape; selling these invaluable touchstones to tourists and visitors. FREE with Admission    

SOLD OUT! The Contemporaries Field Trip: Corporate Collections

Offsite

The Museum of Fine Arts has several affiliated support groups that bring together like-minded art lovers, and support the Museum in acquisition and education about different types of art.  The MFA's support group The Contemporaries will be taking a special tour of the incredible art collections of two major Tampa law...

History and Inspirations Behind the Fairyland Lustre Line

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum. The MFA's support group Friends of Decorative Arts expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Fairyland Lustre

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA's ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today's Program is entitled: Fairyland Lustre....

Book Club at the MFA – Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join us and Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts.  Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibitions. What better way to celebrate the month of love than with a gripping...

Cocktails & Collections

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour,...

Antioch Mosaics at the MFA: Past, Present, and Future

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum. The Museum of Fine Arts purchased five ancient mosaics from Antioch in 1964, the year before the museum opened. They were the first shipment of art into the new building. This...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Some of These Days

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA's ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today's Program is entitled: Some of...

Book Club at the MFA: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts.  Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibitions. In March, we're continuing the Book Club's focus on our dual special winter exhibitions...

Cocktails & Collections

Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light bites...

The Contemporaries Field Trip: Home of Mark Anderson and Keith Bucklew

Downtown St. Pete

The Contemporaries was formed by the Museum of Fine Arts to build engagement among contemporary art enthusiasts with our diverse programming. The educational meets the social at The Contemporaries' events, which include visits to artists' studios and collectors' homes; trips to contemporary institutions; and fundraising events. The Contemporaries are thrilled...

The Contemporaries Field Trip: Neiman Marcus Art Collection

Offsite: Neiman Marcus Tampa

  The Contemporaries will be having a private tour of the corporate collection of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus at Tampa's International Plaza. Curator of Contemporary Art, Katherine Pill and Kurt Piazza, President of the Contemporaries Committee, will provide a guided walk through of this diverse collection featuring both local and...

Chinese Porcelain in Dutch Paintings

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum.  Examples of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains appeared in great numbers of European paintings beginning in 16th Europe. In subsequent centuries, imported Chinese porcelains grew in popularity throughout the European. Jason Steuber, Cofrin...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: A Feast for the Eyes

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: A Feast for...

Field Trip and Tour – Polk Museum of Art

Offsite

In the morning, we will visit the Polk Museum of Art, a Smithsonian Affiliate in nearby Lakeland, FL. This museum is home to decorative arts from all around the globe, and has strong concentration in European works from the 15th to 19th centuries. In the afternoon, we will tour the unique...

Cocktails & Collections

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light...

Literary Carousel at the MFA

  Photography from the MFA archives comes alive through the art of the "Ekphrastic," a literary interpretation of a piece of visual art. Eighty hand-picked photographs from the MFA's collection have been compiled into eight presentations, and noted Bay Area authors were invited to write stories or poems inspired by...

Collectors Circle: Trip to Vero Beach Museum of Art

Offsite

For our Friend, Benefactor, Sustainer & Advocate level members only.   Join MFA Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Stanton Thomas, PhD for a one day roundtrip excursion to the Vero Beach Museum of Art.   Your Special Trip Includes: Roundtrip mini motor coach service between St. Petersburg and Vero Beach...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Berthe Morisot: A Mother’s Touch

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

  Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Berthe Morisot:...

Book Club at the MFA: Still Life with Monkey by Katharine Weber

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts.  Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibitions. May 9th: Still Life with Monkey by Katharine Weber Duncan Wheeler is a successful...

Cocktails & Collections

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light...

Collector’s Circle Study Tour: NOLA

Offsite: NOLA

  Please join the Museum of Fine Arts Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Stanton Thomas, Ph.D. for a special Collector's Circle tour of New Orleans, Louisiana. Your Special Tour Includes: Three nights at the famous Pontchartrain Hotel. Located in the Garden District of New Orleans, adjacent to the city's charming...

Marly Music: Yael Weiss – 32 Bright Clouds

A captivating presence on the concert scene, award-winning Israeli-American pianist Yael Weiss has been hailed by many of today's greatest musicians and critics for visionary interpretations of surpassing depth, immediacy and communicative power. Following a recent recital, the Washington Post portrayed her as "a pianist who delves deeply and tellingly...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Vision and Imagination

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Vision and Imagination....

Cocktails & Collections

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Thoroughly Modern Missy

Marly Room: Museum of Fine Arts

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Thoroughly Modern Missy....

Book Club at the MFA – I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts.  Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibitions. July 11th : I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume So begins one of...

SOLD OUT: Summer Camp Session 1 – Art, Marine Science and Yoga Camp at the MFA

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

This unique camp is led by certified children’s yoga teacher and marine scientist Katie Toth and features daily yoga classes, marine science instruction, field day in Tampa Bay, tours of the Museum and art projects. A different theme of marine ecology, conservation, and community service will highlight each day. For...

Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Please join the MFA in welcoming the renowned young artists selected to participate in the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, hailed by International Piano Magazine (2019) as "part of this summer's top crop of international music festivals."   Free with Museum Admission

Book Club at the MFA: Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibition. August 8th: Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums In this exuberant celebration of...

SOLD OUT – Marly Music: Erik and Martin Demaine accompanied by John C. O’Leary III

This event has sold out.  We are looking forward to seeing everyone during this special performance! The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg and the MFA’s Marly Music Society presents Above the Fold origami artists and mathematicians Erik and Martin Demaine accompanied by acclaimed jazz pianist and neuroscientist John C....

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: A Victorian Woman’s Point of View

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: A Victorian Woman's...

6th Grade Tour Volunteer Information Session

Bayview Room: Museum of Fine Arts

What can artwork tell us about the culture from which it comes? Every 6th grader in the Pinellas County School District comes to the Museum of Fine Arts to explore that question. Our 6th Grade Docents teach students how to examine art as a historical document, looking closely and thinking...

Cocktails & Collections

Museum of Fine Arts - Membership Garden

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light...

An Exclusive MFA Collectors Circle Tour: London and Greece

Offsite: London & Greece

Dear MFA Friend, Benefactor, Sustainer & Advocate level members: Please join us for one amazing odyssey through Greece starting in London or meeting the group in Athens, Greece. You will enjoy exclusive access to historical landmarks and monuments, with the wonderful advantage of traveling with the MFA"s Sr. Curator of...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Antioch and Ancient Greece

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Antioch and Ancient...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Agatha Christie

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Agatha Christie. Imaginative...

Cocktails & Collections

Museum of Fine Arts - Membership Garden

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light...

Museum Minis: Incredible Insects!

Come and play at the MFA! Museum Minis invites children ages 2 to 5 years old and their favorite grownups to join us in the galleries for stories, games, songs, and art. From shapes to colors and artists to animals, there is always something fun to discover. Inspire your little...

Field Trip with the MFA Collectors Circle: Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida

Offsite: Appleton Museum of Art Ocala

For our Friend, Benefactor, Sustainer & Advocate level members only. The MFA's support group, Collectors Circle, is taking a bus trip to Ocala to visit the Appleton Museum of Art, led by Senior Curator of Early Western Art Michael Bennett, PhD. The group will be introduced to the Appleton's permanent...

Coffee Talk with Nan Colton: Crystal Moments

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Crystal Moments. Sit...

Cocktails & Collections

Museum of Fine Arts - Membership Garden

  Cocktails & Collections, held on the third Thursday of each month, is a series of themed events with connections to art. Each event focuses on one of the MFA galleries or special exhibitions, highlighting a different work in the collection. Each month features live music, a customized docent tour, light...

Book Club at the MFA: “Mostly Dead Things” by Kristen Arnett

Museum of Fine Arts - Bayview Room

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibition. November 14th: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett Dysfunction flows through Florida families like...

Money, Beauty, Power: The Obsessive Opulence of America’s Gilded Age – Collectors Circle Lecture Series

Marly Room: Museum of Fine Arts

The MFA's Collectors Circle series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. Everyone is invited to these lectures. Free with admission. Come learn about the compulsive opulence of the Gilded Age that Jennifer Angus evokes and reacts to in 'The Grasshopper and the Ant' and...

Deck the Great Hall 2019 – Holiday Open House

Each year, the Museum of Fine Arts celebrates the holiday season with a holiday tree placed in the MFA's Great Hall, decorated by provisional members of The Stuart Society. This year, the Museum is thrilled to celebrate the second annual Deck the Great Hall event, wherein a leading contemporary artist...

Deck the Great Hall After-Party

Offsite: Private Home Downtown St Pete

Following the Museum's second annual Deck the Great Hall event, The Contemporaries invite you to join featured artist Brookhart Jonquil at the new downtown St. Pete home of Stanton Storer, dedicated supporter of contemporary art in the Tampa Bay area through his Embrace the Arts Foundation. An exhibition devoted to...

Coffee Talks with Nan Colton: Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun

Museum of Fine Arts - Marly Room

Connect with the Arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee and delectable pastries. Today’s Program is entitled: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun.  Vigee-LeBrun's...

Book Club at the MFA: Five Days Gone

Bayview Room: Museum of Fine Arts

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibition.  Free with admission. December: Five Days Gone by Laura Cummings In the fall of 1929,...