Feast on culinary masterpieces in a one-hour demonstration designed by local chefs of St. Petersburg’s burgeoning food scene. Each program features tastings, a signature drink, and concludes with a musical performance in the Museum’s Marly Room. Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Kelly Debor, Managing Partner & Pastry Chef, Slate Door Brew Special performance by The Johnny...
Flash/Splash Workshop at the MFA. Presented in conjunction with the Morean Arts Center. Bring your camera to the MFA for a hands-on workshop inspired by the exhibition Harold Edgerton: What the Eye Can't See. At one station, you can capture a “Milk Drop” splash and at another you can...
Christopher Johnson Christopher Johnson, piano Dr. Christopher Johnson returns “home” for this special Marly Music concert. Though born in New Jersey, he completed early studies in Pinellas County with Angela Baptiste, who coached him on his first competitions. He has more than fulfilled his early promise. He was the first...
The program has been canceled for August 5th, due to instructor illness. We apologize for any inconvenience to you. Discover art and learn a new language as a family. Gain an introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary while touring the galleries. Classes are designed and presented by certified ASL...
Kidding Around Yoga system utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into: partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. The class is specifically designed for kids – families welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the family, and especially children, creates a special bond. Join us the...
Field Trip: Collecting Locally Downtown St. Petersburg Address will be provided once you are registered. Free for members of The Contemporaries. $10 for non-members. Limited capacity - this event is now SOLD OUT. The Contemporaries encourages the collection of contemporary art and support for local galleries and artists. On the...
Discover art and learn a new language as a family. Gain an introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary while touring the galleries. Classes are designed and presented by certified ASL instructor and interpreter Carol Downing. Second and Fourth Friday of the Month @ 11 am. The summer schedule has been changed...
Rachel Kudo Rachel Kudo, piano Brandon Ridenour, trumpet Rachel Kudo has been hailed for her “stunning virtuosity” and “miracle of flawless technique and expressive versatility.” She made her orchestral debut with the Chicago and Fort Worth Symphonies at 16 and has since concertized around the globe. Highlights include recitals at...
Wear your best 1970's outfit, gather up your friends, and skate, skate, skate! All proceeds help purchase Bill Yates, Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink, 1972-73 photography portfolio, for the Museum of Fine Arts. If you don't want to skate (or have forgotten how), join us anyway for a great cause! There...
Feast on culinary masterpieces in a one-hour demonstration designed by local chefs of St. Petersburg’s burgeoning food scene. Each program features tastings, a signature drink, and concludes with a musical performance in the Museum’s Marly Room. Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Jeffrey Hileman, Executive Chef at FarmTable Kitchen and LOCALE Market...
Florida Orchestra Brass Quintet The Florida Orchestra Brass Quintet This quintet has won over audiences for more than 35 years. These talented musicians—trumpets Robert Smith and Kenneth Brown, horn Andrew Karr, trombone Dwight Decker, and tuba William Mickelsen—are veteran members of The Florida Orchestra and have enriched our cultural life...
Image: Courtesy of the artist We are pleased to kick off our fall Contemporaries programming with Chris Parks of Palehorse Design. A renowned illustrator and artist who has had a studio in downtown St. Pete since 2006, Parks is also co-curator of the SHINE Mural Festival. He states, "Truly, some of...
Mernet Larsen is one of the area’s most accomplished artists. She will discuss her paintings on view in the Lee Malone Gallery, as well as others that have marked her development and remarkable career. From 1967-2003, Ms. Larsen taught at the University of South Florida, Tampa, where she influenced many...
The Contemporaries of the Museum of Fine Arts are pleased to host an after-hours tour of Shana Moulton: Journeys Out of the Body by Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill. Come get to know the strange world of Cynthia! Moulton creates humorous yet earnest explorations of New Age approaches to...
Feast on culinary masterpieces in a one-hour demonstration designed by local chefs of St. Petersburg’s burgeoning food scene. This final program in our series features tastings, a signature drink, and concludes with a musical performance in the Museum’s Marly Room. Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Matthew Rainey, Executive Chef at Rococo...
Free with MFA admission, which is only $5 after 5 p.m. on Thursday. Complimentary snacks are available. This summer series spotlights the themes of Shana Moulton: Journeys Out of the Body. This film and post-screening discussion are co-hosted with The Filmme Guild. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011), directed by...
Kidding Around Yoga system utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into: partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. The class is specifically designed for kids – families welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the family, and especially children, creates a special bond. Join us the...
Shana Moulton, Whispering Pines 4, (2007), video still The Contemporaries Lunchtime Lecture Series is a grab bag of artist talks, panel discussions, and art historical lectures that focus on contemporary themes during the lunch hour of the first Monday of each month. This month's Lunchtime Lecture is a Panel Discussion:...
Shana Moulton, Whispering Pines 4, 2007, video still This live music and performance event features Shana Moulton’s alter ego Cynthia in the one-act opera Whispering Pines 10 (2010) and vocalist Susan Hellman Spatafora. Throughout the Whispering Pines series, begun in 2002 and ongoing, we see Cynthia grappling with various maladies, seeking out remedies in the...
Red Figure Column Krater, Greek, Attic, 5th century B.C.E.Ceramic Gift of Costas Lemonopoulos The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum of Fine Arts. The Friends of Decorative Arts (FODA) expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you...
Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. Nan Colton, the MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence, turns to special exhibitions and the collection for her scripts and 30-minute presentations. Enjoy refreshments at 10 am, her performance at 10:30 am, and a general docent...
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. The group meets in the Bayview Room and discusses the book of the month....
Dr. Emily Schuchardt Navratil This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. Everyone is invited to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors Circle members, also sponsored by Northern Trust, is held one hour before the lecture. Cynthia Astrack is President...
Kidding Around Yoga system utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into: partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. The class is specifically designed for kids – families welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the family, and especially children, creates a special bond. Join us the...
Middle School students from Pinellas County Schools, Elevate A.R.T.S. grant will perform a variety of music and showcase their artwork in the Marly Room. The Elevate A.R.T.S. grant is a federally funded grant awarded to the Pinellas Visual and Performing Arts department. The grant was conceived to provide professional...
A Bicycle Country A SIMPLE THEATRE - A Season of Legends - presented in various venues as a Staged Reading. The MFA is pleased to host one of these readings on October 18, in connection with the exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, which will open October...
Please join us for the MFA Member Preview of Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art. This event is free for MFA members and $10 for non-member guests. Our America is one of the most expansive exhibitions of Latino art ever presented in the Tampa Bay area. It spotlights...
SOLD OUT! Field Trip: PRINT ST. PETE Letterpress Workshop PRINT ST. PETE Community Letterpress 4903 8th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 7:00-9:30 p.m. $15 for members of The Contemporaries $20 for non-members Limited capacity We are taking our third field trip this year to PRINT ST. PETE Community Letterpress. Bridget Elmer...
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society presents their annual Smartly Dressed Fashion Show, to benefit the Museum of Fine Arts, on Thursday, November 3, 2016. The event will be held at the Palm Court Ballroom of The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club in downtown St. Petersburg. The Presenting...
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842), Julie Le Brun as Flora (1799), Oil on canvas, Museum Purchase This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. Everyone is invited to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors Circle members, also sponsored...
Katherine Pill Gallery Talk on Jack Barrett: People Watching by Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill and Louise Barrett Katherine Pill developed the ongoing “Spotlight” series to showcase the work of gifted area artists. This select exhibition of work by Jack Barrett (1929-2008), who lived most of his adult life...
Are you looking for that perfect present, a hostess gift, a “treasure” for that special teacher or mentor, a stunning accessory for a holiday party, or a little something for that hard-to-buy-for-friend? Guests will lose themselves in an array of local and national vendors which are sure to please even...
The Contemporaries Lunchtime Lectures is held on the first Monday of the month and includes artist talks, panel discussions and/or lively lectures. $5 (lecture only), plus MFA admission $10 (lecture and lunch) for Contemporaries members $15 (lecture and lunch) for non-members of The Contemporaries Lunch reservations must be made by...
Owl, 1947, Bill Traylor The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum of Fine Arts. The Friends of Decorative Arts (FODA) expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues...
Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. Nan Colton, the MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence, turns to special exhibitions and the collection for her scripts and 30-minute presentations. Enjoy refreshments at 10 am, her performance at 10:30 am, and a general docent...
Exquisite Corpse from 2015. Exquisite Corpse International's first unveiling was on November 12, 2015 at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. A night that will remain in many minds and hearts as a magical inspiring night . Thirty-One (31) talented artists participated in a one of a kind mixed...
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. The group meets in the Bayview Room and discusses the book of the month. The...
Experience the food, musical, and artistic traditions of the three largest Latino cultures represented in Our America: Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American. Hands-on activities, live music, and food to buy and samples will be part of this vibrant day for people of all ages. The events and activities happening on...
Glass Art by David Patchen “Patchen’s Patterns” with glass artist David Patchen. For two decades, Mr. Patchen’s creative energies primarily found an outlet in music, but a blowpipe and a glass furnace have firmly replaced his guitar. He received an artistic merit scholarship to study at the Pilchuck Glass Studio...
Dr. Teresa Wilkins Gallery Talk on Inuit Prints and Sculpture by Members Services Manager Dr. Teresa Wilkins, followed by a reception. Dr. Teresa Wilkins joined the MFA in 2014 after serving as the Assistant Curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas for the Eskenazi...
Noel Smith The Contemporaries Lunchtime Lectures is held on the first Monday of the month and includes artist talks, panel discussions and/or lively lectures. $5 (lecture only), plus MFA admission $10 (lecture and lunch) for Contemporaries members $15 (lecture and lunch) for non-members of The Contemporaries Lunch reservations must be...
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. The group meets in the Bayview Room and discusses the book of the month. Melanie McGrath’s...
The Wayne W. & Frances Knight Parrish Lecture on Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art will be given by Curator of Latino art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Dr. E. Carmen Ramos. E. Carmen Ramos joined the Smithsonian American Art Museum staff as curator of Latino art...
The “Night at the Museum” is designed for your favorite stuffed animal. Imagine their adventures as they explore the Museum while waiting for Santa to arrive the next morning. Watch a video of their overnight antics and adventures as you enjoy breakfast with Santa. Thursday, December 8, 2016, 5 - 8...
KIDDING AROUND YOGA will resume in January (7 & 21) Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, January through November, 10 am to 11 am. Kidding Around Yoga utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. This yoga class...
Chorus Angelorum is a premier a cappella vocal ensemble of male and female voices, formed in 2001 for the purpose of offering exceptional performances of vocal music throughout the Tampa Bay area. This seasonal appearance is by special arrangement for the Museum of Fine Arts. As an ensemble originally dedicated...
The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum of Fine Arts. The Friends of Decorative Arts (FODA) expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $20 in addition...
Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. Nan Colton, the MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence, turns to special exhibitions and the collection for her scripts and 30-minute presentations. Enjoy refreshments at 10 am, her performance at 10:30 am, and a general docent...
Viva Cuba (2005) Directed by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, 92 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles Director will be on hand to introduce the film and a panel discussion will follow. Synopsis (pulled from online source): In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the young love between two children living in...
For our first Field Trip of 2017, The Contemporaries are honored to meet with conceptual photographers Wendy Babcox, Jason Lazarus and Noelle Mason at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts as they discuss their current exhibition There is a Light that Never Goes Out. USF Tampa colleagues and friends, these...
The Kidding Around Yoga system utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into: partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. The class is specifically designed for kids – families welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the family, and especially children, creates a special bond. Join us...
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. Check out the Arctic animals represented in The Far North: Inuit Prints and Sculpture and recreate your own using air-drying clay. First and Third Saturday of the Month FREE with Museum admission. No registration...
Join the Museum of Fine Arts Friends of Photography for an afternoon of history-making as we PICK a new PIC (photograph) to be added to the MFA collection. Listen to live music, munch away on savory hors d’oeuvres, drink our signature libation, win door prizes and vote for your favorite photo....
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 $20 in addition to Museum membership. FODA programs are held on...
Nan Colton as Virginia Woolf 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....
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez (2015) A film by Justin Webster 90 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles. Courtesy of Icarus Films. Synopsis (pulled from online source): A law-school dropout and political journalist who grew up in the poverty and violence of northern Colombia, Gabriel García Márquez became the writer...
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. January 12: The Family Fang: A Novel by Kevin Wilson portrays a quirky dysfunctional...
Mornings with the Maestro returns to the MFA this season and the schedule is listed below. You can purchase advance tickets through the St. Petersburg Opera Company by clicking HERE. Here’s the rest of the schedule for Mornings with the Maestro at the MFA: Jan. 13, 2017 at 11am - Preview...
Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Second and fourth...
Celadon Hippocampus by Shelley Muzylowski Allen Shelley Muzylowski Allen has a BFA in painting and intaglio from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver and from 1998-2004, was an assistant with the William Morris sculpture team in Washington. In 2005, she established a glass and sculpture studio,...
Andrew lives in St. Petersburg with his wife Amanda and their dog and two cats. He started homebrewing in 2008 while in college at Binghamton University in his home state of New York. He quickly caught the brewing bug and enjoys making hoppy beers, like Pale Ale and IPA, as...
Cows Wearing Glasses (2014) Directed by Alex Santiago Perez, Puerto Rico, 90 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles. Synopsis (pulled from online source): Marso, a lonely, eccentric painter and art professor, is losing his sight. As the world as he knows it comes to an end, he is now forced to...
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. Check out the Arctic animals represented in The Far North: Inuit Prints and Sculpture and recreate your own using air-drying clay. First and Third Saturday of the Month FREE with Museum admission. No registration...
Greg Smith, artist. Innovative artist Greg Smith introduces his installation and performance-based video, Breakdown Lane (2016), on view in the Helen and Dick Minck Gallery of New Media. He turns the road trip upside down, as he faces numerous obstacles and even catastrophes along the way. Mr. Smith has...
Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Second and fourth...
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. With the supplies provided, make a miniature car inspired by the photographs in The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip. First and Third Saturday of the Month FREE with Museum admission. No...
Nan Colton as Miep Gies 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....
The Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts and Kristen A. Shepherd, Executive Director, cordially invite you to attend an opening reception for The Open Road: Photography & the American Road Trip. “Joyrides, voyages of discovery, surveys, wanderings, migrations, polemics, travel diaries, and assessments of the nation. Is...
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. February 9: The American road trip has inspired writers, as well as photographers. Jane...
Friday, February 10th at 7:30 pm - Coastal Chic Party - Enjoy Florida Favorites, Craft Beer, Wine & Chocolate. Featuring The Mad Beach Band. Individual Ticket: $99. Location: MFA. Dressy Casual Attire. Saturday, February 11th at 6:30 pm - Paint the Town Red, White & Chocolate - Dinner and wine...
Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Second and fourth...
Friday, February 10th at 7:30 pm - Coastal Chic Party - Enjoy Florida Favorites, Craft Beer, Wine & Chocolate. Featuring The Mad Beach Band. Individual Ticket: $99. Location: MFA. Dressy Casual Attire. Saturday, February 11th at 6:30 pm - Paint the Town Red, White & Chocolate - Dinner and wine...
Studio Salvadore is a collaborative glass-production enterprise headed by brothers Marco and Mattia Salvadore in Murano, Italy. They began working with their father Davide in the studio Campanol & Salvadore as young boys. Marco was a presenter at the 2009 Glass Art Society and has traveled the world to teach....
Jaroslava Brychtová (Czech b. 1924) and Stanislav Libenský (Czech 1921-2002), Kiss, mid-20th century, Cast glass, The Collection of Philip and Nancy Kotler 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,...
The Kidding Around Yoga system utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into: partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. The class is specifically designed for kids – families welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the family, and especially children, creates a special bond. Join us...
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. With the supplies provided, make a miniature car inspired by the photographs in The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip. First and Third Saturday of the Month FREE with Museum admission. No...
Saturday, February 18th at 7 pm - 1000 Points of Wine Gourmet Dinner - Featuring Ten Robert Parker/Wine Advocate 100 Point Wines. Individual Ticket: $1,800*. Seating is limited. Location: The Rolls-Royce Tampa Bay Showroom. Dress to impress! To buy tickets online, click HERE. For additional information email -WineWeekendReservation@stuartsociety.org, or call...
The Contemporaries has fascinating field trips on tap. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres are included in the ticket price: $10 for members of The Contemporaries and $20 for nonmembers. This month, the group travels to the Janos Enyedi Studio and Gallery. Janos Enyedi (1947-2011) focused on American industry in his abstract...
This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. Everyone is invited to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors Circle members, also sponsored by Northern Trust, is held one hour before the lecture. Cynthia Astrack is President of the Collectors Circle....
Dr. Kimberly Jones Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish Lecture by Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas at the Dallas Museum of Art “Goblets of Gold: The Context of Sicán Cups in Northern Peru” The Sicán flourished on...
Scottish Artist and Designer Eric Hilton arrived in the United States in 1971 and became an art consultant for Steuben Glass in 1972. Steuben Glass has been producing glassware from colorless, optical glass for more than one hundred years, and Hilton highlights the material’s purity in his mathematically precise sculptures....
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. Select a grab bag featuring favorite activities from the year to produce a one-of-a-kind project. First and Third Saturday of the Month FREE with Museum admission. No registration necessary Recommended for ages five and...
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 Finding...
This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. Everyone is invited to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors Circle members, also sponsored by Northern Trust, is held one hour before the lecture. Cynthia Astrack is President of the Collectors Circle....
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. March 9: Jack Kerouac’s autobiographical novel On the Road captures the Beat generation like...
Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Second and fourth...
Glass art by Raven Skyriver Raven Skyriver’s depiction of marine life is inspired by his childhood on Lopez Island, Washington. He started blowing glass at 16 years of age and built his own workshop from the techniques he learned from mentor Lark Dalton. He has since worked with William Morris...
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 $20 in addition to Museum membership. FODA programs are held on...
The Kidding Around Yoga system utilizes the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into: partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories and more. The class is specifically designed for kids – families welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the family, and especially children, creates a special bond. Join us...
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. Select a grab bag featuring favorite activities from the year to produce a one-of-a-kind project. First and Third Saturday of the Month FREE with Museum admission. No registration necessary Recommended for ages five and...
Please join the Friends of Photography for a talk by noted collector Dr. Robert L. Drapkin. The Drapkin Collection is well known throughout the national photography community. Dr. Robert Drapkin began collecting photography in 1975 when Edward Curtis photogravures could still be purchased for fifteen dollars. He has amassed a collection that...
Three short films by Robert Frank, Paper Route (2002), I Remember (1998), and C’est Vrai (1990), distributed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Manohla Dargis of the New York Times has called Robert Frank “one of the most important and influential American independent filmmakers of the last half-century.” In...
Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Adults and families...
Robin O'Dell, Curatorial Administrator & Manager of Photographic Collections Robin O’Dell returned to the MFA in 2014 after earning her MA in photographic preservation and collections management in the joint program offered by Ryerson University in Toronto and the Eastman House Museum. She recently curated Harold Edgerton: What the Eye...
Lei, strung flower garlands, are synonymous with Hawaiʽi.The MFA, in honor of Art in Bloom, invites you to join us in learning how to make your very own orchid lei. You will learn how to string a lei in the kui (sewing) style to adorn yourself or a loved...
A grand Spring tradition, Art in Bloom presents more than 40 floral interpretations of works in the Museum of Fine Arts' collection. Designs are created by professional florists, talented hobbyists, and members of The Stuart Society.
A grand Spring tradition, Art in Bloom presents more than 40 floral interpretations of works in the Museum of Fine Arts' collection. Designs are created by professional florists, talented hobbyists, and members of The Stuart Society. You don't want to miss this!
Dominique Labauvie and Erika Greenberg-Schneider, in addition to being internationally renowned, are fixtures in the Tampa Bay contemporary arts community. The Contemporaries are thrilled to visit their unique live/work space in Tampa Heights, which includes artist Labauvie’s expansive studio and master printer Greenberg-Schneider’s workshop Atelier Bleu Acier. Drinks and appetizers...
Nancy Callan, who lives in Seattle, is influenced by the bright colors and inflated shapes found in comic books and toys. She received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. After a workshop at the Corning Museum of Glass with the gifted Lino Tagliapietra, she moved to Seattle, became...
Jennifer Lemmer Posey 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 $20 in addition to Museum membership. FODA programs...