Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift
Date: 02/12/12 - 05/20/12
Time: 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
This exhibition will feature 129 Precolumbian artworks from Mexico to Peru. Organized thematically by culture, the artworks present more than 2,500 years of creativity in Mexico, Central America and Andean South America from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1520.
Peer One
Date: 01/21/12 - 03/18/12
Time: 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Peer One is a video tour organized by artist Kari Altmann, using the museum’s new works of art website as a starting point. A group of artists, curators, users and bloggers will respond with videos to objects in the museum’s permanent collection.
FREE African American Family Festival: Carnivale of Cultures
Date: 02/25/12
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Celebrate the African influence on cultures from Cuba to Brazil and beyond! Join us as we explore the rich diversity of art, music and dance of African Latin Americans. Learn about poets, artists and heroes of Latin American and African American history. Create your own colorful artwork and discover local Afro-Latin communities. Learn a few new dance steps and be amazed by exciting performances all day!