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| Tuesday, August 07, 2012 |
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ArtBreak // Animals And Adaptation (12:00 - noon - 12:30 - noon)
 FREE
Feed your body and mind at lunchtime every Tuesday at noon. Join us for these free 20-30 minute gallery talks, then stay for lunch at Oscar’s. They’ll even include a free dessert!
Our friends from the Birmingham Zoo will discuss the animals represented in the sculptures from the Arctic Beauty: Inuit Sculpture from Canada exhibition, their adaptations to their environment, and how they relate to Inuit culture. The focus will be on birds and mammals.
To learn more about the Arctic Beauty: Inuit Sculpture from Canada exhibit, click here.
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| Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
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ArtBreak // Impressionism: Inferior Or Innovative? (12:00 - noon - 12:30 - noon)
FREE
Join us for these special 20-30 minute talks and if you stay for lunch at Oscar’s, they’ll even throw in dessert!
A 19th-century critic coined the term "impressionism" as a derogatory reference to the relative unfinished qualities of Claude Monet's Impression: Sunrise. Leta Woller, education intern, explores what it was about that style- though much beloved today- that shocked audiences and the contemporary art establishment.
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| Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
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ArtBreak // Picturing Birmingham (12:00 - noon - 12:30 - noon)
FREE
Join us for these special 20-30 minute talks and if you stay for lunch at Oscar’s, they’ll even throw in dessert!
Associate Curator of Education Suzy Harris will discuss how the Museum's collection of American Art is used to enhance K-12 curriculum with local school groups. The Museum was recently the recipient of a prestigious Kennedy Center grant which makes such programs possible to museums across the United States.
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| Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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