Join Dr. Katelyn D. Crawford, The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, for a gallery tour exploring works of art created by Alabamians or with close connections to the state of Alabama in the Museum's American art collection. Each Highlights Tour offers an intimate look at specific areas of the BMA collection with a […]
Dr. Rachel White, Director of Learning and Engagement gives a tour that explores 'barely there' portraits across the BMA's collections. Each Highlights Tour offers an intimate look at specific areas […]
The BMA is for kids! Bring your children to join Dr. Kate Crawford, The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, to find a few works of art representing children, […]
Join Angela May, Associate Director of Learning and Engagement, for this unique experience. Using EnChroma glasses, this free tour will enable visitors with color blindness to see the colorful art […]
Join Dr. Katherine Anne Paul, The Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art, as she discusses how to decode Chinese paintings, their poetry, dedications, painters and collectors […]
Join Dr. Rachel White, Director of Learning and Engagement, as she discusses the work of two contemporary artists, Patty B. Driscoll and Manjari Sharma, who take inspiration from historical imagery […]
Honoring and celebrating the dead is a common practice in many cultures. Join Angela May, Associate Director of Learning and Engagement, as she explores images and objects created to acknowledge and venerate ancestors. Each Highlights Tour offers an intimate look at specific areas of the BMA collection with a BMA curator or educator. Join us […]
Like mental puzzles, abstract art challenges viewers to consider and reconsider the different shapes and color tones for potential meaning. Join Dr. Katherine Anne Paul, The Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art, to discover what this means in the arts of Asia. Each Highlights Tour offers an intimate look at specific […]
For artists working in the United States, the colors red, white, and blue always carry meaning. Reconsider these colors in both obvious and unexpected places on this tour in the American art collection with Dr. Katelyn D. Crawford, The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art. Each Highlights Tour offers an intimate look at specific areas of […]
In the fashion world, we often see renewed interest in designs from the past when they are reinvented for present-day consumers. The same is true in the world of fine and decorative arts, in which work created in one period can evoke a time and place long ago and far away. Join Dr. Graham C. […]
The word landscape may bring to mind realistic images of oceans, pastures, or even cities. Expanding this idea through abstract works of art from the American collection, on this tour we will see artists creating cloudscapes, mindscapes, and even landscapes from the tiniest details in the natural world. Join Dr. Kate Crawford, The William Cary […]
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The Birmingham Museum of Art will be closed April 30 – May 6 in preparation for its annual fundraiser, the Museum Ball. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, May 7.
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