Within the Museum, we communicate beyond just the art in our galleries. James Williams, Director of Design and Technology at the Birmingham Museum of Art will examine the function of […]
Steiner Auditorium
Clay Days at the BMA! // Artist Talk featuring Larry Allen
Join us for a weekend exploring the wonder and importance of ceramic art in our state and in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art. The Bunting Biennial Ceramics […]
Reparations Now!
Join Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama, for poetry readings alongside works in our American collection. Jones, the youngest poet laureate and first Black woman to […]
Darsie Alexander: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art
The BMA is pleased to welcome Darsie Alexander, the Susan and Elihu Rose Chief Curator at the Jewish Museum, for an evening lecture about the Jewish Museum’s recent exhibition, Afterlives: […]
Weaving Together Southeastern Indigenous Art and Ecology
Join us for a conversation about how ever-changing ecology impacted southeastern indigenous art from Mississipian times to the present. Sehoy Thrower, an Environmental Protection Specialist for the Poarch Band of […]
17th Annual Eivor and Alston Callahan Asian Art Lecture
Beyond the Lotus: Flora in the Arts of India Throughout India the language of foliage is profound. Learn the secrets of this scented language as rendered in the visual arts […]
Theaster Gates
Artist, activist, and urban-planner Theaster Gates performed with The Black Monks of Mississippi, an ensemble of musicians who employ a variety of musical traditions, which range from spirituals, blues, gospel […]