Jul 29
Virtual Film Screening: Hale County This Morning, This Evening
July 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Virtual
An inspired and intimate portrait of a place and its people, Hale County This Morning, This Evening looks at the lives of Daniel Collins and Quincy Bryant, two young African American men from rural Hale County, Alabama, over the course of five years. Collins attends college in search of opportunity while Bryant becomes a father […]
Jul 15
Virtual Panel Discussion: The Green Book – Then & Now
July 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Virtual
Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual guide that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The Green Book was also an indispensable resource for the era’s successful Black-owned businesses and rising African American middle class. […]
Jul 09
Virtual Film Screening: The Green Book
July 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Virtual
In the 1930s, a Black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African Americans navigate safe passages across the United States well into the 1960s. This film explores some of the […]
Jun 26
Self-Soothe Saturday
June 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Virtual
Self-Soothe Saturday invigorates your body, mind and spirit with a live virtual wellness workshop designed to educate, enlighten and revitalize. Join wellness coach Jacquie Fazekas of Bama Wellness Advocacy, and Adi Devta Kaur of THEBLKYOGI for a series of programs including virtual yoga and meditation. The first 100 registrants can reserve a Self-Soothe Sack which […]
Jun 15
ArtBreak: The Importance of Stereoscopy
June 15 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Virtual
Our current exhibition Ways of Seeing: The Art of Travel, Trade, and Transportation includes many stereoscopic images from Keystone Viewing Company. Stereoscopy was immensely popular in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries and offered viewers an accessible form of armchair travel. In this talk, we consider the importance of stereoscopic photography and its relevance today. […]
Jun 10
Art in Conversation: Rebuilding our Communities
June 10 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Virtual
Can art help us reimagine our communities? How can we use the arts to create systems and strategies for change? This program highlights the work of The Color Project and Ensley Alive, organizations that use art to present a counter-narrative for Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood with the goal of erasing the negative connotations associated with this […]
May 07
Art After 5: BMA’s Bridgerton
May 7 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Virtual
Programs available between 5-9pm FREE Art kits are sold out Channel your inner duchess or duke for an evening of swoon and scandal inspired by Shonda Rhimes’s Netflix series Bridgerton. Classical pianist Eric Mobley will help set that high society vibe with a virtual concert, and Queen’s Park bartender Allie Phifer will show you how […]
May 21
Virtual Film Screening // Minari
May 21 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Virtual
Film screening is sold out Nominated for six Oscars in 2021, Minari is a tender and sweeping story about what roots us. Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving […]
May 08
World Collage Day
May 8 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Virtual
Celebrate the art of collage with us on Saturday, May 8. We’ll be offering free collage art kits, sharing collage-making videos, and hosting a virtual studio visit with renowned collage artist, Tameca Cole. Sign up today and tune into the virtual programs on May 8! Art Kits // Free collage art kits are available to […]
May 18
ArtBreak // The History of Collage
May 18 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Virtual
Join collage artist and Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama, Teresa Cribelli, Ph.D., for a virtual deep dive into the art of collage. For this ArtBreak, Cribelli will talk about the history of collage and the importance of this medium. She will share some of the techniques she uses in her work, […]