The BMA will reopen its doors on Tuesday, October 6! The Museum will initially be at a limited capacity and open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sundays Noon - 5pm. Please review the steps we are taking to make your visit as safe as possible. We can’t wait to see you soon!
All Museum programs will take place virtually for the foreseeable future
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May 16
Kids Art 101
May 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am|Recurring Event (See all)One event on February 15, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on March 7, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on March 14, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on April 18, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on April 25, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on May 9, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on May 16, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on February 15, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on March 7, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on March 14, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on April 18, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on April 25, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on May 9, 2020 at 10:00 am
One event on May 16, 2020 at 10:00 am
Spend time sketching in the galleries during this guided drawing class. You provide the creativity. We’ll provide the supplies.
May 17
Drop-In Drawing
May 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm|Recurring Event (See all)One event on March 15, 2020 at 2:00 pm
One event on April 19, 2020 at 2:00 pm
One event on May 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm
One event on March 15, 2020 at 2:00 pm
One event on April 19, 2020 at 2:00 pm
One event on May 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Spend time sketching in the galleries during this guided drawing class. You provide the creativity. We’ll provide the supplies.
May 20
Homeschool Illustration Workshop
May 20 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Students will spend time learning about variations of illustration techniques for animation and how it is used in pop culture, such as in magazines, professional ads, books, and cartoons.
Jun 04
Ways of Seeing: Buildings and Monuments
June 4 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Join a special guest for a talk on our current exhibition, Ways of Seeing: Buildings and Monuments, which looks at built environments in Birmingham and across the globe.
Jul 04
Aug 14
Aug 14
Art After 5 August 2020
August 14 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Museum is open late on the first Friday of the month from September through April for an evening of art, music, makers activities, and more! See our collection in a new light when you take an adults-only gallery tour. Discover the maker within and bring home your own masterpiece to put on the fridge. Sip a specialty cocktail crafted by a local mixologist while you enjoy the sounds of a local band. Art After 5 is a free night…
Aug 25
Threads and Layers
August 25 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Virtual
https://vimeo.com/449354337 Join us virtually on our website for our first conversation of the series with Sara Armstrong. Sara Garden Armstrong, a visual artist and founder of Ground Floor Contemporary, a cooperative art gallery in Birmingham, leads a talk on creating and cultivating space for art making and dialogue for the visual arts in Birmingham. She also discusses her work and upcoming monograph, Sara Garden Armstrong: Threads and Layers, which is the first comprehensive look at five decades of work from…
Sep 04
Happy B’Day!
Free // 5 - 9pm Friday September 4
September 4 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Virtual
Art After 5 is back to celebrate Beyoncé’s birthday on Friday, September 4 with a virtual celebration of self-love, women’s empowerment, and all things Queen Bey! Join us right here starting at 5pm on Friday, September 4. Virtual programs will be available until 9pm! Programs SHINING // Cater to YOU with a virtual self-care workshop hosted by Shekinah Lee of Purposed Joy and Geno Reasor of BWell BHM. These experts will give you four simple and attainable self-care tips to…
Sep 15
Charlie Lucas
September 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Virtual
Click play to watch the event! https://vimeo.com/457870653 Join us for a virtual ArtBreak! Each month, we'll take a 30-minute lunch break to explore art and the creative process led by curators, educators, artists, and special guests every month. For the first installment we will visit the studio of contemporary sculptor and Alabama native, Charlie Lucas. Charlie will discuss a series of questions conceived by our William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, Katelyn D. Crawford, Ph.D. to shed light on…