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Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department, for an in-depth look at the drawing process employed by artist Red Grooms in his design for the Museum’s beloved The Bookstore. His close observation of real life may surprise you in view of the whimsical nature of the finished immersive work of art, called a sculpto-pictorama

Celebrate the summer with an evening of salsa and Latin music by DJ J. Antonio in the courtyard (weather permitting) and a bilingual art workshop with Carolina Amarillo. Enjoy free admission to the Museum and don’t miss our current exhibitions. Cash bar.   Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

Use a microscope to examine cells in familiar plants, and then make a see-through model cell of your own. Recommended for ages 8+. Please note, on Sunday, August 18, this program begins at 11am.

Join us for a panel featuring artist Susan Wides, journalist David Gargill, and Tracy Brown, President of Riverkeeper, about the EPA’s evaluation of General Electric’s efforts to remediate the Hudson River. As the June deadline for public comment approaches, gain insights from our panelists and learn how to advocate on this important issue. Susan Wides,

Join artist Courtney M. Leonard for an in-gallery discussion of her practice and work, including her BREACH series on view in Rivers Flow / Artists Connect. Constructed from ceramic fish-basket forms and oyster shells collected from the Hudson River, BREACH questions how a culture sustains itself when its way of life is threatened. The series

Join professor and historian Richard J. Friswell and living-history actor and historian Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti for a talk, performance, and gallery walk in honor of Juneteenth, as they explore the decades surrounding the Civil War (1861–65) and the historic shift in painting styles from the dramatic landscapes of the Hudson River School to the serene studies

In recognition of Pride Month, HRM Trustee Angelique Piwinski interviews artist Elizabeth de Bethune about Out in Yonkers, Portraits from the Yonkers LGBTQ+ Community, her 2023 series of 14 formal portraits of queer people who live in Yonkers. The project celebrates this community’s richness and diversity, recording it for posterity through the use of oil

Celebrate Pride Month and dance the night away with The Muses, a DJ duo helmed by Jack James and Daniel Walters that specializes in Parisian funk, house, disco, and underground pop. The Muses has recently been featured on Apple TV and Netflix, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, and Lincoln Center.

Explore Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, featuring works by fifty artists who capture our profound, symbiotic relationship with significant rivers across the globe, and enjoy a scenic view of the Hudson River and Palisades, on an informative docent tour.   Photo: Steven Paneccasio.

Learn more about LGBTQ+ history and create your own collage using cardboard, glitter glue, and print-outs of historically significant LGBTQ+ figures. Recommended for ages 4+. #HRMPride