Archives: Events

Edward Steichen, one of the finest creative photographers in the world, became the official photographer for Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair and Vogue in 1923. A painter by training, Steichen changed fashion photography forever. Enjoy a talk with fashion historian Stéphane Houy-Towner and a workshop with fashion illustrator Renaldo Barnette. Schedule 1:30–2:30pm — Fashion Talk: Steichen’s

Join artist Joshua Renfroe and curator Bentley Brown as they discuss the intersections between visual art and Hip Hop culture, especially in relation to photography and fashion. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Joshua Renfroe is a NYC-based director, self-taught photographer, and author from Tuskegee, Alabama. His first self-published photography book,

It Takes 2: Unexpected Pairings explores how unrelated artworks can form a relationship when seen through a certain lens. What two things do you think can be made to go together? Using markers, draw your own unexpected pairings on a blank puzzle to disassemble and reassemble. Recommended for ages 4+.

Using twelve popsicle sticks and some yarn, create a miniature ladder to remind yourself of your goals for 2024 and to reflect on your memories from 2023. Writing down your goals or memories, each on a popsicle stick, and tying them together, can remind us that every year is its own journey! Recommended for ages

Join Alyssa Alexander, Independent Curator and Arts Administrator, and Karintha Lowe, Mellon Fellow in the Public Humanities, for a tour of Kindred Worlds: The Priscila & Alvin Hudgins Collection. Get an insider’s look into the Hudgins family and their vital legacy of Black American collectorship, and learn how themes of myth, memory, and leisure flow

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery that our Milky Way was only one galaxy among many, and that the universe was far larger than previously believed. In celebration, make your own diorama of the Milky Way and its neighboring galaxies on a scale of 1:5 hundred thousand billion billion, and learn how to

Paint your own winter wonderland and use cotton to make a little snow buddy! Recommended for ages 4+. This program is offered as part of School’s Out, Stars Are In (SOSI).   SOSI is sponsored by Con Edison.

Using paper, cotton, essential oils, and other inedible materials, dream up what you’d imagine to be the best drink to keep you warm during the winter season. Add holiday-themed essential oils to your Hudson “hot drink.” Recommended for ages 4+. This program is offered as part of School’s Out, Stars Are In (SOSI).   SOSI

Take a seat in the Great Hall of Glenview, the Museum’s 1877 Gilded Age historic home lavishly decorated for the holiday season, and hear historian and author Pamela McColl read the classic poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” McColl traces the evolution of the holiday season and explores the origins of Clement Clarke Moore’s poem,

Create a soundscape collage for the Museum’s beloved Nybylwyck Hall Dollhouse, on view in It Takes 2: Unexpected Pairings, that includes dialogue, sounds from the natural world, and human-made sounds. Write your own or assemble the words, then have fun recording! The workshop is led by Teaching Artist-in-Residence Sarah Provost, a puppetry and theater artist