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Keith Morrison—whose mythic painting Zombie Jamboree is featured in African American Art in the 20th Century—is an artist, art educator, curator, and art critic. Having evolved from abstract art, his landscapes are mystical, an illusion, like a chimera, and relate to artists as disparate as Richard Diebenkorn and Giorgio de Chirico. In this virtual artist

Embrace the holiday spirit and create a winter landscape or a snowman face on a small round pine board. Use paint, felt, and glitter to decorate your ornament. Recommended for ages 5+. Capacity is limited to 20 people at a time with a 30-minute time limit. Please note, the last family will be admitted at

Explore the artwork of Teaching Artist-in-Residence Jamel Robinson in this workshop designed by the artist. In photo negatives, positive space is light and negative space is dark, the reverse of real life. Through performance, capture the “negative” of your face by posing in front of a light, making a reflected silhouette on the wall, and

Come together in celebration of Black culture and be inspired by the works on view in African American Art in the 20th Century. Block parties were first recorded in England in 1919 to celebrate the treaty of Versailles, and in the late 1970s the concept was adopted and enhanced by Black communities during the emergence

Multimedia artist Tijay Mohammed leads a gallery experience and a collage workshop inspired by a comparison of two landscapes on view. This is the final program in a special series that links African American Art in the 20th Century and Landscape Art & Virtual Travel through the sensibility and practice of contemporary African American artists.

Join us for Birth of Planet Earth, which tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins. Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to one billion planets roughly the size of our own. This program employs advanced, data-driven visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today:

Take a rare peek behind the scenes at the studio of Teaching Artist-in-Residence Jamel Robinson, and enjoy the range of his multimedia creations and the stories behind them. Following a tour of work created over the course of his career, Robinson will demonstrate his artistic process as he shares a work in progress. Followed by

Explore the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions who has many misconceptions about our home planet and its most familiar neighbors. His confusion about the universe makes viewers think about how the Earth, Moon, and Sun work together as a

Join art historian Bentley Brown for a walk through African American Art in the 20th Century to discuss the importance of how African American artists have framed the narratives in which they see themselves through medium, context, and storytelling throughout the twentieth century. In the course of this conversational tour, Brown will make a special

Enjoy a musical performance in the galleries by Teaching Artist-in-Residence Jamel Robinson, inspired by the works on view in African American Art in the 20th Century. In the workshop, explore the emotions elicited by hearing the music in the context of the artworks. How would you move in response? Robinson will guide you in translating