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In-Person Holiday Star Show Premiere at the HRM!

It’s a holiday season unlike any other in recent memory, but the holidays and the end of the year are a time to remember what’s timeless—displays of light when days are short and nights are long, and the endless cycle of the seasons. Today, we’ll be putting on an outdoor “planetarium” program which covers the

Family Art Activity at the HRM: Upcycled Mini Basket

Celebrate our country’s Native American heritage and learn how to make a woven mini basket, inspired by historical examples of the Northeastern Woodlands tribes, with upcycled materials. Let’s reduce waste through reuse during this traditional season of sharing the fruits of the earth. This workshop is self directed, and supplies will be provided. Limited space

Family Art Activity at the HRM: Paper Pumpkin Pie Slice

Celebrate Thanksgiving with this paper-based food craft. Enjoy the holiday season by recreating a traditional favorite and make a slice of pumpkin pie out of paper. This program is self-directed; supplies and written instructions will be provided on every table. For your safety, only four families, of up to five members each, are allowed in

Virtual Travel Through the Five Senses: Sight

Join us as we kick off this new series of family programs exploring artworks on view through the five senses! Using our sense of sight, we will visit David Hockney’s 15 Canvas Study of the Grand Canyon before experimenting with using space and color in our own grid-like work of landscape art. Image: David Hockney

Glenview Holiday Tour

…is encouraged. Recommended for ages 8+. Strollers are not permitted in Glenview. Please note, the Billiard Room is temporarily closed. *Please note, Glenview Holiday Tours are offered Thursdays & Fridays…

Virtual Talk: The Healing Power of Rue, Rosemary, and Basil

Join Mexican environmentalist Agar Garcia as she discusses the therapeutic potential of nature and explores the spiritual healing power of the herbs rue, rosemary and basil. Learn about traditional medicine through herbolary, as well as beliefs found in Latin-American countries, and how access to nature impacts mental and spiritual health. The legacy of Hispanic and

Artist Insights: Virtual Road Trip with Librado Romero

As a Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist and longtime painter, Librado (Lee) Romero is accustomed to capturing scenes while traveling. Sketch along with Romero, whose works are on view in Librado Romero: From the Desert to the River, as he guides participants on a virtual tour of the Landscape Art and Virtual Travel exhibition, stopping at select

Virtual Junior Docent Information Session

Would you like to be part of the nationally recognized Junior Docent Program at the HRM? This session will provide the information you need to apply to this exceptional teen leadership program. Junior Docents are high school students just like you who train to work as museum tour guides, workshop leaders, and ambassadors for the

Virtual Artist Talk: Cynthia Daignault’s Postcards from America

Artist Cynthia Daignault—whose work is on view in Landscape Art & Virtual Travel—traversed the United States, stopping every 27 miles to paint 360 locations. She also painted and wrote postcards of the sites she passed along the way and sent them to collectors, friends, and family. The artist captured 180 scenes over the course of

Drawing the Head: A Virtual Workshop with Julia Santos Solomon

Multimedia artist and Teaching Artist-in-Residence Julia Santos Solomon, whose work is featured in Women to the Fore, has been exploring the human head throughout her professional career. Observe how she captures the shape, movement, and expression of the face with an economy of line, and learn how to train your eye and hand in this