Upcoming at the Museum

Join Us Sunday for a Fun Art-Making Activity

Sunday, April 2, Sessions at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.

Each Sunday, MAM hosts a family art-making activity inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions. This week, families will use oil pastels and watercolors to paint colorful compositions influenced by contemporary indigenous artists.

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In addition to our standard Sunday Studio, MAM hosts a special Sunday Studio on the first Sunday of the month. Sensory Sunday Studio is designed for families with neurodivergent members who prefer smaller classes with extra support. Families will partake in the same art-making activity described above. Sensory Sunday Studio is at 12 p.m., before our standard Sunday Studio.

Final Chance to Participate in Spring Break Camp

April 3–7, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. & 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

There is still limited space in MAM's Spring Break Camps. Those interested in the art of working with clay can take advantage of Hand-building to learn the proper use of tools, sculpting techniques, and surface design. Meanwhile, kids interested in Mixed-Media Mashup will experiment with a variety of art media and learn new artistic techniques for self-expression in a fun and supportive atmosphere with other creative kids.

Save up to $90 per child if you become a MAM Family member today!

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Join us for Our Annual Free First Thursday

Thursday, April 6, 5–9 p.m.

Free First Thursday is back for April, and we're celebrating with a night of festivity, food, and relaxation. Show off your moves at a DJ dance party while sipping on a specialty drink or explore our galleries with one of our knowledgeable docents. Stop by our Art Studios and pick out a fun face-painting design to rock throughout the night.

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Do You Have Any Old Laptops That Are Collecting Dust?

Friday, April 7, 11 a.m.

Join us for this month's Casual Conversations in the Cornerstone Café. Enjoy coffee and pastries while chatting with Jon Bonesteel, our community guest and co-founder of Laptop Upcycle. Laptop Upcycle teaches high school students how to wipe hard drives and repair worn-out laptops and then gives those refurbished devices to students who need them

There is a donation bin in the Cornerstone Café where you can donate old laptops to Laptop Upcycle. This donation bin is only for laptops, please refrain from filling it with other electronic devices.

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Spend the Evening with vanessa german

Thursday, April 20, 7 p.m.

Hear from artist vanessa german as she gives the prestigious Gaelen Family Artist Lecture at MAM. This program is in conjunction with the exhibition, vanessa german:...please imagine all the things i cannot say...and we invite you to experience her reputation as a mesmerizing speaker, educator, and performance artist firsthand.

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Spend Fridays at MAM

Join us each Friday for special programming including Sketching in the Galleries and Family Scavenger Hunts. Bring your laptop or other project materials to the Museum’s Media Lab and enjoy our free wifi. While there, take a break from work and visit the galleries, or grab a quick snack or cup of coffee from our Cornerstone Café as you fuel up for the end of the work week.

The Cornerstone Café is open on Friday, March 31, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

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Spotlight on the Collection

MAM’s bimonthly series, Spotlight on the Collection, highlights artworks from the permanent collection and original scholarship by MAM staff. This work is a bold, refreshing painting filled with raucous colors and forms that are about to explode out of the picture plane. Push and pull, a term used to explain the ability of color combinations to recede and move forward within a picture, is clearly visible between the back and blue background and the two figures that fill most of the composition.

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