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Jewelry on the Torch
Jewelry on the Torch
Finish off your look with accessories that you can’t find in a store. Use a mix of clear and colorful glass to create abstract and floral-inspired jewelry. Learn about the basics and simple patterns. Throughout the day, build on those skills to create intricately designed wearables. Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Ages 12 […]
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SOLD OUT Camp Chrysler: We are Art Explorers! (ages 7-10)
This camp session is sold out. Monday, June 28–Friday, July 2 10 a.m.–4 p.m. In-person. Space is limited. Face masks are required. Explore the vast permanent collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art! Search for various elements of art in the galleries and incorporate line, shape, texture, form, space, color, and value in your own […]
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The Virtual Art of Yoga
The Virtual Art of Yoga
Enjoy a calm and contemplative yoga session with Tenesha Bazemore. She will present the lesson from the Museum's galleries, and you can join from home using Zoom. Bazemore believes that yoga and art are for everyone in every season of life. Her expertise includes Advanced Yoga Studies as well as Hot, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga. […]
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Virtual Artist Talk with Robert Davis
Virtual Artist Talk with Robert Davis
Robert Davis's Home is filled with 1970s nostalgia. The exhibition reflects the formative period of his youth in Hampton Roads with an engaging mix of local and universal icons. Hear from the Norfolk native and learn about his drawing and sculpture practices during his virtual conversation with Kimberli Gant, PhD, McKinnon Curator of Modern & […]
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Myers House Closed
The Moses Myers House is closed this weekend. Join us Sunday, July 11 for a special program, History Speaks: The History of a Home.
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Morning Magnets
Morning Magnets
This class is ideal for anyone interested in trying out the fused glass process. Make several magnets using small segments of glass and tile nippers. Create the designs by nipping the glass into smaller pieces and adding them to a base layer that will later be melted together in a kiln. Saturday, 10 – 11:30 […]
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Morning Marbles
Morning Marbles
Spend a morning at the Glass Studio melting solid glass rods over a torch to make marbles. Heat, gravity, and simple graphite tools bring your marbles to life. Once you have learned the basics of shaping clear glass, you can create colorful glass marbles. Saturday, 10 – 11:30 a.m. • Ages 12 + • $40 […]
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Flameworked Beads
Flameworked Beads
In an afternoon, learn to melt colorful glass sticks with a torch, spin the glass around metal rods, and form it into beads. Explore different bead shapes and color application techniques, too. This is a great class for beginners. Saturday, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. • Ages 12 + • $64 for Museum members, $80 for […]
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Member Preview Day: Alma W. Thomas
Member Preview Day: Alma W. Thomas
We are thrilled to welcome Museum members for a preview of Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful. As a benefit of membership, all current members are invited to enjoy a first look at the exhibition before it opens to the public. No registration is needed for this event. We appreciate the continued generosity and dedication […]
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Virtual Members’ Exhibition Preview: Alma W. Thomas
Virtual Members’ Exhibition Preview: Alma W. Thomas
Discover details about Alma W. Thomas's life and work and pose some of your own questions during a live webinar with catalog scholars Aaron Payne, owner of Aaron Payne Fine Art, and Elka Marie Stevens, PhD, Associate Professor & Coordinator of Fashion Design at Howard University. Exhibition curators Seth Feman, PhD, Deputy Director for Art […]
Free
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Colorful Botanicals
Colorful Botanicals
Take a day to design and create your own glass flowers. First, learn to shape clear glass parts of a flower. Then, assemble those parts into a whole botanical. Once you learn the mechanics of the form, you can design and create a floral piece using colored glass rods. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. […]
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Hot Glass: Candy Dish
Hot Glass: Candy Dish
If you’re planning your first artistic experience at the Glass Studio, this course provides the perfect way to get acquainted. Learn how to navigate the Studio with molten glass at the end of a metal pipe, and try your hand at turning the pipe and adding color. Once you’ve applied your favorite color, use the […]
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Morning Magnets
Morning Magnets
This class is ideal for anyone interested in trying out the fused glass process. Make several magnets using small segments of glass and tile nippers. Create the designs by nipping the glass into smaller pieces and adding them to a base layer that will later be melted together in a kiln. Sunday, 10 – 11:30 […]
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Hot Glass: Candy Dish
Hot Glass: Candy Dish
If you’re planning your first artistic experience at the Glass Studio, this course provides the perfect way to get acquainted. Learn how to navigate the Studio with molten glass at the end of a metal pipe, and try your hand at turning the pipe and adding color. Once you’ve applied your favorite color, use the […]
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Jewelry on the Torch
Jewelry on the Torch
Finish off your look with accessories that you can’t find in a store. Use a mix of clear and colorful glass to create abstract and floral-inspired jewelry. Learn about the basics and simple patterns. Throughout the day, build on those skills to create intricately designed wearables. Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Ages 12 […]
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History Speaks: The History of a Home
History Speaks: The History of a Home
If the walls at the Moses Myers House could talk, what would they say? Join us in person for a behind-the-scenes look at the historic home and discover the stories the architecture might tell us about life in early Norfolk. Free for Museum members, $5 for non-members. Registration is required. Space is limited.
2 events,
SOLD OUT Camp Chrysler: Color Splash (ages 4-6)
This camp session is full. See the full listing of camps. Monday–Friday, July 12–16 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. In-person. Space is limited. Face coverings will be required. Make a splash with us this summer in our Color Splash art camp! Take a closer look at the vibrant artwork on view in Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is […]
3 events,
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The Virtual Art of Yoga
The Virtual Art of Yoga
Enjoy a calm and contemplative yoga session with Tenesha Bazemore. She will present the lesson from the Museum's galleries, and you can join from home using Zoom. Bazemore believes that yoga and art are for everyone in every season of life. Her expertise includes Advanced Yoga Studies as well as Hot, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga. […]
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Business Appreciation Day
Business Appreciation Day
You're invited! Join us for our first-ever Business Appreciation Day. The Chrysler Museum has 50 galleries, a growing collection of more than 30,000 objects, an interactive space for families, and the only glass studio of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region. Visit our summer special exhibition, Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful, a comprehensive overview […]
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Hot Glass: Candy Dish
Hot Glass: Candy Dish
If you’re planning your first artistic experience at the Glass Studio, this course provides the perfect way to get acquainted. Learn how to navigate the Studio with molten glass at the end of a metal pipe, and try your hand at turning the pipe and adding color. Once you’ve applied your favorite color, use the […]
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Fused House Number
Fused House Number
Improve your curb appeal and become the envy of your neighborhood with a fused glass house number. As you create it, you’ll learn the basics of cutting glass and design a rectangular panel. Once the panels are completed, they will be fused in a kiln to create one finished piece. Saturday, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. […]
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Hot Glass: Candy Dish
Hot Glass: Candy Dish
If you’re planning your first artistic experience at the Glass Studio, this course provides the perfect way to get acquainted. Learn how to navigate the Studio with molten glass at the end of a metal pipe, and try your hand at turning the pipe and adding color. Once you’ve applied your favorite color, use the […]
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Fused Mosaics
Fused Mosaics
In this fused glass class, take traditional mosaic making to a new place. Learn to cut glass and use tile nippers to create imagery. In a paint-by-numbers style, small bits of colored glass will be arranged to fill the design of your choice. The gaps between the pieces are filled with glass powder, and then […]
2 events,
SOLD OUT Camp Chrysler: Color Splash (ages 7-10)
This camp session is full. See the full listing of camps. Monday–Friday, July 19-23 10 a.m.–4 p.m. In-person. Space is limited. Face coverings will be required. Make a splash with us this summer in our Color Splash art camp! Take a closer look at the vibrant artwork on view in Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is […]
3 events,
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The Virtual Art of Yoga
The Virtual Art of Yoga
Enjoy a calm and contemplative yoga session with Tenesha Bazemore. She will present the lesson from the Museum's galleries, and you can join from home using Zoom. Bazemore believes that yoga and art are for everyone in every season of life. Her expertise includes Advanced Yoga Studies as well as Hot, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga. […]
2 events,
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Family Day: Everything is Beautiful!
Family Day: Everything is Beautiful!
What makes you beautiful? What makes your community and the world beautiful? Explore the idea of beauty in the world around us with activities inspired by the Chrysler Museum's summer exhibition, Alma Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful. Enjoy story readings with our friends from Slover Library, create your own crafts, and enjoy works of art all […]
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Straws and Swizzle Sticks
Straws and Swizzle Sticks
Learn how to heat and melt glass rods and tubing to create custom reusable drinking apparatuses. Apply glass color, melt glass in a precise flame, and make a drinking straw and swizzle sticks with unique color patterns. Saturday, 10 – 11:30 a.m. • Ages 12 + • $40 for Museum members, $50 for non-members • […]
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Hot Glass: Candy Dish
Hot Glass: Candy Dish
If you’re planning your first artistic experience at the Glass Studio, this course provides the perfect way to get acquainted. Learn how to navigate the Studio with molten glass at the end of a metal pipe, and try your hand at turning the pipe and adding color. Once you’ve applied your favorite color, use the […]
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Stained Glass Suncatcher
Stained Glass Suncatcher
Cut and solder sheet glass together to create a colorful window hanging perfect for catching rays of sunshine. Choose a sample design or create your own. Glass pieces are cut to fit the design, or “cartoon,” then wrapped with copper foil. Using a soldering iron and tin-lead solder, the glass pieces are conjoined. At the […]
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Morning Marbles
Morning Marbles
Spend a morning at the Glass Studio melting solid glass rods over a torch to make marbles. Heat, gravity, and simple graphite tools bring your marbles to life. Once you have learned the basics of shaping clear glass, you can create colorful glass marbles. Sunday, 10 – 11:30 a.m. • Ages 12 + • $40 […]
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Hot Glass: Candy Dish
Hot Glass: Candy Dish
If you’re planning your first artistic experience at the Glass Studio, this course provides the perfect way to get acquainted. Learn how to navigate the Studio with molten glass at the end of a metal pipe, and try your hand at turning the pipe and adding color. Once you’ve applied your favorite color, use the […]
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Fused Glass Plate
Fused Glass Plate
In this one-day course, learn to design and cut glass to make a square glass plate. Create your own design, choose a base layer, and cut glass to match your pattern. The plate will go through two firings in a kiln. First, the glass will be fired at 1450º F to melt the pieces together. […]
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Cultivating Alma’s Garden: Growing Ideas for the Classroom and Beyond
Tuesday–Thursday, July 27–29, 2021 10 a.m.–3 p.m. (one hour for lunch) K–12 educators can find inspiration for their students in the Chrysler Museum's summer exhibition, Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful. Join community-based artist and Old Dominion University education professor Dr. Natalia Pilato for three-days of in-person professional development. Investigate the foundation of Thomas’s work […]
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The Virtual Art of Yoga
The Virtual Art of Yoga
Enjoy a calm and contemplative yoga session with Tenesha Bazemore. She will present the lesson from the Museum's galleries, and you can join from home using Zoom. Bazemore believes that yoga and art are for everyone in every season of life. Her expertise includes Advanced Yoga Studies as well as Hot, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga. […]
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Member Nights: Alma Thomas
Member Nights: Alma Thomas
Museum members, join us in the galleries after-hours for a private viewing of Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful. Enjoy exclusive access to the exhibition and a cash bar in Huber Court. Each 30-minute time slot includes a docent-led tour. Timed tickets are required as tours have limited capacity. Pre-order a Tuscan Bento Box to […]
Free
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Morning Magnets
Morning Magnets
This class is ideal for anyone interested in trying out the fused glass process. Make several magnets using small segments of glass and tile nippers. Create the designs by nipping the glass into smaller pieces and adding them to a base layer that will later be melted together in a kiln. Saturday, 10 – 11:30 […]
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Hot Glass: Christmas in August
Hot Glass: Christmas in August
It’s never too early to start planning for the holidays, right? Get a head start on the festivities by creating a colorful blown-glass ornament this summer! Go with traditional colors of the season or select something different and fun. Learn to hold and turn a hollow blowpipe, apply glass color, melt the color in, and […]
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Colorful Coasters
Colorful Coasters
Learn the basics of cutting glass, and create a set of 4x4” glass boasters using clear or colorful glass sheets. Make a matching set or try a new design with each. Once you’re finished with your design, the instructor will fuse the glass in a kiln. Saturday, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. • Ages 12+ • […]
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