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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. Ages 12+ Members $100 / Non-members […]
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Hot Glass Eggstravaganza!
Hot Glass Eggstravaganza!
This seasonal object is sure to make you feel egg-cellent! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. With the instructor’s help, apply colorful crushed glass to molten clear glass on a long metal tube, and inflate the glass with a special compressed air device. If you prefer, when you arrive, […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
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Colorful Coasters
Colorful Coasters
Create a set of glass coasters using clear or colorful glass sheets. Learn the basics of cutting glass to create patterns of 4x4” coasters. Make a matching set of coasters or try a new design with each. Once you’re finished with your design, the instructor will fuse the glass in a kiln. Glass objects must […]
2 events,
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#5WomenArtists: Maya Lin
#5WomenArtists: Maya Lin
Join us on Facebook Live as we celebrate the work of Maya Lin. She is famous for cleverly blending the elements of sculpture and architecture into unforgettable masterpieces. Look closely with us as we examine this precariously balanced object Lin has created in our final #5WomenArtists Talk.
2 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 […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
3 events,
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Curated Cocktails: Transcontinental Connections
Curated Cocktails: Transcontinental Connections
Fancy a tipple with your favorite Chrysler curators? Join us for a virtual happy hour inspired by works of art. Local bartender Josh Seaburg will demonstrate how to craft a signature cocktail so you can sip while delving into a work currently on view at the Chrysler Museum, all from the comfort of your home. […]
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Red Cross Blood Drive
Red Cross Blood Drive
11 a.m.–3 p.m. Roll up your sleeves and be a hero! The Chrysler Museum is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive. Each pint of blood can help save up to three lives and benefit so many others. Please invite your family and friends to join us. Visit redcrossblood.org and enter ChryslerNorfolk to schedule an […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
3 events,
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Jewelry on the Torch
Jewelry on the Torch
Complement 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, the class builds on those skills to create intricately designed wearables. Glass objects must cool slowly in a […]
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Hot Glass Eggstravaganza!
Hot Glass Eggstravaganza!
This seasonal object is sure to make you feel egg-cellent! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. With the instructor’s help, apply colorful crushed glass to molten clear glass on a long metal tube, and inflate the glass with a special compressed air device. If you prefer, when you arrive, […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
4 events,
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. Ages 12+ Members $40 / Non-members $50 Glass objects must cool […]
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Hot Glass Eggstravaganza!
Hot Glass Eggstravaganza!
This seasonal object is sure to make you feel egg-cellent! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. With the instructor’s help, apply colorful crushed glass to molten clear glass on a long metal tube, and inflate the glass with a special compressed air device. If you prefer, when you arrive, […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
Colorful Coasters
Colorful Coasters
Create a set of glass coasters using clear or colorful glass sheets. Learn the basics of cutting glass to create patterns of 4x4” coasters. Make a matching set of coasters or try a new design with each. Once you’re finished with your design, the instructor will fuse the glass in a kiln. Glass objects must […]
2 events,
Virtual Camp Chrysler: Spring Break in Spain!
Monday–Friday, April 5–9 from 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Vacation in Spain—virtually. Experience scenic charms and customs of the nineteenth century with crafts, story readings, and in-depth looks at works on view in Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820–1920. The exhibition brings together more than 100 artworks and explores a pivotal moment when American artists and […]
2 events,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
3 events,
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Exclusive Members-Only Hours: Noches Españolas | Spanish Nights
Exclusive Members-Only Hours: Noches Españolas | Spanish Nights
First Wednesdays March–May from 5:30–9 p.m. Join us in the galleries after-hours for an exclusive private viewing of the exhibition. Members enjoy special access to the Americans in Spain exhibition, the Museum Shop, and complimentary Spanish-inspired snacks. All other Museum galleries will be closed. The 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. time slots include a docent-led […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
4 events,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
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Flaming Heart Pendant
Flaming Heart Pendant
In this introductory evening course, use a torch and simple tools to melt and form solid glass into a heart-shaped pendant. Practice making a heart with clear rods of glass and later learn how to apply colorful glass to create a one-of-a-kind piece. Glass objects must cool slowly in a kiln. We will call you […]
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Fused Soap Dish
Fused Soap Dish
Cut glass and arrange it to fit a 4x6” design for a soap dish. Your designs will be assembled and fused flat in a kiln at 1400º F. The soap dish shape is achieved in a second firing to 1300º F, where the flat form slumps into a ceramic mold. Glass objects must cool slowly […]
3 events,
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Virtual Art Matters
Virtual Art Matters
Do you speak the language of flowers? Experience dazzling blooms and learn about a group of friends as you take a virtual stroll through Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers. This free monthly program is for individuals with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and their care partners. It will take place via Zoom and is presented in […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
5 events,
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In-Gallery Drawing Workshop
In-Gallery Drawing Workshop
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American artists traveling to Spain would spend time in the Prado honing their craft by copying the Old Masters. Learn basic techniques for drawing from paintings during two hours of guided instruction with local artist Rowena Finn. Materials are included. Face coverings and social distancing are required. Space […]
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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. Ages 12+ Members $100 / Non-members […]
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create a blow ornament or […]
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 […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
6 events,
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Ducklings Saturdays or Sundays Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create […]
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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. Ages 12+ Members $40 / Non-members $50 Glass objects must cool […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
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Flameworked Beads
Flameworked Beads
In an afternoon, learn how colorful glass sticks are melted with a torch, spun around metal rods, and formed into beads. Explore different bead shapes and color application techniques, too. This is a great class for beginners. Glass objects must cool slowly in a kiln. We will call you when your art is ready for […]
1 event,
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
2 events,
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Curated Cocktails: Pate d’Verre
Curated Cocktails: Pate d’Verre
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau's Libations Vase is filled with Egyptian and Greco-Roman styles that gained popularity in the 1920s and '30s. Learn more about the pate d'verre vessel during a discussion with Carolyn Swan Needell, PhD, the Carolyn and Richard Barry Curator of Glass. Then toast to the Art Deco era with a lively cocktail by Josh […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
5 events,
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Ducklings Saturdays or Sundays Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create […]
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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. Glass objects must cool […]
Straws and Swizzle Sticks
Straws and Swizzle Sticks
Make your drinks taste even better with a reusable drinking straw and custom swizzle sticks. Cup not included. Glass objects must cool slowly in a kiln. We will call you when your art is ready for pick-up. Ages 12+ Museum Members $40 / Non-Members $50
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
Fused Jewelry
Fused Jewelry
Using a combination of glass sheets and stringers (thin rods of glass), create a set of earrings and a pendant. Learn to cut sheet glass and create a design to be fused in a kiln. One set of earring hooks and a necklace chain are included. Ages 12+ Members $64 / Non-members $80 Glass objects […]
4 events,
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. Ages 12+ Members $100 / Non-members […]
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Ducklings Saturdays or Sundays Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
1 event,
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
2 events,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
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Practical Realities of Being a Professional Artist with Robert Davis
Practical Realities of Being a Professional Artist with Robert Davis
College students and recent graduates are invited to learn what it's like to be a professional artist during a free virtual conversation with Robert Davis. The Hampton Roads native's works are on view in Home at the Chrysler Museum. Davis, who grew up in Norfolk and left the region to pursue his artistic career in […]
4 events,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
Open Studio: Expand Your Torch Skills
Open Studio: Expand Your Torch Skills
After you complete a one-day flameworking class, come back for more practice at your own pace. Open Studios are the best way to practice building your skills using a torch and simple tools with an instructor ready to troubleshoot with you. Not quite a private lesson or a class, come melt with us! All materials […]
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Open Studio: Improve Your Fusing
Open Studio: Improve Your Fusing
Are you interested in furthering your skills in fused glass? Sign up for Open Studio. It’s open to anyone who has completed a one-day fusing class. An instructor will be present to guide you as you challenge yourself with new designs. All materials are included. Glass objects must cool slowly in a kiln. We will […]
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Chrysler Trivia Night
Chrysler Trivia Night
Art and pop culture meet for this fun night of trivia. Test your knowledge and learn something new with questions inspired by the Chrysler's collection. Meet Museum docent Anne Donnal on Zoom and use the free Kahoot app to compete. Free for Museum members, $5 for non-members Registration is required. The Zoom link will be […]
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
6 events,
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Ducklings Saturdays or Sundays Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create […]
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. Ages 12+ Members $40 / Non-members $50 Glass objects must cool […]
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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 […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
Flameworked Beads
Flameworked Beads
In an afternoon, learn how colorful glass sticks are melted with a torch, spun around metal rods, and formed into beads. Explore different bead shapes and color application techniques, too. This is a great class for beginners. Glass objects must cool slowly in a kiln. We will call you when your art is ready for […]
6 events,
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Ducklings Saturdays or Sundays Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create […]
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. Glass objects must cool […]
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Jewelry on the Torch
Jewelry on the Torch
Jewelry on the Torch Ages 12+ Cost: $100 for Museum Members, $125 for non-members Complement 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, the class builds on […]
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
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Chrysler Collegiate Symposium
Chrysler Collegiate Symposium
Join us on Zoom for the Chrysler Collegiate Symposium as Old Dominion University students present original research on works in the Museum's permanent collection. Participating Students Brooke Benham, Expanding Formalist Criticism through the work of Jules Olitski Based on Jules Olitski's Kristina Type 3 Avery Bolden, Restoring Polychromy and the Fiction of the Classical Ideal: […]
2 events,
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Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art
Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art
Norfolk Society of Arts 2020-21 Lecture Series Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art with Mary Gabriel Mary Gabriel is the author of Ninth Street Women, Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art. The book was […]
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
2 events,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
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Masterpiece Society’s Virtual Art, Wine, and Tapas
Masterpiece Society’s Virtual Art, Wine, and Tapas
Members of the Masterpiece Society are invited to join us for a special evening of sharing art, sipping wine, and savoring charcuterie and dessert. Tune in at 6 p.m. for curator presentations of works from the Chrysler’s collection paired with select wines and snacks. Register to receive Zoom information, pick-up your tasting kit, sit back, […]
1 event,
Glassmaking Demo
Glassmaking Demo
Join us in the Glass Studio at noon for a free glassmaking demonstration. Seating is limited to ensure proper social distancing. Please reserve a free ticket to guarantee your seat.
6 events,
Glass Studio Spring Sale
Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Member preview Saturday from 9 a.m.–10 a.m. Support local makers and shop for jewelry, decor, and more during our annual spring sale. Museum Members get first dibs on the unique items created by Perry Glass Studio artists during the preview hour on Saturday. The Glass Studio has a […]
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In-Gallery Drawing Workshop
In-Gallery Drawing Workshop
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American artists traveling to Spain would spend time in the Prado honing their craft by copying the Old Masters. Learn basic techniques for drawing from paintings during two hours of guided instruction with local artist Rowena Finn. Materials are included. Face coverings and social distancing are required. Space […]
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Looking for Mary Cassatt in Spain with Betsy Boone
Looking for Mary Cassatt in Spain with Betsy Boone
Mary Cassatt's stunning Spanish Girl Leaning on a Window Sill makes its United States debut at the Chrysler Museum in Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920. The newly documented, ca. 1872 work was one of two lost paintings discovered in the suburbs of Madrid by art historian M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone, Ph.D. Boone will […]
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Ducklings
Ducklings
Ducklings Saturdays or Sundays Rolling classes every 15 minutes 10–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–5 p.m. Ages 5+ Cost: $48 for Museum members, $60 for non-members Stop by the Studio to make a glass duckling with some of your favorite peeps! Choose from an array of color options to make your object unique. You can also create […]
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