Online Course: Art and SELOngoing

This course runs from October 1 through December 10. Art and SEL introduces educators to art-based strategies that will support them in developing inclusive classroom environments based on the core competencies of social emotional learning (SEL). In this self-paced, 15-hour course, educators engage in the transformative process of SEL by exploring themes of mindfulness, identity, […]

Oct 01 - Dec 10

All Day

Virtual

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Public Tour

Join us on a 50-minute tour of the People’s Collection. These tours are great during a first-time visit, after lunch at NCMA Café or East Café, or if you’re curious about the 5,000+ years of art and culture exhibited at the Museum. Tours vary and are subject to docent availability. NCMA docents may explore several […]

Oct 10

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

West Building

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Educator Expo

Treat yourself at the Educator Expo! Take a deep breath, relax, snack, and enjoy being with your fellow educators and Museum community. Contemplate the power of art and explore activities in both Museum buildings. We can’t wait to celebrate you! Your path starts in West Building (open 4–6 pm) and moves to East Building (open […]

Oct 10

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

East and West buildings

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Mindful Museum: Virtual Sensory Journey through Art

Join us for a virtual journey and explore Aaron Douglas’s painting Harriet Tubman. This event is intended for adults who are blind, low vision, or have a learning need that would benefit from a sensory-style experience. Registration includes a small kit of sensory objects. Audio description and captioning are provided. Space is limited. Registration closes […]

Oct 10

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Virtual

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NCMA College Day: Venice and the Ottoman Empire

Explore fall exhibition Venice and the Ottoman Empire with your friends, meet student artists and organizations, enjoy a drink and treat at a discount at East Café, and immerse yourself in a variety of activities and tours. Image: Petros Baronyan (al-Barun al-Mukhtari), Qibla (Mecca indicator) finder panel with case, 1738, ink and tempera on paper […]

Oct 11

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

East Building

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RESCHEDULED: Outdoor Films: Mamma Mia! Sing-Along Double Feature

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018). Directed by Ol Parker, 1 hr. 54 min., PG-13, comedy/romance/musical In 1979 young Donna, Tanya, and Rosie graduate from Oxford University, leaving Donna free to embark on a series of adventures throughout Europe. On her journeys she makes the acquaintances of Harry, Bill, and Sam. She falls in […]

Oct 11

7:15 PM - 11:00 PM

Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park

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Color Harmony in Painting with Patricia Savage

Please note: this class meets Saturday, October 12, 10 am–4 pm, and Sunday, October 13, 10 am–2 pm. This class delves into how colors relate to one another in a painting for visual and emotional impact. Understanding the characteristics of color—hue, temperature, value, and chroma—gives you a framework to successfully construct a painting. As you […]

Oct 12

Canceled

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

East Building, Studios

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Museum Park Tour

Enjoy art and nature on a two-mile walk. This guided tour leads you through the Museum Park, past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface and incline. Walking shoes, hats, and water bottles are recommended. Space is limited.

Oct 12

10:30 AM

Museum Park

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Public Tour

Join us on a 50-minute tour of the People’s Collection. These tours are great during a first-time visit, after lunch at NCMA Café or East Café, or if you’re curious about the 5,000+ years of art and culture exhibited at the Museum. Tours vary and are subject to docent availability. NCMA docents may explore several […]

Oct 12

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

West Building

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Invisible Cities Made Visible with Zach StormExhibition Related

“‘My empire has grown too far toward the outside. It is time,’ the Khan thought, ‘for it to grow within itself,’ and he dreamed of pomegranate groves, the fruit so ripe it burst its skin, zebus browning on the spit and dripping fat, veins of metal surfacing with glistening nuggets.” —Kublai Khan thinking to himself […]

Oct 12

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

East Building, Studios

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NCMA Cinema: Chico and Rita

Chico and Rita (2010). Directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, and Fernando Trueba, 1 hr. 34 min., NR, animation/crime/drama Spoken-language Spanish with English subtitles Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and […]

Oct 12

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

East Building, SECU Auditorium

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Outdoor Films: Sister Act Double Feature

Sister Act (1992). Directed by Emile Ardolino, 1 hr. 40 min., PG, comedy/family/music When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire. The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity. Sister Act […]

Oct 12

7:15 PM - 11:00 PM

Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park

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