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Teen Time
$10 Per Person Hang out with your friends, try a relaxing craft, get creative with graphic design, or chill on a beanbag! All teens aged 13-18 are welcome, with supplies and snacks provided. Register Here Interested in discounts, free admission, and more? Become a member today! Support provided by NEST Reinvestment Grant Program.
Diggin’ Dinosaurs Afterschool
Wednesdays, November 6 – 20 Can’t get enough of our dinosaur exhibit? Join us for a 3-week class that goes behind the scenes! We’ll meet live dino relatives, explore real fossils, make dinosaur-themed crafts, and much more! Limited to 10 participants. Must be 5 by the first program date. Ages 5 – 9 3 Wednesdays […]
Diggin’ Dinosaurs Afterschool
Wednesdays, November 6 – 20 Can’t get enough of our dinosaur exhibit? Join us for a 3-week class that goes behind the scenes! We’ll meet live dino relatives, explore real fossils, make dinosaur-themed crafts, and much more! Limited to 10 participants. Must be 5 by the first program date. Ages 5 – 9 3 Wednesdays […]
Art in Focus: Rembrandt, Three Trees, 1643
Next up in our Art in Focus series is Rembrandt’s Three Trees, his largest landscape print and one in which he combined multiple techniques to produce this dramatic vision of a sudden storm rolling across the flat countryside. Join us at 12 noon on Thursday, November 14 in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries for informal conversation […]
Virtual Art in Focus: Rembrandt, Three Trees, 1643
Next up in our Virtual Art in Focus series is Rembrandt’s Three Trees, his largest landscape print and one in which he combined multiple techniques to produce this dramatic vision of a sudden storm rolling across the flat countryside. Join us at 1pm on Thursday, October 10 on thequicklive.com for informal conversation about this work, […]
Workshop: Making Engraved Prints
Note: This event has sold out. Please join the waitlist! Join us on Thursday, November 14 from 5:30-8:30 pm, for a hands-on workshop! Learn to design, carve, and print your own engraved prints, led by Master Printer Chris Shore (Center for Contemporary Printmaking). Supplies provided. Space is limited and registration is required. Presented in conjunction […]
Cocktails & Conversations: Poskas: Father and Son
Enjoy two themed cocktails created by a talented bartender from Litchfield Distillery while enjoying an evening with Peter Poskas II and Peter Poskas III to hear about their art practice and current exhibition, Poskas: Father and Son. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the artists, as well as view the exhibition. Sponsored […]
Bruce Inspires: Duck Stamp Painting with Kira and Kess
Join viral tiktok artists, and twins, Kira Sabin and Kess Fennel as they teach you how to paint your own duck stamp painting. In this hour and half long workshop, you will learn about the rules and regulations of creating and submitting your own duck painting to the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, along with sketching […]
Nights Out: The Evolutionary History of Eastern North America
Chase Brownstein is no stranger to the SM&NC. Now a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University’s Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, he has identified and cataloged over 1,500 specimens in our paleontology collection over the past decade. Eastern North America is known as a hotspot of ancient groups of animals and plants — but are […]