Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
9:00 AM - 4:00 PMFour-session workshop, Nov 23-26Gather glass by creating a paperweight, then introduce air to form a bubble. From there, create glasses and small vases. In the kiln-forming studio, learn basic glass-cutting techniques, along with kiln forming and color theory to create coasters and plates. Ages 12-19Price p (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
9:00 AM - 4:00 PMFour-session workshop, Nov 23-26Working on a mandrel at a stationary bench torch, use soft Moretti glass to build colorful beads. After a discussion of studio setup and safety, demonstrations introduce the use of heat and gravity to shape molten glass. In the kiln-forming studio, learn basic glass-cutting t (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMThe seemingly simple subject of the landscape was substantially affected by the changes in European artistic production over the 19th century. From early pastoral views by artists such as Constable and Corot, to the impressionist depictions by Monet and others, the means of painting nature, and the goals th (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
10:00 AM - 4:30 PMOne-day workshop, Nov 21In collaboration with Drumvibe LLC, learn basic music theory, metal working, shaping, finishing, and harmonic tuning techniques to create your own steel tongue drum. Finished instruments will be approximately eight inches high and weigh seven pounds. Ages 18 and older; ages 15–17 w (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMOne-day workshop, Nov 21This course will introduce you to the process of applying photographic quality images to glass. You will learn how to transfer an image to resist and then to flat glass. The glass can be sand blasted and paradise paints can be applied. Examples of imagery can include logos, text, ha (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
11/21/2009 - 7/3/2010 Albrecht Dürer was the pivotal figure of Late Gothic and High Renaissance German art. He remains, after 500 years—like Rembrandt, Goya, and Picasso—one of the supreme masters of printmaking. His engravings and woodcuts are a dazzling combination of observation, imagination, and technical virtuosity. Th (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
11:00 AM - 4:00 PMDiscover our newest drop-in program, one that lets you explore the tools and materials that artists use, right in the galleries. Handle artist’s tools and view demonstration pieces that reveal the step-by-step process behind the creation of objects in the Museum’s collection. Knowledgeable staff are avail (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMBoth Ancient Greece and Renaissance Italy witnessed changes in painting techniques that enabled a new and innovative approach to depicting the human form. In this gallery talk led by Martha Clawson explore the ways in which the shift in Ancient Greece from black-figure to red-figure vase painting and the (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
12:00 PM - 6:00 PMJoin us for InsideOut, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's celebrated annual sale. See thousands of pieces of fine art from one of the best art schools in the country—student pieces intermingled with works by SMFA alumni and affiliated artists including Mike and Doug Starn, Nan Goldin, and Ells (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMThe splendid material from Tomb 10A on view in the Gund Gallery represents what the Djehutynakhts thought they needed for the afterlife. But it also reveals a lot about their life on earth.Join exhibition curator Rita Freed, John F. Cogan Jr., and Mary L. Cornille Chair, Art of the Ancient World, as she r (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMGallery talk led by Marietta Cambareri, curator, Decorative Arts and Sculpture. Location: Sharf Visitor Center Tickets: Free with Museum admission.Click here for details Related Collection: Art of Europe(c) 2009 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
7:00 PM - 8:00 PMEgyptomania—the Western fascination with ancient Egyptian culture and history—probably began when the ancient Greeks first sailed the Nile and discovered its wonders. Such events as Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign, the opening of the Suez Canal, and Tutankhamen’s tomb intrigued different generations. Bob Brier (Read More)
Design Milk:
The Practice of Everyday Design is a new partnership founded in 2009 with a focus on installation art, product design, and architecture. The Practice is committed to the merging of seemingly irreconcilable ideas to form new design opportunities. The practice is not afraid of pushing the boundaries of convention, the status (Read More)
Today's Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions and Events:
12:00 PM - 8:00 PMJoin us for InsideOut, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's celebrated annual sale. See thousands of pieces of fine art from one of the best art schools in the country—student pieces intermingled with works by SMFA alumni and affiliated artists including Mike and Doug Starn, Nan Goldin, and Ells (Read More)