Upcoming Events
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Exhibition Opening Reception 5:00pm
9/5
Exhibition Opening Reception
Thursday, September 5th, 2024
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
The Benton Museum of Art
Opening reception for the exhibitions David LaChapelle: All of a Sudden, Prussian Blue, and Encounters with the Collection: Art and Human Rights.
Light hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
Music by The Jan Jungden Trio
Everyone is welcome.
FREE admission
(Suggested donation $5)RSVP Appreciated but not required.
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Art Encounters: The Power of Portraiture 12:30pm
9/20
Art Encounters: The Power of Portraiture
Friday, September 20th, 2024
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
The Benton Museum of Art
The Power of Portraiture is an interactive two-part workshop exploring portraits as activist statements.
Learn more about portraits as activist statements through close looking and discussion of work by Ben Shahn, Zanele Muholi, and David LaChapelle. Then decorate a frame for your own Polaroid portrait.
FREE
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Art Encounters: The Residue of Memory 12:30pm
10/18
Art Encounters: The Residue of Memory
Friday, October 18th, 2024
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
The Benton Museum of Art
The Residue of Memory is an interactive two-part workshop exploring the ways past events leave their mark in art.
Learn more about art objects that forge a tangible link to the past through close looking and discussion of work by Yishai Jusidman and Binh Danh. Then make your own cyanotype print using autumn leaves.
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Art Encounters: The Culture of Collage 12:30pm
11/15
Art Encounters: The Culture of Collage
Friday, November 15th, 2024
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
The Benton Museum of Art
The Culture of Collage is an interactive two-part workshop exploring collage as a tool for subversion.
Learn more about the ways artists use collage as a tool for subversion through close looking and discussion of work by Melvin Edwards, Paul Scott, and Sukanya Rahman. Then make your own collage.
FREE.