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Open Studio—Making Ourselves

July 13, 2024, 1:00–4:00 PM

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028

This program takes place in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education. Please use the museum entrance at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street

Join us for an afternoon of drop-in art making and connection for the disability community inspired by sculptor Richmond Barthé’s Boxer.


Experiment with different art materials and techniques, learn from an artist demonstrations lead by Reverend Joyce McDonald, visit The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition, and create your own art in a studio setting. All materials will be provided. Feel free to bring your sketchbook.


While open to all, this program is designed to support and welcome disabled QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous People of Color) along with their care partners and friends.

This program is a collaboration between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem.


Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.

This program is free to attend. Museum admission is not required.


Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.

Accessibility

Interactivity Level: High


Program Length: This program runs from 1pm-4pm. Participants are welcome to drop in at any time or stay for the entire program.


Accommodations: Assistive listening devices, captioning, ASL interpretation, sighted guides, verbal description, a quiet space, ear defenders, fidgets, and adaptive art materials are available.


If you would like more information about accessibility at this program, please contact [email protected] or 212-650-2010.

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Open Studio—Making Ourselves

July 13, 2024, 1:00–4:00 PM

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028

This program takes place in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education. Please use the museum entrance at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street

Join us for an afternoon of drop-in art making and connection for the disability community inspired by sculptor Richmond Barthé’s Boxer.


Experiment with different art materials and techniques, learn from an artist demonstrations lead by Reverend Joyce McDonald, visit The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition, and create your own art in a studio setting. All materials will be provided. Feel free to bring your sketchbook.


While open to all, this program is designed to support and welcome disabled QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous People of Color) along with their care partners and friends.

This program is a collaboration between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem.


Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.

This program is free to attend. Museum admission is not required.


Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.

Accessibility

Interactivity Level: High


Program Length: This program runs from 1pm-4pm. Participants are welcome to drop in at any time or stay for the entire program.


Accommodations: Assistive listening devices, captioning, ASL interpretation, sighted guides, verbal description, a quiet space, ear defenders, fidgets, and adaptive art materials are available.


If you would like more information about accessibility at this program, please contact [email protected] or 212-650-2010.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028

This program takes place in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education. Please use the museum entrance at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street

Explore More