Every single Wednesday after 4pm the Museum of Fine Arts lets all us penniless paupers inside for FREE and there just so happens to be some sick talks, tours and happenings coinciding each week.
New to the MFA this week is the largest retrospective the U.S. has seen in a quarter century on master painter and printmaker FRANCISCO GOYA, who witnessed and captured the world in transition, creating an oeuvre as broad in subject matter as it is in range of emotions. Go from Romanticism to revolution with GOYA: ORDER AND DISORDER 10/12-1/19/15
\ Wednesday, 10/22 //
5:30-8:30pm ARTIST TOOLBOX CART: Silver @Gallery 134 Learn all about the tools and techniques used in the step-by-step process of creating some of the museum’s finest silver works of art.
6-7pm TALK: The Artist in his Studio @Sharf Visitor Center Joshua O’Driscoll (Grad student/Guest lecturer) discussing the history of artistic creation as a common subject in series of paintings he’s pulled from the museum. The talk will also cover the artist’s ever-changing role in society. Interesting stuff…join the conversation.
6/6:30/7:15pm TALK: Pure Souls: The Jain Path to Perfection @Gallery 132 As part of the Diwali: Festival of Lights celebration find out more about the history and meaning behind this ancient work of art.
7-8:30pm LECTURE: MAKE/SPEAK @Remis Auditorium (MFA) 7 jacks of various trades share their process from mind to matter. Fields range from graphic novels to bowmaking to performance art in the third of the MAKE/SPEAK series events focusing on contemporary craft. The lecture is FREE with a suggested donation of $25…take our suggestion and donate whatever you can, IF you can, and learn something new. Do a round @the MFA before hitting the lecture (scan our Ongoing section) to see what’s on display as it’s free after 4 today!
\ Wednesday, 10/29 //
5:30-8:30pm ARTIST TOOLBOX CART: Silver @Gallery 134 Learn all about the tools and techniques used in the step-by-step process of creating some of the museum’s finest silver works of art.
While you’re there make sure to take a stroll and soak up some of the incredible current exhibits including…
- PLAYING WITH PAPER : JAPANESE TOY PRINTS Now-7/19/15
- KARSH GOES HOLLYWOOD Now-5/8/15
- LANDSCAPE, ABSTRACTED Now-7/30/17
- PURE SOULS: THE JAIN PATH TO PERFECTION Now-11/30/14
- D IS FOR DESIGN Now-2/22/15
- OVER THERE! POSTERS FROM WWI Now-6/14/15
- JASPER JOHNS: PICTURE PUZZLES Now-1/4/15
- JAMIE WYETH Now-12/28/14
- SAMBA SPIRIT: MODERN AFRO BRAZILIAN ART Now-10/19/14
*All images via www.mfa.org
