Black History Arts & Crafts
Express your inner artist while celebrating Black history and culture! Kids and their parents/guardians are encouraged to join us.
Ticket Price: Free
Activities & Events Calendar
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Events
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Reimagining Shelter: Exploring Identity and Community through Art and Storytelling
Through art making and storytelling, this workshop aims to redefine shelter as a space of security, warmth, safe space, and family, fostering empathy and understanding. Resident artist Nikki Brooks will lead participants in guided meditation, an art...
Ticket Price: $5
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Celebrating Black Culture: Art, Music & Community
Experience Black culture through powerful art exhibits, a creative Sip & Paint session, and a special visit from the Mobile Go-Go Museum. This immersive, museum-style event invites the community to explore the rich history, creativity, and cultural...
Ticket Price: Free
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Genuine - Artist & Curator Talk
Curated by Asha Elana Casey in honor of Black History Month, Genuine celebrates the depth, resilience, and authenticity of Black artistic expression. Featuring works by Lionel Frazier White III, Khaleelah Harris, Jessica Valoris, and Desmond Beach, this exhibition explores themes of identity, heritage, and...
Ticket Price: free
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Mame Ndiaye: Glimpses of Heaven - Artist & Curator Talk
In Glimpses of Heaven, Mame Ndiaye invites viewers into a dazzling world of mixed media works that sparkle with vibrancy and imagination. Using glitter as a central medium, Ndiaye creates otherworldly pieces that evoke a sense of...
Ticket Price: free
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Runway Rhythms featuring Riverdale Chamber Music: Music and Film with the Salon Trio
Step into the golden age of flight with the Salon Trio in this one-of-a-kind concert blending historic aviation film footage and live classical music.
Ticket Price: FREE, no admission required
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Voices From the Past: Black Music of the Colonial Period and Forgotten Patriots
This riveting, narrated recital takes audience members back to America’s colonial period to explore the music, instruments, voices, and lives of enslaved Africans and forgotten patriots. The music will include period instruments, traditional folk songs, patriotic selections,...
Ticket Price: free
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Going the Distance with Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater
This performance is part of our Education on Stage Series and is recommended for Grades 1-6. Race to the finish line with two black Olympians who changed history in this original musical play from Discovery Theater! Soaring...
Ticket Price: $8 Adult / $6 Child
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Farm Story & Craft
Go green with your creativity! Nature provides an abundance of materials and inspiration for making art. Participants will enjoy hands-on nature craft activities.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, $6 Non-Resident
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Going the Distance with Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater
This performance is part of our Education on Stage Series and is recommended for Grades 1-6. Race to the finish line with two black Olympians who changed history in this original musical play from Discovery Theater! Soaring...
Ticket Price: $8 Adult / $6 Child
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Craft Tuesdays: Black Heroines
Go green with your creativity! Nature provides an abundance of materials and inspiration for making art. Our artistic naturalists will assist you in transforming your ideas and creativity into an art piece.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, %6 Non-Resident
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Beyond the Frame: Silhouette Artist Moses Williams
Silhouettes were commonly created to remember loved ones when portraits were too pricey for the average person. Kids will learn the history of silhouettes and how an enslaved boy named Moses Williams from Baltimore developed a talent for "shadow art" and went...
Ticket Price: $5
