10:30 am–5:30 pm Brooklyn Museum Plaza Stop by our market to shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans. This weekly event features more than twenty vendors offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods, and more. This event is free and takes place outdoors (rain...
Families impacted by dementia are invited to join us for a fun and interactive movement and music program. Musicians from Calliope Brass and teaching artists from Dances for a Variable Population partner to create a music and dance-filled afternoon for all ages. No dance or...
6–7:15 pm Online Blind individuals and those with low vision are invited to experience our collections and special exhibitions online, by tuning in for vivid, detailed verbal description tours. Each program offers an opportunity to gather online and enjoy works of art and one another’s...
Presented in partnership with ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York Imagined TouchDir. Jodee Mundy OAM, Sofya Gollan(Documentary, British Sign Language/English, Australia, 2021, 33 min)International Premiere When two deafblind women ask a theater director to help them make a show about being deaf and blind, never in...
10–11:15 am Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor Enjoy an interactive, stroller-friendly tour for our youngest museumgoers and their caregivers. Designed for children up to 24 months old, this baby-friendly program features touchable objects, songs, exploration...
6–8:30 pm Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor Join Candace Williams, a poet and interdisciplinary artist, and Indira A. Abiskaroon, Curatorial Assistant for Modern and Contemporary Art, for an intimate poetry-writing workshop in A Movement in...
Petra Kuppers’ 2022 book Eco Soma: Pain and Joy in Speculative Performance Encounters is a “poetic field guide to witnessing community performance, offering a substantive revision of arts-based methods” (Lori M. Esposito). Join Petra for a talk in which she trains a disability culture lens onto contemporary...
The Queens Museum welcomes young learners with disabilities, ages 8-12, to join us at the museum for art-making activities with their families! On the first weekend of the month we welcome children with disabilities (ages 8-12) and their families to visit the Queens Museum from...
Honor worldwide movements for freedom and liberation while celebrating the creative collectives, partnerships, and chosen families that illuminate Brooklyn’s vibrant Asian diasporas. This program is free; registration is required and includes Museum general admission. Tickets are released on a rolling basis. Sign up for the Brooklyn Museum newsletter to be...
Art inSight at Home is an online program for individuals who are blind or have low vision. During each session, staff educators highlight specific themes, artists, or exhibitions through verbal description and discussion using the Zoom platform. In this interactive session, we will have a...
Art inSight at Home is an online program for individuals who are blind or have low vision. During each session, staff educators highlight specific themes, artists, or exhibitions through verbal description and discussion using the Zoom platform. In this interactive session, we will have a...
2–3:30 pm Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor Individuals with memory loss and their care partners are invited to experience our collection together in this interactive tour with Museum staff. Each program offers an opportunity to enjoy conversation, works of art, and one another’s company....
10–11:15 am Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Gallery of Contemporary Art, 4th Floor Enjoy an interactive, stroller-friendly tour for our youngest museumgoers and their caregivers. Designed for children up to 24 months old, this baby-friendly program features touchable objects, songs, exploration of artworks on view, and an...
For individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners. Brew a cup of coffee or tea and gather around art to chat, share, and stretch! Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited. For updates on upcoming programs, connect with...
7–9 pm Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Join fashion pioneer Aurora James for a conversation in celebration of her new memoir, Wildflower. Named one of Harper’s Bazaar’s most anticipated books of 2023, Wildflower follows James’s journey from her tumultuous young womanhood to eventually creating her own...
Mindful Connections is the Rubin Museum's long-running access program that connects art and adults living with dementia. Join us online for an hour of close looking and discussion led by museum teachers and staff. On May 11, the program will explore themes of love and protection....
6:30–7:30 pm Online Únase a nosotros para una conversación informal inspirada en una obra de arte y practique su Español mientras intercambia ideas con otros participantes. Todos los niveles de dominio del español son bienvenidos. Este programa es gratis, pero el espacio es limitado y es...
3–4:15 pm Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor Blind individuals and those with low vision are invited to experience our collections and special exhibitions through vivid, detailed verbal description tours. Each program offers an opportunity to enjoy works of art and one another’s company....
10–11:15 am Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor Enjoy an interactive, stroller-friendly tour for our youngest museumgoers and their caregivers. Designed for children up to 24 months old, this baby-friendly program features touchable objects, songs, exploration...
The sights and scents of the season flourish across the 250 acres of the Botanical Garden. Join us for a one-hour walking tour featuring highlights of the gardens and plant collections designed for individuals with memory loss and their caregivers. Free, though advance registration is...
Memory Tour for Individuals with Memory Loss and Their Caregivers January 19, February 16, March 16, April 20, May 18, 2023 | 1– 2:30 p.m. Preregistration Required Our experienced Garden Guides will take you on a special guided tour designed for Individuals with Memory Loss...
Meet Me at MoMA provides a forum for dialogue through looking at art for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia and their family members or care partners. Specially trained Museum staff educators highlight themes, artists, and exhibitions during an interactive program in...
Join the New York Pops Piano Trio for a FREE multimedia experience featuring Academy Award winning songs from the 1930s and 1940s! This program is intended to provide individuals living with Alzheimer's and dementia an opportunity to connect with their strongest memories associated with classic...
5–7:30 pm Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor, and Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor Join us for our in person Teen Night, a teen-led program centered on art and activism! This evening will feature art-making, performances and much more, inspired by A Movement in Every...
Join musicians from The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School on a journey through the soundscapes of 1920s America, inspired by Thomas Hart Benton’s mural, America Today. The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School is a community school of the arts dedicated to helping individuals of...
This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide and accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors an enhanced experience through the Garden landscape to learn more about Japanese maples, Tanyosho pines, and other trees native to Asia at The New York Botanical Garden....
Explore large-scale photographic portraits featured in the exhibition Richard Avedon: MURALS together with teaching artists Debra Cole and Hollie Ecker. Then, go behind-the-scenes with Eileen Travell, Senior Photographer in The Met’s Imaging Department—and Avedon’s former student—to learn about her work, and to create your own photographic portrait. For...
Join the artists of New York City Ballet in an exploration of the music, movement, and themes of some of NYCB's most treasured repertory. These one-hour movement workshops are designed especially for children with physical disabilities and movement disorders (including Dystonia, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, SMA,...
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER/LCT3 PRESENTS ASL INTERPRETED ENCORE PERFORMANCE OF “NEXT@LCT3:THE BENGSONS” MONDAY, MAY 22 AT THE CLAIRE TOW THEATER **************************************************************************** Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 announced today that The Bengsons, who completed their week-long run as part of NEXT@LCT3 concert series this past Sunday, will present a...
2–3:30 pm Online Individuals with memory loss and their care partners are invited to experience our collection together in this interactive tour with Museum staff. Each program offers an opportunity to gather online and enjoy conversation, works of art, and one another’s company. This month, unpack...
2–3:30 pm Online Individuals with memory loss and their care partners are invited to experience our collection together in this interactive tour with Museum staff. Each program offers an opportunity to gather online and enjoy conversation, works of art, and one another’s company. This month, unpack...
Broadway Favorite Andréa Burns sings songs about her favorite city and the marvelous characters who inhabit it. This event is part of Lincoln Center Moments, a free performance-based program specially designed for individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Performances at 1:00 pm are followed by an...
Celebrate the 2023 National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 honorees, alongside their selectors, at a first-ever public ceremony, featuring readings from the writers’ debut works and a conversation with the authors. In 2006, the National Book Foundation established the 5 Under 35 prize to recognize...
Join the artists of New York City Ballet in these movement workshops designed especially for children with autism and their families. During these one-hour events, children will be guided in a ballet-based warm-up and choreography inspired by some of the ballets currently being performed this season....
For individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners. Take a break from the everyday with in-person explorations of works of art from The Met collection. Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Juan de Pareja,...
Join us for a virtual program to explore the lives of Women of the Lower East Side, facilitated by Scott Brevda of the Museum at Eldridge Street. From play time to boycotts, join us as we discover the many facets of women’s lives in the...
Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby catapulted to international acclaim with their 2018 comedy special Nanette. In conjunction with the opening of our special exhibition It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby, organized on the fiftieth anniversary of Picasso’s death, Gadbsy addresses the iconic painter again—and the long-entrenched myths...
Celebrate Pride Month with Cooper Hewitt! At Drag Story Hour, an artist will read a picture book, get you singing, and moving to your own beat. This is designed to be a sensory-friendly environment; it will be held in a quiet space with a small...
The Queens Museum welcomes young learners with disabilities, ages 8-12, to join us at the museum for art-making activities with their families! On the first weekend of the month we welcome children with disabilities (ages 8-12) and their families to visit the Queens Museum from...