Mobile Museum of Art
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is hosting Surrealist Night on July 25 at 6:30 p.m. Inspired by MMofA’s “DECADES: Looking Back/Moving Forward (1940 – 1959)” exhibition, it will include themed activities, including the short Surrealist film Meshes of the Afternoon and dream interpreter. Attendees can play Exquisite Corpse, a collaborative drawing game that Surrealist…
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is holding an art talk with Glenna Barlow, curator of education at the Columbia Museum of Art (CMA) in Columbia, South Carolina, on July 11 at 6:30-7:30 p.m. She will tell the story of Thomas Day, a free Black craftsman in the antebellum South who became the most prominent…
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) has announced its inaugural Member-Guest Social for June 21 at 6-8 p.m. Members are invited to bring a guest to the museum for an art-filled evening with live music, snacks, drinks, games and exclusive tours led by MMofA Executive Director Jon Carfagno and Curator of Art and Audience Engagement…
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) will host its annual Makers Market & Open House on June 8 at 3-6 p.m. at the museum. It will feature live music from Denver Hawsey, food trucks, art activities and MMofA free admission all day, beginning at 10 a.m. Vendors will offer a variety of handmade items, such…
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is hosting summer art camps for ages 5-16. Taught by trained art professionals, each class is customized by age group to explore concepts relating to the elements and principles of art, famous artists and the MMofA museum collection. Tours in MMofA’s galleries will include “FOR CHILDREN: The Elements of…
Six Love Your Community teams each received a $1,500 grant from the Mobile County Commission for their litter-reduction work in Mobile County during the third-annual Love Your Community Earth Day Celebration and Volunteer Appreciation Event on April 20 in Mobile. The following volunteer teams were awarded the grants for planned beautification projects: Loving Litter Clean…
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is holding a free Earth Day celebration on April 20 beginning at noon in collaboration with the Mobile Japanese Gardens for a family-friendly recycled art activity. Visitors to MMofA will use recyclable materials like plastic and paper bags to create a koinobori (carp or koi in Japanese) windsock in…
The Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is hosting an interactive discussion and activity exploring developmentally appropriate practices to enhance artistic development and the power of arts education from birth to adulthood. The March 28 event is at 6-7:30 p.m. and hosted by Dr. Paige Vitulli, chair of the department of integrative studies and associate professor…
On March 1, the Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) will finish the installation of a chiller, which is the first phase of improvements to the building as the museum prepares for the 60th anniversary of its founding, to be celebrated with a party on October 26. This is the second of two chillers that have…
TheMobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is opening “DECADES: Looking Back/Moving Forward (1920-1939)” on December 15. The first in a series of exhibitions showing visitors the art, history and innovations of the decades leading up to the 1960s when MMofA opened, it prepares for the celebration of MMofA’s 60th anniversary in October 2024. The aim for…
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