PROGRAMS

For Kids Toddler Takeover

Tuesdays | Jan 3, Feb 7, March 7, April 11 | 10:30-11 AM

Our morning starts with a gallery scavenger hunt, then we will work together on a take-home art project in the AMA Classroom. This 30-minute program designed for children ages 15 months through 5 years and their caregivers also is sibling friendly, so bring your brother or sister along as well. Each month’s program is inspired by current AMA exhibitions.

Cost: Free for AMA members; $5 for future members.

FOR K-12

Homeschool Day

Thursdays | Jan 12, Feb 9, March 9, April 13 | 10-11:30 AM

Homeschoolers will learn together in the gallery and work together on a take-home project in the AMA Classroom. Our monthly Homeschool Day is geared toward students in K-5th grade, but children of all ages can participate in this STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) education art-making workshop. Each program focuses on an aspect of STEAM and incorporates a current AMA exhibition. Sessions include projects, gallery tours, and more.

Cost: $5 for AMA members; $10 for future members.

Kids Take The Stage At The Museum

Tuesdays | Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, and Feb 7, 14

Rising Stars (K5-2nd grade) are on stage 3:30-4:20 PM

Shining Stars (3rd-5th grade) are on stage 4:30-5:20 PM

Creativity and talent will be unleashed at the Albany Museum of Art in this six-week course taught by former school drama teacher Vicki Knuckles. Young actors, who will be divided into two classes of up to 15 kids each, will learn to develop their acting skills by utilizing body, voice, and mind. They will learn basic acting concepts, and engage in creative games and artistry. The young actors will enjoy acting challenges while learning the importance of collaboration and the use of their imagination.

Cost: $75 for the six-week course.

Student Art Studio Saturday

Saturdays | Jan 14, Feb 11, March 11, April 8 | 10 AM-2 PM

Student Art Studio Saturday (SASS) was created by the AMA Teen Art Board. On the second Saturday of each month, teens can come to the AMA and create art with other teens. All art materials are provided by the museum, and there is no cost for students to participate in SASS, which is funded with generous sponsorship by the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.

Valentine’s Edition: At the Feb 11 session, the Teen Art Board is opening the AMA Classroom doors to kids of all ages for a special Valentine’s edition of SASS. Adults can bring their children to make Valentine’s Day cards for loved ones, their classmates, and local assisted living care centers. The Teen Art Board will even take care of any messy glitter and glue after the session. As always, SASS is free, but donations will be accepted at this event to help the Teen Art Board with its projects.

Cost: Free for everyone.

After School Art Clubs

Middle & High School Students:

Mondays | Jan 30, Feb 27, March 27, April 24 | 4-6 PM

Elementary School Students: Wednesday | Jan 25 | 3:30-5 PM

Tuesdays | Feb 28, March 28, April 25 | 3:30-5 PM

The AMA has a pair of after-school art clubs that meet the last week of the month. Monday’s club is for middle and high school students, while Tuesdays are for elementary school students. In each club, students start out learning the basics as they work on fundamental drawing skills. Then, students learn techniques such as shading, controlling tones, composition, and various drawing methods. As the classes progress, participants learn how to work with different materials and techniques.

Cost: $12 per session for AMA members; $15 per session for future members. Families with more than one child in the class get an additional 10% discount.

Spring Break Art Camps

Camp I: Monday-Friday | March 27-31 | 9 AM-4 PM

Camp II: Monday-Friday | April 3-7 | 9 AM-4 PM

Spring break will be here before you know it! If your family is “staycationing” all or part of the week that your student is out of school, let them tap into their creativity at the Albany Museum of Art. The AMA offers early free drop-off at 8 am and free late pick-up at 5 pm for both camps.

More details, including camp costs and registration information, will be available soon at www.albanymuseum.com.

For Adults

Awaken At The Ama

Thursdays | Jan 19, Feb 16, March 16, April 20 | 3:30-5 PM

Awaken at the AMA is a free program for individuals with memory loss or dementia and their families or professionalcare partners in a protected environment at the Albany Museum of Art. Awaken includes an interactive gallery and discussion program with an artmaking component that builds a sense of community and offers an escape for those most vulnerable to illness.

Cost: Free to everyone.

Ama Members Winter Exhibitions Reception

Thursday | Jan 12 | 5:30-7 PM

Join us for this reception for the exhibitions Picture This (Haley Gallery), Globalrama, Works by Gregor Turk (East Gallery) and What’s SHE Doing? (McCormack Gallery).

Cost: Free for AMA members.

AMA MEMBERS MEET-UP @ THE HIGH

Saturday | Jan 14 | 11 AM-3 PM

AMA members will meet at the main entrance of the High Museum of Atlanta to view Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) is one of the most celebrated sculptors of the modern age. The more than seventy sculptures and drawings in the exhibition encompass many of Rodin’s best-known compositions, including The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, and The Kiss, as well as less-familiar subjects and an exceptional number of his expressive and probing drawings.

Members furnish their own transportation to Atlanta. There is no admission cost. A sign-up link is available at www. albanymuseum.com.

Cost: This is a free event for AMA members at the Supporting Level or higher.

SPRING-SUMMER EXHIBITIONS RECEPTION

Thursday | April 20 | 5:30-7 PM

Join us for the reception for the spring and summer exhibitions

Steve Hinton & Friends

Cost: Free for AMA members.

HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE IMPROV NITE

Saturday | March 18 | TBA

At this AMA Teen Art Board fundraiser, participating high school and college students will be placed randomly into groups of four. The groups will then be given a few minutes to prepare before members of the audience call out prompts for them to act out. The audience will vote to determine the winning quartet, who will win a cash prize.

Cost: The entry fee for this event is a “choose your amount” donation to the AMA Teen Art Board.

COLLEGE COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE: COLLEGE

Friday | Jan 13 | 9 AM-3 PM

The current socio-political climate in the United States has reignited the conversation about race and racism. Educators continue to express concern over the impact of colorblind attitudes and policy on student outcomes and their communities.

The 5th Courageous Conversations About Race, which was rescheduled from October 2022 because of threatening weather, will provide a safe forum for college and university students to discuss issues about race and uses works of art as catalysts toward a deeper understanding of the intersection of racial identity, politics, and social and educational outcomes in America.

Cost: Free to participants, but space is limited. An online registration link is at www.albanymuseum.com. Contact Annie Vanoteghem at annie.vanoteghem@albanymuseum.com with any questions.

Adults

Ama Art Lovers Book Club

Tuesdays | Jan 17, March 21 | 6 PM

Have a glass of wine and spend the evening talking art and books at the bimonthly meetings of the AMA Art Lovers Book Club. Our informal group gathers in the Willson Auditorium to discuss novels, biographies, and other books that are related to art.

The topic at the Jan 17 meeting will be Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cézanne, Monet, and Rodin, by Ruth Butler.

On March 21, the club will talk about Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘Fore I Diiie, by Maya Angelou.

AMA Art Lovers Book Club meetings are set for every two months on the third Tuesday so that club members have plenty of time to obtain and read the books before each session. There is no formal membership, no cost, and anyone may attend. To ensure that everyone has a seat at the table, we ask that you register if you plan to attend. A registration link may be found at www.albanymuseum.com/book-club.

Cost: Free for everyone.

CORKS & CANVASES

Thursdays | Jan 19, March 9 | 5:30-7:30 PM

Grab your spouse, a date, or a friend, or paint solo at the latest Corks & Canvases Paint Parties at the AMA! You can enjoy a glass of wine and snacks while you get step-by-step instructions on how to recreate a famous work of art.

At the Jan 19 paint party, our group will paint their interpretations of Woman in the Garden, an 1873 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A few weeks later on March 9, the group will paint their versions of Pascal’s Pensées, a 1924 still life by Henri Matisse.

This class is for all skill levels. Even if you have never used a paintbrush, you will leave the AMA Classroom with your own original artwork, one that you will be proud to hang on the wall at your home or office. The AMA will provide paint, brushes, and a 16x20 canvas, as well as refreshments. You can bring a favorite beverage or snack if you want.

Don’t wait too long to register. Each of our first three paint parties sold out weeks ahead. A registration link may be found at www.albanymuseum.com/corks-and-canvases.

Cost: $25 for AMA members; $30 for future members.

All Ages

Laura Cetilia Performances

Saturday | Jan 28 | 2:30 PM | Belk Building

Renowned cellist and composer Laura Cetilia will come to Albany to perform original works inspired by Albany Museum of Art spaces. She will be in concert at the Belk Building, the AMA’s future downtown home at 140 W. Broad Ave.

“I am so looking forward to sharing with the Albany community a unique and immersive listening experience that I have composed specifically for the acoustic properties of the Belk building,” Cetilia said. “Along with live cello and voice, the music will consist of a diffusion of sound through an array of small wireless speakers placed throughout the cavernous space of the former department store. Despite the raw and unfinished surroundings, my hope is that listeners will be transported to a sound world that conveys an ethereal yet intimate atmosphere.”

Cetilia’s work encourages listeners to make connections, to be present in the moment, and to make patient explorations within themselves and the music. As a daughter of mixed heritage, Mexican-American cellist Cetilia is at home with inbetweenness, straddling the worlds of performer/composer, acoustic/electronic, and traditional/experimental sound practices. Her music has been described as “unorthodox loveliness” (Boston Globe) and hailed as “alternately penetrating and atmospheric” (Sequenza 21). She has created site-specific sound installations for the Bennington Museum and Ben Ari Museum for Contemporary Art.

The Grove Dictionary of American Music describes her electroacoustic duo Mem1 as a “complex cybernetic entity” that “understands its music as a feedback loop between the past and present.” In the performer/composer collective Ordinary Affects, she has collaborated with, commissioned and premiered works by composers such as Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff, Michael Pisaro, Jürg Frey, Eva-Maria Houben, and Magnus Granberg.

Bob Ross Style Painting Party

Saturday | Feb 4 | 6-8 PM

A Bob Ross Style Painting Party is a fundraiser hosted by the Teen Art Board as they look forward to their Spring Showcase at the AMA. All ages of artists and non-artists alike will watch an episode of The Joy of Painting and follow along with us step-by-step at a slow pace to recreate his work Mighty Mountain Lake on an 9x12 canvas at the AMA. Halfway through, we will have an “intermission” for a Bob Ross Costume Contest, where you will have the opportunity to win a prize for being the best dressed Bob Ross of the evening! Supplies, snacks and beverages will be provided! Register at link at www.albanymuseum.com.

Cost: $15 for members; $20 for future members.

Good Times Will Roll At Art Ball 2023

Saturday | Feb 25 | 6:30 PM

After a successful debut in 2022 as the venue for Art Ball, the Albany Museum of Art’s signature annual celebration of art and the community will return to the museum’s future home in downtown Albany on Saturday, Feb 25, for Art Ball: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler

“Last year, we formally introduced this exciting new space to our patrons and supporters at Art Ball,” AMA Executive Director Andrew J. Wulf, Ph.D., said. “As we enter an exciting new phase of the relocation project with great expectations and high energy, we shall indeed ‘let the good times roll’ on this special evening in the heart of our beloved city.”

Co-Chairs for Art Ball 2023 are Jenna McLaurin and Jill King. With the New Orleans-inspired theme Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, they will present an elegant, black-tie-optional gala with cocktails, a gourmet meal, dancing to live musical entertainment, and live and silent auctions.

While a celebration, Art Ball plays an indispensable role for the Albany Museum of Art as the museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Art Ball not only raises awareness about the AMA and its important work in the community, the event raises vital funding that supports free admission for everyone, world-class traveling exhibitions, educational programming, art camps (including scholarships to reach more areas of the community), and more.

AMA Director of Development and Public Programming Chloe Hinton said the event sells out weeks in advance. “Art Ball is a joyful and entertaining night that everyone looks forward to, but more than that, it is an event that enables the AMA to do good work,” Hinton said. “You can enjoy yourself, but will also have the good feeling that your night out on the town is supporting a positive force that is building a better community.”

Information on tickets for Art Ball 2023 may be found at www.albanymuseum.com.