Winterlights: Celebrating the Season

Museum-wide

Experience the warmth of winter holidays celebrated around the world, such as Eid al-Adha, Bodhi Day, Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. View stunning objects that celebrate the triumph of light over darkness and lead us into the New Year. Hear stories of redemption, renewal, and regeneration. Docent-led tours every day at 1 p.m.; weekends at 1 and 2:30 p.m.; and Thursdays at 7 p.m.

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Art and Mystery: Silversmiths in Colonial America

Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenters: Deborah Waters, David Barquist, and Janine Skerry, with Eike Schmidt.

In conjunction with the MIA organized traveling exhibition, "A Handsome Cupboard of Plate: Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection," guest speakers Deborah Dependahl Waters, David Barquist, and Janine Skerry will provide perspectives on silver craftsmanship in early America. Eike Schmidt will lead the discussion on this exhibition that features great examples of American silver from the Paul and Elissa Cahn collection and discuss craftsmen such as Myer Myers, "Patriot silversmith" Paul Revere, Jr., Jeremiah Dummer, and others. These artisans reflected the ethnic, religious, and political diversity of Colonial America--English, French, Dutch, Puritan, Huguenot, Reformed Dutch, Jew, Quaker, patriot, loyalist--and often assumed leadership roles within their civic or religious communities.

Waters is an independent scholar and guest curator of "A Handsome Cupboard of Plate;" Barquist is the H. Richard Dietrich, Jr. Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Skerry is curator of metals at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Eike Schmidt, PhD, is James Ford Bell Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the MIA.

Admission: $10; $5 for MIA members, free to members of the Decorative Arts Affinity Group.

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China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy

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Day of the Dead: Honoring Ancestors around the World

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Winterlights: Celebrating the Season

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Asian Art Affinity Group Terracotta Warriors Tour

Target Galleries

Terracotta Warriors Exhibition Tour: Asian Art Affinity Group Members Only

Join Liu Yang, PhD, the MIA's curator of Chinese art, in a special tour of his exhibition, "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy." He will take you on a journey from the beginnings and rise of the Qin Empire to the life and rule of the First Emperor, his quest for immortality, and his death, burial and legacy.

Limit of two tickets for any level member of the Asian Art Affinity Group. Call (612) 870-6323 or register online.

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China Art Cart

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Inspired by Books

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Living Arts of Africa

Discover objects for daily use and regalia fit for a king from the diverse continent of Africa. Learn about masquerade and divination, as well as customs for settling disputes and initiating young men and women into the community.

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More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness

Ending Soon!

Thursday, March 21, 2013—Sunday, June 9, 2013
Target Gallery (admission charged)
Ticketed Exhibition (FREE for members!)

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