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May 23, 2013

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...

Events on June 11, 2012

Drawn to Nature (sec. S9, ages 7-9)

Monday through Friday, June 11-15, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Studios

Instructor: Emily Isenberg

Let's spend our days drawing inside and out, at the museum and at the park!

IN THE GALLERIES

Sketch like the artist Paul Klee, who once said, "Drawing is like taking a line for a walk."

Practice ways that drawing captures line, shape, texture, color?and the imagination.

Seek out works of art inspired by nature.

IN THE PARK

Explore Minneapolis parks through the eyes of an artist.

Take a closer look at flora and fauna in the museum's backyard.

Draw the natural world?in summer's full bloom?from direct observation.

MATERIALS

Graphite pencils, colored pencils, pastels, watercolors, markers, drawing paper.

Tuition: $360; $288 for MIA members. Section limited to 14.

To register, call (612) 870-6323 or register online »

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Tick Tock (sec. S4, ages 5-7)

Monday through Friday, June 11-15)
12:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Studios

Instructor: Joanne Peters

Everything changes with time, even art. Let's ponder the effects of the calendar on art throughout the ages.

IN THE GALLERIES

Explore art that's weathered with age, records time, or changes over time.

Discover an enormous colorful work of sand art that wasn't made to last.

Examine the effects of time on the surface of paintings and sculpture.

IN THE STUDIO

Work with materials that change before your eyes and through exposure to sun, wind, and water.

Design your own temporary tattoos.

Make art that changes over time.

MATERIALS

Bubbles, tempera paint, Sunprint paper, chalk.

Tuition: $180; $144 for MIA members. Sections limited to 14.

To register, call (612) 870-6323 or register online »

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Featured Exhibition

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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