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The museum is now open to the public on Fridays from 3:00 to 7:00 pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. To plan your visit and reserve free timed-entry tickets, please visit the Gallery’s website.
We hope to see you soon!
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
June at the Gallery
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Join us to listen, learn, and engage with art and with our virtual community. Visit our calendar for a complete list of upcoming events and more information about those listed below. Registration is required for all live events. Closed captions will be available in English.
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EDUCATOR WORKSHOP
Teacher Leadership Program
Thursday, June 3, 4:00 pm EDT
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This one-hour program invites educators to explore innovative ways to connect their curricula with the Gallery’s collection. Sessions also include strategies for teaching with art on virtual platforms. Learn more.
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FEATURED PROGRAM
Mindfulness and Art at the Gallery
Thursday, June 10, 12:30 pm EDT
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Join mindfulness expert Anne Dutton and Gallery curator Sadako Ohki for a live virtual session that features mindfulness practice, close looking, and discussion focused on Ike no Taiga’s Moonlight Bamboo (ca. 1758–60). Learn more.
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E-FURNITURE STUDY TOUR
The Pursuit of Comfort: Upholstery in America
Friday, June 11, 12:30 pm EDT
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In this special-topic tour, curator Patricia E. Kane and conservator Catherine Silverman consider traditional upholstery techniques and materials in the Hume Furniture Study. Learn more.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Daily events through June 27
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New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas 2021 will present a predominantly virtual festival of over 200 events, 80% of them free, featuring such luminaries as the choreographer and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award recipient Ronald K. Brown and the Indigenous playwright and Forbes “30 under 30” theater director Madeline Sayet, as well as a high-drama, high-fashion show of hair art. Learn more.
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ON DEMAND
Now Available Online Anytime
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STORIES AND ART
The Tortoise and the Eagle (La tortuga y el águila). In this month’s Stories and Art program, look at an etching by Wenceslaus Hollar (1665) while listening to a story about a tortoise who learns a very important lesson. Watch now in English and Spanish.
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E-GALLERY TALK
In this short video, Alexandra Ward, the Marcia Brady Tucker Senior Fellow, Department of American Decorative Arts, addresses a whistle-and-bells toy made by Daniel Christian Fueter in the early 1760s. Watch now.
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Support the Gallery’s Annual Fund
Across the Gallery, care and sustainability are folded into all that we do—from using natural cleaning products to cutting energy consumption by 23% in heating and cooling over the past five years. Your gift to the Annual Fund enables us to continue working toward a healthy future.
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