Culture Collective Events

March 5 - March 26, 2026 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Painting: Introduction to Color Mixing

Using color is a central skill in painting. This class will teach you how to mix colors and define hue, value, and saturation using a primary color wheel.
A woman wearing glasses and a red shirt paints a colorful canvas at a table, focusing intently. She is surrounded by art supplies, including palettes of paint, brushes, and a water bottle. Other people are in the background.

April 3, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Studio Workshop: Paper Marbling

Discover the ancient art of Suminagashi (or “floating ink”) as you create elegant, one-of-a-kind marbled patterns on water. Learn how to guide pigment rings across the water’s surface before transferring your designs onto absorbent Japanese paper. Explore this meditative practice that celebrates chance, breath, and the beauty of flowing color. Leave with a paper or fabric bearing your printed designs
Two rectangular sheets of marbled paper, one with pink and white swirls, the other with black and white marbling, are placed on a table next to a metal tray.

April 3, 2026 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Studio Workshop: Paper Marbling

Discover the ancient art of Suminagashi (or “floating ink”) as you create elegant, one-of-a-kind marbled patterns on water. Learn how to guide pigment rings across the water’s surface before transferring your designs onto absorbent Japanese paper. Explore this meditative practice that celebrates chance, breath, and the beauty of flowing color. Leave with a paper or fabric bearing your printed designs
Two rectangular sheets of marbled paper, one with pink and white swirls, the other with black and white marbling, are placed on a table next to a metal tray.

April 4, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Studio Workshop: Paper Marbling Copy

Discover the ancient art of Suminagashi (or “floating ink”) as you create elegant, one-of-a-kind marbled patterns on water. Learn how to guide pigment rings across the water’s surface before transferring your designs onto absorbent Japanese paper. Explore this meditative practice that celebrates chance, breath, and the beauty of flowing color. Leave with a paper or fabric bearing your printed designs
Two rectangular sheets of marbled paper, one with pink and white swirls, the other with black and white marbling, are placed on a table next to a metal tray.

April 8, 2026 | 12 - 12:30 p.m.

April Conversation Pieces

Look closely and see more: one artwork, thirty minutes, new discoveries.

Simone Leigh

April 8, 2026 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Musing Together

Musing Together is a monthly art conversation program designed for individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia and their care partners.
Three women stand in an art gallery, closely viewing framed paintings on a white wall. Sunlight filters through large windows in the background, and sculptures are displayed around the room.

April 15, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Access for All

Join us for a day of free admission and drop-in programming for adults of all ages! Whether you like to explore on your own, join a conversation, or create art, there is something for you. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.
A museum guide gestures toward a large artwork on the wall while a group of attentive visitors stands and listens in a bright, modern gallery space with wooden floors and high ceilings.

April 14 - May 5, 2026 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Introduction to Collage

Learn principles of design while playing and experimenting with collage materials and techniques.
A person smiles while holding patterned paper at a table, surrounded by others engaged in creative craft activities in a brightly lit room.

May 13, 2026 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Musing Together

Musing Together is a monthly art conversation program designed for individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia and their care partners.
A group of women sit closely together, attentively listening to something out of frame. The focus is on two women in front, one in a colorful patterned dress and glasses, the other in a black and red jacket, both looking engaged.

April 14 - May 19, 2026 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Mixed Media Illustration

Create your own narrative illustrations. Looking to paintings, pop culture, and tarot cards for inspiration, practice simplifying and exaggerating human anatomy to create unique character designs and captivating compositions.
A person paints a portrait of a woman on a colorful landscape background, using watercolors. Paint tubes, brushes, a palette, and a smartphone are on the white table. The artist holds a brush over the painting.

April 14 - May 19, 2026 | 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Mixed Media Illustration

Create your own narrative illustrations. Looking to paintings, pop culture, and tarot cards for inspiration, practice simplifying and exaggerating human anatomy to create unique character designs and captivating compositions.
A person paints a portrait of a woman on a colorful landscape background, using watercolors. Paint tubes, brushes, a palette, and a smartphone are on the white table. The artist holds a brush over the painting.

April 14 - May 19, 2026 | 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Mixed Media Portraiture

Learn to capture character as you create portraits using a variety of media. Through guided lessons, develop your skills in facial anatomy, proportion, and expression while exploring pastel sticks, charcoal, gouache, and graphite.
A person with short hair and glasses, wearing a blue plaid shirt, smiles while sitting at a table with papers and art supplies. Another person in purple sits across from them. Red cabinets and chairs are in the background.