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Learning to Look Tour
1:00 PM
Take a stroll through the galleries accompanied by a CMA docent and learn more about our collection and special exhibitions. Learning to Look and The Inside Story are two, new ways of exploring the Museum on a tour. Interested in hearing anecdotes and inside stories about works of art, artists, and the Museum? Look for The Inside Story on our calendar. Want to learn how to look at and interpret a work of art? Join us for Learning to Look tours that delve into a few works of art. No registration requested. Today's Learning to Look tour: Radical Camera
Art Challenges
1:00-3:00 PM
Visit the Art Challenges station in the galleries to participate in exciting, art-based games that highlight a Columbus Museum of Art artwork or collection. Compete against friends and family members, or challenge the scores posted by other visitors. All are welcome to participate and prizes are part of the fun.
Roaming Docents
1:00-3:00 PM
Initiate a conversation with one of CMA's trained guides. Get your questions answered, chat about a work of art, or be privy to an inside story.
Art Book Club
2:00 PM
Join CMA Executive Director Nannette Maciejunes for a conversation about Robert Harris’ Pompeii: A Novel. With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Harris blends fictional characters with the real-life eruption of Mount Vesuvius to re-create a world on the brink of disaster. This and other Art Book Club selections are available for purchase in the Museum Store. Cost of Art Book Club is $5 for nonmembers, FREE for members. Advance reservations are appreciated. Please call 614.221.6801 to reserve your seat.
Family Adventures
2:00 PM
Share ideas, laugh and play games during this docent-guided experience. Your family team may embark on a scavenger hunt, imagine yourselves inside a painting or discover a work of art that tells a family story. Family Adventures are a great way to share quality time and to make new memories together. This program is free, no registration requested.
Watercolor Demonstration
2:30-4:40 PM
Mark E. Mehaffey, a member of both the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society (AWS), will demonstrate how to work intuitively with shape, color, line, and especially texture in order to produce an abstraction with a personal focus. Mehaffey, an AWS silver medal winner, will be in Columbus for the Thirty-fifth Annual Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibition, which will open at the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery in November. Admission is free and open to the public.
Jazz in the Garden
3:00 PM
Enjoy Jazz in the Garden with Mark Flugge and Friends throughout the summer. Adult admission is $10 per person. Kids under eighteen are free with adult admission. Tickets are available at the entrance to the garden on concert days. For more information, please call 614.629.0359.
