Brown Bag
Information on upcoming Brown Bag Tours
The Museum offers special lunchtime tours in conjunction with current exhibitions. Participants enjoy a docent-led tour followed by lunch and a lively discussion with exhibition curators in the Education Center. Tour-goers bring their own bag lunch and drink; the Museum provides coffee, tea, and dessert. Brown Bag Tours offer participants a behind-the-scenes peek into the curatorial process and an in-depth look at our exhibitions.
Collecting 101
The Aldrich offers an informative series on collecting contemporary art, Collecting 101. This four-week evening course covers the ins and outs of buying art at galleries, bidding at auction, and tips on how to get into the contemporary art market.
The classes include in-depth conversations with leading figures in the art world and culminate with a curator-led gallery trip.
For more information, please contact education director Nina Carlson, ncarlson@aldrichart.org.
Art on Site: Alzheimer’s Communities
Groups of eight to ten residents from senior living communities, along with two or three of the communities’ staff members, attend monthly lesson–based visits to The Aldrich’s exhibitions. Each lesson involves both viewing and creating art. Residents, along with their assistants, participate in brief discussions on one of the exhibitions on view, led by educators and members of the Museum’s volunteer docent corps, followed by a hands–on art project. On each visit the group focuses on a new exhibition or a different artist’s work from a group presentation. When appropriate, we introduce materials that enable residents to experience the exhibition through touch, to provide a more intimate relationship to the work.
To schedule multiple visits, please contact seryan@aldrichart.org.
Fewer than six visits:
$120 per monthly class (up to 10 residents, and 2 or 3 assistants)
Six or more visits:
$100 per monthly class (up to 10 residents, and 2 or 3 assistants)
Gallery Talks
The Museum regularly hosts discussions with the artists in our
exhibitions. Frequently held during exhibition openings, gallery talks are
a great way to meet artists and gain insight into their creative process.
