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Program Guide
Spring 2021
Movement at the Museum - Art on the Grounds
To experience art is to engage the senses. While we commonly name the “five senses” (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste), we know that our bodies have the capacity to “sense” much more. For example, proprioception, our “sixth” sense, helps us understand where our bodies are in space. And our internal balancing mechanisms help us navigate the force of gravity as we make our way through the world. While traditional “Western” philosophies make a distinction between mind and body, all human beings understand that our experience of the world is more holistic. We know that our nervous system is not limited to our brain, but extends to our fingertips, which is why artmaking is a form of knowledge-acquisition. Moving our bodies helps open up our minds, and an open mind is the best thing you can bring to your art experience. Plus, being outside in nature (what the Japanese call “shinrin-yoku” or “forest-bathing”) has multiple physiological and psychological benefits.
To that end, we invite to you experience the many outdoor art experiences available at the Museum—the M. Leo Elliott Collegiate neo-Gothic architecture and the Modern elegance of Paul Rudolph, John Henry’s Complexus, Los Trompos by Esrawe & Cadeza, Zen Jail by JPW3, Olivier Mosset’s Rudolph installation, and our most recent, Carl Abbott’s La Musa Azul, while moving your body and opening your mind. This movement series is for ALL—for every body*. Whether you are 100 and partnered with a mobility device or 1 and using a parent as a mobility device—we all move to some degree, and we look forward to moving with you together at the Museum!
Please note, all activities will be outside, with strict physical distancing protocols in place. Masks are required on the Museum Campus, but may be temporarily removed during certain activities, if deemed safe.
* Please contact us at least 2 weeks in advance with any special needs and we will work together to do everything we can to accommodate and support your participation.
Schedule At A Glance
Lunch & Learn: Express Art History Talks
Architecture: Paul Rudolph & M. Leo Elliott
Thursday 28 January 12 pm
Thursday 11 February 12 pm
PERFECT OBJECTS:
Timex Watch
Tuesday 16 February 12 pm
Thursday 25 February 12 pm
PERFECT OBJECTS:
The Paperclip
Tuesday 2 March 12 pm
Movement at the Museum
Sunday 7 February 10 am
Meditation for ALL
Sunday 14 February 10 am
Sunday 21 February 10 am
January

Photo: Ryan Gamma
Lunch & Learn: Express Art History Talks
Architecture: Paul Rudolph & M. Leo Elliott
Thursday 28 January 12 pm
Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza
Grab lunch from the Bistro and join us to learn about the Museum Campus architecture by Paul Rudolph & M. Leo Elliott.
February

Photo: Ryan Gamma
Movement at the Museum
YOGA FOR ALL
Sunday 7 February 10 am
Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza
$10 Museum Members; $20 not-yet Museum Members
Free for those 17 and under accompanied by an adult
RSVP required.
The Movement Series unites mind and body for a holistic art experience.

Lunch & Learn: Express Art History Talks
La Musa Azul by Carl Abbott
Thursday 11 February 12 pm
Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza
Grab lunch from the Bistro and join us to learn about Carl Abbott’s La Musa Azul installation from one of the Museum’s crew members!

Photo: Ryan Gamma
Movement at the Museum
Meditation for ALL
Sunday 14 February 10 am
Suhler Gallery
$10 Museum Members; $20 not-yet Museum Members
Free for those 17 and under accompanied by an adult
RSVP required.
The Movement Series unites mind and body for a holistic art experience.

©Timex Archive
Lunch & Learn: Express Art History Talks
Perfect Objects: Timex Watch
Tuesday 16 February 12 pm
McGuire Hall
The Perfect Objects series puts the spotlight on iconic design objects and why they are so enduring.

Photo: Ryan Gamma
Movement at the Museum
YOGA FOR ALL
Sunday 21 February 10 am
Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza
$10 Museum Members; $20 not-yet Museum Members
Free for those 17 and under accompanied by an adult
RSVP required.
The Movement Series unites mind and body for a holistic art experience.

Photo: Ryan Gamma
Lunch & Learn: Express Art History Talks
Zen Jail by JPW3
Thursday 25 February 12 pm
Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza
Grab lunch from the Bistro and join us to learn about JPW3’s Zen Jail.
March

Source: officemuseum.com
Lunch & Learn: Express Art History Talks
Perfect Objects: The Paperclip
Tuesday 2 March 12 pm
McGuire Hall
The Perfect Objects series puts the spotlight on iconic design objects and why they are so enduring.