Calendar of Events

Programs take place in the museum unless otherwise specified. Click here for public tour registration.
Highlights Tours | Thursdays–Sundays, 12:30 & 2pm
Family Tour: Eyes on Art | Every Second Saturday, 12:15pm

Aug
4
Thu
MATRIX Past and Present: Naama Tsabar and Laurie Anderson in Conversation
Aug 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MATRIX Past and Present: Naama Tsabar and Laurie Anderson in Conversation

Naama Tsabar (MATRIX 189) and Laurie Anderson (MATRIX 46) engage performance and sound as pivotal components in their creative practices. Listen in as Tsabar and Anderson discuss how they use sound as a medium for artmaking, challenge the stereotypes of musical genres through experimentation, and reveal the feminist dialogues at play in their work. Free virtual program. 

Sep
15
Thu
Member Preview Day | Fired Up: Glass Today
Sep 15 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Member Preview Day | Fired Up: Glass Today

Wadsworth members enjoy a first look at Fired Up: Glass Today before the exhibition opens to the public on September 16, 2022. Not a member? Join today!

Sep
16
Fri
Member Tour | Fired Up: Glass Today with Brandy Culp
Sep 16 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Member Tour | Fired Up: Glass Today with Brandy Culp

Wadsworth members enjoy a special look at Fired Up: Glass Today with curator Brandy Culp. Availability is limited. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.

Sep
17
Sat
Member Tour | Fired Up: Glass Today with Brandy Culp
Sep 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Member Tour | Fired Up: Glass Today with Brandy Culp

Wadsworth members enjoy a special look at Fired Up: Glass Today with curator Brandy Culp. Availability is limited. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.

Oct
4
Tue
Artful Conversations for Members: Van Gogh’s Biography Through His Self-Portraits 
Oct 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Artful Conversations for Members: Van Gogh’s Biography Through His Self-Portraits 

Vincent van Gogh’s 1887 Self-Portrait recently returned to the Wadsworth after joining fifteen of the artist’s self-portraits from collections around the world in a landmark exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, London. For more than a century, these works have played a key role in our perception of the famous post-impressionist, his life, and his art. This special lunchtime presentation by Dr. Karen Serres, Curator of Paintings at the Courtauld, gives Wadsworth members the chance to look anew at this beloved painting in our collection. Virtual program. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.

Oct
28
Fri
Member Tour | Beyond Death
Oct 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Member Tour | Beyond Death

Halloween comes but once a year – start the scary season off right with a tour of spiritual, surreal, and supernatural artwork. We will take you through our galleries and beyond the beyond in this special tour focused entirely on traditions of death, burial, and the afterlife. Availability is limited. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.

Oct
29
Sat
Member Tour | Beyond Death
Oct 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Member Tour | Beyond Death

Halloween comes but once a year – start the scary season off right with a tour of spiritual, surreal, and supernatural artwork. We will take you through our galleries and beyond the beyond in this special tour focused entirely on traditions of death, burial, and the afterlife. Availability is limited. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.

Nov
1
Tue
Artful Conversations for Members: Discoveries in Early Photography at the Wadsworth
Nov 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Artful Conversations for Members: Discoveries in Early Photography at the Wadsworth

Hear about newly discovered early photographs from the collection from the 1840s through the 1940s in a conversation between Allen Phillips, Collection Imaging and Publications Manager, and Director Dr. Matthew Hargraves. Virtual program. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.

Nov
10
Thu
MATRIX Past and Present: Stephanie Syjuco and Byron Kim in Conversation 
Nov 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MATRIX Past and Present: Stephanie Syjuco and Byron Kim in Conversation 

Artists Stephanie Syjuco (MATRIX 190) and Byron Kim (MATRIX 125) discuss their respective MATRIX exhibitions, their creative practices, and how they approach themes of identity, representation, and history in their work. MATRIX Past and Present is an ongoing series of conversations leading up to the 50th Anniversary of the MATRIX exhibitions program at the Wadsworth in 2025. Virtual program. Free with required registration. 
 

Nov
12
Sat
Curator Tour for Members | The Silver Vault with Brandy Culp
Nov 12 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Curator Tour for Members | The Silver Vault with Brandy Culp

Curator Brandy Culp shows off the glorious new installation of historic silver objects in our brand new Silver Vault. Domestic silver objects from the 19th and 19th centuries reveal their secrets! Availability is limited. Email invitations will be sent with registration links.