Upcoming Events

Zanna Gilbert, senior research specialist at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, presents on her exhibition “How to Be a Guerrilla Girl” and explores how archival and curatorial research illuminates the histories of feminist, conceptual and …

Bring the whole family to Sheldon for a day of art, words, and creativity with former State Poet of Nebraska Matt Mason. Inspired by Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, Mason will lead interactive poetry activities that transform looking into …

Join Sheldon Museum of Art, the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, and the Department of History for an evening with Sarah M.S. Pearsall, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University discussing her new book, Freedom Round the Globe: A World …

Join a Museum of American Art (MoAA) assistant for a special tour of “Remembering Modern Art.” This exhibition explores the forces-museums, exhibitions, artists, and cultural diplomacy-that shaped the story of American modern art in twenties century …

Join a Museum of American Art (MoAA) assistant for a special tour of “Remembering Modern Art.” This exhibition explores the forces-museums, exhibitions, artists, and cultural diplomacy-that shaped the story of American modern art in twenties century …

Join Sheldon Museum of Art for an engaging discussion that brings literature and visual art together. Curated Chapters invites readers and art lovers to explore how literature can create connections with works of art. This program begins with a 60- …

Kazim Ali reads from “The Man in 119,” his new collection of poetry. Grappling with questions of mortality in the wake of his mother’s passing, Ali asks where we go when we leave this world: “earth or sky or memory only.” With musicality, these poems …

Sheldon stays open late every first Friday of the month. October’s First Friday features a gallery talk by the student curators of the exhibition “New Horizons” (5 PM), and an immersive tour of the exhibition “Remembering Modern Art” (5:30 PM).

Join a Sheldon educator for this special tour highlighting influential women artists whose works are currently on view at Sheldon Museum of Art. Explore powerful stories, bold ideas, and enduring contributions that continue to shape the course of art …

Art historian Juliet Sperling’s Bernard Rosenberg Lecture explores the surprising visual strategies of nineteenth-century medical textbooks, from layered anatomical illustrations to interactive paper bodies. Examining intersections of gender, touch, …