NBMAA Hosts Georgia O’Keeffe-Inspired Family Day

The New Britain Museum of American Art is hosting a Family Day of creative exploration inspired by the artist, Georgia O’Keeffe.

The Museum says that, “Family Day is a low-cost program that encourages creative exploration and bringing imagination to life through art with supplies and guidance provided by the Museum.”

Family Day will be on Saturday, March 9, 2019, from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The Family Day program and its associated activities are included in admission to the Museum.

The Museum says that,

There will be museum-wide, self-guided activities inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, plus even more fun with the Art Carts. Exhibiting artist Caroline Larsen will demonstrate a simplified version of her method of piping thick acrylic paint onto canvases to create vibrant, textured artwork. Participants can apply these techniques using puffy paint and mini canvases to create their own mini masterworks to take home as a refrigerator magnet or wearable artwork.

The Museum’s website says that, “Saturday admission from 10 a.m. to noon is free due to support from the American Savings Foundation.”

The special exhibition at the Museum, The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art, has separate admission fees.

The New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA) is a world class museum, describing itself as,

the first institution dedicated solely to acquiring American art. Spanning four centuries of American history, the Museum’s permanent collection is renowned for its strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, the Ash Can School, as well as the important mural series The Arts of Life in America by Thomas Hart Benton. The singular focus on American art and its panoramic view of American artistic achievement, realized through the Museum’s extensive permanent collection, exhibitions, and educational programming, make the New Britain Museum of American Art a significant resource for a broad and diverse public.

The Museum is located at 56 Lexington Street, nearby New Britain’s historic Walnut Hill Park.