Art Events

Lighting of the Copper Beech Tree – Portland Museum of Art, OR – Dec. 4, 5-7 p.m.  Celebrate the holiday season with singing, dancing and art-making, inspired by David C. Driskell’s African art collection.   Create art with a big tree motif to be displayed throughout the holiday season; and your hand-colored prints will look like Byzantine mosaic.  The grand finale will be a beautiful candlelit walk outside to the Copper Beech Tree lighting ceremony.  All children must be accompanied by an adult.  Free.  http://www.portlandmuseum.org/events/special.php.

Holiday Caroling – National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – Dec. 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.  Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery.  Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling.  Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.

Art Partners Holiday Party – High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA – Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.  This year’s annual party will be held in the Atlanta Holiday House, a spectacular 22,000 square-foot French Normandy mansion.  Enjoy fine food, live jazz, wine tasting and a tour of this amazing home.  RSVP by Dec. 11 to 404.733.4521 or email artpartners@woodruffcenter.org.

Also, the Family Program “Hands on for the Holidays” will be held Dec. 26-31 from 1-4 p.m. in the Greene Family Education Center.  Drop-in studio projects will explore Leonardo da Vinci’s creative process and imagination.  No registration required.  Free with museum admission and for members.

Kwanzaa Family Day - Baltimore Museum of Art, MD – Dec. 20, 1-5 p.m.  Enjoy the BMA’s yearly Kwanzaa celebration with hands-on art-making activities, catch a special family performance and learn about the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Free.  Other “Celebration of Light” programs include Krafty Kaleidoscopes on Dec. 6, Paper Lanterns on Dec. 13 and Family Tour:  Lights, Canvas, Action! on Dec. 27.  www.artbma.org/calendar/families.html.

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