Art is for everyone! Second Saturdays at MMAM offer:
$1 Admission: MMAM members and Children 4 and under are always free.
Guided Tours: 30-minute tours will be offered throughout the day.
Art-Making Activities: Two unique crafts adaptable for all ages and abilities will be offered all day long.
Special Programming: Each month will feature different programming depending on the theme. Expect artist demonstrations, live music, dancing, and participatory experiences.
March 9th Second Saturday Women in Art
Schedule of events:
Tours Atrium: All tours meet in the atrium under the tour sign
MMAM Highlights Tour This 30-minute orientation will introduce you to the permanent collections. 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm
Women of MMAM Tour Morisot, O'Keeffe, Cassatt, and more: This 30-minute tour will focus on the women artists in the collections. 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm
Artist Demonstration with Anne Plummer Atrium
Using a potter's wheel, ceramicist Anne Plummer will transform a lump of clay into a graceful form. Observe her wheel-throwing techniques and learn more about the different tools she uses to create beautiful works of art.
10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm
Art-Making Activities Oberton Education Room
Get a glimpse into techniques that some of the women artists featured at MMAM use to create their unique artworks.
Oil & Chalk Pastels Experiment with oil and chalk pastels to create an O'Keeffe-inspired artwork.
Play With Clay Pinch, coil and hand-build your own creation using air-dry clay taking inspiration from artist Anna Metcalfe’s exhibit, Upstream.
Live Music Manoogian Gallery
Patina ...................................11:00am-12:00pm
Magpie Revival .....................3:00pm-4:00pm
Words for Women Atrium
Share thoughts, wishes, and words that come to mind when thinking about women who have influenced and inspired our lives.
Bingo Overboard! Pick-up your game board in the Atrium
Play this search-and-find game, and earn a prize! Bingo Overboard! is sponsored by Doug Troke with Farmers Insurance.
Comments & a Cookie: We Want To Hear From You! Cafe
MMAM is thrilled to have been awarded an arts access grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board to collaborate with the community to co-create Second Saturdays. We would love to hear from you. Take a moment to enjoy a free cookie in the cafe while offering your feedback
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
