The BMA and the Red Mountain Garden Club will welcome renowned author and landscape historian Judith Tankard to Birmingham on April 25 as she offers a visual journey through one […]
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Interview with Dr. Cathleen Cummings: Film in Post-Partition India
On March 5 at 6PM, the Museum is excited to welcome Dr. Cathleen Cummings to present the Callahan Lecture, where she will discuss India’s post-Partition identity and the cinematic image. Dr. Cummings […]
Curator Chat: Haitian Vodou Ceremonies, Songs, and Sacred Objects
On Friday, February 26, the Museum will welcome Benjamin Hebblethwaite, Ph.D., as he leads a talk to accompany our current exhibition Haitian Flags from the Cargo Collection. The talk, Haitian […]
5 Resolutions You Can Keep In 2016
Sometimes the thought of committing to a New Year’s resolution can feel daunting and unattainable. Instead, why not resolve to bring more art into your life this year? Here are 5 resolutions […]
Best Art Tattoo Coming To Birmingham
Not only is Carter E. Foster the Curator of Drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art, one of the four curators to create the exhibition America Is Hard To […]
Interview with Designer Natalie Chanin
As part of Design Week Birmingham 2015, the Museum is excited to welcome Natalie Chanin for our annual Hiden Lecture on Wednesday, October 21 at 6PM. Chanin, of Alabama Chanin, strives to […]
Religion in Modern Art: Interview with Dr. Erika Doss
In partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham-Southern College, the Museum is pleased to welcome University of Notre Dame American Studies Professor Erika Doss for a lecture. Dr. […]
Behind The Exhibition: The Making Of “Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College”
Our summer exhibition Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College, comes to the Museum after visiting museums across the country. From New York to Washington to Chicago, the murals […]
Analyzing the Amistad
Strikingly large and vibrant murals surround all those who enter the Birmingham Museum of Art’s summer exhibition Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College. Commissioned by Talladega College in […]
Interview with Kathy Butterly
As an experienced ceramics artist, Kathy Butterly is sure to offer an interesting and unique perspective on her work with clay and how it continually changes. Butterly is an American sculptor based […]
5 Reasons To Attend the Second Bunting Biennial Ceramics Symposium
If you have an interest in art and love to learn, you don’t want to miss the Ceramics Symposium! Here are 5 reasons you should come to the Museum on […]
Interview with Photographer Curran Hatleberg
On Thursday, November 6 at 7PM, we will welcome photographer and professor Curran Hatleberg to the Museum. As this year’s speaker for the John Morton Lecture in Photography, Hatleberg tells […]