Access for All on MLK Day at NBMAA

Mon Jan 20, 2025
11:00am to 3:00pm ET
Age: All Ages
Price: Free
Location:
New Britain Museum of American Art
860.229.0257
56 Lexington Street , New Britain, CT, 06052
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Join NBMAA for a series of programs throughout the day in commemoration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The Museum continues its partnership with the CT Center for Nonviolence (CTCN) to present an afternoon of art-making, interactive music and dance performances, poetry writing workshop, youth presentations, and guided gallery activities centered on the theme of The Power of Words.
Schedule:
  • 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Word Mobiles Drop-In Art Activity in Studio A
  • 11-11:45 a.m. | Interactive Drumming with Gamaliel Moses
  • 11-11:45 a.m. & 12:15-1 p.m. | Poetry Workshop with Shanna T. Melton
  • 11:55 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Youth Presentation
  • 12:20-1 p.m. | Afro Beats Dancing with Adjovi Simpini 
  • Throughout the Day | Art Activity in the Makerspace 
  • 1:30-2 p.m. | Guided Gallery Conversations focused on Radcliffe Bailey's Transatlantic
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.