Sweet Love: Valentine’s Day at The Lewis
Indulge in a night of wine, chocolate and art. Come with your partner, your girls or solo for wine and chocolate pairings featuring wines by Markell-Bani Fine Wines and Sparkling Beverages, FLO Wines, and Brown Estates Napa Valley. The wine will be paired with chocolate from Baltimore’s Pure Chocolates by Jinji. Before or after the […]
Smithsonian Channel World Premiere: Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesYou’re invited to the premiere screening of Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier. This documentary charts the United States’ efforts to get the first African American astronaut into space at the height of the Cold War and Civil Rights Movement. Be the first to see this new documentary before it airs on the Smithsonian […]
Museum Nights: RBG (Red, Black & Green)
Celebrate Black History Month at the Lewis with the return of Museum Nights! Enjoy the sounds of DJ Tanz Experiment with printmaking inspired by the exhibition Elizabeth Catlett: Artist as Activist Grab your team and participate in Black history and culture trivia for prizes Come dressed in red, black and green to receive 10% off […]
Elizabeth Catlett Family Day
Sponsored by BWI-Marshall Airport Bring the entire family to explore the works of renowned printmaker and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett! Spend the day enjoying Afro-Latino dance performances, storytelling and studio art activities inspired by Catlett. 11 am to 2 pm Studio Clay Workshop with Clay Art Instructor Sallah Jenkins Noon […]
Four Women: Catlett, Holiday, Richardson, Scott
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum and ArtCentric partner for this production of “Four Women” inspired by Nina Simone’s song by the same name. Explore the lives of four amazing African American women through song and dance - Elizabeth Catlett, Billie Holiday, Gloria Richardson and Joyce J. Scott. In conjunction with Elizabeth Catlett: Artist as Activist […]
Family Story: Genealogy 101
Researching your family tree can feel like being a detective with witnesses to interview, evidence to analyze and records to keep organized. Learn the basics of genealogy in the Lewis Museum’s Resource Center and start writing your family story. This program is the first in a series of genealogy programs to be hosted by the […]
Girl Scouts Event: Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote!
Learn about the suffrage movement that resulted in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Experience a living history portrayal of Sojourner Truth, learn about Maryland African American women who empowered women and men to exercise their right to vote, “vote” at a polling machine and participate in activities that explore […]
CANCELED // Author Talk: The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Author Joseph R. Fitzgerald will reveal how Gloria Richardson’s human rights activism extended beyond Cambridge, Maryland and how her liberation vision was embraced by younger activists of the Black Power Movement. A book signing will follow; books available in the Museum Shop. Member: $8; Non-member: $10. Click here for tickets.
CANCELED // Film Screening: 16 Bars
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Exploring cycles of addiction and incarceration through the power of music and storytelling, the inspiring 16 Bars offers a window into rehabilitation. The film follows a unique rehabilitation effort in a Virginia jail that invites inmates to write and record original music. In the jail’s makeshift recording studio, four men […]
CANCELED // Artist Talk: Diana Wharton-Sennaar
Join artist Diana Wharton-Sennaar as she discusses her rewarding career as a musical composer and educator. Wharton-Sennaar is a founding member of Sweet Honey in the Rock and composed the music for the Broadway hit, Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Diana Wharton-Sennaar is the co-founder of […]