Members Events

Friends of the American Wing and special guests are invited to an exclusive opportunity for a closer look at the BMA’s jewelry collection. Join Elyse Karlin, Editor-in-Chief of Adornment, The Magazine of Jewelry and Related Arts, and Brittany Luberda, Assistant Curator

of Decorative Arts at the BMA, as they discuss highlights from the Museum’s collection, including pieces owned by the Cone sisters. Paired with this panel, an array of jeweled and beaded works from the Renaissance to the present day will be brought out from the vault. The evening will traverse the BMA’s broad collection to investigate collecting and display of jewelry today.

To confirm your participation or for any questions, please contact: foaw@artbma.org or 410-597-1810.

Invitations will be mailed.

Join fellow FAPA Members and BMA Associate Curator of African Art Dr. Kevin Tervala for an exclusive tour of the Penn Museum’s recently reinstalled African and Central American art galleries. Led by the curators who organized these renovations, Dr. Tukufu Zuberi and Dr. Simon Martin, this event promises to be as enlightening as it is breathtaking. The Penn Museum has one of the largest collections of African and Central American art in the country and the re-installation includes dozens of artworks that have never before been on view.

To confirm your participation or for more information, please contact: fapa@artbma.org or 410-597-1810.

Invitations will be mailed.

The BMA is proud to present a year of exhibitions and programs dedicated to the achievements of female-identifying artists. The initiative encompasses 23 group and solo exhibitions. Highlights include Mickalene Thomas: A Moment's Pleasure; the evocative multichannel video works in Candice Breitz: Too Long, Didn’t Read; and an eponymous major monographic survey of the exceptional Abstract Expressionist artist Joan Mitchell, which will open in the fall.

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The BMA is proud to present a year of exhibitions and programs dedicated to the achievements of female-identifying artists. The initiative encompasses 23 group and solo exhibitions. Highlights include Mickalene Thomas: A Moment’s Pleasure; the evocative multichannel video works in Candice Breitz: Too Long, Didn’t Read; and an eponymous major monographic survey of the exceptional Abstract Expressionist artist Joan Mitchell, which will open in the fall.

2020 Vision is part of the BMA’s mission to address race and gender diversity gaps within the museum field, and to represent more fully and deeply the spectrum of individuals that have shaped the trajectory of art. The initiative also builds on the Museum’s efforts over the last several years to expand its presentations of female-identifying artists and artists of color to more accurately reflect the community in which it lives.

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