Past Events

	Gallery Talks, Book Signings, Book Groups
	Special Events, Member Receptions
	Important Dates
	Tours & Special Workshop

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FEBRUARY 2016

February 3 Wednesday
	Artist Talk with Leslie Graff, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
February 7 Sunday
	Drop Into Art. Join us for hands-on art-making, gallery tours and programs, and creative play in our studios and galleries. Free for children and their accompanying adults. 2–4pm
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
February 14 Sunday
	Public & New Member Welcome Tour. Danforth Art invites its members to join us on our public tour every Second Sunday of the month as an opportunity to get to know fellow members of our art-minded community and to learn about current exhibitions. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Inside Stories Gallery Talk: The One Night Stand by Marion L. Pooke Inside Stories Gallery Talks are interactive, 20-minute talks looking in-depth at one work of art on view as part of the exhibition The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. 3:00pm.
February 15 Monday
	Presidents’ Day Family Day: Free admission, art-making and gallery activities for all ages.
February 16–19 Tuesday–Friday
	February School Vacation Week Studio Art Workshops. Two-day workshops (Tuesday-Wednesday & Thursday-Friday) for children in grades K-8, and special workshops for teens. AM and PM sessions available. Advance registration required. Learn more.
February 21 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm
	Artist Talk with Lindsey Beal, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3:00pm.
February 28 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Inside Stories Gallery Talk: Woman and Baby by Haley Hasler Inside Stories Gallery Talks are interactive, 20-minute talks looking in-depth at one work of art on view as part of the exhibition The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. 3:00pm.

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JANUARY 2016

January 1 Friday
	Danforth Art Museum\School, including administrative offices, is closed.
January 3 Sunday
	Drop Into Art. Join us for hands-on art-making, gallery tours and programs, and creative play in our studios and galleries. Free for children and their accompanying adults. 2–4pm
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
January 6 Wednesday
	Artist Talk with Marie Craig, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
January 9 Saturday
	First day of Danforth Art School winter session. (Learn more)
	Members Only Reception, for The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior and “The Whole World for Your Children”: Artists’ Reinterpretations of the 1934 Britannica Junior exhibitions, 6–8pm. Learn more about Membership here.
January 10 Sunday
	Public & New Member Welcome Tour. Danforth Art invites its members to join us on our public tour every Second Sunday of the month as an opportunity to get to know fellow members of our art-minded community and to learn about current exhibitions. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Talk with Astrid Reischwitz featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3:00pm.
January 17 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm
	Artist Talk with Leslie Graff, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3:00pm.
January 18 Monday
	Martin Luther King, Jr., Family Day: Free admission, art-making and gallery activities for all ages
January 20 Wednesday
	Artist Talk with Molly Lamb, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
January 23 Saturday
	Parlor Game Weekend. The “parlor” (similar to today’s living room) was the center of leisure-time family amusement in the mid-late 1900’s for middle- and upper-class Americans. Before radios, televisions, video games, and computers, “parlor games” provided hours of entertainment for families and their guests. Drop in during regular museum hours this weekend for parlor games in the galleries in connection with the exhibition The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. Try out traditional games and ones with a contemporary twist including Charades, Old Maid, Tiddlywinks, and Anagrams. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. Saturday, 10am–5pm, Sunday noon–5pm.
January 24 Sunday
	Parlor Game Weekend. The “parlor” (similar to today’s living room) was the center of leisure-time family amusement in the mid-late 1900’s for middle- and upper-class Americans. Before radios, televisions, video games, and computers, “parlor games” provided hours of entertainment for families and their guests. Drop in during regular museum hours this weekend for parlor games in the galleries in connection with the exhibition The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. Try out traditional games and ones with a contemporary twist including Charades, Old Maid, Tiddlywinks, and Anagrams. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. Saturday, 10am–5pm, Sunday noon–5pm.
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Curator Talk with Jessica Roscio: Join us for a talk with Danforth Art Curator Jessica Roscio as she discusses the artwork, themes, and historical context behind the exhibition The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. 3:00pm.
January 31 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Talk with Molly Lamb, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3:00pm.

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DECEMBER 2015

December 6 Sunday
	Drop Into Art. Join us for hands-on art-making, gallery tours and programs, and creative play in our studios and galleries. Free for children and their accompanying adults. 2–4pm
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
December 9 Wednesday
	Artist Talk with Lindsey Beal, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
	Last Day of Early Bird Registration for Winter workshops and classes (Learn more)
December 13 Sunday
	Public & New Member Welcome Tour. Danforth Art invites its members to join us on our public tour every Second Sunday of the month as an opportunity to get to know fellow members of our art-minded community and to learn about current exhibitions. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Gallery Talk with Michel Scheinmann and Jeff Makholm. Join us as two family members reflect on the subjects of work featured in the exhibition Dear Dearest Mother: Leslie Starobin’s Wartime Still Life Montages. 3:00pm.
December 20 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm
	Artist Talk with Marie Craig, featured in The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3:00pm.
December 24–25 Thursday-Friday
	Danforth Art Museum\School, including administrative offices, is closed.
December 27 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Inside Stories Gallery Talk: The Apartment by Richard Yarde Inside Stories Gallery Talks are interactive, 20-minute talks looking in-depth at one work of art on view as part of the exhibition The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior. 3:00pm.
December 28–30 Monday–Wednesday
	December School Vacation Week Workshops for grades K-12. AM and PM sessions available. Advance registration required. Learn more.
December 31 Thursday
	Danforth Art closes at 5pm today.

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NOVEMBER 2015

November 1 Sunday
	Drop Into Art. Join us for hands-on art-making, gallery tours and programs, and creative play in our studios and galleries. Free for children and their accompanying adults. 2–4pm
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Spotlight Talks with Camilo Ramirez (3pm) and Bill Franson (3:30pm), featured in New England Photography Biennial. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission.
November 4 Wednesday
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Jill Brody, featured in New England Photography Biennial Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
November 7 Saturday
	Book Club: The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes. Presented by Danforth Art in partnership with the Framingham Public Library. Join us for our first Book Club, featuring The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes. The novel, which moves between two storylines, one set during World War 1 and the other a century later, is about love and loss, of both the material and the immaterial. Library staff will lead visitors in a book discussion, followed by a Danforth Art Docent-led tour of the exhibition Dear Dearest Mother: Leslie Starobin’s Wartime Still Life Montages 10–11:30am.
	A Toast to Danforth Art: A Matter of Taste. An Evening of Fine Wine and Fine Art. 7–9:30pm.
November 8 Sunday
	A Toast to Danforth Art: Founders’ Day Breakfast. A Tribute to Danforth Art’s Visionary Founders.10am–12pm.
	Public & New Member Welcome Tour. Danforth Art invites its members to join us on our public tour every Second Sunday of the month as an opportunity to get to know fellow members of our art-minded community and to learn about current exhibitions. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Spotlight Talks with Amiko Li (3pm) and Michael Joseph (3:30pm), featured in New England Photography Biennial. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission.
November 15 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	The Material Culture of Wartime with Lori Gemeiner Bihler. Join us for a lecture on material culture and memory, in connection
November 19 Thursday
	Danforth Art Museum closes at 5pm for a private event.
November 22 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Paul Baron, featured in New England Photography Biennial Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3:00pm.
November 26 Thursday
	Danforth Art Museum\School, including administrative offices, is closed.
November 29 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.

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OCTOBER 2015

October 4 Sunday
	Drop Into Art. Join us for hands-on art-making, gallery tours and programs, and creative play in our studios and galleries. Free for children and their accompanying adults. 2–4pm.
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Opening Reception and Artist Talk for Dear Dearest Mother: Leslie Starobin’s Wartime Still Life Montages. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 4pm.
October 7 Wednesday
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Leslie Starobin, featured in Dear Dearest Mother: Leslie Starobin’s Wartime Still Life Montages. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
October 11 Sunday
	Public & New Member Welcome Tour. Danforth Art invites its members to join us on our public tour every Second Sunday of the month as an opportunity to get to know fellow members of our art-minded community and to learn about current exhibitions. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
October 15 Thursday
	Educator Open House. Free and Open to Teachers in All Disciplines. Advance registration required. 4:30–6:30pm.
October 18 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Gallery Talk with Kevin R. Flike, subject of “What Kevin R. Flike Carried on September 25, 2011–The Day He Got Shot in Afghanistan”, featured in the exhibition Dear Dearest Mother: Leslie Starobin’s Wartime Still Life Montages and author of the blog “Wounded by War.” 3:00pm.
October 20 Tuesday
	Join us as we highlight Danforth Art’s accomplishments this past year, and share plans for the year ahead. 6pm light refreshments, 6:30pm program. Open to the Public.
October 24 Thursday
	Danforth Art Museum closes at 5pm for a private member event. Professional Artist level members are invited to attend the Artist Resource Reception (Focus on Photography) from 7 to 9 pm; advance registration is required. For more information, contact info (at) danforthart.org.
October 25 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Ivana George, featured in New England Photography Biennial Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3pm.

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SEPTEMBER 2015

September 9 Wednesday
	Museum galleries reopen with fall exhibitions New England Photography Biennial, From My Window: Jason Berger At Home Abroad, and Picture This! in the Children’s Gallery. (Learn more)
September 13 Sunday
	Public & New Member Welcome Tour. Danforth Art invites its members to join us on our public tour every Second Sunday of the month as an opportunity to get to know fellow members of our art-minded community and to learn about current exhibitions. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
September 16 Wednesday
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Astrid Reischwitz, featured in New England Photography Biennial. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.
September 20 Sunday
	Fall Open House. 12–5pm. Including Artist Spotlight Talks with Dorothy Amore Pilla (2pm), Edie Bresler (2:30pm) and Stephanie Arnett (3pm). Free and Open to the Public.
September 26 Saturday
	First day of Danforth Art School fall session. (Learn more)
September 27 Sunday
	Public Tour. Join our knowledgeable and friendly Danforth Art Docents to explore special exhibitions and our permanent collection in discussion-based tours. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 2pm.
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Dana Mueller, featured in New England Photography Biennial Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 3pm.
September 28 Monday
	Painting En Plein Air Overview: A Studio Talk with Dustin Neece. Advance registration required. 6:30-9:30pm.
September 30 Wednesday
	Artist Spotlight Talk with Tiziana Rozzo, featured in New England Photography Biennial. Free for Danforth Art members, or with museum admission. 12:30pm.