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<h1 class="border-top-3">Spend Your Summer Nights at Mia</h1>
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Meet at Mia&#8217;s Summer Series is in full swing! Join us for live performances, food trucks, art making, and more. Enjoy weekly programs on Thursday evenings in Target Park (weather permitting) throughout the summer. See you on the lawn!
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<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/containing-multitudes"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-119464" src="https://images.artsmia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01133034/mia_5028521-WordPress-1_390x260.jpg" alt="young woman wearing a turquoise tank top, turquoise and black skirt, white shoes and white beaded headdress, seated bareback on a white speckled horse, standing in front of a backdrop painted with blue sky and white clouds" width="390" height="260" srcset="https://images.artsmia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01133034/mia_5028521-WordPress-1_390x260.jpg 390w, https://images.artsmia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01133034/mia_5028521-WordPress-1_390x260-347x231.jpg 347w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px" /></a>
<h2><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/containing-multitudes">On View: Containing Multitudes</a></h2>
Explore the diversity of the American experience and the ways photographers capture the contradictions of American life, culture, and history.

<a href="https://tickets.artsmia.org/events/b1f97274-08d7-6122-801b-4182fe5d7c54" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="cell-image alignnone" src="https://images.artsmia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/21144456/180211_mia356_0724.jpg" alt="Museum visitors in the galleries at Minneapolis Institute of Art, November 2021." width="391" height="261" /></a>
<h2><a href="https://tickets.artsmia.org/events/b1f97274-08d7-6122-801b-4182fe5d7c54" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Become a Mia Member</a></h2>
Contributions from members provide essential support to Mia and a year of valuable benefits to you! Join Mia or renew your membership today.

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<h2><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/programs/youth-and-family">Youth and Family</a></h2>
Make memories every month at Family Day, get creative in studio programs, and play and learn with your toddler in the Family Center and Mini Mia.

<div style="display: none";>General admission is free. Special exhibitions, classes, and some talks and special events do require <a href="http://tickets.artsmia.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tickets</a>: reservations are recommended.</div>
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<li>Monday: Closed</li>
<li>Tuesday: 10am–5pm</li>
<li>Wednesday: 10am–5pm</li>
<li>Thursday:  10am–9pm</li>
<li>Friday:  10am–5pm</li>
<li>Saturday:  10am–5pm</li>
<li>Sunday: 10am–5pm</li>
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The museum is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
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Plan Your Visit

Artist Talk: Titus Kaphar

Film Screening: Exhibiting Forgiveness

Art Museums and Human Flourishing: Research, Practice, and Civic Impact

Curator Talk: A World of Influence: The Extraordinary Arts of New Mexico

Vitality Arts: Sketching Fashion

Art museums are increasingly being called upon to demonstrate not only cultural value but also social impact. Growing empirical evidence from psychology and public health suggests that the arts and cultural engagement can contribute meaningfully to human flourishing—the capacity for individuals and communities to live meaningful, connected, and fulfilling lives.
This lecture examines what research tells us about the relationship between art museums and flourishing, and explores the unique role art museums play as civic institutions. Drawing on empirical research and examples from local museums, Katherine Cotter, the director of research for the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the University of Pennsylvania, considers how museums support several dimensions of flourishing, such as social functioning, emotional well-being, and mental health. She&#8217;ll also address emerging opportunities for museums to articulate and assess their impact in ways that resonate with contemporary social and civic priorities.
Free tickets available August 24.
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Katherine N. Cotter, PhD, is a psychologist whose research examines how engagement with cultural institutions contributes to human flourishing. Her work integrates insights from psychology, cognitive science, empirical aesthetics, and museum studies to better understand the mechanisms through which cultural experiences help people thrive. Through her research and public engagement, she works with cultural organizations to translate flourishing research into practical strategies to strengthen visitor experiences and community impact. She currently serves as the director of research for the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the University of Pennsylvania.

Explore Mia&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/paris-couture">Paris Couture</a>&#8221; exhibition and sketch costumed figures using low-pressure exercises and a variety of materials. This course is suited for all experience levels, including beginners. Each week, teaching artist Stephanie Watson guides you through the galleries, stopping at a few pieces to study shape, color, and line. Back in the studio, you’ll sketch clothed mannequins and live models using different techniques and mediums, including pencil, watercolor, oil pastel, and collage.
Prompts meet you where you are, whether you’re just getting started or have plenty of experience. This course is all about learning to look longer and deeper, loosening perfectionism, getting playful on paper, and having fun with the other artists in the room.
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<li>Tuesdays (five weeks), 1:30 p.m.–4 p.m.</li>
<li>October 27–November 24, 2026</li>
<li>Studio 112</li>
<li>All materials provided</li>
<li>Anyone 55+ welcome to register</li>
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We offer a limited number of scholarships and a sliding scale of ticket prices to accommodate all learners. 
Pay what you can: $225 | $175 | $125 
Please <a href="mailto:vitalityarts@artsmia.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email us</a> for scholarship information.
Registration opens September 28.

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New Mexico has been portrayed as a place &#8220;frozen in time&#8221;—a land of unchanging traditions. The reality is far more fascinating. Its artistic heritage is rooted in centuries of cultural exchange, adaptation, and innovation, shaped by far-reaching global influences.
Join Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum Director Jana Gottshalk as she traces the remarkable journeys of tinwork, retablos, straw appliqué, and other traditional art forms. Through stories of migration, trade, faith, and craftsmanship, discover how these distinctive works evolved into the uniquely New Mexican traditions we know today. Together, you&#8217;ll experience a vibrant testament to the people, cultures, and creative forces that continue to shape New Mexico.
Free tickets available August 24.
<h2>About the Speaker</h2>
Jana Gottshalk is the E. Boyd Curator and Museum Director at Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, where she brings more than two decades of experience in Spanish Colonial and Nuevomexicano arts to the preservation and interpretation of New Mexico&#8217;s rich cultural heritage. She&#8217;s previously worked at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, the Denver Art Museum, and the New Mexico Museum of Art, and her graduate research explored the New Deal era in New Mexico with a particular focus on New Mexican furniture. Through exhibitions that thoughtfully pair historic and contemporary works, and working closely with living artists, Gottshalk reveals the enduring traditions, evolving creativity, and distinctive artistic legacy of New Mexico.

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Can art rewrite history—and shape what comes next? MacArthur “Genius” and acclaimed artist Titus Kaphar says yes. Join us for a bold and expansive talk where Kaphar reveals how art can do more than reflect the world we live in. It can help us heal—both as individuals and as a society.
Kaphar draws on the themes in the special exhibition &#8220;<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/exhibiting-forgiveness">Exhibiting Forgiveness</a>&#8221; and his celebrated feature film of the same name to discuss how art can teach us how to manifest futures fundamentally different from our present.
A free celebratory reception follows the talk.
Free tickets available August 7.

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Join us for a free screening of Titus Kaphar’s debut feature film, Exhibiting Forgiveness.
The film follows a Black artist on the path to success who receives an unexpected visit from his estranged father. It delves into trauma, resilience, and the power of art, and premiered at Sundance alongside works by titans like Steven Soderbergh. Exhibiting Forgiveness is “strikingly flawless” (RogerEbert.com) and “visually stunning” (Deadline). Variety calls it “a feel-the-reality movie, a drama willing to scald. That’s its quiet power.”
The works of art featured in the film are on view in the exhibition &#8220;<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/exhibiting-forgiveness">Exhibiting Forgiveness</a>,&#8221; on view from September 12, 2026, through January 3, 2027.
Free tickets available August 7.

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