Adult Events and Activities –– Minneapolis Institute of Art

Adult Events and Activities

painting of a lion and lioness against an arid background of rocks and savannah

Vitality Arts: Watercolor: Let’s Paint Animals

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
1:30 pm
Abstract painting of a sawmill surrounded by dark green landscape and distant dark gray mountains

Stop & Chat: Timber! Art and Woodwork at the Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Saturday, October 25, 2025
11:00 am
Lithograph of a woman in a black dress reclining on a sofa set against a yellow background

Stop & Chat: Gatsby at 100

Saturday, October 25, 2025
11:00 am
image of a collage showing cut out black-and photos of people, cacti, and citrus branches on top of written text

Vitality Arts: Tunnel Books

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
1:30 pm
headshot of Pierre Baptiste

Curator Talk: Cambodian Masterpieces from Phnom Penh and Paris

Sunday, October 26, 2025
2:00 pm
View of the entrance to the Velasco exhibition, with a bright red wall on the exterior and teal-colored walls showcasing the paintings inside the exhibition

“José María Velasco: A View of Mexico” Public Tours

Saturday, November 1, 2025
1:00 pm
Painting of a woman in a loosely wrapped dress holding a bowl and looking to the side

Guest Lecturer: Artemisia Gentileschi and the Ghost of Michelangelo

Sunday, November 2, 2025
2:00 pm
image of a copper ritual instrument in the shape of a conch

“Royal Bronzes” Public Tour

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
2:00 pm
photo of two women in a dance pose wearing red and gold south Indian dance costumes

Ragamala Dance Company Presents Moving Bronzes

Saturday, November 8, 2025
2:00 pm
navy blue fabric with white pattern stitching, with scissors and a needle and thread laying on top

Vitality Arts: Sashiko

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
1:30 pm
Imagine rendering of the head and bust of the West Mebon Vishnu statue, with gold on the face and black eyebrows and mustache

Curator Talk: West Mebon Vishnu

Thursday, November 13, 2025
6:30 pm
Headshot of Kao Kalia Yang

Friends Lecture: Kao Kalia Yang

Sunday, November 16, 2025
2:00 pm
Tapestry with the central roundel of Saint Matthew holding the gospel in the form of a scroll with a diminutive kneeling angel, set against a verdant landscape and blue sky; framed by elaborate goldwork embroidery

A Legacy of Angels

Thursday, November 20, 2025
5:30 pm
Photo of Kent Monkman sitting next to a painting in his studio holding a paint brush

Artist Talk: Kent Monkman

Saturday, November 22, 2025
2:00 pm
Photo of a young Native man wearing a blue hockey uniform and holding a hockey stick in an ice rink

Film Screening: Indian Horse

Sunday, November 23, 2025
2:00 pm
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Lustrous Legacy: History of American Jewelry

Thursday, December 11, 2025
11:00 am
Photo of Sopheap Pich standing in front of a stone elephant sculpture at a temple in Cambodia

Artist Talk: Sopheap Pich: Transitions

Thursday, January 8, 2026
6:30 pm
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Alison Saar

Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:00 pm
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Michael Kleber-Diggs

Thursday, February 5, 2026
6:00 pm
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Clara Osowski

Sunday, March 15, 2026
2:00 pm
Painting of two workers on a dockyard, pulling on ropes, with a ship in the background

Curator Talk: Work for America: Images of Labor and Industry During the Great Depression

Sunday, March 29, 2026
2:00 pm
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Rachel McGarry

Thursday, April 16, 2026
11:00 am
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Max Bryant

Thursday, May 14, 2026
11:00 am