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 7, 2025
1:30 pm
headshot of Jane Kallir

Friends Lecture: Jane Kallir

Thursday, October 16, 2025
11:00 am
headshot of Pierre Baptiste

Curator Talk: Cambodian Masterpieces from Phnom Penh and Paris

Sunday, October 26, 2025
2:00 pm
Painting of a woman in a loosely wrapped dress holding a bowl and looking to the side

Curator Talk: Artemisia Gentileschi and the Ghost of Michelangelo

Sunday, November 2, 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
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
guests seated in an auditorium listening to a lecture

Friends Lecture: Kao Kalia Yang

Sunday, November 16, 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