Cappy Thompson, Lovers Sweet Embrace While Dream Chariot Waits (detail), 1997 Overview Each month we will share two new puzzles featuring artwork from the Museum’s collection. Whether a solo personal challenge or joint family effort, we make it easy for you to get started solving—simply play on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. February is the month of […]
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The years Martin Luther King, Jr. served as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (1954–1960) are greatly felt in Montgomery. During that time, King was one of the organizers of the 1955-56 bus boycott, demonstrating his philosophy of nonviolent protest to the world, while also encouraging and emboldening ordinary citizens of Montgomery to lead the
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Overview Celebrate the winter season by creating a human figure wearing cold weather clothing using paper, stencils, and other materials. Resources Download Templates Material Suggestions Template for the figure, clothing, and accessories (download using the link above) Cardstock (for body parts) Decorative or colored paper Objects like sequins, beads, poms, pipe cleaners, ribbon for decorating
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Museum and Caddell Sculpture Garden architect Jim Barganier poses for a photo by the reflecting pool at the Sculpture Garden opening celebration on September 25, 2018. With great admiration, appreciation, and affection, all of us at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts bid the fondest of farewells to Jim Barganier—our beloved friend and extraordinary designer
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Presentation by Dr. Richard J. Powell, Duke University. Overview This week (December 14, 2020) marks the 201st birthday of the state of Alabama. A lot has happened since commemorating our bicentennial a year ago: Governor Kay Ivey has kept us informed about our safety, Mayor Steven Reed has appeared on the national news speaking about
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Detail: Adam Bodine, What You Say, 2012, steel and cast iron, Lent by the artist Overview Each week we will share a new puzzle featuring an artwork from the Museum’s collection. Whether a solo personal challenge or joint family effort, we make it easy for you to get started solving—simply play on your computer, smartphone,
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Overview This month’s selections are all about fakes and forgeries and the wily practitioners that create them. F for Fake Rated PG | 1hr 29min | 88% Rotten Tomatoes This Orson Welles film documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison
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Overview Turbulent times are part of our human history reminding us what needs attention to build a more humane nation and world society. If we truly want freedom to ring in the world, we must recognize the interrelated flaws in the societies in which we live: racism, poverty, militarism, materialism. The 10 portraits in Voices
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Overview This month’s films take us to the streets to celebrate street art in New York, Berlin, San Francisco, Hollywood, along the U.S.-Mexico border, Cleveland, and Philadelphia. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Not Rated | 1hr 28min | 86% Rotten Tomatoes Featuring extensive interviews conducted by Basquiat’s friend, filmmaker Tamra Davis, the production reveals how
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