Join Curator of Education and Public Engagement, Mary Alexander, as she discusses how to enjoy an art museum (or any museum).
Do museums intimidate you? Thats ok! We are here to help you get comfortable with visiting one, and help make the experience personal and important to you!
We will discuss tips and tricks to get the most out of your visit.
We will discuss how best to enjoy the museum with your kids.
We will talk about visiting a museum on your own.
We will talk about visiting a museum with a person with physical disabilities, dementia, mental illness, or special needs.

We will is the Arkell Museum as an example, but will touch on a variety of types of museums and historic sites.

This is a 45 minute Zoom session.

Registration for this event is required. When you register please remember to fill in the section for an email address. We will email this address with the Zoom link to the event.

Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/m9dhnd78

Questions or concerns? Please contact Curator of Education and Public Engagement, Mary Alexander, at 518-673-2314 ext 113 or at malexander@mvls.info.

Join Curator of Education and Public Engagement, Mary Alexander, as she discusses how art can be used to inspire writers. Learn techniques to look closely at works of art to gleen meaning, stories, and ideas to inspire your imagination and writing.

This is a 45 minute Zoom session.

Registration for this event is required. When you register please remember to fill in the section for an email address. We will email this address with the Zoom link to the event.

Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/zv3x8afa

Questions or concerns? Please contact Curator of Education and Public Engagement, Mary Alexander, at 518-673-2314 ext 113 or at malexander@mvls.info.

Image credit: Reginald Marsh (1898-1959), Windy Day, ca. 1940, Watercolor on paper, Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1940

Join Curator of Education and Public Engagement, Mary Alexander, as she discusses women artists in the Arkell Museum collection.
We will discuss artists Lauren Ford, Harriet Frishmuth, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Beth Van Hoesen and Joellyn Duesberry.

This is a 45 minute Zoom talk.

Registration for this event is required. When you register please remember to fill in the section for an email address. We will email this address with the Zoom link to the event.

Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/2khmmcbb

Questions or concerns? Please contact Curator of Education and Public Engagement, Mary Alexander, at 518-673-2314 ext 113 or at malexander@mvls.info.

Image Credit: Beth Van Hoesen, Axolotles, 1987, Aquatint and etching on paper, Gift of the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust, 2011