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Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.

Join us online for a free-flowing conversation centered on finished works and fragments by sculptor Auguste Rodin, which are part of the museum’s collection. We’ll not only focus on what we see, but what meaning we derive from looking. The goal is to focus on the art…and the art of seeing!

This experience will be led by Maryhill Museum of Art’s Curator of Education, Louise Palermo.

This is a FREE, ONLINE event. Advance registration required.

Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.

Join us online for a free-flowing conversation centered on finished works and fragments by sculptor Auguste Rodin, which are part of the museum’s collection. We’ll not only focus on what we see, but what meaning we derive from looking. The goal is to focus on the art…and the art of seeing!

This experience will be led by Maryhill Museum of Art’s Curator of Education, Louise Palermo.

This is a FREE, ONLINE event. Advance registration required.

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Ekphrastic means “art inspired by art.” This day is about combining the art of language with the visual arts.

To celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day, we’ll join online to share and create poems that connect to artwork at Maryhill Museum of Art. Explore some of the works in Maryhill’s collection here. This virtual experience will be led by Maryhill Museum of Art’s Curator of Education, Louise Palermo.

This is a FREE, ONLINE event. Advance registration required.

On Thursday, April 22 you can also show a poem at the front desk and receive free admission to the museum.

Join Maryhill’s Curator of Art, Steven Grafe, for a special online program in collaboration with the Fort Walla Walla Museum.

During the Nazi occupation of Paris (1940–1944), the Germans repeatedly sought to move that city’s haute couture industry to Berlin and Vienna. They hoped to break the “unjust monopoly” of Paris and turn their own cities into cultural centers of the “New Europe.” This effort was unsuccessful, but for four years, the Germans kept the Paris fashion houses from exporting, advertising, and making a profit. Soon after the city was liberated in August 1944, its fashion industry devised a plan to inform the world that Paris couture was still alive and well. This was accomplished by creating miniature mannequins and fashions that were displayed in stage sets created by prominent artists. The Théâtre de la Mode premiered in Paris in March 1945—before the war had even ended. The display then traveled to London and other European capitals. New fashions and stage sets were created for a 1946 tour that included stops in New York and San Francisco. These same miniature fashions were given to Maryhill Museum of Art in 1952, where they are now shown in nine replicas of the original stage sets.

REGISTRATION: This free program will be offered online through Zoom.