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Zoo Boo
Zoo Boo
Calling all candy lovers and party goers! Halloween is taking over Memphis Zoo for a family-friendly haunting at Le Bonheur Zoo Boo! Go all out and wear your best costumes and bring your trick-or-treat bags to make sure you satisfy all your candy cravings. This year, the all-new Candy Lane inside the Monogram Foods Loves […]
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Zoo Boo
Zoo Boo
Calling all candy lovers and party goers! Halloween is taking over Memphis Zoo for a family-friendly haunting at Le Bonheur Zoo Boo! Go all out and wear your best costumes and bring your trick-or-treat bags to make sure you satisfy all your candy cravings. This year, the all-new Candy Lane inside the Monogram Foods Loves […]
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Zoo Boo
Zoo Boo
Calling all candy lovers and party goers! Halloween is taking over Memphis Zoo for a family-friendly haunting at Le Bonheur Zoo Boo! Go all out and wear your best costumes and bring your trick-or-treat bags to make sure you satisfy all your candy cravings. This year, the all-new Candy Lane inside the Monogram Foods Loves […]
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Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling Spark your curiosity, channel your attention, and record your wonder in Overton Park. Join us to learn the basics of Nature Journaling and begin (or continue) your journey of observation and questioning. Inspiration below! Bring your own notebook and writing materials. Limited supplies (coloring pencils, crayons) available to share. The group will meet at […]
Wednesday Winter Walks
Wednesday Winter Walks
Working from home and need a reason to get out of the house? Want to stretch your legs and meet someone new? Does the dog need to take a stroll? If you answered yes to any of those question, join us for a casual stroll around the Old Forest! No agenda, just a […]
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Super Saturday – Native American Heritage Month
Super Saturday – Native American Heritage Month
The first Saturday of every month at your art museum is Super Saturday! From 10a - 12p we will have free admission and art making facilitated by an art educator. For the month of November, we will celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Bring the whole family to learn about Native American arts and traditions in […]
Mixed Media Workshop led by teaching artist Eric Echols
Mixed Media Workshop led by teaching artist Eric Echols
Take a creative journey into the Black American Portraits exhibition through this three-hour workshop, led by teaching artist Eric Echols. Start with a reflective experience in the galleries, surrounded by this amazing collection of artworks, followed by an opportunity to explore the creative process in the studio. Participants will bring a photograph or drawing of […]
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Science Café
Science Café
Wind down from the workday by learning something new over drinks! Join Overton Park Conservancy at the Golf Clubhouse for a happy hour with guest speakers who will share unique perspectives from their corners of the scientific world. All are welcome; no previous scientific knowledge required Science Café is scheduled for the first Tuesday of […]
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Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling Spark your curiosity, channel your attention, and record your wonder in Overton Park. Join us to learn the basics of Nature Journaling and begin (or continue) your journey of observation and questioning. Inspiration below! Bring your own notebook and writing materials. Limited supplies (coloring pencils, crayons) available to share. The group will meet at […]
Wednesday Winter Walks
Wednesday Winter Walks
Working from home and need a reason to get out of the house? Want to stretch your legs and meet someone new? Does the dog need to take a stroll? If you answered yes to any of those question, join us for a casual stroll around the Old Forest! No agenda, just a […]
Figure Drawing Class
Figure Drawing Class
Figure Drawing is back by popular demand! Artists of all levels can practice and increase their skills drawing the human form at Memphis' art museum. Led by a local artist, sessions will include either a nude or clothed model, giving artists the opportunity to practice drawing both. Participants can bring their own drawing supplies. No […]
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Homeschool Day November – Families & Community
Homeschool Day November – Families & Community
Join us for Homeschool day on November 9 from 10a - 1p! We will celebrate and explore families and communities through art. Create a piece of art inspired by your family and explore how artists have depicted their families and communities through history. Docent Tours at 10:30a and 11:15a Drop-in art making activities 10a - […]
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Southeast Corner Day of Service
Southeast Corner Day of Service
Overton Park is getting a new space, and we need YOUR help to dream big about the future! But first, we have to clean it up... The southeast corner of Overton Park has been used as a City vehicle maintenance facility for the past century. Now that the City services have moved to a new […]
Gallery Talk with Ziggy Mack & Jamond Bullock
Gallery Talk with Ziggy Mack & Jamond Bullock
Have you ever wondered what artists think about other artists’ work? Join us for a gallery talk in the Black American Portraits exhibition, led as a conversation between two local artists. Listen as they discuss the artworks in the exhibition that stand out most to them, and perhaps you’ll see the works of art in […]
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Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling Spark your curiosity, channel your attention, and record your wonder in Overton Park. Join us to learn the basics of Nature Journaling and begin (or continue) your journey of observation and questioning. Inspiration below! Bring your own notebook and writing materials. Limited supplies (coloring pencils, crayons) available to share. The group will meet at […]
Wednesday Winter Walks
Wednesday Winter Walks
Working from home and need a reason to get out of the house? Want to stretch your legs and meet someone new? Does the dog need to take a stroll? If you answered yes to any of those question, join us for a casual stroll around the Old Forest! No agenda, just a […]
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Figure Drawing Class
Figure Drawing Class
Figure Drawing is back by popular demand! Artists of all levels can practice and increase their skills drawing the human form at Memphis' art museum. Led by a local artist, sessions will include either a nude or clothed model, giving artists the opportunity to practice drawing both. Participants can bring their own drawing supplies. No […]
Jazz in the Galleries: Saturday Series
Jazz in the Galleries: Saturday Series
Jazz represents one of the most important musical, historical, and cultural phenomena of the Memphis and Mid-South area. A true renaissance of Jazz culture can only come about from the youth in this city — aided by those of us who know and have lived the musical richness of this American art form. Memphis Jazz […]
Kids Fall Colors Tree Tour & Craft
Kids Fall Colors Tree Tour & Craft
Fall Colors Tree Tour and Craft Activity: Join Ranger Heather to explore the Old Forest, learn about leaf color changes, and create your own piece of fall artwork. Date: Saturday, November 18, 2023 Time: 1:30pm Rainbow Lake Parking Lot Kiosk Ages: 3-10 yo Registration required: Yes For more children's activities, visit our Children's Ranger […]
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Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling Spark your curiosity, channel your attention, and record your wonder in Overton Park. Join us to learn the basics of Nature Journaling and begin (or continue) your journey of observation and questioning. Inspiration below! Bring your own notebook and writing materials. Limited supplies (coloring pencils, crayons) available to share. The group will meet at […]
Wednesday Winter Walks
Wednesday Winter Walks
Working from home and need a reason to get out of the house? Want to stretch your legs and meet someone new? Does the dog need to take a stroll? If you answered yes to any of those question, join us for a casual stroll around the Old Forest! No agenda, just a […]
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International Jaguar Day
International Jaguar Day
The Memphis Zoo's Activation Days are an opportunity to spread awareness about animals who are facing peril in the wild and teach guests about the animals we have at the zoo. It also allows keepers and education staff to come face to face with guests and teach them how to be conservationists. Included with Zoo […]
Canceled Nature Journaling
Canceled Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling Spark your curiosity, channel your attention, and record your wonder in Overton Park. Join us to learn the basics of Nature Journaling and begin (or continue) your journey of observation and questioning. Inspiration below! Bring your own notebook and writing materials. Limited supplies (coloring pencils, crayons) available to share. The group will meet at […]
Wednesday Winter Walks
Wednesday Winter Walks
Working from home and need a reason to get out of the house? Want to stretch your legs and meet someone new? Does the dog need to take a stroll? If you answered yes to any of those question, join us for a casual stroll around the Old Forest! No agenda, just a […]
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Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick
Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability. The 45-minute program features newly commissioned work by Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes […]
World AIDS Day Dusk Lantern Ceremony
World AIDS Day Dusk Lantern Ceremony
Alpha Kappa Gamma presents a Dusk Lantern Ceremony to commemorate the victims, survivors, and loved ones affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Bring a lantern to march to Rainbow Lake. The first 25 to register will be part of a drawing. Please register here or email [email protected].
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Super Saturday – Families & Community
Super Saturday – Families & Community
The first Saturday of every month at your art museum is Super Saturday! From 10a - 12p we will have free admission and art making facilitated by an art educator. For the month of December, we will celebrate and explore families and communities through art. Create a piece of art inspired by your family and […]