Brooks Museum of Art

What do you really see when you look at a painting? Join docent Carol Adamec for a guided experience designed to sharpen your visual awareness and interpretive skills. Featuring everything from quiet 19th-century landscapes to vibrant modern compositions, this tour encourages curiosity, close observation, and a more personal connection to the art on view. Ideal […]

Led by docent Mia Pratt, this dreamlike tour ventures into artworks that hover between the real and the surreal, the sacred and the symbolic. Explore how artists use myth, memory, and imagination to blur boundaries and tap into the unconscious. With works that conjure dreams, visions, and altered states of being, you'll leave seeing familiar […]

Take a guided walk through art history with docent Maria Kulma, focusing on how materials—from wood panels and tempera to canvas and mixed media—have shaped artistic practice across centuries. This tour offers a deeper look at how evolving tools and techniques influence the stories artists choose to tell, and how mediums themselves carry meaning. Perfect […]

Step into the sacred story of Jesus Christ as told through the visual language of centuries past. In this special docent-led tour, Kaitlyn Curry—an art student and passionate museum guide—will lead guests through the Brooks Museum’s medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque galleries, unpacking how artists from different eras depicted pivotal moments in the life of Christ. […]

Before the museum’s permanent collection goes to sleep in preparation for its return in our future home, we invite you to experience it one last time—through music. Lullabies for the Collection is a one-night-only walking tour featuring live, in-gallery performances by Roberta dos Santos and Alexandre Negrão of Iris Collective. As you journey through the […]

Following her captivating 2023 exhibition Master Narrative—which reimagined European Old Master paintings through an Afro-Cuban lens—beloved artist Harmonia Rosales returns to the museum on her book tour. Be one of the first to purchase “Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic” and learn about the history of African mythology and how Rosales has brought these stories […]

In this class, enjoy a guided viewing of the exhibition ‘Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South’. Then take your inspiration to the studio where instructor Britt Herring will guide you through creating painted collage materials to cut-up and assemble in your own quilt inspired pieces. Learn about mono-printing with gel plates, […]

Teen Workshop - Artwork Documentation For High School Juniors and Seniors In this hands-on workshop, high school juniors and seniors will learn how to effectively document their artwork for submission without the need for professional equipment. This class focuses on practical techniques for shooting photos of your art using everyday tools like smartphones and basic […]

This Super Saturday we’re looking at food as art! Bring the family out to create tiny sculptures of your favorite foods. Memphis’ Art Collection has several pieces beautifully depicting food including works by Micheal Rogers and Donald Sultan Using Model Magic and sculpting tools you have a chance to create something you could almost eat! […]

This month’s Homeschool Day is all about quilts! Learn about the geometry of quilt patterns by making your own paper quilt squares. Bring the whole family to collaborate on your own mini paper family quilt. Afterwards join one of our docent-led tours, or go at your own pace, to see our newest exhibition, Of Salt […]