Brooklyn Museum: Calendar

<p>Two BkM Teens participants in conversation on Instagram Live </p> — QuaranTeen Tuesdays on Instagram Live, May 2020

BkM Teens Flyday Fridays

Friday, February 26, 2021
3–4 pm

Online

Join us on Instagram for teen-led discussions, activities, and resources that are relevant for teens locally and globally. Topics range from environmental racism to surviving COVID-19 as an LGBTQ+ youth. Each program is planned by members of our Teen Night Planning Committee, Museum Apprentice program, and InterseXtions.

<p>KAWS: TAKE, 2019</p> — KAWS (American, born 1974). *TAKE*, 2019. Bronze, paint, 76 × 35 ³/₄ × 27 ⁷/₈ in. (193 × 91 × 71 cm). © KAWS

Member Morning: KAWS: WHAT PARTY

Saturday, February 27, 2021
10–11 am

Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor

Enjoy a Members-only morning viewing of the exhibition.

Wide Awakes Mobil Soup Kitchen

Saturday, February 27, 2021
1–5 pm

We’re partnering with Wide Awakes to bring free food to our local communities. This week, find the Mobil Soup Kitchen in Bed-Stuy.

<p>Hand-painted picture, on a white background, of the letters F-A-M-I-L-Y with people of various ages walking or being pushed in a wheelchair through and around them. In orange, light and dark blue, yellow, olive green, and beige, with black accents</p> — Design by Jimmy Mezei

Family Party (at Home!)

Sunday, February 28, 2021
3–4 pm

Online and at Home

Still the coolest kids' event in New York City, now virtual!

<p>Kehinde Wiley: Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps</p> — Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977). *Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps*, 2005. Oil on canvas, 108 × 108 in. (274.3 × 274.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Partial gift of Suzi and Andrew Booke Cohen in memory of Ilene R. Booke and in honor of Arnold L. Lehman, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, and William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2015.53. © Kehinde Wiley. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

BkM Art Hangout

Wednesday, March 3, 2021
3:30–4 pm

Online and at Home

Stop by for a free virtual art-making session, designed for ages 9–14.

<p>Lorraine O'Grady: The Woman in White eats coconut and looks away from the action</p> — Lorraine O'Grady (American, born 1934). *Rivers, First Draft: The Woman in White eats coconut and looks away from the action*, 1982/2015. Digital chromogenic print from Kodachrome 35mm slides in 48 parts, 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm). Edition of 8 + 2 AP. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York. © Lorraine O’Grady/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Member Preview: Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And

Thursday, March 4, 2021
11 am–6 pm

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor

Join us for an exclusive Member Preview of Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And, before the exhibition opens to the public.

<p>Diedrick Brackens: when no softness came, 2019</p> — Diedrick Brackens (American, born 1989). *when no softness came*, 2019. Cotton and acrylic yarn, 96 × 96 in. (243.8 × 243.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum; purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019, 2019.12. (Photo: Courtesy of Various Small Fires LA)

Art and Empathy: Community Care Through Art

Thursday, March 4, 2021
5:30–7:30 pm

Online

Join art therapist Sarah Pousty and museum educator Dalila Scruggs as we make space for self-care, conversation, and connection.

Wide Awakes Mobil Soup Kitchen

Saturday, March 6, 2021
8 am–12 pm

We’re partnering with Wide Awakes to bring free food to our local communities. This week, find the Mobil Soup Kitchen at Project Eats in Brownsville with BICS.