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Drumroll, please… We're excited to announce the theme for Wonderball 2025: Reflection! Mark your calendars for January 25 and get ready for a night of unforgettable fashion, unexpected experiences, and wonder. The evening will feature a range of performances, art, and live music that capture the spirit of creativity at the museum. Each year, we introduce a new element to complement Wonderball's signature black-and-white theme. For 2025, the element is Reflection. Drawing inspiration from themes in our current exhibitions and the color turquoise—symbolizing harmony, balance, and introspection—we encourage you to explore the theme in your own unique way. Presale tickets for members: $125 from November 7–21. Public tickets: $150 starting November 22. Learn more: https://ow.ly/bNPi50TECt2 Photos by JToland Photo

Celebrate Día de los Muertos at CMA! Community Ofrenda October 15–November 3 An ofrenda is an altar, built to honor lost loved ones. Visitors may add a memento, photo, or word to remember and celebrate someone special from their lives. The ofrenda was created by Renee Zamora. Community Conversation on Grief October 27, 1:00–3:00 PM Join CMA and community partners in an honest and meaningful conversation about grief, loss, healing, and the origins of Día de los Muertos. CMA Community Days: Día de los Muertos November 3, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM Enjoy a day filled with celebratory activities and learn about the rich history of Día de los Muertos including a participatory community ofrenda, performances and experiences, art-making, tasty bites and more. Check out more information by clicking here: https://lnkd.in/gRM_QbWi Día de los Muertos programming is sponsored by PNC Arts Alive. CMA Community Days are sponsored by Art Bridges. Photos by Joshua Turcios. ¡Celebra el Día de los Muertos en CMA! Ofrenda Comunitaria 15 de octubre – 3 de noviembre Una ofrenda es un altar construido para honrar a los seres queridos fallecidos. Los visitantes pueden agregar un recuerdo, una foto o una palabra para recordar y celebrar a alguien especial en sus vidas. La ofrenda fue creada por Renee Zamora. Conversación comunitaria sobre el duelo 27 de octubre, 13:00 a 15:00 horas Únase a CMA y a los socios de la comunidad en una conversación honesta y significativa sobre el duelo, la pérdida, la sanación y los orígenes del Día de los Muertos. Días de la Comunidad CMA: Día de los Muertos 3 de noviembre, 10:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m. Disfrute de un día lleno de actividades de celebración y aprenda sobre la rica historia del Día de los Muertos, que incluye una ofrenda comunitaria participativa, actuaciones y experiencias, creación de arte, bocados sabrosos y más. Consulte más información: https://lnkd.in/gRM_QbWi La programación del Día de los Muertos está patrocinada por PNC Arts Alive. Los Días Comunitarios de CMA están patrocinados por Art Bridges. Fotos por Joshua Turcios. PNC Art Bridges Foundation #DiaDeLosMuertos #HispanicHeritageMonth

Today, we're cheering on the The Ohio State University Buckeyes as they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes with this William Hawkins piece, "Ohio Stadium." #GoBucks William Hawkins, Ohio Stadium, 1983. Enamel on Masonite®. Museum Purchase

Great article on engaging our youngest visitors. Explore Columbus Museum of Art with your little ones this fall! Baby & Me Tours (ages 0-2) First Fridays, October 2024 – May 2025 10:30 –11:15 AM

Mark your calendars: Saturday, October 5, 12:00–1:30 PM Curators Conversation on Ming Smith: One Artist, Three Venues Join us for an insightful discussion featuring Brooke A. Minto, Executive Director and CEO of the Columbus Museum of Art; Kelly Kivland, former Head of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts; and Daisy Desrosiers, David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Director and Chief Curator of The Gund at Kenyon College. These curators are behind the groundbreaking exhibitions celebrating the work of Ming Smith, an internationally acclaimed photographer from Columbus. In a landmark collaboration, The Gund at Kenyon College, Columbus Museum of Art, and Wexner Center for the Arts proudly present the work of Ming Smith. This fall, each institution is showcasing a different series of Smith’s work, providing visitors with a comprehensive view of her decades-long career. This special conversation, moderated by Nicole Rome, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art, will explore the significance of Smith’s creative practice and the shared vision among the institutions to honor her artistic legacy throughout Central Ohio and beyond. This program is free with registration—join us in person at the Columbus Museum of Art or online. Click here to learn more: https://ow.ly/Vc5P50TAEtN FotoFocus Cincinnati #FotoFocus #FotoFocus2024 Ming Smith, Aunt Ester, from the series August Moon, 1991. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist.

Big news! Two incredible artists featured at CMA have just been named 2024 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ recipients: Wendy Red Star and Ebony G. Patterson! Ebony G. Patterson is featured in our current exhibition, "Fragments of Epic Memory," with her powerful piece “…three kings weep…” The exhibition explores the Caribbean and its diaspora through historical and contemporary art. Wendy Red Star, an Apsáalooke (Crow) artist, was celebrated in our 2023 exhibition "Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth," which explored Crow history, colonization, and Indigenous feminism through photography, textiles, and mixed media. We are also proud to have acquired her piece "Let Them Have Their Voice" as part of our permanent collection. We are beyond proud of these artists' achievements and honored to have showcased their groundbreaking work. MacArthur Foundation #MACFellow #EbonyGPatterson #WendyRedStar Ebony G. Patterson, ...three kings weep..., 2018. Three-channel digital colour video projection with sound. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Photography Curatorial Committee, 2020. © Ebony G. Patterson, courtesy Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago. 2019/2469 Wendy Red Star, Winter—Four Seasons, 2006. Archival pigment print on sunset fiber rag, 23 x 26 in. (58.4 x 66 cm). The Newark Museum, Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2016 2016.46.1.3 © Wendy Red Star. Wendy Red Star, Let Them Have Their Voice, 2016. Fifteen hand-cut digital prints on archival photo paper with digital wax cylinder recording. Museum Purchase, Derby Fund.

OPEN NOW: Wonderball 2025 Call for Artists! We invite local artists, performers, DJs and musicians to propose creative and unexpected experiences that spark wonder in guests. Artist stipends start at $300, with opportunities to negotiate based on your performance needs. Applications are open until October 17—let’s make this Wonderball unforgettable! Apply here: https://ow.ly/fUNc50TxFFE Photos featuring work by: Anna and The Annadroids Lance Johnson, MALVAR = STEWART, Micaela Gonzalez, and Amelia Gandara Pacemour, Donnie Mossman, Charles Erickson, and Damn Girl Zane Miller Dana Lynn Harper and Lily Bloom Photos by: JToland Photo Megan Leigh Barnard #Wonderball2025 #Wonderball

Visiting for #FreeSundays? Be sure to stop by Gallery 10 and spend a moment with this work by François Boucher, who was #BornThisDay in 1703. Admitted to the French royal academy at the age of thirty-one, François Boucher became one of its most influential members during his lifetime. Breaking with the hierarchy of academic genres, which privileged large-scale paintings depicting historical, religious, or mythological events, Boucher instead favored pastoral scenes—idealized landscapes inhabited by shepherds, shepherdesses, nymphs, and fauns—that celebrated the pursuit of sensual pleasure and courtship. This painting once hung over a door, where it would have been placed within a decorative frame or molding. Boucher may have painted this work for a French royal palace owned by Madame de Pompadour, mistress of France’s King Louis XV. The picture’s subject is drawn from the Roman poet Ovid. It shows the Roman god of gardens, Vertumnus, disguised as an older woman in a ploy to gain the confidence of the nymph Pomona, whom he wished to court. François Boucher, Earth: Vertumnus and Pomona, 1749. Oil on canvas. Museum Purchase: Derby Fund. In honor of Elizabeth M. Ross and in recognition of her dedication and service to the Columbus Museum of Art

Open Studio Come make magic in the Studio to close out September's theme: Altered Art! Open Studio hours are Saturdays from 10:00 AM–1:00 PM. Open Studio is free with admission and welcomes all ages. Need a quieter space? Open Studio Sensory Hour is 10:00–11:00 AM, featuring lowered lights, noise-canceling headphones, and limited seating. Learn More: https://ow.ly/l7Ab50Txzyk

BAM Thursdays closed with a fantastic evening last night, thank you to all who came! But don’t worry—the fun doesn’t stop there! Starting October 10, CMA After Hours takes over with different experiences every Thursday from 5:00–9:00 PM. Here’s what you can look forward to: 🥂 1st Thursday: Art History Happy Hour 🧘♀️ 2nd Thursday: Rest & Relaxation 🎥 3rd Thursday: Art Film Night 🎨 4th Thursday: Creating in the Galleries Click here to learn more: https://ow.ly/bOQN50Tx8vA