Docent Elaine shows you some of her favorite works from the permanent collection that blur the lines of reality. At first glance one of the works seems very realistic while the other appears incredibly abstract until Elaine asks us to...
Docent Ann slows things down a bit and leads you through a deeper look at one painting, At the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk by Dale Kennington. Kennington often focused her works on everyday people, doing everyday things. Who...
Docent Lavonda introduces you to a couple of the beautiful watercolor paintings in WMA’s permanent collection, Sisters by Keith Newby and Backlight by Clem Gouveia. You’ll be inspired to get out your paints and document your surroundings by the end...
Join Docent Robin as she takes you on a tour of some of the works included in Path of Entry, curated by guest curator, Chintia Kirana. Remember,” a poem by Joy Harjo, the first Native American United States Poet Laureate,...
Join Docent Jim as he walks you through the incredible works in metal from our exhibit, Pattern and Void, created by a group of talented artists working out of Sloss Furnaces and the Sloss Metal Arts program in Birmingham, Al
In this special bonus tour, Docents Robin and Brook, show you some of the works in Sara Garden Armstrong’s exhibit, Threads and Layers. Armstrong is fascinated by life cycles and change and explores these concepts using movement, color, sound, texture,...
Docent Ann dives into the artistic process as she highlights two pieces in our permanent collection and how the works were created. You’ll be inspired to create as Ann gives you a challenge to create your own sculptural piece at...
Docent Lavonda explores pieces in our permanent collection that have a strong sense of storytelling, including a piece from our education collection. What stories do you think these works are trying to tell?
Docent Elaine shows you some of her favorite pieces in As We Are, an exhibit featuring the photography of Sean Crutchfield. Crutchfiels explores the region in which he lives, capturing the everyday sites he sees along the way. Crutchfield experiments...
Education Director, Brook McGinnis, lets you know what to expect “on tour” and introduces you to our docents. Then Docent Jim gives you his take on how we can look at and respond to art.