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Explore Sadie Barnette art talk
Explore Sadie Barnette art talk
Experience art in new ways! Join passionate and knowledgeable gallery guides on a spirited walkthrough of the exhibition, and then bring its themes to life through a hands-on workshop. Connect with neighbors, engage in creative play, and discover how art reflects and enriches your own story. All ages and abilities are welcome. Free RSVP is encouraged, but not required. Walk-ins welcome. Bringing a large group? Email the CAAM team at iDesk@caamuseum.org.
Watch conversation with Tayari Jones
Watch conversation with Tayari Jones
Join Reparations Club at CAAM for the LA launch of Kin by New York Times–bestselling author Tayari Jones. A novel about mothers and daughters, about friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South, Kin is an exuberant and emotionally rich work from one of the brightest voices in contemporary fiction. Jones is the author of four novels, most recently An American Marriage, which was an Oprah’s Book Club Selection and also appeared on Barack Obama’s summer reading list and his year-end roundup. Please note: Free RSVP does not include a copy of the...
Join sadie barnette zine workshop
Join sadie barnette zine workshop
Join us for a zine-making workshop celebrating Sadie Barnette: How to Fly. The workshop is led by Able ARTS Work—a nonprofit offering opportunities in the creative arts for people of all abilities. Free RSVP is encouraged, but not required. Walk-ins welcome. Bringing a large group? Email the CAAM team at iDesk@caamuseum.org.
Join self care yoga session
Join self care yoga session
Move through a 60-minute flow with yoga and meditation teacher Constance Hartwell. No previous experience is necessary. Please bring your own yoga mat. Indoors.
Explore the black interior exhibition
Explore the black interior exhibition
Join Kristin Juarez, independent curator and Senior Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute, as she provides a special tour of The Black Interior. This exhibition, featuring works from CAAM’s permanent collection, considers the practices of artists who explore the domestic space as creative inspiration and refuge for one’s inner world. Free RSVP is encouraged, but not required. Walk-ins welcome. Bringing a large group? Email the CAAM team at iDesk@caamuseum.org.
Watch She Dared to Dream film
Watch She Dared to Dream film
Join us as we screen the new, award-winning documentary, She Dared to Dream, featuring Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Running just under 30 minutes, the film offers an intimate and deeply moving portrait of Congresswoman Pressley—the first Black woman elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress. Through her story, the film explores racial justice, gender equity, and economic reform, while reflecting on what it means to lead with courage, vulnerability, and authenticity in today’s political climate.
Join the CAAM scavenger hunt
Join the CAAM scavenger hunt
Explore CAAM with a specially designed clue board in hand. Participants follow prompts through the galleries that spark close looking, conversation, and unexpected connections. Each scavenger hunt is inspired by current exhibitions and timely themes. The first teams to complete a winning pattern will receive a small CAAM-branded prize. Free RSVP is encouraged, but not required. Walk-ins welcome. Bringing a large group? Email the CAAM team at iDesk@caamuseum.org.
Join the docent tour in March 2026
Join the docent tour in March 2026
Join CAAM’s volunteer docents for an engaging journey through the Museum’s various exhibitions, guided by stories, insights, and meaningful conversations. Drawing on their own unique perspectives, docents weave connections between artworks, culture, and community, offering visitors a fresh way to experience CAAM’s exhibitions. Free RSVP is encouraged, but not required. Walk-ins welcome. Bringing a large group? Email the CAAM team at iDesk@caamuseum.org.
Watch conversation with Juarez and others
Watch conversation with Juarez and others
The Black Interior: Imagining Home in the Permanent Collection considers the practices of artists who explore the domestic space as creative inspiration and refuge for one’s inner world. The works in The Black Interior prompt us to see the imaginative possibilities in our home lives. Join exhibition curator, Kristin Juarez, independent curator and Senior Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute, as she discusses this exhibition with exhibiting artists Janna Ireland, Dominique Moody, and Lisa Diane Wedgeworth.
Join interactive dialogue on Black motherhood
Join interactive dialogue on Black motherhood
To celebrate the closing of Giving you the best that I got, Art + Practice will host an evening of interactive, breakout group dialogues on the topic of Black motherhood. Using the exhibition space as an inspirational platform for deep reflection, this event will be facilitated by Calibrate, a local nonprofit organization that fosters dynamic, experiential, and intergenerational community-centered engagement. Through the practice of Connections, a data-driven, trauma-informed mental health and wellness activity that promotes resiliency skills, healing, unity, and community, Calibrate’s professionally trained team will demonstrate the power of speaking and listening from the heart, holding space for the un...
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