Join the Sordoni Art Gallery on Thursday, April 25 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to make beaded friendship bracelets, listen to our Taylor Swift playlist, and view the beautiful beaded works of the Ubuhle women! *Free while supplies last
Sordoni Art Gallery
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Registration is required. In celebration of our Ubuhle Women exhibition, we will celebrate with an evening of specialty cocktails, African-inspired cuisine and an inside look at our current exhibition with exhibition curator Bev Gibson. In addition, we will have a pop-up shop of handmade beadwork from artists in the exhibition! …
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Registration Required Created and presented in Partnership with the Office of Global Engagement. Inspiration unfolds over an African-inspired lunch at the Sordoni Gallery. Join us and make your own beadwork artwork inspired by the art in the gallery. Curator Bev Gibson will guide participants through the process. Space is limited. …
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The art of beading is an ancient tradition. For this Second Saturday, join the Sordoni Art Gallery as we put a new spin on this tradition. Come create your own coaster and magnet with fused beads inspired by Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. Don’t forget to join …
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Join us at the Sordoni Gallery for an artful brunch inspired by our current exhibition. A casual tour of the exhibition will be provided and catch one of the last days of the Ubuhle pop-up shop of handmade beadwork from artists in the exhibition! Registration is required.
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Looking at the recent change in dynamics within the art world towards Contemporary Artists from Africa, exhibition curator Bev Gibson will discuss traditional techniques and how they are now perceived in comparison to how they were recognized 10 years ago. Gibson will outline how the artists of Ubuhle now are …
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A mosaic is a piece of art that is made of smaller pieces, like stones or small pieces of paper. The art made by the Ubuhle women in the gallery are a kind of mosaic made up of thousands of colored glass beads. Join the Sordoni Art Gallery to create …
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This Second Saturday Family Hour we will explore animals as symbols. Bulls are very important to the Xhosa and Zulu cultures in South Africa, where the Ubuhle women come from. Bulls represent wealth. Join the Sordoni Gallery to design your own animal keychain using beads! Don’t forget to join us …
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Join us for this special Art in Contect. A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks follows the career of Gordon Parks from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker. Dan Kimbrough, Owner/Founder of Park MultiMedia, …
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Photographs tell stories. Whether portraits or landscapes, when you look at an image you are able to think about what the artist was trying to say. Join us on Saturday, January 13 from noon to 2 p.m. to create your own stories. Your self-portrait collage will tell us all about …