Members: Do you like to travel in the summer? So does our art! Join museum staff in the Agents of Care gallery for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to safely pack, transport, and install artworks from the museum’s collection when they travel on loan to other museums. Learn how these remarkable pieces make […]
Join in for a special live performance of Scriptorium con safos: Yard by Josh T Franco, which will take place in the FAC Museum’s exhibition Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard. The performance demonstrates Franco’s practice of making art history by hand. This event is included with museum admission. Space is limited–please […]
Members: Make your backpack visit extra special with a creative outing the whole family will love! On select days, when you use the Family Activity Backpack, you can pick up a free snack pack for the kids to enjoy before or after. Cozy up with your little ones in the Garden Lounge and explore our […]
Join us for yoga in our beautiful glass-walled Smith Family gallery. Participants are invited to stay and enjoy the museum after class. All experience levels are welcome. Tickets $12 per person (includes museum admission) FAC Members receive a 10% discount! Not a member? Join today TICKETS Please bring your own mat. Water is allowed during class, […]
Please join the Museum team at the Fine Arts Center select Wednesday mornings in July as they conduct annual sculpture cleanings! Each cleaning will begin at 8:30 am with a brief introduction to the artists and their works, and cleaning will continue until 11:30 am. Visitors are welcome to watch museum staff as they work, […]
Second Stage Music by John Kavanaugh | Book and Lyrics by Jeremy Desmon July 21, 2026 – August 2, 2026 Details & Tickets George had been waiting all month for All You-Can-Eat Meatball Day, a day almost bigger than his birthday! But this year, the hungry crowd had vanished! Something was keeping people away... something […]
JiGaSa Theatre A Youth Rep Ensemble Production Book, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell July 23 – 26, 2026 Details & Tickets After a 5-week intensive professional theatre training, our Youth Repertory Ensemble will culminate by performing Kiss Me, Kate in the JiGaSa Theatre! Passions run high as leading lady Lilli Vanessi and her ex-husband, actor/director Fred Graham, battle […]
As a young PhD student in Newfoundland, I helped propose, and win acceptance of, the definition of the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary in rocks on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. This boundary marks the most significant shift in biological evolution, recording the transition from three billion years of Earth history with only single celled organisms to oceans […]
When Wallace Stegner mined the letters of the writer and illustrator Mary Hallock Foote for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Angle of Repose, he continued a longstanding association between mining and men. A century earlier, though, Foote herself had drawn on the mining communities of Colorado as the subjects of her novels and illustrations. This talk explores […]
In 2015, a James Bond movie introduced millions to a spectacularly staged Día de los Muertos parade in Mexico City. Two years later, the Pixar movie Coco depicted some of the rituals associated with the Day of the Dead. But did you know that the Mexico City parade didn't exist until the filmmakers created it? […]
Step behind the curtain of Irving Berlin’s beloved holiday classic in this festive Libation Lecture exploring the journey of White Christmas from iconic 1954 film to celebrated stage musical. Discover behind-the-scenes stories about the film’s legendary cast, unforgettable music, dazzling production design, and enduring cultural impact, while uncovering how this timeless tale of friendship, nostalgia, and holiday […]
