Past Events

Painting of several figures with elongated hair strands with cotton
Catalogue Launch Event for Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 4:30 pm–5:30 pm
3 hooded figures standing front facing outdoors
Screening of Danny Lyon's film 'El Mojado' and Q + Art with Maddy Woodward
Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 5:00 pm–6:30 pm
Car hood with sunshade with picture of eyes
Gallery Talk: Professor Rosalía Romero
Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 4:00 pm–4:30 pm
Succulent image created into a clock
Q + Art and DIY clock making workshop with Sustainability's EcoReps
Thursday, October 8, 2020 | 5:00 pm–7:30 pm
Bust wrapped in yellow white patterned fabric
Q + Art with collections and exhibitions assistant Gillian Holzer
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Installation view of Alia Ali's site-specific installation of Love with 5 photographs on blue wall with patterns of Love painted in Arabic
Gallery Talk with Gillian Holzer
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 4:00 pm–4:30 pm
Web conference showing museum interns and staff
Q + Art with Academic Curator Claire Nettleton and a meet and greet with our Benton interns
Thursday, September 24, 2020 | 5:00 pm–8:00 pm
Calligraphy boards with brushs and circular strokes
Calligraphy for Change with the 5C Calligraphy Club and Q + Art with Daphnide Toussaint '20
Thursday, September 17, 2020 | 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Tall bronze outdoor sculpture of female figure holding stacked pots above while pouring water from a handheld pot
Gallery Talk with Daphnide Toussaint '20 on Alison Saar's Imbue
Thursday, September 17, 2020 | 4:00 pm–4:30 pm
Classroom of 3rd graders in the collections study room area with museum staff
Q + Art with Steve Comba, associate director/registrar at the Benton
Thursday, September 10, 2020 | 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Screenshot of 2 individuals on Zoom
New Podcast Episode: "Museums in a Pandemic: The Scream"
Thursday, September 10, 2020 | 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Screenshot of 2 individuals on Zoom
New Podcast Episode: "Museums in a Pandemic: At Least Six Feet Apart"
Thursday, September 3, 2020 | 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Screenshot of online conference via Zoom
New Podcast Episode: "Museums in a Pandemic: At Least Six Feet Apart"
Thursday, August 27, 2020 | 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Speaker view on Zoom with multiple participants
New Podcast Episode: "Who is the Benton Museum of Art?"
Thursday, August 20, 2020 | 3:00 pm
Permanent Collection Open House Series: "Native American Art" with Steve Comba, Associate Director and Registrar
Friday, May 1, 2020 | 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Installation view of In the Shadow of Numbers: Charles Gaines Selected Works from 1974 - 2012. Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Permanent Collection Open House Series: "The Project Series Highlights" with Rebecca McGrew, Senior Curator
Friday, April 24, 2020 | 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Woodcut on paper of a religious scene of the Temptation of Christ
Permanent Collection Open House Series: "Arts of Devotion, 1400-1800" with Victoria Sancho Lobis, Director
Friday, April 17, 2020 | 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Installation view of exhibition with composite photographs mounted on walls
Canceled due to COVID-19: Gabrielle Civil | Experiments in Joy: Longing & Landscapes
Thursday, April 16, 2020 | 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Woodcut on paper with scene of people shielding from weather
Permanent Collection Open House Series: "Parisian Ecologies, 1850-1930" with Claire Nettleton, Academic Curator
Friday, April 10, 2020 | 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Color photograph of Architecture of Authority
Permanent Collection Open House Series: "Art of Borderlands" with Victoria Sancho Lobis, Director
Friday, April 3, 2020 | 2:00 pm–3:00 pm