The American Wing at 100 at The Met

Sun Nov 10, 2024
1:00pm to 4:00pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: Free with museum admission
Location:
Metropolitan Museum
917-513-4081
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028
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Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Wing with the unveiling of newly reinstalled galleries, art-making, music, and cake!

Program highlights include:

Art-making, 1-3:30pm: Explore the distinctive drawings of Dakota artist Mary Sully and create your own inspired personality portraits with artist-teachers

Curator talk, 2 pm: Listen to a conversation about Winslow Homer’s The Gulf Stream between curator Stephanie Herdrich and author Vinson Cunningham

Music and performance, 3pm: Enjoy live DJ sets by Justis Brokenrope, founder of Wathéča Records, and engage with Indigenous music in various genres, from rock and country to folk

Celebration, 3:30pm: Have a slice of cake in The American Wing Cafe in celebration of the wing’s centennial, with closing remarks from Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing

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