Art Complex Museum

What does your visual voice look like? This workshop invites you to expand your awareness of visual language and develop your own vocabulary. We will explore what design elements you connect to naturally and use well, versus what you haven’t considered or decided to ignore. We will also determine what visual devices interest you most and […]

Join the museum’s Collections and Education staff for an in-depth look at the work of three artists whose work is currently on display in the exhibit, American Paintings from the Art Complex Museum Collection: Dennis Miller Bunker, John Carlson, and Lovell Birge Harrison. Take a closer look at these pieces and participate in a conversation about […]

Nancy Hayes’ paintings speak to how her brain organizes space, pattern, color, and form. Although considered abstract, both her sculptures and paintings depict aspects of worlds unseen. Rather than an expression of frenzy, they depict highly organized ecosystems where each part is dependent on the whole. The unity and interdependencies speak to the building blocks […]

We invite you to participate in our upcoming project: crafting fairy houses using only natural materials sourced from the beauty of the outdoors. Using materials such as twigs, leaves, moss, stones, shells, and other treasures found in nature, create a fairy dwelling that harmonizes with the surrounding environment. The houses will be on exhibit on the […]

Daniel Bennett Group/Jazz Concert – Daniel Bennett is joined by master percussionist Koko Bermejo on drums and keyboard. Rounding out the trio is acclaimed six-string bassist Kevin Hailey. New York saxophonist Daniel Bennett has been hailed as one of the most original and unpredictable musical voices of his generation. The Boston Globe described Bennett’s music as, “A […]

Create paintings using acrylic paint and hand-colored papers. This is an introductory class, suitable for the novice or the master. It is not necessary to have painting experience to enjoy the process of this workshop. Suzette  Lebenzon will demonstrate her techniques for creating collage papers out of scraps and recyclable papers. These papers will then […]

BIG INK’s one-of-a-kind, travelling press—aka “The Big Tuna”—will be at the Art Complex Museum. 16 participants have been working for months, carving oversized woodcut designs that will be printed during this event. Join us Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27 from 1pm-4pm. The public is invited to share in the excitement and watch these prints roll […]

BIG INK’s one-of-a-kind, travelling press—aka “The Big Tuna”—will be at the Art Complex Museum. 16 participants have been working for months, carving oversized woodcut designs that will be printed during this event. Join us Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27 from 1pm-4pm. The public is invited to share in the excitement and watch these prints roll […]

Continue to explore printmaking without a press.  The reusable, flexible, gelatin plate is coated with a thin layer of acrylic paint.  Stencils and natural botanical materials are pressed onto the surface. Assorted papers laid on top of the plate “pull” negative and detailed “ghost” prints. This is a two-day workshop Saturday & Sunday October 19 […]

Photographers Jürgen Lobert and Lisa Ryan are long-time friends and collaborators who specialize in night photography. Meet these artists for a Gallery Talk at the Art Complex Museum, where they will discuss their exhibit, Industrial Beauty—Luminous Desert, now on display at the museum through November 3, 2024. Learn about their techniques for capturing imagery at night, and how […]

Ana Glig, Piano – Ana Glig (Gligvashvili) is an award-winning, Georgian-American pianist recognized for her “lovely expressiveness, clarity in legato, balance and perfect logic.” (Pfister Lois, Chatham Music Club Gala Reflections, 2023). Carl Gutowski, Flute – Carl is a flutist based in New York’s Hudson Valley, and Cape Cod, MA, who has been performing in solo […]

John Singer Sargent and a small painting party of friends were marooned without passports in the Austrian Tyrol for the first four months of the first World War. From that anxious time, he brought back “the strangest pictures he ever painted.” In these works, including the masterpiece now in the Art Complex, The Confession, he expressed his own […]