Upcoming Dates
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE: 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, December 14Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin,
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE:
10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, December 14
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX 78712
ADMISSION:
$20: Ages 18 & up
$10: Ages 6-17
FREE: Ages 5 & under
FREE: Blanton Members Not yet a member? Join today!
(Please note, other regular discounts such as UT-Austin ID Holder, Military, K-12 Teacher, Museum Reciprocal, and Senior do not apply.)
EVENT SCHEDULE
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. All events subject to change. The galleries open till 8 p.m.
Art on View (Michener Gallery Building)
Explore a wide variety of galleries & don’t miss these special exhibitions:
- Long Live Surrealism! 1924—Today
- Mónica de Miranda: Path to the StarsÂ
- Native America: In Translation
- Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You
Experience Art (Michener Building)
Join any of these guided offerings, created by our Education team to enhance your museum experience.
10:30 a.m. – Drawing to See: Join a Blanton educator who will lead this half-hour experience of close looking with pencil and sketch pad in hand. The more you draw, the more you’ll see! Recommended for ages 6 years & up.
11 a.m. – Look & Listen Storytime: Blanton gallery teachers will lead you and your family through picture book readings connected to works of art. Storytime will inspire close looking, creativity, and curiosity. Recommended for ages 4-8 years old.
11:30 a.m. – Looking Together: Spend time with a small group that wants to share the experience of noticing, wondering, and making meaning. Guided activities may emphasize interpretation, personal connections, creativity or play! Recommended for ages 12 years & up.
11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Enjoy Creative Cardmaking on the Moody Patio. Materials provided.
2pm – Curator’s Choice: Art of the Spanish Americas (Michener Building)
Rosario I. Granados, Marilynn Thoma Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas, will discuss a depiction of The Sleeping Christ Child featured on a copper plate. This talk will take place in our European Art/Art of the Spanish Americas gallery which features a variety of artworks depicting the Virgin Mary, revered by Christians as the Mother of God.
Image Credit: Unknown Artist, “La Virgen MarÃa, San José, San Juan Evangelista niño con el Niño Jesús dormido [The Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and the Infant Saint John the Baptist with the Sleeping Christ Child],” Cuzco, Peru, 18th century, Oil on copper, Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma
4pm – Art with an Expert: Dr. Elizabeth Weinfield (Capitol Room, Smith Building)
Music historian Dr. Elizabeth Weinfield will discuss European art favorite Saint Cecilia by Simon Vouet, and female musicians and composers in the 17th–century.
About the Speaker
Elizabeth Weinfield is a music historian whose research explores the relationships among gender, performance, and race in the early modern period. Her interests include music by women in the crypto-Jewish communities of Antwerp, music in the 17th-century Constantinople harem, performance practice, and the early music revival in America. A native New Yorker, she holds a PhD in historical musicology from the Graduate Center (CUNY), an MSt in music from Oxford, and a BA in art history from Rutgers. She previously taught music history at City College, Fordham, and Yeshiva. Weinfield has served as the editor of the digital publication the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a researcher at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. Founder and artistic director of the ensemble Sonnambula, Weinfield has designed site-specific concerts at the Met Museum, the Cloisters, the Hispanic Society, the Frick, and recently published the first complete recording of the music of the 17th-century composer, Leonora Duarte (Centaur Records, 2019). Her writing on old instruments and historical performance has been published in the Galpin Society Journal, the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, and the Huffington Post, Fortnight Journal; is forthcoming in the Journal of Musicology; and with Cambridge University Press. She is working on her first book, Leonora Duarte (1610–1678), Converso Composer in Antwerp: An Early-Modern Feminist Identity, a monograph on Duarte that investigates music’s role in the convergence of business and culture in the early modern domestic space.
3-4pm & 5-6pm – Live Performance by Conspirare
6-7:30pm – DJ Set by Breakaway Records (Michener Building)
We’re thrilled to bring members of the Conspirare Artist Citizen Choral Collective to the Blanton! You can also enjoy another DJ set by Breakaway Records.
About Conspirare
Conspirare is a GRAMMY®-winning choir and nonprofit performing arts organization that believes in the power of music to transform, heal, and connect.
Conspirare shares the gift of singing through:
–Conspirare: A Company of Voices
–Our GRAMMY® -winning professional choir that performs, records, and teaches.
–Conspirare Symphonic Choir: Our choir of volunteer musicians who audition and perform.
–Conspirare Artist Citizen Choral Collective: Gathers local educators and singers to co-create a choral culture through community involvement, engaging rehearsals, and high-level performance.
–Music in Schools: Our musicians inspire and uplift choir students and their teachers at diverse middle and high schools through master classes and free performances.
–Big Sing: Free community singing opportunities held at public places like schools, libraries, and museums.
Food & Drink
Enjoy food for by purchase by Vegan Nom or B.Y.O.P. [bring your own picnic] and enjoy it on the grounds.
Free for Attendees: Thanks to H-E-B, there will be hot cocoa & cookie-decorating bar, while supplies last.
Go to our Before You Visit page for more details and information when planning your visit. Visit our FAQs section to help plan your day at the Blanton. A limited number of lockers are available to use in our Check-In Building (first come, first served). If you have specific accommodation needs, please email us at accessibility@blantonmuseum.org Please note, the Blanton café is closed until further notice.
Remember to share your experience on social using #BlantonNewGrounds & #MoodyPatio and tag us @blantonmuseum!
PARKING / TRANSPORT: Parking is available in the Brazos Garage. Normal rates can be paid directly at the garage. (Blanton Members get a $4 discounted rate at Check-In, valid all day). Ride-shares can drop off in the Museum Drop-Off on the east side of the museum. Bicycle racks are available on the south side of Jester Center and on the west side of the museum’s Smith Administration Building. Public transit is encouraged; Cap Metro bus routes 1, 3, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 801, and 803 have stops within walking distance.
Support for Blanton All Day is generously provided by H-E-B. Media Sponsor: The Austin Chronicle.
Time
December 14, 2024 10:00 am - 8:00 pm(GMT-06:00)
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE: 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, January 10Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin,
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE:
10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, January 10
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX 78712
ADMISSION:
$20: Ages 18 & up
$10: Ages 6-17
FREE: Ages 5 & under
FREE: Blanton Members Not yet a member? Join today!
(Please note, other regular discounts such as UT-Austin ID Holder, Military, K-12 Teacher, Museum Reciprocal, and Senior do not apply.)
EVENT SCHEDULE
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. All events subject to change. The galleries open till 8 p.m.
Art on View (Michener Gallery Building)
Explore a wide variety of galleries & don’t miss these special exhibitions:
Experience Art (Michener Building)
Join any of these guided offerings, created by our Education team to enhance your museum experience.
10:30 a.m. – Drawing to See: Join a Blanton educator who will lead this half-hour experience of close looking with pencil and sketch pad in hand. The more you draw, the more you’ll see! Recommended for ages 6 years & up.
11 a.m. – Look & Listen Storytime: Blanton gallery teachers will lead you and your family through picture book readings connected to works of art. Storytime will inspire close looking, creativity, and curiosity. Recommended for ages 4-8 years old.
11:30 a.m. – Looking Together: Spend time with a small group that wants to share the experience of noticing, wondering, and making meaning. Guided activities may emphasize interpretation, personal connections, creativity or play! Recommended for ages 12 years & up.
Art with an Expert – Wooden Stories: Framing Carpentry in the Colonial Andes (Smith Building)
With Dr. Francisco Mamani-Fuentes. This talk will explore the beautiful and intricate wooden vaults developed across the Viceroyalty of Peru, from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The origins of historical framing carpentry in both the Iberian Peninsula and the Ancient Andes will be considered, showing how interdisciplinary approaches support our understanding of the built environment.
View more images and read more in Dr. Mamani-Fuentes’ V&A Blog Post Carpentry in colonial spaces: The Viceroyalty of Peru.
Pop Up Print Exhibition: The Year in Review (H-E-B Study Room, Michener Building)
Pairing works by two artists: Clare Leighton and Joel Sternfeld.
Silent Disco + DJ Sets by Peligrosa Collective (Michener Building)
Experience a silent disco in the museum with a DJ set by Peligrosa Collective.
Food & Drink
B.Y.O.P. [bring your own picnic] and enjoy it on the grounds. Food / Drink for purchase by Only Momo & Haymaker.
Go to our Before You Visit page for more details and information when planning your visit. Visit our FAQs section to help plan your day at the Blanton. A limited number of lockers are available to use in our Check-In Building (first come, first served). If you have specific accommodation needs, please email us at accessibility@blantonmuseum.org Please note, the Blanton café is closed until further notice.
Remember to share your experience on social using #BlantonNewGrounds & #MoodyPatio and tag us @blantonmuseum!
PARKING / TRANSPORT: Parking is available in the Brazos Garage. Normal rates can be paid directly at the garage. (Blanton Members get a $4 discounted rate at Check-In, valid all day). Ride-shares can drop off in the Museum Drop-Off on the east side of the museum. Bicycle racks are available on the south side of Jester Center and on the west side of the museum’s Smith Administration Building. Public transit is encouraged; Cap Metro bus routes 1, 3, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 801, and 803 have stops within walking distance.
Support for Blanton All Day is generously provided by H-E-B. Media Sponsor: The Austin Chronicle.
Time
January 11, 2025 10:00 am - 8:00 pm(GMT-06:00)
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE: 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, February 8Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin,
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE:Â
10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, February 8
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX 78712
ADMISSION:
$20: Ages 18 & up
$10: Ages 6-17
FREE: Ages 5 & under
FREE: Blanton Members Not yet a member? Join today!
(Please note, other regular discounts such as UT-Austin ID Holder, Military, K-12 Teacher, Museum Reciprocal, and Senior do not apply.)
EVENT SCHEDULE
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. All events subject to change. The galleries open till 8 p.m.
Experience Art (Michener Building)
Join any of these guided offerings, created by our Education team to enhance your museum experience.
10:30 a.m. – Drawing to See: Join a Blanton educator who will lead this half-hour experience of close looking with pencil and sketch pad in hand. The more you draw, the more you’ll see! Recommended for ages 6 years & up.
11 a.m. – Look & Listen Storytime: Blanton gallery teachers will lead you and your family through picture book readings connected to works of art. Storytime will inspire close looking, creativity, and curiosity. Recommended for ages 4-8 years old.
11:30 a.m. – Looking Together: Spend time with a small group that wants to share the experience of noticing, wondering, and making meaning. Guided activities may emphasize interpretation, personal connections, creativity or play! Recommended for ages 12 years & up.
4-5 p.m. & 6-7 p.m. Performances by Her Mana (Michener Building)
Experience Her Mana live at the Blanton, performing two sets inside the museum.
FOOD & DRINK: Pack a picnic or enjoy food / drinks for purchase by Vegan Nom and Haymaker.
Go to our Before You Visit page for more details and information when planning your visit. Visit our FAQs section to help plan your day at the Blanton. A limited number of lockers are available to use in our Check-In Building (first come, first served). If you have specific accommodation needs, please email us at accessibility@blantonmuseum.org Please note, the Blanton café is closed until further notice.
Remember to share your experience on social using #BlantonNewGrounds & #MoodyPatio and tag us @blantonmuseum!
PARKING / TRANSPORT: Parking is available in the Brazos Garage. Normal rates can be paid directly at the garage. (Blanton Members get a $4 discounted rate at Check-In, valid all day). Ride-shares can drop off in the Museum Drop-Off on the east side of the museum. Bicycle racks are available on the south side of Jester Center and on the west side of the museum’s Smith Administration Building. Public transit is encouraged; Cap Metro bus routes 1, 3, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 801, and 803 have stops within walking distance.
Support for Blanton All Day is generously provided by H-E-B. Media Sponsor: The Austin Chronicle.
Time
February 8, 2025 10:00 am - 8:00 pm(GMT-06:00)
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE: 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE:Â
10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX 78712
ADMISSION:
$20: Ages 18 & up
$10: Ages 6-17
FREE: Ages 5 & under
FREE: Blanton Members Not yet a member? Join today!
(Please note, other regular discounts such as UT-Austin ID Holder, Military, K-12 Teacher, Museum Reciprocal, and Senior do not apply.)
EVENT SCHEDULE
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. All events subject to change. The galleries open till 8 p.m.
Experience Art (Michener Building)
Join any of these guided offerings, created by our Education team to enhance your museum experience.
10:30 a.m. – Drawing to See: Join a Blanton educator who will lead this half-hour experience of close looking with pencil and sketch pad in hand. The more you draw, the more you’ll see! Recommended for ages 6 years & up.
11 a.m. – Look & Listen Storytime: Blanton gallery teachers will lead you and your family through picture book readings connected to works of art. Storytime will inspire close looking, creativity, and curiosity. Recommended for ages 4-8 years old.
11:30 a.m. – Looking Together: Spend time with a small group that wants to share the experience of noticing, wondering, and making meaning. Guided activities may emphasize interpretation, personal connections, creativity or play! Recommended for ages 12 years & up.
3-4 p.m. & 6-7 p.m. Performances by Mélat (Moody Patio)
Experience Her Mana live at the Blanton, performing two sets on the Moody Patio.
Food & Drink
B.Y.O.P. [bring your own picnic] and enjoy it on the grounds. Food / Drink for purchase by Only Momo & Haymaker.
Go to our Before You Visit page for more details and information when planning your visit. Visit our FAQs section to help plan your day at the Blanton. A limited number of lockers are available to use in our Check-In Building (first come, first served). If you have specific accommodation needs, please email us at accessibility@blantonmuseum.org Please note, the Blanton café is closed until further notice.
Remember to share your experience on social using #BlantonNewGrounds & #MoodyPatio and tag us @blantonmuseum!
PARKING / TRANSPORT: Parking is available in the Brazos Garage. Normal rates can be paid directly at the garage. (Blanton Members get a $4 discounted rate at Check-In, valid all day). Ride-shares can drop off in the Museum Drop-Off on the east side of the museum. Bicycle racks are available on the south side of Jester Center and on the west side of the museum’s Smith Administration Building. Public transit is encouraged; Cap Metro bus routes 1, 3, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 801, and 803 have stops within walking distance.
Support for Blanton All Day is generously provided by H-E-B. Media Sponsor: The Austin Chronicle.
Time
March 8, 2025 10:00 am - 8:00 pm(GMT-06:00)
Blanton All Day
A full day featuring storytime, art talks, music, food, & more! Once a month, every second weekend.
Individual events are listed below. Click to expand and read details.
| GENERAL ADMISSION | MEMBER ADMISSION |
| $20: Ages 18 & up $10: Ages 6-17 FREE: Ages 5 & under | FREE for all members! |
PLAN YOUR VISIT (click to expand)
Check our Before Your Visit page for parking info, maps, & more. View our Accessibility & Amenities page for detailed navigation and other resources. Visit our FAQs section to help plan your day at the Blanton. If you have questions, accommodation needs (including sign language interpretation), or would like more information contact our Visitor Services team at 512.471.5482 or via email at accessibility@blantonmuseum.org.
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Sponsors
Support for Blanton All Day is generously provided by H-E-B. Media Sponsor: The Austin Chronicle.
