Family Day and First Sunday Drop Into Art
                                                            Sunday, June 1, 2008

    FREE Museum Admission all day (noon - 5 p.m.)
    FREE Children's Art Activities (2 - 4 p.m.)
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
    Book signing in the Children's Gallery - Kelly Murphy, The Boll Weevil Ball ( 2 - 4 p.m.)     Special Guests: McCarthy Elementary School, Framingham, MA

Celebrate Framingham Festival
Sunday, June 1, 2008, 12 - 5 p.m. - Rain or Shine

The Danforth Museum of Art explores Framingham architecture as part of the Celebrate Framingham Festival. This museum program is generously supported by the Boston Foundation for Architecture.

Design Your Own Building
Look at Framingham architecture and design a building with architect and city planner Avigail Shimshoni.

Introduction to Architecture exhibition (in the Museum School)
See 3-D models and plans created by middle school students in the Introduction to Architecture class.

Explore Framingham Architecture (outdoors)
Take a self-guided tour created by Framingham architect Chris Walsh and learn about Framingham architecture near the Danforth Museum of Art. Pick up your guide in the Museum Lobby.

Among the Celebrate Framingham Festival downtown businesses and participating organizations are: Amazing Things Art Center, the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham Civic League, Framingham Public Library, Performing Arts Center of Metrowest, Framingham Historical Society, and many more. Organized by the Leadership Academy of MetroWest (Class of 2008). Learn more about the first annual Celebrate Framingham Festival.

First Sunday Drop Into Art, 2 - 4 p.m.
    Special Guests: Woodrow Wilson Elementary School,
        Framingham, MA
    FREE Museum Admission
    FREE Children's Art Activities
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
Sponsored by Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation

TICKETS: The Patron's Preview is a ticketed event, which will be held prior to the public reception for the Members' Show. Tickets for the Off the Wall Patron's Preview must be purchased prior to the event.  Please contact Jenn Harris in the Development office to purchase tickets, 508-620-0050 x16.

All proceeds support exhibitions and educational programming at the Danforth Museum of Art. $25 from each ticket is tax deductible.

Book signing Children's book illustrator Wade Zahares, 2-4 p.m.
Learn more about his exhibit and his book, Lucky Jake.

First Sunday Drop Into Art, 2 - 4 p.m.
    Special Guests: Potter Road Elementary School, Framingham, MA
    FREE Museum Admission
    FREE Children's Art Activities
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
Sponsored by Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation

Celebrate Art and the Creation of Art!

Enjoy live music, fine wines and
gourmet hors d’oeuvres.

Catering by
Pepper’s Fine Foods Catering

Special Event Raffles, including
Dinner for Four at The Capital Grille with Chauffeured Limousine, or
Over the Moon Birthday Party
in the Danforth Museum School

Museum Members - $75 per person
Non-members - $85 per person

Special NEW family membership,
Including 2 tickets to the event - $160

Contact Jenn Harris, Assistant Director
of Development & Marketing at 508.620.0050 x16, for more details.

Click to download the invitation and reply card.

“collAboRaTe”- Teen Art Night 6 - 9 p.m.

Teen Docents will hold a teen art night, collAboRaTe, at the Museum
Saturday, March 29, 2008, 6 - 9 p.m.

Creativity rules during this free event for teens hosted by 2007/2008 Danforth teen docents. Participants can take part in the collaborative winding scribble wall, work with guest professional artists, listen to the music of a Northborough band, THE MOVE, and learn about next year’s program.

Teens ages 14- 18 are welcome to attend. RSVP and a valid student ID are required for entrance. Call 508.620.0050 x23. Click to download flyer.

More on facebook - search for “Teen Art Night - Danforth Museum.”

First Sunday Drop Into Art, 2 - 4 p.m.
    Special Guests: Dunning Elementary School, Framingham, MA
    FREE Museum Admission
    FREE Children's Art Activities
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
Sponsored by Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation

First Sunday Drop Into Art, 2 - 4 p.m.
    Special Guests: Brophy Elementary School, Framingham, MA
    FREE Museum Admission
    FREE Children's Art Activities
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
Sponsored by Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation

Irwin E. Thompson
Poems and Paintings
from his recently published, Memories & Milestones
3 p.m.

Click to read, "Memories Inspire a
Second Act," The Boston Globe,
January 13, 2008.     

First Sunday Drop Into Art, 2 - 4 p.m.
    Special Guests: Hemenway Elementary School, Framingham, MA
    FREE Museum Admission
    FREE Children's Art Activities
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
Sponsored by Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation

Opening Day for Holiday Shopping

Holiday Tea and Sale in the Museum Shop, noon – 5 p.m.
     Continue shopping during Museum hours until Sunday, December 23

Student and Instructor Sale in the Museum School, noon – 5 p.m.
    Continue shopping Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and
    Tuesday - Wednesday, December 4 and 5 until 9 p.m.
    Sale ends in the Museum School Saturday December 15

First Sunday Drop Into Art, 2 - 4 p.m.
    Special Guests: Stapleton Elementary School, Framingham, MA
    FREE Museum Admission
    FREE Children's Art Activities
    FREE Family Tours by Teen Docents
Meet the artists: Book signings by some of the
    Robert's Snow Snowflakes Artists
Sponsored by Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation

To Register & More Information

Sample wines from around the world and enjoy light appetizers, live music and desserts

A delightful evening!

Wines presented by
   Fifth Avenue Liquors

Catering presented by
   Pepper's Fine Foods Catering
Desserts courtesy of
   Finale Dessert Company

Museum members $55 per person
Non-members $65 per person
Special family membership, including two tickets to the event, $145

Bring your friends!
Groups of eight tickets or more, if purchased in advance, $45 per person

Open House

Sunday September 9, 2007  1 - 4 p.m.

Visit the Danforth Museum of Art for our annual Open House. Meet art school faculty, attend workshops for children and adults, take a museum tour, see illustrations from the book, Space Boy, in the children's gallery, and enjoy artwork created by advanced adult students.

FREE classes for adults in the museum school (as space permits)
      Portrait Drawing with Bob Collins, 1 - 2 p.m.
      Watercolor with Catherine Carter, 2 - 3 p.m.
      and more!

FREE Goodnight Moon and Space Boy children's workshops, ongoing, 1 - 4 p.m.

A Glimpse into the Studio Process
Exhibitions in the Museum School Galleries of
      Advanced adult painting and drawing students
      High School Portfolio Students
Artists' Reception, 2 - 4 p.m.

In the Museum
      See new fall exhibitions
      Space Boy book signing by author/illustrator Leo Landry, 2 - 4 p.m.
      Take a tour given by our new teen docents; tours begin each half-hour, 1 - 3:30 p.m.

On site registration for Danforth Museum School classes (save $5 by registering early)