MARCH AT THE KMA

Young Artists 2024

Through March 3, 2024

Don't miss the chance to see this annual exhibition of artwork by high school seniors, which closes on March 3. With the goal of providing hands-on learning experiences to aspiring artists, this unique initiative offers meaningful student participation in the exhibition planning process from beginning to end. Under the guidance of museum professionals, students take on the roles of artist, graphic designer, curator, exhibition designer, and installer as they work collaboratively with the KMA’s staff to mount this exhibition.

Daily Admission Tickets

A limited supply of special Young Artists 2024 t-shirts are available for purchase. Stop by the Museum before March 3 to pick one up!

The Pollack Family Learning Center

An Ode to Textiles: Poetry and Art

Through March 3, 2024

View artworks and poetry created as part of Thinking Through the Arts and Building Bridges: Prison Arts Initiative, two KMA community partnership programs led by Writer in Residence Pamela Hart.

UPCOMING AT THE KMA

Opening on March 17, 2024

There Is A Body: Legacy of the Ancestral Arts in the 21st Century

Guest curated by artist John Edmonds and organized by the KMA, the exhibition highlights an intergenerational group of contemporary artists from the Black diaspora—David O. Alekhuogie, Sanford Biggers, Lyle Ashton Harris, and Matthew Angelo Harrison— who are forging personal connections to traditional African art and interrogating its appropriation by the western art canon.

Stellar Reverberations: African Masks in Outer Space

Artist Damien Davis takes over The Pollack Family Learning Center with a site-specific installation. This family-friendly work explores the interplay between cultural heritage and the boundless cosmos using symbols and silhouettes. Davis’s tactile, kinetic artworks are featured alongside projects and activities that invite young visitors to reflect upon themselves, their roots, and imagined futures.

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OPENING WEEKEND

Saturday, March 16

FIRST LOOK: 5:00-7:00 PM

Curator’s Circle Members and above

Sunday, March 17

MEMBER PREVIEW: 12:00-2:00 PM

All Members welcome

PUBLIC OPENING: 2:00-5:00 PM

Invitations to follow.

Educators' Preview with Artist Damien Davis

Tuesday, March 26, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

Educators are invited to a preview of the exhibition There Is A Body: Legacy of the Ancestral Arts in the 21st Century, followed by a hands-on art workshop with artist Damien Davis. Davis will discuss his current installation Stellar Reverberations and lead teachers in an exploration of kinetic sculpture techniques that they can take back to their learning environments. Free for educators. Registration required.

VIRTUAL Artists in Conversation:

John Edmonds and Lyle Ashton Harris

Thursday, March 28, 5:30-6:30 PM/Online

Join guest curator and artist John Edmonds and artist Lyle Ashton Harris for a virtual conversation about Harris’s artworks, practice, and participation in the exhibition. Free.

Schools Out / Art's In

Tuesday, April 2 – Friday, April 5

Workshops at 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM

In this series of artsy school vacation workshops, Museum educators introduce new projects each day of the week.

April 2: DIY Stencil Design

April 3: Decorative Masks

April 4: Kinetic Sculptures

April 5: Imaginative Chimeras

Registration recommended. Ages 3-8 with an adult; ages 9-12 can be dropped off. Adult: regular Museum admission. Child: members $6; non-member $12.

SUPPORT THE KMA

The KMA was established in 1954 with a mission to spotlight exceptional art, while also responding to the most critical issues of our time through a bold and vigorous lens. Seventy years later we continue to work towards this mission through our impactful exhibitions, education programs, and forward-thinking initiatives. Make a gift to the KMA today and join us as we continue to share the transformative power of art with adults and children throughout Westchester County, and beyond.

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KMA CLOSED FOR INSTALLATION

Monday, March 3—Saturday, March 16

Young Artists 2024 is made possible with support from Rebecca Samberg.

Thinking Through the Arts is made possible with support from Gail and Caesar Bryan, Rea Charitable Trust, the Thomas & Agnes Carvel Foundation, and the C. B. Sweatt Foundation.

Building Bridges: Prison Arts Initiative is supported by a Humanities New York Action Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Katonah Museum of Art is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive George Latimer.

The Katonah Museum of Art’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Image Credits (top to bottom):

Margaret Fox Photography; Sanford Biggers. The Soothsayer, 2019-23. White marble on custom cedar plinth. Marble: 33 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 21 in. (84.5 x 69.2 x 53.3 cm) Plinth: 16 1/2 x 38 3/8 x 33 in. (41.9 x 97.5 x 83.8 cm) Overall: 49 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 33 in. (126.4 x 97.8 x 83.8 cm) Unique within a series. Photo: Lance Brewer. © Sanford Biggers. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen; Damien Davis, In Orbit (Blackamoors Collage #510), 2021. Courtesy of the artist; Lyle Ashton Harris. AfroPunk Odalisque, 2018. Dye Sublimation print on aluminum, 48 x 64 in. (121.9 x 162.6 cm). © Lyle Ashton Harris. Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94; Margaret Fox Photography

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