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Get to know your Dayton Art Institute with our new Object of the Month gallery talks! Join us in the museum’s collection galleries for an in-depth talk, led by a Museum Guide, and learn more about an object from the collection. A different object will be featured each month, with the gallery talk being presented on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month at 11:30 a.m. and the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.
Jaguar Metate, Costa Rica
As the museum celebrates its centennial, Object of the Month will have a different featured piece of artwork monthly! November’s Object of the Month will take a closer look at the Jaguar Metate in our Harold W. and Mary Louise Shaw Foundation Gallery for Art of the Ancient Americas. November talks take place on November 2, 16 & 21.
Upcoming Object of the Month talk topics:
November 2, 16 & 21, Jaguar Metate, Large, Costa Rica
December 7, 19 & 21, Allegory of the Four Seasons, Bartolomeoo Manfredi
January 4, 16 & 18, Untitled, Willem de Kooning
Topics subject to change. Call 937-223-4ART (4278) for more information or to confirm subjects.
Object of the Month
Dates/Times: 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.; 3rd Thursdays, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Collection Galleries
Cost: Free to members; included in museum admission for non-members.
This is a drop-in program. Advance reservations not required.