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November 3 to 9, 2024 - Programs

Day Week Month
November 3 Sunday top
10:00 a.m.
Alexandria at War
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 12:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
10:15 a.m.
Beginning Drawing
Session 3 of 8
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 12:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Knitting Mittens and Gloves - In Person
Session 1 of 2
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 12:15 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
11:00 a.m.
Introduction to Pastels and Graphite: Cézanne-Inspired Still-Life Compositions - In Person
Session 2 of 2
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​11:00 a.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
1:30 p.m.
Alexandria at War
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
1:45 p.m.
On-Location Photography - In Person
Session 2 of 6
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​1:45 p.m. ​to 4:45 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
3:30 p.m.
Masterworks of Five Centuries (Sunday series)
Sunday, ​November 3, 2024 - ​3:30 p.m. ​to 5:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Performance
November 4 Monday top
12:00 p.m.
The World of Carnivorous Plants
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
1:30 p.m.
Mixed Media Art Warmups
Session 3 of 3
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
2:00 p.m.
Log Cabin Quilt Building Blocks
Session 3 of 3
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​2:00 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Composition Studies
Session 2 of 2
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Gobsmacked: The British Invasion of American English
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Museum of Orsanmichele
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Painting Vintage Flora
Session 3 of 3
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Search and Rescue Back from the (Creative) Edge
Session 3 of 3
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:45 p.m.
Hidden in the Heavens: NASA's Kepler Mission
Monday, ​November 4, 2024 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 5 Tuesday top
10:00 a.m.
Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Tuesday, ​November 5, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 11:30 a.m. ET​
Online Course
12:00 p.m.
Verdi and the Transformation of Bel Canto Opera
Session 4 of 5
Tuesday, ​November 5, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
November 6 Wednesday top
10:00 a.m.
Sketching Turner: Expressing Atmosphere in Watercolor
Session 2 of 5
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 12:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
11:30 a.m.
An Introduction to Watercolor: Loose and Beautiful - In Person
Session 4 of 4
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​11:30 a.m. ​to 2:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Abstract Embroidery
Session 5 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Make a Labyrinth Quilt
Session 1 of 3
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:30 p.m.
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It in Color
Session 2 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
2:30 p.m.
Beginning Oil Painting - In Person
Session 5 of 8
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​2:30 p.m. ​to 5:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
3:30 p.m.
Curating A Life: Art as Memoir
Session 4 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​3:30 p.m. ​to 6:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Drawing on the Right Side of Your Brain - In Person
Session 5 of 8
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
Fundamentals of Abstract Collage - In Person
Session 5 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
Introduction to Music Theory with Conductor Ernest Johnson
Session 4 of 8
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 5 of 8
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
6:45 p.m.
Curating an American Election
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Thinking About Philosophers: Contemplating Locke
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Course
7:00 p.m.
Portrait Painting in Oil and Acrylic
Session 4 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
7:30 p.m.
The Art of Floral Design
Session 5 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 6, 2024 - ​7:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 7 Thursday top
10:00 a.m.
Abstract Watercolor: The Next Level
Session 4 of 4
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 12:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Landscape Elements in Watercolor
Session 4 of 8
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
The Mark of van Gogh
Session 2 of 5
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 12:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Exploring Abstraction
Session 5 of 8
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Understanding Dinosaur Behavior
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
1:30 p.m.
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It
Session 2 of 6
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:00 p.m.
Creative Mind Mapping
Session 1 of 2
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
All Shook Up: Hollywood Learns to Rock
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Collage and Mixed Media
Session 4 of 8
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Color Theory and Practice
Session 4 of 4
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Eve as Artist: A History of Women Artists in the Western World
Session 1 of 5
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Course
Night Photography in Washington, D.C.
Session 1 of 2
Thursday, ​November 7, 2024 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 8 Friday top
12:00 p.m.
The Bletchley Park Codebreakers
Friday, ​November 8, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
The Visual Banquet: Food and Festivity in Renaissance Art
Friday, ​November 8, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 9 Saturday top
10:00 a.m.
Keeping Up the Sketchbook Habit
Session 2 of 3
Saturday, ​November 9, 2024 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
10:15 a.m.
Intermediate Oil Painting - In Person
Session 4 of 6
Saturday, ​November 9, 2024 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
10:30 a.m.
Holiday Card Workshop: Season's Greetings
Saturday, ​November 9, 2024 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Workshop
12:00 p.m.
Wirework Intensive: Creative Chains
Session 1 of 3
Saturday, ​November 9, 2024 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:30 p.m.
The Art of Black-and-White Photography
Session 3 of 4
Saturday, ​November 9, 2024 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
2:00 p.m.
Drawing on the Right Side of Your Brain - In Person
Session 4 of 6
Saturday, ​November 9, 2024 - ​2:00 p.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course