Grand Opening Sunday

December 10, 9 am – 9 pm

The ICA officially opens with a free, 12-hour community open house. Come tour our new exhibitions, grab a free family guide, and enjoy music and events celebrating the first new art museum in Boston in almost 100 years!

Throughout the day, visitors can enjoy a variety of theater events and performances, including dance, music, and films in the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater. Outside the museum, visit the tent for a wide variety of music performances, a live DJ, face painting, balloon sculptors, and hot chocolate and coffee.

Seating for theater events is limited; tickets are required. Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis at the admissions desk two hours before show time.  All theater programs are approximately ½ hour.

Complete Schedule

9 am – 9 pm 
Galleries open; free admission

11 am   
Short animated films by New England filmmakers, featuring work by Karen Aqua, Chip Moore, Gina Kamentsky, Joe Gibbons, Louise Bourque, Nina Yuen, Robert Arnold, and Suara Welitoff  
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater
  
12 – 1 pm 
Berklee Motown Review
Grand Opening Tent

1 pm   
From the Top, short performances by young musicians
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater

2 – 3 pm 
Berklee Motown Review
Grand Opening Tent

3 pm  
Snappy Dance Theater
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater

4 – 4:45 pm 
The Andromeda Quartet
Grand Opening Tent

5 pm  
Alloy Orchestra, performing an original score for Buster Keaton's film One
Week
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater

6 – 6:45 pm 
The Andromeda Quartet
Grand Opening Tent

7 pm   
the Either/Orchestra
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater

DJ Maurizio Pasquale will be spinning throughout the day in between performances in the tent.

Grand Opening Sunday is presented by Target  

The Grand Opening of the ICA is proudly co-sponsored by