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Adventure awaits! Join an ICA educator for a special Mother’s Day family-friendly tour of Portraits from the ICA Collection. Through games, drawing, and other playful activities, we’ll explore pictures of mothers and mother-like figures. 

This program is designed for children 12 and under and their accompanying adults. First come, first served for up to 20 participants. 

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in a tour (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org.  

Free Admission for Youth

Youth 18 and under always receive FREE museum admission. The ICA is committed to providing access to the art and artists of our time—and we do this with the incredible support of our community. Explore the +1 Membership: a free ICA membership program for youth 0-18.

Questions? Reach out to us at familyprograms@icaboston.org.

Portraits from the ICA Collection is organized by Erika Umali, Curator of Collections.

This exhibition is funded, in part, with support from Leadership in Arts Museums, an initiative to create more racial equity in art museum leadership, supported by the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Pilot House Philanthropy, and Alice L. Walton Foundation.

Additional support is generously provided by The Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Exhibition Fund.

Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with a special tour of Portraits from the ICA Collection. Through guided close-looking and discussion, consider how contemporary artists depict mothers and mother-like figures.  

FREE with museum admission or membership, no pre-registration required. Tour meets on the fourth floor. 

While all ages are welcome to participate, this tour is designed for an adult audience.  

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org. 

Portraits from the ICA Collection is organized by Erika Umali, Curator of Collections.

This exhibition is funded, in part, with support from Leadership in Arts Museums, an initiative to create more racial equity in art museum leadership, supported by the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Pilot House Philanthropy, and Alice L. Walton Foundation.

Additional support is generously provided by The Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Exhibition Fund.

Discover our featured exhibition Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon in this interactive tour led by an ICA expert educator. Through games, drawing, and other playful activities, +1 youth members 12 years old and under and their +1 guest are invited to explore shapes, colors, and jazz influences in Stanley Whitney’s paintings. +1 youth members can always bring one adult guest for free to the museum!

Tours at 1:30 pm are targeted toward youth members 6 years old and under.

Tours at 2:30 pm are targeted toward youth members 7–12 years old.

For questions, please email plus1@icaboston.org.

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

The exhibition is curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Charles Balbach Chief Curator, Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The ICA/Boston’s presentation is organized by Ruth Erickson, Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, with Tessa Bachi Haas, Assistant Curator.

With warmest thanks, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Gagosian and the ICA’s Avant Guardian Society in making the ICA’s presentation of this exhibition possible.

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Join local Boston artist J Rowen O’Dwyer (they/she/he) for an inspiring afternoon of discussion and art-making. Starting with a conversation in the Poss Family Mediatheque, O’Dwyer will discuss how ideas of representation, queer history, and community organizing inform their interdisciplinary art practice. 

Following the talk, join O’Dwyer for a beginner-friendly live figure drawing session in Portraits from the ICA Collection. In this relaxed and experimental session, you will be invited to draw and be drawn, embracing self-representation in an intimate and supportive space. No experience necessary! Just come ready to listen and create. 

While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adults. Supplies are limited; first come, first served. This program is inspired by the exhibition Portraits from the ICA Collection. 

Images of works of art with mature material including nudity, and sexual content will be shown as part of the lecture portion of this program. 

About J Rowen O’Dwyer

J Rowen O’Dwyer (they/she/he) is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and working in the Boston area. They received their M.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts ‘24 and their B.A. in studio art from Agnes Scott College ‘20. Their research focuses on intergenerational queer histories of community organizing, embodiment practices, and spirituality through kink and leather communities. His paintings situate young queers within this rich history, shining a light on the human elements of connection and the healing and vulnerable act of seeing and being seen. Creating real spaces for liberation and connection is the foundation for O’Dwyer’s practice. At the heart of her work is the time she spends in community through ritual and magic making, event organizing, documenting moments, and forming entanglements with others. 

Join an ICA Graduate Student Lecturer for a tour of Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon. Deepen your understanding of the artist and exhibition themes through guided close looking and discussion.  

FREE with museum admission or membership, no pre-registration required. Tour meets on 4th floor. 

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org. 

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

The exhibition is curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Charles Balbach Chief Curator, Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The ICA/Boston’s presentation is organized by Ruth Erickson, Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, with Tessa Bachi Haas, Assistant Curator.

With warmest thanks, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Gagosian and the ICA’s Avant Guardian Society in making the ICA’s presentation of this exhibition possible.

Gagosian logo

Go beyond the wall text during this member-exclusive, curator-led tour of Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon. Deepen your understanding of the artist and exhibition themes through guided close looking and discussion. 

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org!

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

The exhibition is curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Charles Balbach Chief Curator, Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The ICA/Boston’s presentation is organized by Ruth Erickson, Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, with Tessa Bachi Haas, Assistant Curator.

With warmest thanks, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Gagosian and the ICA’s Avant Guardian Society in making the ICA’s presentation of this exhibition possible.

Gagosian logo

Tune in from home for a three-part online series of presentations and discussions on art, history, and community exploring the 250-year history of the Shakers — a Christian sect of pacifists recognized for communal living and gender and racial equality — and their remarkable influence on contemporary art and artists. Hear live presentations from different speakers throughout New England each week for three weeks, including from the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Harvard University and Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in Maine. This program accompanies the ICA exhibition Believers: Artists and the Shakers.  

Pre-registration for this online series is required in order to receive web links. This series of presentations will be offered using Zoom.  

Week 1: March 11 | Contemporary Art and the Shakers  

Learn about the beginnings of the ICA’s work with the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in Maine with Jill Medvedow, the ICA’s Ellen Matilda Poss Director and an Arts, Religion, and Culture Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, and Jeffrey De Blois, Mannion Family Curator at the ICA and organizer of Believers: Artists and the Shakers.

Week 2: March 18 | Shakerism and Sabbathday Lake, Maine  

Brother Arnold Hadd, one of two living Shakers in the U.S., will discuss Shakerism and its misconceptions and introduce the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in Maine.

Week 3: March 25 | Spirit-Driven Women Making Art

Ann Braude, Director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer on American Religious History at Harvard Divinity School, will provide greater historical context, particularly the role that women played as spiritual leaders in early America.

Expand your knowledge of the Shakers after the series concludes and meet featured speakers Brother Arnold Hadd and Jeffrey De Blois in person during The Artist’s Voice program and community reception on April 10.  

Meets on 4th floor 

Adventure awaits! Join an ICA educator for a family-friendly, interactive look at Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon. Through games, drawing, and other playful activities, we’ll explore shapes, colors, and jazz influences in Stanley Whitney’s paintings. 

This program is designed for children 12 and under and their accompanying adults. First come, first served for up to 20 participants. 

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org.

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

The exhibition is curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Charles Balbach Chief Curator, Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The ICA/Boston’s presentation is organized by Ruth Erickson, Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, with Tessa Bachi Haas, Assistant Curator.

With warmest thanks, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Gagosian and the ICA’s Avant Guardian Society in making the ICA’s presentation of this exhibition possible.

Gagosian logo

Join an ICA Graduate Student Lecturer for a tour of Portraits from the ICA Collection. Through guided close looking and discussion, learn more about the ICA’s collection and the varied approaches employed by contemporary artists to create images of themselves and others. 

FREE with museum admission or membership, no pre-registration required. Tour meets on the fourth floor. 

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org!

Portraits from the ICA Collection is organized by Erika Umali, Curator of Collections.

This exhibition is funded, in part, with support from Leadership in Arts Museums, an initiative to create more racial equity in art museum leadership, supported by the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Pilot House Philanthropy, and Alice L. Walton Foundation.

Additional support is generously provided by The Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Exhibition Fund.

Is a child in your family learning the ABC’s, starting to spell, or already reading chapter books?  No matter what level they find themselves, join the ICA for a family-friendly, interactive tour of Wordplay! Through games, drawing, and other playful activities, we’ll explore letters, words, and contemporary art together. 

This tour is designed for children 12 and under and their accompanying adults. First come, first served for up to 20 participants. 

Tour meets on 4th Floor.

Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program (e.g., assistive listening devices (ALDs), portable gallery stools)? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org.  

Free Admission for Youth

Youth 18 and under always receive FREE museum admission. The ICA is committed to providing access to the art and artists of our time—and we do this with the incredible support of our community. Explore the +1 Membership: a free ICA membership program for youth 0-18.