Museum Day Live!

Hirshhorn Plaza

Museum Day Live!
Saturday, March 12, 2016
All Day

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is proud to participate in Museum Day Live! Held during Women’s History Month, this special edition* of Smithsonian magazine’s signature event encourages all people across the country, and particularly women and girls of color, to explore participating museums, cultural institutions, zoos, aquariums, parks, and libraries—which will offer free admission for the day.  

* Smithsonian’s 12th annual Museum Day Live! takes place September 23, 2016.

Schedule of Activities

ARTLAB+ Girls Speak       
Sculpture Garden, ARTLAB+, 10 am–Noon
This free workshop is for young women aged 10 and up.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/publish?crumb=d212318515248e&eid=21232529066

Unleash your inner girl power! Join us for a special ARTLAB+ audio workshop featuring your voice and your ideas. Taking inspiration from female artists in the Hirshhorn’s collection, you’ll create a short poem, song, or spoken-word piece. Then you’ll use GarageBand to put your words to music that you create! You’ll receive a USB drive so you can take your work home with you.

Gallery Guide Tour: Female Artists in the Hirshhorn Collection
Meet at the Info Desk, 12:30 pm

Explore female artists on view with Hirshhorn Gallery Guides.

Gallery Guide Tour: Female Artists in the Hirshhorn Collection
Meet at the Info Desk, 3 pm

Explore female artists on view with Hirshhorn Gallery Guides.

The Journey to Success: A Conversation with Women Filmmakers
Ring Auditorium, 4 pm

Women in Film & Video of Washington, DC is dedicated to advancing career development and achievement for professionals working in all areas of screen-based media and related disciplines. Moderated by independent producer Catherine Wyler (Memphis Belle, Witness to Hope), a panel discussion with award-winning filmmakers Jane Barbara, Jami Ramberan, and Via Buksbazen will take the audience on a journey through the making of a film, addressing the obstacles women and minorities encounter and discussing solutions to these challenges.