Did you ever create a summer bucket list as a kid? On looseleaf paper, in colorful markers, perhaps you wrote down your hopes for the golden days ahead.
What would your summer bucket list look like this year if you dared to dream? Would you experience something new? Make friends? Listen to live music? Lead a more active life? Start making art again?
Well, good news, friends: you can do it all at the Brooklyn Museum.
In case you need extra persuasion, here’s a reminder: You have one week left to see Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. Check out the exhibition before it closes on July 7, and keep dreaming big.
→ DON’T-MISS EVENTS
Art History Happy Hour: Paul McCartney Photographs
Thursday, July 11, 7–9 pm
Come Together for a night of special cocktails and short lectures inspired by Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm.
Weekend Art: Saturday Sketch Club
Draw inspiration from Paul McCartney’s photographs! At these all-ages, drop-in programs, held on select Saturdays, check out the exhibition Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm. Then, learn about drawing techniques and create your own sketches. Free with Museum admission.
Pints and Prints: Hiroshige and Murakami
Thursday, July 18, 7–9 pm
Grab a brew and create your own art prints with Japanese gyotaku techniques, inspired by Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami).
Summer Jazz: Patsy Grant
Sunday, July 28, 2–4 pm
Stop by the Museum’s lobby for performances by some of the city’s best musicians! July’s concert features Patsy Grant, a soulful song interpreter cherished in the Brooklyn jazz world for her spirited performances. Presented in partnership with Jazz Foundation of America.
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FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
There are still a few spots left in Summer Art Camp! Each week is inspired by a different exhibition. Campers can learn printmaking and animation through Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami), explore photography through Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm, and so much more.
→ WORTH A CLICK
→ Tour Coney Island across the generations through historic photographs. Curatorial Assistant Imani Williford takes us through the archives.
→ From coal markets to coastal cleanups, here are this year’s Earth Photo award winners.
→ Behold: A students and scholars’ guide to the Brooklyn Museum’s Libraries and Archives.
→ TAKE THE ART HOME
Feels like a good time to decorate that wall you’re always talking about decorating. (You know the one.)
→ SHARING THE LOVE
Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other
Through September 22
Now on view at MAD Museum, Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other explores Black history through the pioneering creative practice of the contemporary artist and educator. Renowned for her mixed-media works addressing race and visibility, Clark transforms emotionally resonant materials and everyday objects into opportunities for conversation and learning.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
From the top: Paul McCartney. George Harrison. Miami Beach, February 1964. Chromogenic print. © 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP; Paul McCartney. Self-portraits. Paris, January 1964. Pigmented inkjet print. © 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP; Saturday Sketch Club at the Brooklyn Museum, 2024. (Photo: Elena Olivo); Utagawa Hiroshige. Suido Bridge and Surugadai (Suidobashi Surugadai), No. 48 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 5th month of 1857. Woodblock print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Patsy Grant. (Photo: Jazz Foundation of America); Image courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design
