Events - Akron Art Museum

Student Art Show: Essential Experiences

Thursday, March 27, 2025
5:00 – 8:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

A student art show at the Akron Art Museum

After School Studio: Abstract Photography

Thursday, March 27, 2025
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program

William Richards. Untitled, late 1980s. Chromogenic print assemblage. Courtesy of MUUS Collection

Mess Makers: Purple Day

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

After School Studio: Spray Foam Sculpture

Thursday, February 27, 2025
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program

A foam sculpture of a cute little orange creature.

Mess Makers: Music Day

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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A girl playing with a folded piece of parachute fabric.

Family Day: GLOW

Sunday, February 2, 2025
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Children's Program

A young girl getting her pictures taken by an artwork.

After School Open Studio: Blacklight

Thursday, January 23, 2025
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program

A kid with glowing drinking cups under a blacklight.

Mess Makers: Farm Day

Wednesday, January 8, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

A child in a green shirt playing in the Akron Art Museum

After School Open Studio: Fuse Bead Workshop

Thursday, December 5, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers: Orange Day

Wednesday, November 20, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

After School Open Studio: Needle Felting Owls

Thursday, November 7, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers: Dress Up Day

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Family Day: Saturday Morning Cartoons

Saturday, October 5, 2024
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

After School Open Studio: Mask Making

Thursday, October 3, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers: Bug Day

Wednesday, September 11, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

A child holding a toy bug they just made.

After School Open Studio: Create Your Own Stuffie

Thursday, September 5, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program

A little boy holding a stuffie toy he just made.

Camp Creative: Back to School Beach Party

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program
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Camp Creative: Challenge Island

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Energize for Educators: Homeschool Family Meet-Up

Saturday, August 3, 2024
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Children's Program

Family art activity at the Akron Art Museum

Camp Creative: Around the World

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Family Day: Water

Sunday, July 14, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Camp Creative: A Day of Theater

Wednesday, July 3, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Camp Creative: Michelangelo Lovelace

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Family Day: Kid Dance Party

Saturday, June 15, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Children's Program

Camp Creative: Rainbow Day

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers: Monsters & Robots Day

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Small child holding a toy monster she made.

Student Art Show: Community Action Akron Summit: Head Start

Thursday, May 9, 2024
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

After School Open Studio: Sculpey

Thursday, May 2, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Night at the Museum: Lippman School PBL Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 2, 2024
5:00 – 8:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Fritz Scholder (Breckenridge, Minnesota, 1937 - 2005, Phoenix, Arizona) Indian with Beaded Sash 1976 Lithograph on paper 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) Collection of the Akron Art Museum Gift of Ray Graham III 1983.3 m

Dance Institute Performance: Carnival of Animals

Thursday, April 18, 2024
6:30 – 7:30 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers: Rainbow Day

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

BabyFest: Color

Sunday, April 14, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Youth Art Show: “Take Down Tobacco”

Thursday, April 11, 2024
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

After School Open Studio: Shrinky Dinks

Thursday, April 4, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers: Blue Day

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers: Animal Day

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Family Day: Storytelling

Sunday, February 4, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

After School Open Studio: Andy Warhol with Challenge Island

Thursday, February 1, 2024
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Andy Warhol. Albert Einstein, 1980. Collection of the Akron Art Museum. Gift of the estate of Clifford and Judith Isroff 2015.23

Mess Makers: Texture Day

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

After School Open Studio: Ice Cube Watercolors

Thursday, December 7, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Kids Maker Fest

Sunday, December 3, 2023
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers: Line Day

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

After School Open Studio: Cardboard Creations

Thursday, November 2, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers: Green Day

Wednesday, October 18, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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Outdoor Family Movie Night

Thursday, October 12, 2023
5:00 – 8:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

After School Open Studio: Wet Felting

Thursday, October 5, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers: Dot Day

Wednesday, September 20, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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After School Open Studio: Glue Block Printing

Thursday, September 7, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Camp Creative: Photography

Wednesday, August 16, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Camp Creative: Textiles

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Camp Creative: Sculpture

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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Breakfast with the Author: Kay Haring

Saturday, July 8, 2023
10:00 – 11:00 am

Adult Program
Children's Program

Family Day: Keith Haring

Saturday, July 8, 2023
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Camp Creative: Water

Wednesday, July 5, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Camp Creative: Nature

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Camp Creative: Paint

Wednesday, June 7, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

After School Studio

Thursday, May 4, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Babyfest 2023: Texture

Sunday, April 16, 2023
11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

After School Studio

Thursday, April 6, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Apollo’s Fire Family Concerts: Rainbow Songs

Sunday, February 26, 2023
2:00 – 3:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers

Friday, February 17, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Family Day: I Love Me

Sunday, February 5, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers: Baby Builders

Friday, January 20, 2023
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Student Art Show: National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM Middle School

Thursday, January 19, 2023
5:00 – 8:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers

Wednesday, December 14, 2022
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Family Day: Winter White Out!

Sunday, December 4, 2022
1:00 – 4:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Mess Makers

Friday, November 18, 2022
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Mess Makers

Friday, October 21, 2022
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Children's Program

Pop-in Project Day

Sunday, September 11, 2022
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Children's Program

ArtWalk: Family Movie Night

Friday, September 9, 2022
6:00 – 9:30 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Family Day: Old School Summer

Sunday, June 5, 2022
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

Babyfest 2022

Sunday, April 3, 2022
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Children's Program
FREE Program

AAM After Work: Holiday Greetings from the Galleries

Thursday, December 16, 2021
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Adult Program
Children's Program
FREE Program

Second Friday: The World’s Greatest Christmas Band

Friday, December 10, 2021
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Adult Program
Children's Program

AAM After Work: Blues and Brushwork

Thursday, November 18, 2021
5:30 – 8:00 pm

Adult Program
Children's Program
FREE Program

Past Children's Program Events

Student Art Show: Essential Experiences

Event type for Student Art Show: Essential Experiences

After School Studio: Abstract Photography

Event type for After School Studio: Abstract Photography

Mess Makers: Purple Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Purple Day

After School Studio: Spray Foam Sculpture

Event type for After School Studio: Spray Foam Sculpture

Mess Makers: Music Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Music Day

Family Day: GLOW

Event type for Family Day: GLOW

After School Open Studio: Blacklight

Event type for After School Open Studio: Blacklight

Mess Makers: Farm Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Farm Day

After School Open Studio: Fuse Bead Workshop

Event type for After School Open Studio: Fuse Bead Workshop

Mess Makers: Orange Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Orange Day

After School Open Studio: Needle Felting Owls

Event type for After School Open Studio: Needle Felting Owls

Mess Makers: Dress Up Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Dress Up Day

Family Day: Saturday Morning Cartoons

Event type for Family Day: Saturday Morning Cartoons

After School Open Studio: Mask Making

Event type for After School Open Studio: Mask Making

Mess Makers: Bug Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Bug Day

After School Open Studio: Create Your Own Stuffie

Event type for After School Open Studio: Create Your Own Stuffie

Camp Creative: Back to School Beach Party

Event type for Camp Creative: Back to School Beach Party

Camp Creative: Challenge Island

Event type for Camp Creative: Challenge Island

Energize for Educators: Homeschool Family Meet-Up

Event type for Energize for Educators: Homeschool Family Meet-Up

Camp Creative: Around the World

Event type for Camp Creative: Around the World

Family Day: Water

Event type for Family Day: Water

Camp Creative: A Day of Theater

Event type for Camp Creative: A Day of Theater

Camp Creative: Michelangelo Lovelace

Event type for Camp Creative: Michelangelo Lovelace

Family Day: Kid Dance Party

Event type for Family Day: Kid Dance Party

Camp Creative: Rainbow Day

Event type for Camp Creative: Rainbow Day

Mess Makers: Monsters & Robots Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Monsters & Robots Day

Student Art Show: Community Action Akron Summit: Head Start

Event type for Student Art Show: Community Action Akron Summit: Head Start

After School Open Studio: Sculpey

Event type for After School Open Studio: Sculpey

Night at the Museum: Lippman School PBL Poster Presentation

Event type for Night at the Museum: Lippman School PBL Poster Presentation

Dance Institute Performance: Carnival of Animals

Event type for Dance Institute Performance: Carnival of Animals

Mess Makers: Rainbow Day

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BabyFest: Color

Event type for BabyFest: Color

Youth Art Show: “Take Down Tobacco”

Event type for Youth Art Show: “Take Down Tobacco”

After School Open Studio: Shrinky Dinks

Event type for After School Open Studio: Shrinky Dinks

Mess Makers: Blue Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Blue Day

Mess Makers: Animal Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Animal Day

Family Day: Storytelling

Event type for Family Day: Storytelling

After School Open Studio: Andy Warhol with Challenge Island

Event type for After School Open Studio: Andy Warhol with Challenge Island

Mess Makers: Texture Day

Event type for Mess Makers: Texture Day

After School Open Studio: Ice Cube Watercolors