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Through January 31, 2027

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Fall Opening Party

Friday, November 13
6 – 8 pm

Cassatt Reconsidered

A lecture by National Gallery of Art Curator Mary G. Morton

Saturday, November 21
11 am – 12 pm

The Music of Cassatt's Paris:

Opera, Art Song, and Cabaret of the Belle Époque

Saturday, December 5
3 – 4:30 pm
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Ongoing

Winter Gift-Making Workshop – Clay Animals & Shadow Box Sculpture

Ages 6 – 12
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Fall 2027

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Tickets for most events may be purchased online at sbma.net/ticketing, at the Visitor Services desks during Museum hours or by credit card by calling 805.884.6423. Please check event details for further information.

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November 04, 2026

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Fall Adult Ceramics Session 2

Wednesdays
November 4 – December 9, 2026
5:30 – 7:30 pm

Adults Art Workshops

November 13, 2026

Painting of dark skinned person with long pink cornrows sitting cross-legged on couch. Superimposed on the image are the words “Fall Opening Party, Friday, Nov 13, 2026” in bright yellow lettering.

Fall Opening Party

Friday, November 13, 2026
6 – 8 pm

Adults

November 14, 2026

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Sketching in the Galleries

Saturday
November 14, 2026
11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Adults Free In the Galleries Kids & Family Series

November 21, 2026

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Explore Together

Pastel Portraits

Saturday, November 21, 2026
10 – 11:15 am

Free Kids & Family Series

diptych of a Photo of a woman with glasses and mid-length gray hair, smiling on the left, and on the right, Book cover graphic with the title “Cassatt Reconsidered” and author “Mary G. Morton” overlaid on top of a painting of a girl in a white chemise braiding her hair.

Cassatt Reconsidered

A lecture by National Gallery of Art Curator Mary G. Morton

Saturday, November 21, 2026
11 am – 12 pm

Lectures & Artist Talks

December 05, 2026

young people working with clay at a table led by an instructor

Winter Gift-Making Workshop – Clay Animals & Shadow Box Sculpture

Saturday, December 5, 2026
9 am – 3 pm

Art Workshops Kids & Family

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Adult Art Studio Class

Painting Plants and Flower Through Piet Mondrian’s Eyes

Saturday, December 5, 2026
9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Adults Art Workshops

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The Music of Cassatt's Paris: Opera, Art Song, and Cabaret of the Belle Époque

Saturday, December 5, 2026
3 – 4:30 pm

Adults Performance

December 06, 2026

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SBMA Members Holiday Party

Sunday, December 6, 2026
3 – 5 pm

Members Only

December 12, 2026

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Winter Gift-Making Workshop – Paint & Print

Saturday, December 12, 2026
9 am – 3 pm

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Currently On View from the Permanent Collection

Fall Opening Party

Friday, November 13
6 – 8 pm

Cassatt Reconsidered

A lecture by National Gallery of Art Curator Mary G. Morton

Saturday, November 21
11 am – 12 pm

The Music of Cassatt's Paris:

Opera, Art Song, and Cabaret of the Belle Époque

Saturday, December 5
3 – 4:30 pm

Painting of dark skinned person with long pink cornrows sitting cross-legged on couch. Superimposed on the image are the words “Fall Opening Party, Friday, Nov 13, 2026” in bright yellow lettering.

diptych of a Photo of a woman with glasses and mid-length gray hair, smiling on the left, and on the right, Book cover graphic with the title “Cassatt Reconsidered” and author “Mary G. Morton” overlaid on top of a painting of a girl in a white chemise braiding her hair.

print of woman on a balcony with a cat in her lap

Stage Craft: Pictorialist Photography and Performance

Through January 31, 2027

As if in a Dream: History, Fantasy, Future

Through January 3, 2027

black and white photo featuring a silhouette of a figure, presumably a woman, with their arms raised slightly standing outdoors

Ruin of ancient Roman temples and structures with a group of people standing around St. Paul with his arms raised and preaching.

School Field Trips

Register your class today

Art Learning Lab

Ongoing

Winter Gift-Making Workshop – Clay Animals & Shadow Box Sculpture

Ages 6 – 12

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Liguria and Emilia-Romagna with Nigel McGilchrist

Fall 2027

Fall 2027

Dallas and Fort Worth

Fall 2027

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