Stroller Tour: Sam Gilliam and Let’s Have a Talk

Take a tour of featured exhibitions with infants in tow! Bring your little ones along for the ride on a stroller-friendly tour for caregivers with babies up to age two. Fussy, crying, or wiggly babies welcome! Baby wearing is encouraged.

Free with membership, SC residency, or admission. Registration required as space is limited. Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

With a prolific career marked by innovation and experimentation, Sam Gilliam is one of the most celebrated postwar artists and the first Black artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. Sam Gilliam: Printmaker examines his decades of work exploring prints, featuring vibrant compositions that combine elements of collage, assemblage, and sculpture.

Let’s Have a Talk: Black Artists from the CMA Collection considers the pivotal, though often obscured, role of Black artists in abstraction in the 20th and 21st centuries. See the work of more than a dozen artists including drawing by Bing Davis, sculpture by Sanford Biggers, photography by Carrie Mae Weems, and more.

You may also like the following events from Columbia Museum of Art:

• This Wednesday, 6th August, 10:00 am, Gladys’ Gang Toddler Edition: Pitter Pattern in Columbia
• This Wednesday, 6th August, 04:00 pm, AT CAPACITY Sound Bath & Guided Relaxation in Columbia
• This Wednesday, 6th August, 06:00 pm, FAAAC Presents About Town: A Conversation with Artist Quincy Pugh in Columbia

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