Embrace the power of words in May's Drop-in Art Making lesson 🎨 This month, create a banner to honor a change in your life or a quote that helped you grow.

Join us at Drop-in Art Making on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Learn more: bit.ly/3QFxq7X

This weekend is your last chance to experience Stitched Memories: Celebrating Elizabeth Talford Scott 🧵 This intimate, multi-sensory exhibition allows visitors to see the artist's work in conversation with art from the Walters collection.

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Into the 'The Garden of Time' we go! 💐 Tonight is the #METGala and this still life painting from the Walters collection captures the essence of the theme beautifully. Who are you excited to see on the red carpet tonight? ✨

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Reflect & Remix: Art Inspiring Artists, now on view ✨ Featuring more than 60 objects from each of the museum’s collection areas, the exhibition includes recent acquisitions as well as many historic pieces which have previously not been on view.

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Happy 100th birthday to the incomparable Betty Cooke! We proudly showcased the Baltimore artist's work in her first major museum retrospective, Betty Cooke: The Circle and the Line, in 2021 💍

Spread the birthday love for Betty in the comments 🎂

Art blooms at @mountvernonplace Flower Mart this weekend! 🌸 Celebrate springtime in Mount Vernon with a peppermint stick, then come cool off at the Walters Art Museum afterward.☀️

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Angie Elliot, Head of Objects Conservation, wanted you to see the tiny feet of the fukurasusume, aka 'fat sparrow.' Thank you, Angie! This lil guy is now on view in Across Asia.

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💬 Boshell Lecture Series: Curious Etruscan Mirrors
🗓️ Sun. May 5, 2–3:30 p.m.
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Join us as we investigate this Etruscan mirror with Dr. Alexandra Carpino, a scholar of Etruscan art and culture and Professor of Art History at Northern Arizona University.

Ancient wind instruments, but each one looks progressively less like an instrument... Tell us which one is your favorite down below! #internationaljazzday

☕️ First Thursdays: Make and Mingle
🗓️ May 2, 6–7 p.m.
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Enjoy a glass of wine or coffee as you create your own dragon keychain in celebration of this year’s Chinese zodiac animal and AAPI Month 🐉

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Shoutout to the Walters' volunteers and docents! 🌟 Whether it's your welcoming smiles, helpful directions, or fascinating tours, your contributions are essential in helping us fulfill the mission of the Walters. Celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by thanking them below! 🎉

In case you're *still* wondering who let the dogs out, we've finally solved the mystery: it was our Installations Team 😉 🐶 Here, they're installing works from our upcoming exhibition Reflect & Remix, on view May 4.

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💬 Depths of History: The Circles in Mount Vernon and Beyond
🗓️ Sunday, April 28, 2–3 p.m.
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This lecture explores the interconnectedness of artistic, business, and social circles in Mount Vernon and surrounding neighborhoods in the past and present.

When your brain's in vacation mode but your body's stuck on a Zoom call 💻

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✍️ Sketching Sessions
🗓️ Thurs. April 25, 6–7:30 p.m.
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At Sketching Sessions, visitors receive light instruction on sketching techniques to expand their skill set in a multi-sensory live music and art environment.

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Okay @googleartsculture , write a sonnet based on art from the Walters collection for Talk Like Shakespeare Day 🎭 Visit our Google Arts & Culture page and try it out! bit.ly/3JqbeKm

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Honoring art's timeless muse, Earth, in all its glory. 🌎 💚 Let's take time today to celebrate #earthday and cherish the planet's infinite wonders.

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Practice makes perfect! ✍️ These drawings were made by artist Francis Hopkinson Smith in preparation for a painting showing a regatta held on the Grand Canal in May, 1902.

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Small but mighty! 📚✨ Watch as we compare the largest objects in our collection with the smallest: this tiny book! You can see this book in Reflect & Remix: Art Inspiring Artists, opening May 4. Learn more: bit.ly/3Q8Jz4x

Heads up, friends! Our Annual Ford Lecture this Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m. will now be streamed virtually instead of taking place in our auditorium. Join us from the comfort of your home: bit.ly/4987mrH

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