January 2020
LIVE MUSIC | Randy Wilson
$10 TUESDAY
Enjoy live music, art, and happy hour specials. Folk artist Randy Wilson’s remarkable Appalachian banjo performance marries the excitement of musical virtuosity with a deep knowledge of the past.
LEARNING SERIES | Indigenous Female Voices
Indigenous Female Voices: Exploring Four Decades of Literature
This series focuses on the novels, poems, and essays of five Native American writers – Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Joy Harjo, Susan Power, and Leslie Marmon Silko.
St. Pete STEAMfest @ Shorecrest
Come visit our education team at St. Pete STEAMfest, a family-friendly, community-wide celebration of all things creative, inventive, imaginative and fun!
Find out more »ART MAKING | Gallery Sketching
$10 TUESDAY
Gallery Sketching: Line, Shape, Color
Sketching encourages us to slow down, look carefully, and connect with works of art. Join our monthly sketch group and hone your artistic and observational skills with guidance from artist Douglas Land.
February 2020
PERFORMANCE | Storytime Concert with The Florida Orchestra
Join the Florida Orchestra’s incomparable Woodwind Quintet for an interactive performance of Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf.
Find out more »GALLERY TALK | Emily Kapes
$10 Tuesday
Join the museum’s curator of art Emily Kapes for a closer look at the exhibition, Spirit Lines: Helen Hardin Etchings.
JAMES PLAYDATE | Fun with Friends
We welcome our youngest learners and their caregivers on the first Friday of every month. Grab your stroller and join us for morning filled with art, touchable objects, stories, songs, and a chance to connect with other adults.
Find out more »FAMILY DAY | Pueblo Pottery
Explore amazing pottery and sculpture made by Native American artists.
Find out more »LIVE MUSIC | Kasondra Rose
$10 TUESDAY
Enjoy live music, art, and happy hour specials. Regional singer-songwriter Kasondra Rose’s jazz tinged vocals have been described as “warm like wine in your belly, with notes of dark sweetness and a smooth finish.”
WINE & DESIGN | Woodcut Valentines
Join us for a night of adults-only artmaking! Bring a date or make it a girls’ night out.
Find out more »Art Pop @ BLICK
The James Museum is hitti ng the road! Join us at BLICK Art Materials in Tampa, as we take over the parking lot for an aft ernoon of outdoor artmaking, music, and live spray-painti ng demos.
Find out more »TOURS | Spotlight on the Building
$10 TUESDAY
Join us for a 30-minute tour focused on a thought-provoking theme.
BOOK CLUB | Blood and Thunder
Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Was frontiersman Kit Carson a hero or villain? An explorer and scout who empathized with Native Americans in many respects, Carson was also a ruthless killer when carrying out orders.
MOVIE | Awakening in Taos (2015)
Join us for a screening and discussion with filmmaker Mark Gordon.
Find out more »ART MAKING | Gallery Sketching
$10 TUESDAY
Sketching encourages us to slow down, look carefully, and connect with works of art.
FAMILY ART MAKING | Open Studio
Imagine, experiment, create! Open studio is a maker space where kids and teens can draw, paint, sculpt, or print their own masterpieces using an array of art materials.
Find out more »March 2020
POETRY READING | Womxn Poets Across Time & Space
Kick off Women’s History Month with poetry by Silvia Curbelo, Eleanor Eichenbaum, Sam Obeid, Gloria Muñoz, and Helen Wallace.
Find out more »MOVIE | Everything in the Song is True (2016)
$10 Tuesday
Spanning wide open spaces from New Mexico to South Dakota, this warm and humorous documentary follows four colorful characters whose music, art, and way of life are a celebrati on of Western folk culture.
JAMES PLAYDATE | Color Riot!
We welcome our youngest learners and their caregivers on the first Friday of every month. Grab your stroller and join us for morning filled with art, touchable objects, stories, songs, and a chance to connect with other adults.
Find out more »AUTHOR TALK | Sean Sexton
Florida Made: Cowboy Poetry, Art & Cattle Ranching
Spend the afternoon with Sean Sexton, an accomplished poet, artist, and cattle rancher with deep roots in Florida.
WRITING WORKSHOP | Sean Sexton
Art as Muse: Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop For centuries, poetry has inspired artists and art has inspired poets. Discover the creative expression that flows between visual imagery and written word in this workshop led by poet and artist Sean Sexton.
Find out more »TOURS | Spotlight on Creative Connections
$10 TUESDAY
Join us for a 30-minute tour focused on a thought-provoking theme.
LIVE MUSIC | Hymn for Her
$10 TUESDAY
Enjoy live music, art, and happy hour specials. One of the most beloved power duos in the Americana scene today, Hymn for Her brings juiced-up backwoods country blues with a dose of desert rock psychedelia that has been described as “Hell’s Angels meets the Amish,” and “Hillbillies with electronics opening Pandora’s Box.”
BOOK CLUB | Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Hampton Sides
Willa Cather blazed a literary trail with her stunning descriptions of the western landscape and people who made it their home.
KIDS’ ART WORKSHOP | Wild at Art
Explore wildlife from around the world and get wildly creative in our children’s art studio. This mixed media workshop is led by art educators from BLICK Art Materials. Young artists’ finished masterpieces will be displayed in a special gallery show at BLICK Westshore in Tampa.
Find out more »ART MAKING | Gallery Sketching
$10 TUESDAY
Sketching encourages us to slow down, look carefully, and connect with works of art.
FAMILY ART MAKING | Open Studio
Imagine, experiment, create! Open studio is a maker space where kids and teens can draw, paint, sculpt, or print their own masterpieces using an array of art materials.
Find out more »TOURS | Spotlight on Portraiture
$10 TUESDAY
Join us for a 30-minute tour focused on a thought-provoking theme.