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• Ceramics Open Studio

  Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM · Massillon Museum · Massillon

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• Open Studio: CMA Members Only

  Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

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• CAM Kids Day

  Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM · Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati

  Freeworkshop

• Family Songs and Stories

  Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM · Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati

  FreeactivityRegistration required

• Object Talks with Student Gallery Guides

  Sat, Nov 7 · 11:45 AM · Allen Memorial Art Museum · Oberlin

  Freetalk

• Kantha Jacket or Vest

  Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM · Decorative Arts Center of Ohio · Lancaster

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• Family Canvas: Sky Signals

  Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM · Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland · Cleveland

  FreeactivityRegistration required

• Do the Mu

  Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM · Massillon Museum · Massillon

  Freeworkshop

• Adult Workshops for ZMA Members: Stained Glass Fusing

  Sat, Nov 7 · 1:00 PM · Zanesville Museum of Art · Zanesville

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• Family Open Studio

  Sat, Nov 7 · 3:00 PM · Dayton Art Institute · Dayton

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• Open Studio

  Sun, Nov 8 · 10:00 AM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freeworkshop

• Free Family Day: Indigenous Voices

  Sun, Nov 8 · 12:00 PM · Akron Art Museum · Akron

  Freeactivity

• RECreate with Kenton Brett

  Sun, Nov 8 · 1:00 PM · Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati

  Freeworkshop

• ReelAbilities Film Screening and Talkback: Dream Touch Believe

  Sun, Nov 8 · 1:00 PM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

  FreetalkRegistration required

• Seasonal Stained Glass: Silver Bell...

  Sun, Nov 8 · 1:30 PM · Canton Museum of Art · Canton

  classRegistration required

• The Robert P. Madison Family Distinguished Lecture in African and African American Art

  Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 PM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Introduction to Watercolor Portraiture

  Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 PM · Canton Museum of Art · Canton

  classRegistration required

• Imagination as Method: Emma Amos, Art, and Creativity

  Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 PM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  FreelectureRegistration required

• The Markarian Foundation Lecture: How Safavid Carpets Speak with Sarah Molina, PhD

  Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 PM · Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Multimedia Painting

  Mon, Nov 9 · 4:00 PM · Decorative Arts Center of Ohio · Lancaster

  workshopRegistration requiredAges 9–11

• Senior Studio

  Tue, Nov 10 · 2:00 PM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  classRegistration required

• Beginner Wheel Throwing (Fall)

  Wed, Nov 11 · 1:00 PM · Canton Museum of Art · Canton

  classRegistration required

• Curator Talk: “The Gift: Emma Amos with Friends”

  Wed, Nov 11 · 6:00 PM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freelecture

• Young Friends Adventure

  Thu, Nov 12 · 10:00 AM · The Butler Institute of American Art · Youngstown

  FreeactivityAges 2–5

• Docent Pop-up Cart

  Thu, Nov 12 · 11:15 AM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  Freeactivity

• Drawing from the Archives with Julie McMaster

  Thu, Nov 12 · 5:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  activityRegistration required

• Drawing the Lion with Julie McMaster

  Thu, Nov 12 · 5:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

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• Teen Studio: Unwind

  Thu, Nov 12 · 5:00 PM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

  FreeworkshopDrop-inRegistration requiredAges 13–19

• GAPP Artist Talk: Layo Bright

  Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  Freetalk

• The Score: The Fugees

  Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM · Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland · Cleveland

  activityRegistration required

• Make and Meditate

  Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM · Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati

  workshopRegistration required

• 52nd Annual Cleveland Symposium–Wear: Indexing the Human Body

  Fri, Nov 13 · 10:15 AM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freelecture

• 52nd Annual Cleveland Symposium—Wear: Indexing the Human Body

  Fri, Nov 13 · 10:15 AM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freelecture

• Cereal Box Collage with Michael Albert

  Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  Freeactivity

• The Drip Lab (Offsite)

  Fri, Nov 13 · 4:30 PM · Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati

  Freeworkshop

• Cereal Box Collage with Michael Albert

  Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  Freeactivity

• TMA Educator Workshop with Michael Albert

  Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  Freeworkshop

• Tao Leigh Goffe: Dark Laboratory

  Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

  FreetalkRegistration required

• Public Tour TMA Forever (Docent-led)

  Fri, Nov 13 · 6:15 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  FreeactivityRegistration required

• Family Workshop: Lotus Lantern

  Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

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• Open Studio

  Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

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• Magical Miniatures Workshop

  Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 PM · Massillon Museum · Massillon

  workshopRegistration required

• Losing Ourselves Together: A Conversation on Art, Perception, & Consciousness

  Sat, Nov 14 · 2:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  FreetalkRegistration required

• Family Open Studio

  Sat, Nov 14 · 3:00 PM · Dayton Art Institute · Dayton

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• ZMA Talks: An Extraordinary Stained-Glass Collection: The Story of Market Street Baptist Church

  Sat, Nov 14 · 3:00 PM · Zanesville Museum of Art · Zanesville

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• Family Day: 2026-2027

  Sun, Nov 15 · 12:00 AM · The Butler Institute of American Art · Youngstown

  Freeactivity

• Multimedia Painting

  Mon, Nov 16 · 4:00 PM · Decorative Arts Center of Ohio · Lancaster

  workshopRegistration requiredAges 9–11

• Fall Floral Centerpiece

  Tue, Nov 17 · 5:30 PM · Canton Museum of Art · Canton

  classRegistration required

• Native North American Artist

  Wed, Nov 18 · 11:00 AM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freeworkshop

• Native North American Artists

  Wed, Nov 18 · 11:00 AM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freeworkshop

• Beginner Wheel Throwing (Fall)

  Wed, Nov 18 · 1:00 PM · Canton Museum of Art · Canton

  classRegistration required

• Art Book Club: The Art Spy

  Wed, Nov 18 · 5:30 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  FreeactivityRegistration required

• Curator Talk: “Print Revolutions: Chinese Impressions, 1630s–1960s”

  Wed, Nov 18 · 6:00 PM · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland

  Freelecture

• In Response w/ Art Therapy Studio

  Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00 PM · Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland · Cleveland

  FreetalkRegistration required

• ZMA Talks: Behind Gardens in Glass

  Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00 PM · Zanesville Museum of Art · Zanesville

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• Becoming Roy Lichtenstein: The Ohio Years

  Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00 PM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

  FreetalkRegistration required

• Coffee with the Curator | Clare Rojas: Returning

  Fri, Nov 20 · 10:30 AM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

  talkRegistration required

• Pre-K: Art Explorers

  Fri, Nov 20 · 10:30 AM · Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus

  talkRegistration requiredAges 3–4

• Specialty Glassblowing Demonstration

  Fri, Nov 20 · 2:00 PM · Toledo Museum of Art · Toledo

  Freeactivity

• Conversation with a Curator

  Fri, Nov 20 · 3:00 PM · Akron Art Museum · Akron

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Art museums in Ohio

• Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH19 upcoming · 15 freeOfficial site
• Columbus Museum of ArtColumbus, OH26 upcoming · 7 freeOfficial site
• Toledo Museum of ArtToledo, OH23 upcoming · 21 freeOfficial site
• Cincinnati Art MuseumCincinnati, OH6 upcoming · 5 freeOfficial site
• The Butler Institute of American ArtYoungstown, OH2 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
• Museum of Contemporary Art ClevelandCleveland, OH8 upcoming · 7 freeOfficial site
• Dayton Art InstituteDayton, OH8 upcomingOfficial site
• Akron Art MuseumAkron, OH3 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
• Canton Museum of ArtCanton, OH11 upcomingOfficial site
• Zanesville Museum of ArtZanesville, OH10 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
• Massillon MuseumMassillon, OH4 upcoming · 1 freeOfficial site
• Decorative Arts Center of OhioLancaster, OH3 upcomingOfficial site
• Allen Memorial Art MuseumOberlin, OH2 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site