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ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM | CLASSES AND LECTURES
 
 

711 N. Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103
p 815.968.2787

Gallery and Store open
Mon - Sat | 10-5
Sun | 12-5

 

 

 

Exhibition-Related Programming

To the Galaxy and Beyond!
Sat, Oct 9 | 2-3:30 pm, ages 5+

Martian Madness
Sat, Nov 13 | 2-4 pm, ages 6+


Blast Off!
Sat, Dec 11 | 2-3:30 pm, ages 6+

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Adult RVC Classes

Fall 2010 Classes

Art of the Portrait
Life Drawing Studio

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Whiz Kids RVC
Fall 2010 Classes

I Can Draw! | Ages 6 - 12
It’s Elementary, My Dear
| Ages 3-6
Let’s Get Medieval! | Ages 6-10

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Home School Programs
RAM holds homeschool classes that run from October - May every year. Take a look to see what your homeschool student could do with RAM in the coming year. more info...

We are always interested in getting feedback on programs or ideas for new RAM educational programming. Please contact us at the information listed below:

Carrie Breitbach | Education Director
cbreitbach@rockfordartmuseum.org
815.972.2880




 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 


 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 



 

LISTEN/Alchemy_McClure_5_07_10.mp3

Listen to the Alchemy and Image Gallery Walk led by Michael Jay McClure, PhD


McClure teaches theory and history of modern and contemporary art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also an accomplished poet.

 

LISTEN/Fred_Stonehouse_Art_Talks_4_16_10.mp3

Listen to the Art Talks Lecture | Apr 16, 2010
Fred Stonehouse | Alchemy and Image

Stonehouse is a Wisconsin painter who has made significant inroads into the art scenes of Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. He is featured with T.L. Solien and John Wilde in Alchemy and Image, which opens May 7 at RAM.

LISTEN/Robin_McCauley_ArtTalks_02_12_10.mp3

Listen to the Art Talks Lecture | Feb 12, 2010
Robin McCauley | Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

McCauley is a Rockford native who recently returned from the West Coast after teaching at UCLA, Cal State, Loyola Marymount, and working with LA Louver Gallery. An exhibiting artist in the 2010 Rockford Midwestern, she is the daughter of artists Marlene and Robert McCauley.

 

LISTEN/Hollis_Sigler_James_Yood_10_09.mp3

Listen to the Hollis Sigler
Gallery Walk
by James Yood, art educator, critic and author
Friday, October 9, 5:30 pm

 

LISTEN/MobyDick_Wallace_4_17_09.mp3

Listen to the Moby Dick
Gallery Walk

Robert K. Wallace
Friday, April 17, 5 pm

Robert K. Wallace, Regents Professor of English, Northern Kentucky University, is a leading scholar on Melville literature.

 

LISTEN/NelsAkerlund_3_24.mp3

Listen to the American People Project lecture
Nels Akerlund
Tues, Mar 24, 6 pm

Nels Akerlund is currently in the midst of attempting to photograph and document the largest collection of American people in history. His goal is to donate this visual archive to an organization to help preserve the history of the people of this country.

Go to Nels Akerlund's website.

Visit American People Project website.

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