The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) will celebrate the winter holidays during its annual Great Art Escape, running December 27 to 29. The family-friendly event offers winter-themed art activities, flashlight tours in the green building, glassblowing demonstrations in the Glass Pavilion and live performances by the Bowling Green State University Collegiate Chorale, Greater Toledo International Youth Orchestra and saxophonist Mike Williams.
Programming highlights include:
•Drawing sessions led by instructors in the inspirational TMA galleries.
•Exclusive docent-led flashlight tours of the museum after dark.
•Winter-themed art projects for all ages in the family center.
•Storytime in the galleries, hosted by TMA librarians.
•Whimsical glassblowing demonstrations inspired by favorite childhood stories.
•A quiet, sensory-friendly area with fidget toys, comfortable seating, ear plugs, noisecancelling headphones and weighted lap pads.
•Additional activities, such as cookie decorating, Frozen and Frozen 2 movie showings, date-night sip-and-paint sessions, scavenger hunts, sock skating and superhero tours.
Visitors also can explore TMA’s current exhibitions, such as:
•Strategic Interplay: African Art and Imagery in Black and White
•Bernadine Rais: Souvenirs •Opulent Echoes: Artistic Journeys in the 16th and 17th Centuries
•From Asia to the World: Ancient to Contemporary Art The event is free, but some activities require preregistration and may have an additional cost. For details, visit toledomuseum.org/ events.
TMA, 2445 Monroe Street, is just one block off I75, with exit signs posted for easy access. For more information, call 419-255-8000 or
visit toledomuseum.org.
