Registration Information
Winter/Spring 2024 Classes & Programs
Registration for VMFA Members & Non-members is currently underway online, by phone, and in person.
Questions: 804.340.1405
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Summer 2024 Classes & Programs
Registration for Members
To accommodate the high volume of enrollment, members-only registration for the following categories will begin as noted below:
Tue, Apr 9 | 8 am
Studio School and Adult Art History Classes
Wed, Apr 10 | 8 am
Early Childhood Classes & Camps (age 5 and under), Kids Studio Classes (ages 5–12), and Teen Summer Classes (ages 13–17)
VMFA members have the first chance to register for classes. Not a member? Join today.
Registration for Non-members
Tue, Apr 16 | 8 am
Non-member registration for all classes begins
In need of assistance? Visitor Services is available by phone 804.340.1405 starting at 8 am
or in-person at the museum starting at 10 am on registration days.
VMFA Art History Classes provide adult audiences with the opportunity to investigate the history of art through dynamic and interactive lectures, gallery visits and discussions. For ages 16 and over.
Wed, Jun 5, 12, 19, 1–2 pm (3 sessions) | Reynolds Lecture Hall
$70 (VMFA members $60) Wed, Jun 26, Jul 10, 17, 24, 31, Aug 7, 2–3 pm (6 sessions) | Reynolds Lecture Hall
$95 (VMFA members $80) Tue, Jul 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2–3 pm (4 sessions) | Reynolds Lecture Hall
$80 (VMFA members $65) Wed, Aug 7, 14, 21, 28, 7 - 8 pm (4 sessions) | Virtual, Registration on Zoom required.
$80 (VMFA members $65)[47] The Evolution of Design
MADELEINE DUGAN, VMFA Curatorial Assistant
This class will focus on the evolution of Western graphic design from the art nouveau period through the postmodern era. The class will explore these concepts through the lens of VMFA’s collection of works on paper.[48] Another Renaissance: Painting in the Netherlands from Van Eyck to Bruegel
Dr. Donald Schrader, Adjunct Professor of Art History, University of Mary Washington
One of the defining features of the Renaissance is the appearance of a beautiful new art that presents a convincing illusion of reality, an art able to make the unseen appear real. At the very moment that this new visual art was being invented in Italy, a surprising school of painting that reveals the world in a different way arose in the southern Netherlands. Armed with a mysterious and complex oil painting technique, Northern artists achieved a crystalline vision of light, texture, and atmosphere that seems miraculous to the modern viewer, as it did to the audience of the fifteenth century. In this series we will explore the wonders of early Netherlandish painting, from the serene art of Jan van Eyck to the emotional drama of the paintings of Rogier van der Weyden and Hugo van der Goes; from the fairy-tale quiet of Hans Memling to the impenetrable dreamscapes of Hieronymus Bosch; and the increasingly secular art of the sixteenth century, culminating with the unforgettable worldliness of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.[49] The Samurai: History, Lore, and Legacy
Twyla Kitts, Educator and Researcher
In conjunction with the exhibition Samurai Armor from the Collection of Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller, join art educator Twyla Kitts to explore the history and legacy of the samurai warriors. What happened to spur the development of the samurai? What role did they play in Japanese history and culture? How do they continue to influence modern culture? Explore these questions—and more—in this four-part class. This class will visit the special exhibition with the instructor.[50] Art of the Ancient Andes
DR. JEANETTE NICEWINTER
Associate Professor, Art History, Annandale Campus, Collegewide Honors Lead Faculty, Northern Virginia Community College
Explore the art of the ancient Andes. This course surveys the major cultures and artworks from the ancient Andes, which consists of the present-day countries of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. We’ll begin with the monumental architecture, ceramics, and metalwork from the Chavín culture and continue chronologically through to the incredible textiles and landscape architecture of the Inka Empire.