First Friday: May 2

Museum of Art First Friday Schedule for May 2, 2025:

MAIN GALLERY

5-9pm: MASKS Exhibition and Fundraiser

6-7pm: Ekphrastic Poetry Reading (Open Mic)

MoA for All Art Engagement Center (2nd floor of the museum)

COMMUNITY CURATED ART & CONVERSATION: “Connected” by Partners

Sheri Lauren will be holding an open studio and will be joined by Charming Quail Jewelry Design, and Freebird Funnday. There will be live painting, art and gifts for purchase, opportunity for discussion with the artists, and a Museum of Art display.

Sheri Lauren is a Colorado based artist, she shares whimsy, quirky humor, and existential exploration through the human figure, animals, and color using acrylic and watercolor paints, pen, pencil, colored pencil, digital photography, and other mixed media. Sheri enjoys large canvases and murals, as well as small pieces and illustration work.

Charming Quail Jewelry Design creates Legacy Nerd Jewelry. Ever look for fun, nerdy jewelry & find that everything is cheap & kind of obtuse looking? Charming Quail is all about nerdy fun AND elegance AND quality. Embrace Nerdy

Freebird Funnday is a passionate artist known for her expressive fingerpaintings. As she continues to evolve as an artist, she is always seeking new ways to merge her mediums and immerse herself in the process. She hopes to invoke a desire to reconnect to all the things that bring one’s soul joy. She will be Live Fingerpainting, as well as, sharing some Original Fingerpaintings and Prints.