Can boys wear pink or brides wear red? Does bright orange make you think of a sunset or a parking ticket?

Using images from the Smart Museum collection, this 90-minute interactive virtual workshop will examine some of the meanings assigned to colors. Join in from home—bring your own box of crayons and a bottle of something colorful to drink, for a spirited discussion and fun coloring exercises.

Nicole Bond is a Lead Museum Educator and Teaching Artist for the Smart Museum. Her most recent presentation was the online Object Chat: 1st Class for the exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China.

FREE. To help build a community of participants, capacity is limited and advanced registrations is required.

Suggested materials

• Crayons
• Paper

Take Care with Art After Dark

Join the Smart Museum of Art on the third Wednesday of each month for Art After Dark, a series of live art-making gatherings led by our Museum Educators via Zoom. Stay tuned for details on future sessions:

• December 16, 6–7:30 pm
• January 20, 6–7:30 pm
• February 17, 6–7:30 pm
• March 17, 6–7:30 pm
• April 21, 6–7:30 pm

Image: Gabriele Münter, Fall Landscape, Study (Yellow Trees) (Herbstlandschaft, Studie [Gelbe Bäume]) (detail), 1911, Oil on paperboard. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of the Estate of Lester and Betty Guttman, 2014.60.