Join us for Art Alive, a drop-in gallery visit and art-making experience taking place every Thursday and Saturday. Each session, a practicing artist or artist educator focuses on a work on view in MAD’s current exhibitions, leading hands-on activities and engaging discussions geared towards an intergenerational audience.

This Saturday, artist educator Alana Wiley will be on the floor of 45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now facilitating a session inspired by David Bielander’s Cardboard Crown (2015) and Joyce J. Scott’s Voices (1993). Wiley will teach visitors to create handmade beads using recycled paper. In addition, participants will explore the sculptural aspects of beads and the relation between the use of everyday materials and the creation of precious pieces of jewelry. 

Discussions and activities are ongoing, so visitors can join at any time between 12 and 2 pm and stay as long as they like. The program is offered in accordance with the museum’s safe social-distancing practices and visitors must be masked at all times.

Image: David Bielander, Cardboard Crown (2015)