Vladem Contemporary

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in August, we will create collage accordion books inspired by Art Nouveau and...

Artist-in-Residence talk with Thu Kim Vu

Join us for a conversation with Frederick Hammersley Artist-in-Residence, Thu Kim Vu. Vu, who works at the intersection of line drawing, paper sculpture and light is based in Hanoi, Vietnam, and uses travel as a major source of inspiration, shaping her works into many different directions. During her presentation, Vu will discuss how she uses Vietnamese...

Thu Kim Vu Light Workshop

Frederick Hammersley Artist-in-Residence Thu Kim Vu will lead this workshop based on principles that she explores in her artistic practice. Participants will build a lampshade using different techniques of wire frame construction, paper cutting, drawing, folding and interacting with lighting. The workshop is not just about how to make a lamp, but a way to visualize...

Final Friday

Come visit the Vladem Contemporary for Final Friday. Admission is free and there is always something special to see or do. This month join us for casual watercolor painting and printmaking in the classroom after you visit the exhibition Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line. 

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in September, we will create watercolors inspired by the work of Alphonse Mucha....

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in July, we will create symbolic self portraits inspired by the work of...

Final Friday: Art Chats in the Galleries

Our docents lead exciting, informative and interactive tours every day that cover all of our exhibitions on view, but which art work is their current favorite? Join us for Art Chats and find out! In two 45-minute tours starting at 5pm and 6pm, a docent will take you on an in-depth exploration of one or...

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends.  Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in June, we will create geometric gelli prints inspired by the work of...

Mucha Community Day

Join us at the Vladem Contemporary for the opening Community Day of Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line. Explore the impact of Alphonse Mucha on Art Nouveau and beyond from the Grateful Dead, to comic books, to Japanese manga.  Free Admission! image: Alphonse Mucha, The Arts: Dance (detail), 1898, Color lithograph, 60 x 38 in., The Mucha Foundation