Holiday Hours

The ICA will be closing early at 3 PM on December 24 and will be closed on December 25. Learn more about holidays at the ICA

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Find your muse with an evening of experimental portrait making. Learn techniques and experiment with new mediums and processes with a local teaching artist. Grab a drink from the ICA Wine + Coffee Bar* and get creative together! 

This program is inspired by the exhibition Sara Cwynar. 

Artmaking is free and meets in the State Street Corporation Lobby. While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adult audiences. Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows. *Refreshments available for purchase.   

As we near the spring equinox, join us for an evening of celestial-themed art-making. Learn techniques and experiment with new mediums and processes with a local teaching artist. Grab a special themed drink from the ICA Wine + Coffee Bar* and get creative together!   

This program is inspired by the exhibition Charles Atlas: About Time. 

Art-making is free and meets in the State Street Corporation Lobby. While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adult audiences. Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows. *Refreshments available for purchase 

Cozy up this January with art-making and hot chocolate with family and friends at the ICA. Celebrate the final month of South African artist Igshaan Adams’s tapestry Lynloop by exploring the textures and materials of the woven piece. Feel a sample of the artwork at our Art Cart, and then explore how you would represent a memory through texture, color, and form by creating your own fiber sculpture with yarn, wire, and beads.

Plus, warm up with cookies and a hot beverage at a pop-up hot chocolate bar with all the fixings!*


Art-making is free with admission and meets at the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall in the Upper Lobby. Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows. *Refreshments available for purchase. 

Please note the Bank of America Art Lab will be closed for the month of January and will reopen the second weekend in February.  

The Teen Arts Council presents The Current, an event that will center creativity and raise awareness for caring for ourselves, our communities, and our climate. Details will be added as the date gets closer.

Visit the ICA during school vacation week for hands-on artmaking in the Bank of America Art Lab! Decorate and fill a Care Container using paint markers, clay, and other sculptural materials, or design a Care Reflection with mirrored paper, washi tape, shape punches, and more. Don’t miss the final week of our installation, Courage to Care! Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-served basis. Last entry 30 minutes before closing. 

Free Admission for Youth

Youth 18 and under always receive FREE museum admission. The ICA is committed to providing access to the art and artists of our time—and we do this with the incredible support of our community. Explore the +1 Membership: a free ICA membership program for youth 0-18.

Questions? Reach out to us at familyprograms@icaboston.org.

Your support helps keep programs like this – both virtual and in-person – free and accessible! If you are able, please consider becoming a member or making a one-time gift to support the ICA. 

Learn, play, and create in this beginner-friendly, drop-in watercolor class. Relax by the Boston harbor and let the colors of your environment inspire you. With the guidance of Boston-based watercolor artist Lisa Goren, participants will be encouraged to get messy, embrace mistakes, and create something uniquely their own.  

While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adults. Supplies are limited; first come, first served.  

This series has been organized to accompany the exhibition— Firelei Báez. Báez’s exuberant, colorful artworks contain intricate motifs, ornamentation, and stylized forms that intertwine with symbols stemming from Afro-Caribbean cultures.  

About the Instructor

Lisa Goren was born in California, raised in New York City, and has been working out of Boston, Massachusetts, for the past 25 years. Her watercolors show unfamiliar polar landscapes in a new light. By using vibrant colors and taking risks with different surfaces, she makes the viewer reevaluate their understanding of these landscapes and their beliefs in the potential of the medium. Her works raise questions about the nature of abstraction and our planet, as many of her pieces are representations of unfamiliar, threatened terrains. 

Lisa is Vice-President of the National Association of Women Artists (Massachusetts Chapter). Her place on the 2013 Arctic Circle Residency was chronicled in an article she wrote for the New York Times and led her to the next phase of her Polar work. She had two pieces in Gaia – Les femmes et l’ecologie in Paris to coincide with the COP21 Climate talks. She recently completed a 2-week residency in Iceland and is currently working on paintings inspired by that landscape. 

Get creative with us in Courage to Care, an installation by Boston artist Sabrina Dorsainvil in the Bank of America Art Lab. Explore characters and stories brought to life through a mural designed just for the ICA! Each story reveals an act of care and serves as inspiration for reflecting on the ways you give and receive care in the world. What does care look like for yourself?  How do you care for your community?

Join us for an immersive hands-on art-making experience and create physical artifacts that hold memories, manifestations, and movements of and toward collective care. Take your artwork home or add it to a display of visitor reflections and creations! 

About the Artist

Photo by Nick Surrette

 

Sabrina Dorsainvil (she/they) is a Boston-based public artist, civic designer, and illustrator. Sabrina uses creative approaches to navigate issues around public health, civic participation, care infrastructure, and the built environment. They served as the first Director of Civic Design for the City of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics and continues to work with local community-based organizations, non-profits, large institutions, and startups on issues regarding social, spatial, and environmental justice.  

Sabrina is captivated by people and how we interact with one another and our everyday spaces. As a muralist, they play an active role in their local creative community using their art to tell stories, unpack complex ideas, and find simple yet vibrant ways of celebrating people and their humanity. Sabrina holds a BFA in Industrial Design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and an MS in Design and Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design. 

Free Admission for Youth

Youth 18 and under always receive FREE museum admission. The ICA is committed to providing access to the art and artists of our time—and we do this with the incredible support of our community. Explore the +1 Membership: A free ICA membership program for youth 0-18.

Questions? Reach us at familyprograms@icaboston.org.

Experience a brand-new exhibition and take a closer look at our works on view during April School Vacation Week. Create art inspired by Wordplay, join a +1 Youth Tour to learn more about Firelei Báez, and enjoy gorgeous views of the harbor in spring! 

What’s your story? Zinemaking with Non Issue Studio | Tuesday–Thursday,12–4 PM

1st Floor, Bank of America Art Lab

Experiment with stamping, drawing, and collaging to craft a visual narrative that’s all about you. What’s your story? Celebrate your individuality as you playfully explore storytelling with words and pictures. All activities are drop-in, first come first served, space is limited.   

+1 Youth Tours | Tuesday + Thursday, 12:30 PM + 2:30 PM

Discover our feature exhibition Firelei Báez in an interactive tour led by one of the ICA’s expert guides. +1 member exclusive tours invite youth members aged 12 and under along with 1 accompanying guest to discover the art and artists of our time during a visit to the ICA. +1 youth members can always bring 1 adult guest for free to the museum! Note: The content of these tours is geared to the age groups listed above but are not limited to those age groups. 

Tours at 12:30 PM are targeted towards youth members 6 years old and under.    

Tours at 2:30 PM are targeted towards youth members 7–12 years old.     

For questions, please email plus1@icaboston.org. Find out more

+1 Art Club: Making a Photo | Saturday, 2 PM–5 PM

+1 Teen Members join Boston-based photographer Tiffany Binger for an afternoon of photography and exploration at the ICA Seaport Studio. Learn the basics of photography in this FREE workshop for +1 Teen Members 13-18 years old, inspired by ICA exhibition Firelei Báez. Note: The content of these tours is geared to the age groups listed above. 

For questions, please email plus1@icaboston.org. Find out more

Current Exhibitions | 10 AM–5 PM

Head up to the 4th floor to view our current exhibits: Firelei Báez, Wu Tsang: Of Whales, Wordplay. Stop by the 1st floor Lobby to view our Art Wall installation, Igshaan Adams. The Galleries are open from 10 AM–5 PM. 

About Non Issue Studio 

a man in white hat, a green apron, and underneath it, an abstract green shirt stands behind a table with art supplies. beside him, a woman with red hair in a black polka dot top and black apron smiles

Non Issue Studio is a collaboration between Brooke Scibelli and Dyllan Nguyen where they create handmade goods and develop creative workshops. Their furry studio assistant Patina stamps a paw of approval on each project. Learn more at www.nonissue.info and follow along on Instagram @nonissuestudio.

Free Admission for Youth

Youth 18 and under always receive FREE museum admission. The ICA is committed to providing access to the art and artists of our time—and we do this with the incredible support of our community. Explore the +1 Membership: a free ICA membership program for youth 0-18. 

Questions? Reach out to us at familyprograms@icaboston.org.  

+1 Membership is generously supported by Vertex.

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Join teens in our Fast Forward video production program for an exclusive after-hours look into local artist Mithsuca Berry’s new mural and interactive art-making experience. At this free event, teens can create, make, and enjoy snacks in the ICA’s Bank of America Art Lab. Fast Forward is making a documentary and will be filming parts of the event and looking for event participants to share their opinions during on-camera interviews. 

Get creative with us in Destiny Doorways, an installation by Boston artist Mithsuca Berry in the Bank of America Art Lab. Enter a bright, colorful, nature-inspired space where you can design your own visual or written affirmations using some of the artist’s favorite mediums, including paint, textiles, and poetry. 

Destiny Doorways features botanical motifs that evoke the winding pathways you might follow in different parts of your life. Each doorway reveals a message and is an invitation to reflect on a new journey to transformation. What pathways have you taken? Which doorway will you open? 

Dive into an immersive hands-on art-making experience and add your artwork to a display of visitor reflections and creations!

Art Lab activities are free with museum admission and are drop-in on a first-come-first-serve basis — space is limited. Last entry 30 minutes before closing.

About the Artist

Dark skinned person in green and pink skirt and shirt outfit standing in front of orange and yellow text-based mural

Mithsuca Berry (they/them) is a Haitian artist, educator, and storyteller from Boston and former member of the ICA Teen Arts Council. Their work spans many mediums, including painting, digital illustration, fiber, and art education. Throughout their practice they have transformed what creating art means to them. Each piece marks an epiphany in their journey as it relates to existing as a black queer/non-binary person of Caribbean descent, fostering new connections to identity and healing. Their hope is that this process brings healing on a collective scale, protecting the future autonomy of people like them.

Free Admission for Youth

Youth 18 and under always receive FREE museum admission. The ICA is committed to providing access to the art and artists of our time—and we do this with the incredible support of our community. Explore the +1 Membership: A free ICA membership program for youth 0-18.

Questions? Reach us at familyprograms@icaboston.org.