Public Programs

We are proud to host a variety of FREE programming to accompany our exhibitions and collections.

RSVP for events in the “Calendar” tab

U-Nite: After Hours Programming

Second Fridays are U-Nite at the Barry Art Museum, an evening to UNITE our campus and community with after-hours programming. A night at the museum. 

Upcoming U-Nites:

  • 2/9 from 6-8PM | Black & Bold featuring the Coco Comb Project, hosted by Dr. Tonya M. Shell -Spoken Word Artist, Adjunct Professor Old Dominion University, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, and Women’s & Gender Studies and Program Director (Campus Prevention & Response) Norfolk State University & Co-Advisor NSU Dance Theatre. In collaboration with Norfolk State University Dance Theatre Company under the direction of Artistic Director and Professor of Dance, Valerie A. Winborne and Dr. Jennifer Fish, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Old Dominion University.
  • 3/15 from 6-8PM | Comfort & Care featuring ODU Nursing in celebration of Martha Chase: Progressive Kindness.
  • 4/12 from 6-9PM | Message in a Bottle: Picturing Maritime Culture in Hampton Roads Public Exhibition Opening

Saturdays at the Barry

Saturday is Family Day at the Barry Art Museum!

1PM Guided Tour with BAM Education team

2-4PM Monarch Makes, Hand-on Workshop with BAM Student Gallery Hosts

FREE (donations encouraged)

 

Coffee + Contemporary Art

Art in its many diverse forms + FREE Vessel Craft Coffee! Every Thursday during ODU’s Fall/Spring Semester during Activity Hour (12:30-1:30PM)

Movement Workshops with Deborah Wallace

The second Sunday of each month, join ODU lecturer, Emmy-nominated Producer, Writer, Director, and Performer, Deborah Wallace for Viewpoints, an experimental movement practice that provides actors and dancers with a framework for creating ensemble work for the stage. Through the shared vocabulary of Viewpoints, we investigate and analyze performance by examining ourselves and the ensemble in time and space.

Composition is “writing on your feet”; the practice of selecting and arranging the separate components of theatrical language into a cohesive work of art for the stage.

Art Inspired Yoga

Take some time to unwind with our collection of 30 min yoga classes, inspired by art in the Barry Art Museum collection. Each video has a specific theme derived from noteworthy artworks in varied locations in our galleries. These pre-recorded yoga lessons are instructed by Rise & Shine Yoga with Leah Villanueva Viray. To watch the entire collection of yoga classes please click here.