Programs and Events

Cliff Notez performing outside of the Rose

Cliff Notez, 2019. Photo by Natasha Moustache.

The Rose Art Museum is committed to maintaining a respectful, safe, and inclusive museum experience for all our visitors. All programs are free to attend. 

We are committed to making our programs accessible to all; please email inquiries and requests to roseartmuseum@brandeis.edu.

Installation view of "Noé Martínez: The Body Rememebrs"

Virtual Tour of Noé Martínez: The Body Remembers

May 22, 2024, 7 p.m.

Curators Gannit Ankori and Circe Henestrosa explore Noé Martínez’s multimedia installation "The Body Remembers" and discuss the artist's references to his Indigenous Huastecan heritage and reflect upon the capacity for his art to act as an embodied expression of multigenerational trauma as well as a healing ritual.

Installation view, Noé Martínez: The Body Remembers, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, March 13–June 16, 2024. Julia Featheringill Photography.

Painting by Lari Pittman that featured bottles labeled "Queenliness"

Queer Imaginaries in the Permanent Collection

June 6, 2024, 12 p.m.

Celebrate Pride Month with a virtual talk featuring museum staff who identify as LGBTQ+, who will explore contemporary artists whose works build new worlds from queer perspectives.

Lari Pittman, Mix Vigorously and Ingest (#6), [detail], 1998. Acrylic, alkyd, aerosol enamel, gesso on paper. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Gift of Peter Norton, 2014.48.

A father and two children look at a painting.

Create Date: re: collections and Community

June 9, 2024, 11 a.m.

Join us for a day of family-friendly fun at the Rose Art Museum with drop-in artmaking activities, lawn games, a close-looking tour, and a pop-up Family Storytime with our friends from the Waltham Library.

Installation view, re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, June 25, 2021–June 16, 2024. Photo by Mel Taing.

Various people in Yoga poses between antique Victorian lampposts

Yoga at Light of Reason

June 26, 2024, 6 p.m.

Recharge at the Rose with yoga at Chris Burden’s permanent installation led by Brandeis Fitness Coordinator Kat Page. This yoga workshop is free and open to people of all fitness levels.

Photo by Maddie Schroeder.

Various people in Yoga poses between antique Victorian lampposts

Yoga at Light of Reason

July 31, 2024, 6 p.m.

Recharge at the Rose with yoga at Chris Burden’s permanent installation led by Brandeis Fitness Coordinator Kat Page. This yoga workshop is free and open to people of all fitness levels.

Photo by Maddie Schroeder.

Various people in Yoga poses between antique Victorian lampposts

Yoga at Light of Reason

August 28, 2024, 6 p.m.

Recharge at the Rose with yoga at Chris Burden’s permanent installation led by Brandeis Fitness Coordinator Kat Page. This yoga workshop is free and open to people of all fitness levels.

Photo by Maddie Schroeder.