Drawing from the Collection, Virtual

*This is a virtual event.*

Adults at all skill levels learn with local artists who lead informal activities in response to selected works from the Modern’s permanent collection. Investigate and respond to works of art from the Modern’s galleries from the comfort of your own home. Each online instructional video is uniquely designed so there is something new awaiting you—just show up with a sketchbook and pencils. 

Cyrano

James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all—if only he could win the heart of his true love, Roxane. There’s just one big problem: He has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano, or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight? Edmond Rostand’s masterwork is adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal).

Hrair Sarkissian with Dr. Omar Kholeif

If I look to these specific works and see what’s happening, I think it relates easily to the United States because there is contentious politics, war, different kinds of public executions, and tragedies caused by natural disasters. We share history, and we share problems as well. And we are all human in the end. Hrair Sarkissian, “Making History: Hrair Sarkissian and Omar Kholeif in Conversation,” for FOCUS: Hrair Sarkissian

Hrair Sarkissian: Syria, Belonging Not Longing