The Booth holds two regularly scheduled public lectures per month featuring authors, writers, historians and artists.

Art for Lunch is on the first Wednesday of every month from 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm .
Evening lectures are held on the third Thursday evening each month at 7:00 pm.

All lectures are in the Booth Theatre; admission is free for members and volunteers and included with Museum admission for not-yet-members. Ticketed events may have additional fees.

AUGUST 2012

Major Events

Booth Birthday Party & Member Appreciation Day
August 25, 10:30 am to 3:30 pm – Throughout the Museum
Celebrate the Booth’s 9th Birthday with a day full of activities including continuous entertainment in the Booth Theatre, art activities throughout the building, and a free lunch for members.

Special Exhibitions

American Legacy: Our National Parks
On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America
Through August 26 - Special Exhibition Gallery
To create this exhibition, organized by the Haggin Museum in California, 38 members and guests of the Plein-Air Painters of America selected their favorite park and set up their easels at sites across the country.  The resulting 100 paintings draw viewers into seasonal and daily experiences of color and light rendered in some of America’s most beautiful places. En plein air is French for “in the open air” and is often used to describe painters who work outdoors, on location.

Sponsored in Part by Kendeda Fund and National Parks Conservation Association.
Organized by The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Tour Management by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri

Saddle Up: The Western World of Harry Teague
May 15 through September 2 – Borderlands Gallery
In 1990, Harry suffered two strokes that left him with brain injury and partial paralysis. As part of his therapy, he took up painting and created a detailed, colorful “western” world in his self-taught visionary paintings.

The Indian Gallery of Henry Inman
June 14 through October 7 – Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, with the support of Ann and Tom Cousins, this exhibition features more than a dozen portraits of Southeastern Indian leaders from the early 1800s, including Cherokee, Creek and Seminole people.  Inman created the paintings in the 1830s for reproduction in the landmark McKenney and Hall publication History of the Indian Tribes of North America.  Also included are prints from the publication and a number of important artifacts.

Regular Programming

Art for Lunch: TBA
August 1, 12:15 p.m. Booth Ballroom

Evening Entertainment: A Trip Down Memory Lane with the Pollard Green Orchestra
August 16, 6:30 p.m. Booth Ballroom
At 6:30 pm, heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served in the Booth Ballroom. At approximately 7:00 pm, and the Pollard Greens Orchestra will begin playing tunes from the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, and ‘60s.  Tickets are $25 for Booth members and $30 for not-yet members, cash bar available.