• August Light by Hans Hofmann

    The Sounds of the Chazen: Aura of Abstraction

    Museum education assistant Serendipity Swanstrom-Stage has put together several playlists on Spotify inspired by the Chazen's permanent collection. First up is "Aura of Abstraction."

  • Mary Rowan

    A Virtual Docent’s Tour with Mary Rowin

    While the museum is closed, we’ve asked our docents to take us on “virtual docent’s tours,” showing us digitally some of their favorite works. Mary […]

  • Alabaster of Christ

    The Art of Easter

    As I write it is Good Friday in the Christian calendar, the day of Christ’s arrest and death on the cross. It is a day […]

  • Diane Mertens

    A Virtual Docent’s Tour with Diane Mertens

    We’ve asked our docents to take us on “virtual docent’s tours,” showing us digitally some of their favorite works. Diane Mertens was a high school […]

  • Marcia Standiford

    Imagining the Post-COVID-19 World

    Amy Gilman, director of the Chazen Museum of Art, recently asked all museum staff to think about what it will mean to be a museum […]

  • Sandra Loman

    A Virtual Docent’s Tour with Sandra Loman

    Sandra Loman taught history courses at Madison College for over 30 years and used both art and architecture extensively in her curriculum. She’s been a docent since 2004. We asked her a few questions about some favorites at the Chazen.