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Study art history at the Barnes, a leader in art education since 1925. Come learn in our galleries, or take classes online using our immersive, state-of-the-art platform that brings you closer to the work than ever before.
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Mary Cassatt at Work
Explore Cassatt's methods, materials, and contributions to modernism with the curators of the PMA exhibition. Instructors: Laurel Garber, Jennifer Thompson.
Close-Looking Immersion: Demuth’s In Vaudeville: Two Acrobat-Jugglers
This new series of single-session immersions focuses on individual works in the collection. Instructor: Michael Williamson
Sexuality and the Modern Male Body
Take an in-depth look at the changing concepts of masculinity and male sexuality in European art and society. Instructor: Ty Vanover
The Language of Painting
Learn to understand the language of painting through careful study of works in the Barnes collection. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Matisse and Renoir in a New Light
This one-day workshop is a special opportunity to view iconic paintings up close with Barnes educators. Instructors: Rob Jagiela, Kaelin Jewell, Martha Lucy
Close-Looking Immersion: Glackens’s The Raft
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: William Perthes
Impressionism and Japonisme
Explore the immense influence of Japanese art on Western painters, sculptors, and designers in the second half of the 19th century. Instructor: Caterina Y. Pierre
Art and Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
Explore the flourishing of Black art in the 1920s and ’30s and Albert Barnes’s connection to the movement. Instructor: Michael Williamson
Matisse and Renoir in a New Light
This one-day workshop is a special opportunity to view iconic paintings up close with Barnes educators. Instructors: Rob Jagiela, Kaelin Jewell, Martha Lucy
Art and Restorative Justice
Learn how art can play a role in justice reform—in raising awareness of mass incarceration, providing paths toward reentry, and more. Instructor: William Perthes
Close-Looking Immersion: Titian’s Sleeping Shepherd
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
The Lives and Afterlives of Monuments
Explore the history of public monuments and their role in shaping cultural memory. Instructor: Paul Farber
The Barnes–de Mazia Certificate Program
This special track offers an immersion in the Barnes Method and an introduction to other interpretive approaches.
Horticulture Certificate Program
Our three-year certificate program covers horticultural science, methods, and design.