Artist in the Atrium: Renaissance Arts

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Stop by the Ames Family Atrium to get a firsthand look at the art-making process.

Saturday, December 13, 2025, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Society for Creative Anachronism
Location:  ATRM Atrium
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
a man and woman posing for a picture

Photo courtesy of Richard Mandel

About The Event

Stop by the Ames Family Atrium between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to get a firsthand look at the art-making process. Each session provides the opportunity to engage and interact with a different Northeast Ohio maker during pop-up demonstrations and activities. See their work unfold and learn how artists create. Explore a related selection of authentic objects from the CMA’s Education Art Collection in a pop-up Art Up Close session. See, think, and wonder.

Join the Society for Creative Anachronism in the Ames Family Atrium to celebrate Renaissance-era art-making processes. Learn about calligraphy, illumination, Renaissance-era clothing and music, and more in this fun themed event. Explore Renaissance artwork on view in multiple museum exhibitions: Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses; Filippino Lippi in Rome; In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth); and Pintoricchio Magnified: An Immersive Digital Experience. Wear your best Renaissance-era costume and try your hand at historical art-making processes.

The Barony of the Cleftlands is the Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio, chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism. The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international nonprofit volunteer educational organization. The SCA is devoted to the research and re-creation of pre-17th-century skills, arts, combat, and culture. The organization seeks to enrich the lives of participants through events, demonstrations, and other educational presentations and activities. The SCA’s “Known World” consists of 20 kingdoms and more than 30,000 members around the globe. For more information, please visit the organization’s website. 

Disclaimer: No full-face masks, heavy face paint, glitter, weaponlike props, or excessively oversized costumes are permitted. All outfits are subject to security screening. The Cleveland Museum of Art may refuse entry to any visitor whose attire does not comply with these requirements.

Sponsors

All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

    Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.