6 Ways to Celebrate Pride Month in 2024 at Columbus Museum of Art
Celebrate Pride at the museum as we highlight the creative contributions of LGBTQ+ artists and creatives.
1. Challenge and redefine the boundaries of gender with Dr. Meghna Mahambrey, founder of SPARK Relationship + Sexual Wellness in Unraveling Gender: Pop Culture’s Influence on Self-Presentation
Thursday, June 6, 6:00–8:00 PM
$30 for members, $35 for nonmembers
This immersive experience invites you to question, reflect, and embrace the diverse spectrum of self-expression. Through in-gallery experiences and guided discussion, you will explore identity, gender, and societal expectations. Whether you’re a seasoned art enthusiast or new to the conversation, “Unraveling Gender” promises to inspire meaningful discussions and ignite personal insights you’ll carry with you well beyond the evening.
2. Catch us in the 2024 Stonewall Columbus Pride March!
Saturday, June 15, Step-off at 10:30 AM
Free to attend!
This is an historic year for CMA’s participation in Pride, as we will be debuting our first ever float.
Learn about Stonewall Columbus Pride 2024:
The first Columbus PRIDE march in 1982 was just around 200 people; today the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and March welcome over 700,000 visitors to Columbus and the Central Ohio region.
For 42 years Stonewall Columbus has served the Central Ohio community working to uplift LGBTQ+ identities. Stonewall’s annual PRIDE Festival and March serve as the organization’s largest annual fundraiser that secures the needed funds to support Stonewall’s community programs and annual operations.
3. Join Loud & Proud, Columbus Museum of Art’s LGBTQ+ and Allied affinity group
Annual dues are $50 per person, and members must also have a current CMA membership
Whether you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, or are an ally, we welcome all members to be Loud and Proud!
Your membership supports CMA and brings exhibitions like Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris and Robin F. Williams: We’ve Been Expecting You.
Loud & Proud members will have opportunities to socialize while learning about LGBTQ+ artists and exploring art relevant to the LGBTQ+ community. Members also receive first access to our drag brunch tickets, entry to the Columbus Pride Rainbow Room VIP Lounge at The Pizzuti, and invitations to two annual tours at the museum.
Annual dues are $50 per person, and members must also have a current CMA membership. For more information on Loud & Proud, please contact Gabriel Mastin, Leadership Giving Officer, at 614.629.0307 or gabriel.mastin@cmaohio.org.
4. Join a CMA docent for 10 Minutes on the Dot
Every Thursday in June at 6:00 PM
Free with general admission, no registration necessary
Learn more about the works of LGBTQ+ artists featured in our collection every Thursday in June at 6:00 PM. 10 Minutes on the Dot is a pop-up experience that focuses on just one work of art for 10 minutes.
5. Explore 10 works from CMA’s collection that engage queer identities, histories, and perspectives.
Museum Purchase with funds provided by The Contemporaries
New Encounters
Leilah Babirye, Ssempewa from the Kuchu Mamba (Lungfish) Clan, 2022
Michael Elmgreen and Ingmar Dragset, Copenhagen — New York — Milan — Berlin, 2003
Baseera Khan, I Arrive in Place with a High Level of Psychic Distress (Pink), 2021
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Allegory Of The Stonewall Riot (Statue Of Liberty Fighting For Drag Queen, Husband, And Home), 1969
Zoe Leonard, View from Below: Geoffrey Beene Fashion Show, 1990
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Mirror Study (0X5A7394), 2018
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Green Family Art Foundation, and Westwater and Derby Funds
Gallery 3
Hernan Bas, Conceptual artist #16 (Performance based; the founder and reigning champion of a weekly pillow fight tournament), 2022
Museum Purchase, Derby Fund
Ross Wing Hallway
Lula Mae Blocton, Summer Ease, 1975
Corbett Reynolds, Untitled Head, about 1980s
Museum Purchase, Derby Fund, from the Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930–1970
Gallery 6
Paul Cadmus, Le Ruban Dénoué: Hommage à Reynaldo Hahn, 1963
Don’t miss our special exhibitions featuring the work of Marie Laurencin and Robin F. Williams.
Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris explores Laurencin’s career, from her self-portraits to her collaborative decorative projects; from her early cubist paintings to her signature work — feminine and discreetly queer — that defined 1920s Paris. Robin F. Williams: We’ve Been Expecting You highlights recurring themes including the body, gender and identity expression, digital trends and artificial intelligence, folklore, and the supernatural.
6. Stop in for a Pride-themed BAM Thursday!
Thursday, June 27, 5:00–10:00 PM
Free to attend!
Every Thursday through September 26, we’re bringing you live music, great art, delicious bites, vendors and fresh libations in our garden space.
Enjoy extended BAM Thursday hours and museum access until 10:00 PM every Thursday, with FREE general admission from 5:00–10:00 PM.
The special Pride-themed BAM Thursday will feature local artist Niko Taylor from 6:00–8:00 PM, DJ Mox from 5:00–10:00 PM, and additional prideful programming. Visitors are also invited to shop Mystic Market Vendors from 5:00–9:00 PM.
BAM Thursdays is proud to have support from Bank of America.
Plan your visit today, columbusmuseum.org.
