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View in browser Met Anywhere: Virtual Events Tap into art and culture from home with this week's virtual events. Join us for a Met curator's close look at a painting by Poussin, a brand-new Storytime for kids, a string quartet performance, and more. Keep an eye on your inbox for next week's virtual opportunities and stay connected with our Met community. See you soon online, The Education Department at The Met MetTours Insider Insights—Nicolas Poussin's Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun,1658 Saturday, May 2, 10–10:15 am Consider a masterpiece by French painter Nicolas Poussin as Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, reflects on its meaning and shares new perspectives given the experience of our current moment. Learn more → Families Storytime with The Met Thursday, April 30, 12–12:10 pm Enjoy Storytime from home! Join us every Thursday to look, listen, sing, and have fun with picture books. Recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years. Learn more → MetLiveArts ETHEL and Friends: Balcony Bar from Home Friday, May 1, 5–5:30 pm Fix yourself a drink and experience The Met's Balcony Bar from home with ETHEL, one of the most acclaimed string quartets in the contemporary classical field. This week's performance features pianist Lara Downes as a special guest. Learn more → Teens Saturday Sketching (Ages 11–18) Saturday, May 2, 1–3 pm Teens are invited to join Met Teens on Instagram to sketch works of art from The Met collection and experiment with different drawing approaches. Learn more → MetCreates Drop-in Drawing: Composition and Shapes Sunday, May 3, 10–10:30 am Drop in for a virtual session of our popular series and experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges. This week, celebrate the changing of the seasons with a botanical drawing exercise that focuses on composition and building shapes through simplified forms. Learn more → See all upcoming virtual events → See past virtual events on YouTube and Facebook.     The Met Fifth Avenue 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 The Met Breuer 945 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 metmuseum.org   Explore        Membership        Donate   Manage Your Preferences   |   Unsubscribe   For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport. For MetLiveArts program funders, visit metmuseum.org/metliveartssupport. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. Donate now. Images: Nicolas Poussin, French, active Italy, 1594–1665. Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658. Oil on canvas, 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm). Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.45.1) | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art VISUAL ARTV AVISO IMPORTANTE As leis da União Europeia exigem que você informe os visitantes da UE sobre os cookies usados e os dados coletados no seu blog. Em muitos casos, essas leis também exigem que você tenha o consentimento deles. Como cortesia, adicionamos ao seu blog um aviso que explica o uso que o Google faz de determinados cookies do Blogger e do Google, incluindo o uso de cookies do Google Analytics e Google AdSense. Você é responsável por confirmar se esse aviso realmente funciona para seu blog e se ele é exibido. Se você usar outros cookies, por exemplo, ao adicionar recursos de terceiros, talvez esse aviso não funcione. Saiba mais sobre esse aviso e suas responsabilidades.