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Scavenger Hunts

Enjoy the following seasonal Scavenger Hunts to develop and exercise your observational skills! Each option references masterworks selected from M&G’s Collection.

Observers of all ages will not only discover exciting details in each painting or object, but also make connections between art and history.

View online OR print and study up close. As always, there is an Answer Key to check your finds!

Click HERE for a Digital Christmas option.

 

Click HERE for a Digital Easter option.

 

 

In-Person Option: The Easter Story in Art: An M&G Scavenger Hunt for Kids (K5-8th grade)

Available February 17–April 19, 2025 (Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM)

To celebrate Easter, families are invited to begin at the Welcome Center for a campus search of special art objects related to the Easter story. This self-guided, informative activity (45-60 minutes long) is designed to captivate your child’s imagination and expose them to the life and times of Old Master painters. Return to the Welcome Center with your finished worksheet for a free prize!

This M&G activity is FREE!

 

Living Gallery 2025

Join Greenville’s leading Easter tradition–attend the annual Living Gallery!

The program varies from year to year. So, come and be challenged and inspired by the drama, uplifting music, and life-size re-creations of great masterpieces (with live models) that make up the Living Gallery, an annual Upstate tradition since 1998.

This Same Jesus

Where do we find shelter and comfort when our lives are shaken?  Living Gallery 2025 reveals the safe haven from the storms of life through a compelling drama, beautiful music, and life-sized masterworks of art filled with real people.  The program includes sculpture, a Rembrandt etching, M&G’s Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Francois de Troy, and stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

 

Location: Rodeheaver Auditorium, campus of Bob Jones University

Parking: Parking is available on the campus of Bob Jones University.

Performance Times: 

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:30 and 7:30 PM

Friday, April 18, 2025 at 4:30 and 7:30 PM

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 2:00, 4:30, and 7:30 PM

 

Living Gallery Tickets:

Teens & Adults: $19.79 and Children (Ages 6-12): $17.70

  • Tickets are on sale at Programs & Productions, in the lobby of Rodeheaver Auditorium, campus of Bob Jones University
  • Box Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 12PM to 5PM
  • You may begin purchasing tickets in August.
  • Call (864) 770-1372, Monday-Friday, 12PM to 5PM
  • Learn more about the program here.

 

Related Offerings:

FREE Public Tour: Benjamin West Collection

War Memorial Chapel, campus of Bob Jones University

On Good Friday, April 18 from 3-4 PM, join M&G Executive Director, Erin Jones for a private guided tour of Benjamin West’s monumental royal painting commission, The Progress of Revealed Religion, in the War Memorial Chapel on the campus of Bob Jones University. The tour is free, open to the public, and will conclude in time for guests to attend the 4:30PM program.

 

The Easter Story in Art: An M&G Scavenger Hunt for Kids (K5-8th grade)

Available February 17–April 19, 2025 (Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM)

To celebrate Easter, families are invited to begin at the Welcome Center for a campus search of special art objects related to the Easter story. This self-guided, informative activity (45-60 minutes long) is designed to captivate your child’s imagination and expose them to the life and times of Old Master painters. Return to the Welcome Center with your finished worksheet for a free prize! This M&G activity is FREE!

 

Bringing a church group? Schedule a tour to see selections of M&G’s collection here.

Want to see works from M&G’s Collection? See the campus locations displaying selections here.

To view a selection of videos featuring Easter-themed works in the Collection, visit here.

Easter-themed Works of Art in M&G’s Collection

Enjoy this focused selection of short video clips featuring M&G paintings depicting the Easter story.

Constantijn van Renesse (attr. to): Christ before Pilate
Picture Books of the Past: Unknown Dutch
Picture Books of the Past: Gustave Doré
Christ before Pilate: Master of St. Severin
The Risen Christ: Gerard David
Whatsoever Things Are… Pure: Christ Blessing
Whatsoever Things Are… Pure: The Risen Christ
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: Painted Crucifix
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: The Man of Sorrows
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: The Last Supper
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: Triumphal Entry
David de Haen: The Mocking of Christ
Giovanni Antonio Bazzi: Procession to Calvary
Jusepe de Ribera: Ecce Homo
Peter Paul Rubens: Christ on the Cross
Stefano Cernotto (attr. to): The Last Supper
Philippe de Champaigne: The Christ of Derision
The Easter Story: Two Centurions

 

 

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