June 2006: Guests and Museum instructor Denise Murrell (second from left) at the private viewing of "Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge."

May 2006: Children from Westchester and Hudson Valley enjoyed a concert in the Musical Instruments Galleries sponsored by the Links, Inc.

May 2006: From left to right: Catharine Roehrig, Curator, Department of Egyptian Art; Donna Williams Sutton, Senior Audience Development Officer; and Dana Tyler, CBS 2 Anchor, at the Initiative's reception for "Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh." Dana Tyler was the evening's guest host.

May 2006: Guests at the "Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh" event enjoyed live performances by Arabic band Zikrayat and Middle Eastern dancer Samara.

April 2006: Children enjoyed making art at the Metropolitan's tent at the Taste of Chinatown Festival.

April 2006: College Students Take the Met: A Night on the Nile featured a screening of Boris Karloff's The Mummy in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, followed by a reception in the Temple of Dendur.

February 2006: Students of Kuchipudi Natya Niketan were among the performers at the reception held in the Temple of Dendur following a viewing of the special exhibition "Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated Khamsa, 1597–98." Multicultural Audience Development Advisory Committee member Lal Motwani co-hosted this event with the Initiative.

January 2006: From left to right: Maxine Green, Randy Williams, Leslie Harris, Faith Ringgold, and Lowery Sims discussed how art facilitates freedom at "Freedom and Art: A Forum" in the Metropolitan's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

December 2005: Multicultural Audience Development Advisory Committee members Irvine Mac Manus and Henry Tang were among the guests at the reception on the Great Hall Balcony following a private evening viewing of "Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings" hosted by the Initiative.

November 2005: College Students Take the Met: Black, White, & Modern All Over was the theme for the College Goup at the Met's second event. Students enjoyed a private evening viewing of the Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries and a reception in the Great Hall.

September 2005: Participants in the "We'll Take Manhattan: Native Arts Symposium 2005" in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. Standing (left to right): Keevin Lewis, James Pepper Henry, Pena Bonita, Diane Fraher-Thornton, David Bunn Martine, Lloyd Oxendine, and Steve Thornton; Seated (left to right): Catherine Anne Martin, Nadema Agard, Donna Sutton.

May 2005: Children enjoy a family program in the Astor Court produced in collaboration with Education as part of the Museum's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month celebration. Members of Families with Children from China were special guests of the Initiative.

May 2005: Andre Leon Talley, Editor at Large, Vogue, and designer Oscar de la Renta following their lively discussion on style in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. "The Renaissance Spirit: Oscar de la Renta and Andre Leon Talley" was held in collaboration with Concerts & Lectures.

April 2005: College Students Take the Met! The College Group at the Met made its debut with a special after-hours student event in the Museum's Great Hall following a private viewing of "Diane Arbus Revelations."