@NasherMuseum / no. 124 / November 18, 2014  --  (Archive)
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Pneumonia LIsa
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Miro MinuteIn 1975, The Joan Miró Foundation Center for the Study of Contemporary Art, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, opened in Barcelona. It is officially dedicated a year later with an exhibition of 475 drawings donated by Miró.
#MiroMinute

CELEBRATE
Free Family Day
FREE FAMILY DAY / Sunday, November 23, Noon - 4 PM / Join us for hands-on projects and gallery hunts and enjoy live bluegrass with the Phillips Phamily Band at 1 PM and Blue 52 Bluegrass at 2:30 PM. Admission is free to all exhibitions.
INSPIRE
The Engaging Educator
AN ENGAGING EDUCATOR / Jen Oleniczak shares improv techniques with museum educators and gallery guides in a recent professional development workshop. View a slideshow. Learn more about Jen and the work that she does in NYC and around the country as The Engaging Educator.
HEAR
Live Spanish Music
SPANISH GUITAR FAVORITES / Sunday, November 30, 12:30 and 2 PM / Randy Reed will perform two 50-minute recitals on classical guitar in the lecture hall. Enjoy Spanish music during brunch in the Nasher Museum Café.
BLOG                           SHOP
Marilyn Arthur     Ruven Afanador: Angel Gitano: The Men of Flamenco

BLOG / Marilyn M. Arthur, longtime supporter and friend of the Nasher Museum, passed away in Sarasota, Florida, on November 11, 2014, at the age of 80. Marilyn’s legacy will benefit the museum for many years to come. More.

IN THE STORE / Save online and when you visit the Nasher Museum Store. Nasher Museum Members enjoy a 10% discount in the store and cafe, and receive free, unlimited admission and special invitations and subscriptions to our mailings. Become a member! Join online, call 919-684-3411 or visit the museum information desk.
Banner: Robert Rauschenberg, Pneumonia Lisa (Japanese Recreational Claywork; detail), 1982. Transfer on high-fired Japanese art ceramic, 32 1/4 x 86 1/2 inches (81.9 x 219.7 cm). Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, New York. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York. Photo by J Caldwell.
BLOG: Marilyn M. Arthur portrait by Duke Photography.
CELEBRATE, WATCH, INSPIRE, HEAR and SHOP photos by J Caldwell.
Nasher Museum exhibitions and programs are generously supported by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the late Mary D.B.T. Semans and James H. Semans, the late Frank E. Hanscom III, The Duke Endowment, the Nancy Hanks Endowment, the Courtney Shives Art Museum Fund, the James Hustead Semans Memorial Fund, the Janine and J. Tomilson Hill Family Fund, the Trent A. Carmichael Fund for Community Education, the Neely Family Fund, the E. T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Fund for the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the Marilyn M. Arthur Fund, the Sarah Schroth Fund, the George W. and Viola Mitchell Fearnside Endowment Fund, the Gibby and Michael B. Waitzkin Fund, the K. Brantley and Maxine E. Watson Endowment Fund, the Victor and Lenore Behar Endowment Fund, the Margaret Elizabeth Collett Fund, the Nasher Museum of Art General Endowment, the Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art, and the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost, Duke University.
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ON
TH (11/20) 8 PM Diego El Cigala
SU (11/23) Noon Free Family Day
SU (11/30) 12:30 PM Spanish Guitar Favorites
The museum will be closed on Thursday, November 27 for Thanksgiving.
WATCH
UNC TV - Miro
Watch the 30-minute documentary produced by UNC-TV, in partnership with the Nasher Museum, on Miró: The Experience of Seeing.

Complete broadcast schedule.
READ
Araiadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth

To accompany the exhibition Miró: The Experience of Seeing, the museum is hosting a series of book discussions featuring contemporary Catalan authors. January's selection is Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth by Salvador Espriu.

Sunday, January 11, 2 PM, and Wednesday, January 14, 11 AM, at the Nasher Museum. Visitors are encouraged to read the book prior to the discussions. The book is available for purchase in the  Nasher Museum Store.

SUPPORT
JOIN
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GIVE
Become a supporter. Individuals, corporations and foundations can call 919-668-3527 for further information.
VISIT
Location
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Hours
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat - 10 AM to 5 PM
Thu - 10 AM to 9 PM
Sun - Noon to 5 PM
Mon - closed
Admission
Admission to Miró: The Experience of Seeing

Members: 2 free tickets per adult member (additional tickets for 10% discount)
Adults: $12
Children 7 – 17: $6 / Children 6 and under: FREE
Seniors (65 and older): $10
Duke Faculty/Staff: $6 (limit 1 ticket per ID)
Duke University students: FREE (limit 1 ticket per ID)
Non-Duke Students: $8 (limit 1 ticket per ID)
Duke Alumni Association members with I.D.: $6
Active Duty Military and families (limit 6 tickets): $6

Miró: The Experience of Seeing are always available at the Nasher front desk. Purchase your tickets in person at the museum on the day of your visit.

Admission to Rauschenberg: Collecting & Connecting and the permanent collection:

5 Adults
$4 Seniors (65 and older)
$3 Non-Duke students with student ID


FREE ADMISSION FOR:
Nasher Museum members
Children 15 and under
Duke students, faculty and staff with DukeCard or Duke Medicine ID
Duke Alumni Assoc. Members with Alumni Membership Card
Every Thursday evening, 5-9 PM

Admission is also FREE to all active duty military personnel and up to five family members, with military ID: Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card.