@NasherMuseum / no. 145 / April 14, 2015 -- (Archive)
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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Big Daddy Paper Doll
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ART WITH THE EXPERTS AT DURHAM COUNTY LIBRARY SOUTHWEST BRANCH / Monday, April 20, 7 PM / Join Curator Marshall N. Price on Colour Correction. This event is at the Durham County Library Southwest Branch, 3605 Shannon Road, Durham, NC 27707.
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GETTING HERE / In support of Sustainable Duke, the Nasher Museum encourages staff and visitors to take alternative transportation to the museum. Come on foot, bicycle or bus. Our bike racks are located conveniently just outside both Museum entrances. Help us make the Nasher more eco-friendly! #nashergreen #sustainableduke #bicyclefriendlyuniversity PRINT
CALL FOR CLEAN OLD T-SHIRTS / With the opening of Colour Correction, the Nasher Museum’s education department is getting ready for a fun season of screenprinting! We are collecting old T-shirts for visitors to wear while they print. Please bring clean shirt donations to the museum’s information desk. Thank you!
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PRESS / The Nasher Museum offers tours to encourage Alzheimer's patients -- and their caretakers -- to live in the moment through sharing art. Watch a recent program about Reflections on WNCN-TV in Raleigh.
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: May Stevens, Big Daddy Paper Doll (detail), 1971. Screenprint on paper, 21 x 35 inches (53.3 x 88.9 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky, 1973.29.1. © May Stevens. Courtesy of the artist and Ryan Lee, New York, NY. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
LEARN: Liliane Lijn, Koan – Cuts III (detail), 1971. Screenprint with collage on paper, 22 x 31 1/2 inches (55.9 x 80 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Mr. Kenneth Dorman, 1980.104.3. © Liliane Lijn. All Rights Reserved, DACS, London and ARS, New York. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion. PRINT and PRESS: Photos by Sean Maroney. 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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WE (4/15) 11 AM Book Discussion
SA (4/18) 10 AM Sketching in the Galleries SU (4/19) 2 AM Book Discussion MO (4/20) 7 AM Art with the Experts READ
BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Inspired by the exhibition Colour Correction, the museum will host two book discussions on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Nasher Museum Gallery Guides Ruth Caccavale and Carole Mathison will lead the conversations. Wednesday, April 15, 11 AM and April, March 19, 2 PM 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. RELATE
VITRINE ARTISTS RECEPTION
Friday, April 17, 6-8 PM 21c MUSEUM HOTEL DURHAM Our Area 919 exhibition has closed, but several of the same local artists have work on view at 21c Museum Hotel Durham. A Facebook event details the opening reception, part of Third Friday in Durham. Before you go, check out our artist videos on Harrison Haynes, Damian Stamer, Stacy Lynn Waddell and Jeff Whetstone. SKETCH
SKETCHING IN THE GALLERIES
Saturday, April 18, 10 AM A local art teacher will demonstrate ways to respond to art through a short drawing lesson followed by free sketching time in the galleries. The Nasher Museum will provide drawing materials. You are welcome to bring your own, but please note that pens, charcoal and wet media are not permitted in the galleries. The program is free with admission. General museum admission is $5 for adults. SUPPORT
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