NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
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Gallery Talk in Art of the Americas: Mesoamerica
Thursday, November 12, 6 PM Learn about chocolate and tobacco references in Art of the Americas: Mesoamerica, with Elvira Vilches, associate research professor of romance studies at Duke. Followed by a chocolate tasting led by Escazú Artisan Chocolates of Raleigh.
Annual Semans Lecture: Brooke Davis Anderson
Contemporary Art, New Orleans & the Nasher Museum Thursday, November 19, 7 PM Plan your fabulous art trip to New Orleans now! Join us for a free talk by Brooke Davis Anderson, executive director of Prospect New Orleans, the largest international triennial in the United States. Anderson's talk, "Contemporary Art Meets the Big Easy" will be about the history of this city-wide exhibition. She will also talk about the future: Chief Curator Trevor Schoonmaker is the Artistic Director of Prospect 4, opening in fall 2017. Reception with cash bar to follow.
Free Slow Art Tour
Saturday, November 14, 11 AM Enjoy art at a different pace. Instead of an exhibition overview, we'll spend 30-45 minutes with a single work of art. This week's Slow Art Tour selection is Ebony Patterson's ...shortly after 8- beyond the bladez. Seating is provided and tours are led by a gallery guide. Tours are free with museum admission.
Book Discussion: The New Jim Crow
Sunday, November 15, 2 PM & Wednesday, November 18, 11 AM The museum is hosting two book discussions on The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Visitors are encouraged to read the book prior to the discussions. Books are available for purchase in the Nasher Museum Store.
Sketching in the Galleries
Saturday, November 21, 10 AM Local artist Rachel Goodwin will demonstrate several types of contour line drawings: blind contour, continuous line contour, modified contour and cross-contour drawing. Then you can try it out in the galleries! The program is free with admission and drawing materials are provided. You may bring your own materials, but please note that pens, charcoal and wet media are not permitted in the galleries. General museum admission is $5 for adults.
Free Family Day
Sunday, November 22, Noon - 4 PM Science and Art Nerds Unite!
This Family Day we are hosting the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society, with a focus on the chemistry of color. This free day will feature live performances from Chemistry in Action as well as fun activities in the great hall like chromatography butterflies and marbeled nametags and so much more! Recommended
Aunties: The Seven Summers of Alevtina and Ludmila Thursday, November 12, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, Rubenstein Photography Gallery The newly renovated Rubenstein Photography Gallery features a new installation, Aunties: The Seven Summers of Alevtina and Ludmila, photographs by Nadia Sablin. Congratulations to our friends at the Archive of Documentary Arts at the Rubenstein Library and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke! The opening event is Thursday, November 12, at 5:30 PM: reception, artist talk and book signing. The gallery is inside the Rubenstein Library, adjacent to Perkins Library on Duke's West Campus. Plan ahead for time to park.
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