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NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
@NasherMuseum no. 245 / Black Panther
 Art, Activism, Race and the Law: A Conversation
Thursday, April 6, 7 PM Panelists are (pictured above, from left to right) William A. Darity, Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy at Duke; Jillian Johnson, Durham City Councilwoman and director of operations at Southern Vision Alliance; Trina Jones, Duke law professor; and Sherrill Roland, Greensboro-based artist, activist and creator of the Jumpsuit Project. Free and open to the public.
 Upcoming Gallery Tours and Talks
Saturday, April 8, 11 AM
Celebrate National Slow Art Day! Enjoy a slower look at a single work of art in All Matterings of Mind with gallery guide Maggie Griffin. Saturday, April 15, 11 AM Visit the museum’s collection with gallery guide Ruth Caccavale for a slow art discussion about The Harrowing of Hell painting attributed to the German School. We offer highlights tours most Thursdays (6 PM) and Sundays (2 PM). View complete listings.
 Nasher Reads: Black Panther
Wednesday, April 5, 11 AM, and Sunday, April 9, 3 PM Join Patrick Holt, adult services librarian from the Durham County Library, and museum gallery guides Kathy World and Ruth Caccavale will discuss Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates. More information.
 Art & Mindfulness Pop-Up Fair
Friday, April 7, 6 PM The Nasher Museum and DuWell present a dreamy evening inspired by art and National Stress Awareness Month. Enjoy aromatherapy, massages, yoga, meditation, Tibetan singing bowls, sketching in the galleries and refreshments. Also enjoy Slow Art Tours of All Matterings of Mind: Transcendent Imagery from the Contemporary Collection.
Free with admission. Admission is free for Duke students. Admission is $3 for non-Duke students. Start your evening at the Duke DEMAN Happy Hour at 4 PM, then come over to the Nasher. The Duke Arts Festival (films, art, music, tie-dye, tacos and more) is Friday through April 14. Full schedule. Co-presented by DuWell, the Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke, Devils After Dark, Duke Recreation and other student groups.
 Artist Talk: Nina Chanel Abney
Tuesday, April 11, 7 PM
6 PM Informal chat with gallery guides before the artist talk.
7 PM Meet the Chicago-born artist whose first solo museum show is on view at the Nasher Museum through July 16.
 Special Family Program: SPINOKIO PART II
TWO SHOWS! Wednesday, April 12, 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM Join us for the exciting second act of the Hip Hopera, following last year’s world premiere at the Nasher. This Afro-Futuristic take on Carlo Collodi’s classic Pinocchio includes hand-crafted puppets by Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins, projections and a live score performed by DJ and musician Pierce Freelon.
Free with admission.
 Gallery Talk - Medieval Stained Glass
Thursday, April 13, 6 PM Alexandra Dodson will talk about recently conserved works of stained glass in the museum’s collection. She will also discuss such Medieval art-making processes as stained glass and mixing pigments. Alexandra earned a doctorate degree from Duke’s Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, specializing in the art and architecture of late Medieval and early modern Italy. The talk takes place in the Medieval Gallery, part of The Collection Galleries.
Hong Lei, Speak, Memory of Butterflies, 2005. Chromogenic print, 37 1⁄8 x 47 1⁄8 inches (94.3 x 119.7 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum. Museum purchase. Courtesy of the artist and Chambers Fine Art. © Hong Lei. French, God and the Tree of Knowledge (detail), c. 1250. Stained glass and lead, 26 x 17 7/8 x 1/4 inches (66 x 45.4 x 0.6 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Mrs. Ella Brummer in memory of her husband, Ernest Brummer, 1978.20.9. Photo by Mary Higgins. Mindfulness photo by Ryan Helsel. Nina Chanel, Spinokio 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. The Collection Galleries is made possible by Nasher Annual Fund donors with special support from Anita and John Schwarz. 2001 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27705 (Map) | nasher.duke.edu | 919-684-5135 Visit Exhibitions Calendar Café Join Support © 2000-2017 Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Unauthorized use is prohibited |