Brummer Society Program
Over the next 12 months the Nasher Museum will launch an exclusive Brummer Society program. Nasher Behind the Scenes is a series of intimate events featuring behind-the-scenes access to art, curators and leaders in the world of art. Current Brummer Society members are encouraged to bring friends who may have an interest in the Nasher Museum, the Brummer Society and programs on offer. We will send you an email invitation prior to each event, with ticket costs and the ability to RSVP. For more information call the membership department at 919-684-3411 or email nashermembership@duke.edu.
Monday, May 2, 2011
RESCHEDULED Saturday, September 3, 2011
John Brown: Jazz Listening Party
and Intermission Reception
7 PM
In conjunction with The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in New York City, 1957-1965
John Brown, the Director of Duke University’s Jazz Program, will perform an exclusive “informance.” During the program he will play a variety of jazz music, answer questions and encourage a conversation on how best to listen to jazz.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tour of 30 Americans at the North Carolina Museum of Art with Linda Johnson Dougherty, Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art, NCMA
10 AM
30 Americans highlights the work of 31 contemporary African American artists in an exhibition organized by and drawn from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Florida. Lunch to follow at the NCMA’s Iris café, with transportation provided to and from the Museum.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The University Museum
Kimerly Rorschach, Director of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and Sarah Schroth, Nancy Hanks Senior Curator
12 PM
Over lunch in the Nasher Museum’s University Classroom, learn what makes university art museums unique from other art museums.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Alexander Calder
Sarah Schroth, Nancy Hanks Senior Curator
10 AM
In conjunction with Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Join Sarah Schroth, Nancy Hanks Senior Curator, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s study storage. There, you will view three works once attributed to Calder in the Nasher Museum’s permanent collection, and then compare them with the authentic Calders in Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art.
Image: Alexander Calder, Chat-Mobile (Cat Mobile), 1966. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan . © 2010 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
