Member Appreciation Week
NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
@NasherMuseum no. 276 / Day With(out) Art
Songwriting Lecture
Songwriting Lecture: Joe Henry
Thursday, November 30, 7 PM
Duke Performances presents Joe Henry—singer, songwriter, producer and author. Henry begins his artist residency at Duke with a free talk, entitled Take Me to the River, about the ephemeral, mystical nature of artistic predecessors. More information and tickets: dukeperformances.duke.edu. Lecture hall doors open at 6:30 PM.

Visual AIDS
Free Film Screening: 28th Annual Day With(out) Art
Friday, December 1, 4 PM
For the 28th annual Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS presents ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, a program of newly commissioned short videos responding to the ongoing AIDS epidemic. More information: visualaids.org

Director Series
Director Talk with Katie Luber
+ Five Sense Tour + Reflections Conversation Cards
Sunday, December 3
1 PM Five Sense Tour
Enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the Medieval Gallery, in honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Explore the artwork not only by sight, but through hearing, smell and touch. This tour is great for visitors with low vision, or anyone looking to explore the artworks in a more immersive way.

2 PM Director Talk: Katherine C. Luber 
Meet Katherine “Katie” C. Luber, Ph.D., a fifth-generation Texan. Since 2011, she has been the Kelso Director at the San Antonio Museum of Art. During her tenure, membership has tripled, annual attendance has doubled and the museum built relationships with underserved K-12 schools. Before that, Katie worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A sign language interpretor will translate her talk in honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Reflections Conversation Cards
Reflections Conversation Cards, designed for visitors with dementia and their care partners, present works of art from the Nasher’s collection along with thoughtful questions to spark conversation. These cards are a part of Reflections: The Nasher Museum Alzheimer's Program, and are offered free of charge on December 3 in honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Stop by the Nasher Museum on December 3 to pick up a free set of Reflections Conversation Cards, or email reflections@duke.edu to request a set of cards to be mailed to your home. Assisted living facilities and other groups that would like to request 10 or more sets, please email reflections@duke.edu to coordinate pickup at the Nasher Museum.

Member Appreciation Week
Member Appreciation Week / Member Holiday Party
Tuesday, December 5, through Sunday December 10
Party on Tuesday, December 6, 6-8 PM
During Member Appreciation week, Nasher Museum members enjoy double discounts at the Nasher Museum Store

Member Exclusive! Join us for a special celebration with Director Sarah Schroth and staff for holiday treats, a cash bar and free access to the ticketed exhibition The Medici’s Painter.

Scholarly Talk
Scholarly Talk: The Aesthetics of Water
Thursday, December 7, 6 PM
Join us for a free talk by Patricia Fortini Brown, professor emeritus at Princeton University, in conjunction with the exhibition A Portrait of Venice: Jacopo de’ Barbari’s View of 1500. Her talk is entitled, “The Aesthetics of Water: Wellheads, Cisterns and Fountains in the Venetian Dominion.”

Prospect.4
NASHER IN THE NEWS: Trevor Schoonmaker and Prospect.4
The New York Times praised Chief Curator Trevor Schoonmaker for organizing Prospect.4 The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, the fourth edition of the acclaimed international contemporary art triennial. Prospect.4 opened in New Orleans on November 18, 2017, and will run through February 25, 2018. “Trevor Schoonmaker turns the Big Easy into a giant gallery, with Rashid Johnson, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Mark Dion and more across 17 venues.”

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 of the story by Ted Loos.

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Mykki Blanco, STONES & WATER WEIGHT, 2017. Video still courtesy of the artist.

Photos by J Caldwell.

Photo of Trevor Schoonmaker by William Widmer for The New York Times.

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.

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