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Date
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Time
12–4 PM
Category Free Family Day

Cardboard City 4

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Save all of your holiday shipping boxes and put them to good use helping us transform the Nasher Great Hall into our 4th iteration of Cardboard City!

Take a break from building and enjoy live performances by the nationally recognized traveling theatrical group Bright Star Touring Theatre as they perform a program of African folktales in the Lecture Hall. Enjoy other hands-on art making and gallery exploration inspired by artwork in our contemporary and African collections.

View Arts of Africa1920's carving of African figures carved into a wood door. Figures seem to be feeding animals and getting ready for a battle.
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Arts of Africa

The African collection includes over 700 works that highlight various traditional art forms from across the African continent. The works were produced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and come from regions south ...

View Modern & ContemporaryModern Prophets Laying the Ghost
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Modern & Contemporary

Prophets and ghosts appear during times of great change. Beginning in the late 19th century, a rapidly modernizing United States prompted artists to visualize and even embody these figures. This imagery came with the growt...

View Cosmic Rhythm VibrationsSanford Biggers, Quilt #15, Harmonics 2 (detail), 2012. Fabric-treated acrylic, spray paint, and cotton on repurposed quilt; 79 1/2 x 80 3/4 inches (201.9 x 205.1 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Gift of Paula Cooper in honor of Patsy and Raymond Nasher, 2015.1.1. © Sanford Biggers. Courtesy of the artist and David Castillo Gallery, Miami. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
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Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations

September 28, 2019 – March 01, 2020

This exhibition highlights works from the Nasher Museum collection that engage visual and musical rhythm. Rhythm may be expressed through repeated patterns of color, form or movement, or, in other cases, implied sound and ...

Event Details

Date
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Time
12–4 PM
Categories
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Tags
Cardboard city, Family Day, For Families, Free Family Day, Performance
Venue
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27705 United States
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