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Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now
August 29, 2019 – January 12, 2020
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Duke students Darien Herndon and Shaun Taraporewalla attend the opening party for Art for a New Understanding.
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Danny Bell and Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, colleagues from UNC-Chapel Hill, visit the galleries within Art for a New Understanding.
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Visitors crowd the Sculpture Garden to experience Composition 21 by Naama Tsabar by Brooklyn-based, Israeli-born artist Naama Tsabar. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Artist Naama Tsabar strikes a pose.
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Performers in Composition 21 by Naama Tsabar included Maria Albani, shirlette ammons, Blair Coppage,Haylie Fehl, L.A. Fey, Leo Fitzpatrick, Jen Fuh,Elizabeth Hammond, Laura King, Sus Long, Alison Martlew, H.C. McEntire, Reese McHenry, Sinclair Palmer, Kym Register, Nora Rogers, Sarah Strauss,Kamara Thomas, Mara Thomas, Sarah Ward and Jenny Waters.
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At the opening party for Art for a New Understanding, curator Marshall Price, artist Stephen Hayes, gallery guide Kate Newman,Hillary Hood and Mike Williams enjoy a moment
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First-year students enjoy their first visit to the Nasher Museum during the First Art Night Party, an orientation week tradition.
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Lakota hip-hop artist Frank Waln and the Sampson Brothers (Seneca and Muscogee Creek) activate the Sculpture Garden with an exhilarating performance of spoken word, music and hoop dancing.
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Lakota hip-hop artist Frank Waln and the Sampson Brothers (Seneca and Muscogee Creek) activate the Sculpture Garden with an exhilarating performance of spoken word, music and hoop dancing.
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Nasher Friends Board members Lori Arthur Stroud (A.B.’79) and Duke Professor Deborah DeMott strike a pose with Nasher Museum Director Sarah Schroth and longtime museum supporter Jonathan Prinz at the opening event for Art for a New Understanding. Photo by J Caldwell
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A young visitor checks out Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations,featuring Cats and Dogs by Dave Muller.
An exciting fall 2019 semester opened with the party to celebrate Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now, the first major survey of contemporary Indigenous art. More than 1,200 people thronged the new Sculpture Garden for the opening event.
Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations featured major new acquisitions. Visitors danced in the Sculpture Garden along with Lakota hip-hop artist Frank Waln and the Sampson Brothers. Students filled the galleries, Duke alumni visited—and much more! Photos by J Caldwell.
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