Art After Hours: First Tuesdays

July 10 / 5-9pm

Art After Hours concludes the season on a special night, with live music by the Eric Mintel Quartet, Gallery Tours, a Talk by artist and educator Wes Sherman, refreshments, and more!

Schedule

Throughout the evening: Enjoy performances by the Eric Mintel Quartet. Pianist and composer Eric Mintel has brought his own lyrical and energetic style of jazz to audiences of all ages for more than twenty years.

6pm / Gallery Tour: The Good Life
Join Amanda Potter, Curator of Education and Interpretation, for a museum tour that celebrates some of life’s many pleasures, with a focus on art from nineteenth-century Paris.

7pm / Talk: Re-Present: Artists, Art, and Culture
New Jersey-based artist and educator Wes Sherman offers an engaging talk on making and appreciating art, and their role in a richly lived life. Sherman received his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2003, has been featured in over 30 solo exhibitions, and has been a visiting artist at many universities. In 2011, he received a painting fellowship from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts. He is currently the chair of exhibitions at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, New Jersey.

8pm / Gallery Tour: Highlights
Join Amanda Potter, Curator of Education and Interpretation, for a tour highlighting some of the Zimmerli’s most important and best-loved works of art.

Please note: This is the final Art Art Hours of the season. There will be NO Art After Hours in August, as the Zimmerli is closed to get ready for the new season!

Admission, activities, and refreshments are FREE TO ALL.

Program dates for the 2017-18 season: September 5, October 3, November 7, December 5, January 2, February 6, March 6, April 3, and June 5, July 10. Art After Hours does not take place in May, or August. 

Art After Hours offers a variety of activities that enhance the museum experience, including:

• Guided Tours: Curators provide insight on current exhibitions
• Current exhibitions: Set in Stone: Lithography in Paris, 1815-1900; Impressions: Prints of Mexico, 1930s-40s / Impresiones: Estampas de México, 1930s-40s; It's Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America; Stanley Twardowicz: Color Field Paintings, 1962-1990; Place on Stone: Nineteenth Century Landscape Lithographs; Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children's Literature; Three American Painters: David Diao, Sam Gilliam, Sal Sirugo; and Nevermore: Leonid Lamm, Selected Works. 
• Live Music: Musicians from Mason Gross School of the Arts and New Brunswick Jazz Project, as well as a variety of student bands, perform throughout the museum. (October through June)

In addition, special guests and events enliven these evenings with unique and engaging presentations.