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Art Face-Off:
Battle of the Wards
Central Ward
Week of March 8
Art
Face-Off is an audience-juried art competition between five artists,
each representing a Newark ward, who will compete in a final round on
April 22 at 7pm.
During
the next five weeks, we invite participants from each ward to compete
on Instagram or Facebook for a spot in the final
round. This week is the
Central Ward!
The winners from each ward will also be featured on the Museum’s social
media channels and receive an honorarium of $300.
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Video Drop:
Reading Club - Art Curious with Jennifer
Dasal
Wednesday, March 10, Noon
Hear Jennifer Dasal — author, podcast host, and Curator of Modern and
Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art — talk about her
award-winning podcast, ArtCurious,
and about her new book, ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly
Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History. (This is a pre-recorded
event, previously shared with Members.)
Video drops are
available on the following channels at the specified date and time:
   
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Member
Experiences: Murder Mystery—Who Killed Cynthia Conner?
Thursday, March 11, 7pm
Can you solve this cold case mystery?
The morning after her big art exhibition opening, Cynthia Conner is
found dead. Search the museum, interview suspects, and use forensic
science to determine whether her death was an accident or something
more.
This is a preview
of the game. We hope to hear your feedback immediately following game
play.
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Virtual
Homeschool: Colonial America
Wednesday, March 17, 10am
$10 per
student
Learn how art and artifacts tell us stories from our past.
Homeschoolers will learn how to study a painting and uncover the story
of Early America. They will visit The Newark Museum of Art’s authentic
schoolhouse and discuss how children lived and learned in the 18th and
19th centuries.
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Women, Power
& Promise: A Convening
Thursday, March 25, 3pm
$25 - Students
$40 - Members
$50 -
Non-Members
Join us virtually to hear from fearless thought leaders about the
continuing battle for true equality for all women. We expect lively
conversations around what's next in this new climate.
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Virtual
Workshop: Fun with Polymer Clay
Thursday, April 8, 7pm
$54 - Members,
Students, Seniors
$60 -
Non-Members
Learn a skill that can lead to hours of artistic exploration with basic
materials. Instructor Bonnie Bishoff will demonstrate how to create
simple, but complex-looking, bead designs out of polymer clay. Get a
feel for this medium and replicate glassmaking techniques to create a
variety of colorful, patterned designs with great possibilities for
creative variation.
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Member
Experiences: Reading Club with Martha S. Jones
Tuesday, March 16, 11am
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Member
Experiences: Virtual Tour—Tibetan Buddhist Altar
Saturday, March 20, 10am
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Virtual Family
Drop-In: Bubble, Fizz, Kaboom
Sunday, March 21, 2pm
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Linda to
Participate in Panel at Deaccesssioning After 2020 Hosted by
Syracuse University
Taking place
March 17-19, this virtual event will comprehensively address
collections and deaccessioning in the context of the economic fallout
of the pandemic and the national call to rethink the role and
responsibilities of museums and their collections in an increasingly
diverse and complex world.
Linda's panel,
Making the Case for Change—or Not, will take place on Friday, March
19, at 3:45 pm.
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Linda's
Appearance in the HBO documentary Black Art: In
the Absence of Light
Inspired by the late David Driskell’s landmark 1976 exhibition, “Two
Centuries of Black American Art,” the documentary Black Art: In the Absence of
Light offers an illuminating introduction to the work of
some of the foremost Black visual artists working today.
Catch Linda at the 45-min mark!
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