nj arts maven: Brighten Up the Shortest Days of the Year with Art, Concerts, and STEAM Learning @ The Morris Museum

Welcoming Andrew Sandall

Morris Museum President & CEO

After great success in growing the financial resources and audience base in Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida, Andrew Sandall, will take leadership of the Morris Museum this January.

We wish him a warm welcome! Read a recent Q&A from Antiques and the Arts Weekly to learn more about him and his achievements.

Member First Tuesday

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

On the first Tuesday of each month, the Museum is open just for Members between 11am-2pm.

We invite you to take a look at several of our recently opened exhibitions Stowed Away: A Traveling Philographist and His Arctic Uke and Off the Streets: Urban Art New Jersey. Or check out the newly on view installation, The Worlds of Walter Rossi, where the artist integrates movement into his sculpture creating theatrical presentations that evoke humor while engaging viewers in profound and often unexpected ways.

Erik Bergrin:The 8 Dissolutions

New Exhibition on view Friday, January 28

Erik Bergrin: The 8 Dissolutions is a fiber-sculpture installation by New York City-based artist and costume maker Erik Bergrin. A student of Buddhist philosophy, Bergrin explores the transience of the human body and the eternity of the soul in this new collection of work. The exhibition takes its name from the eight dissolutions, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice that visualizes one’s mortality in the recurring cycle of death and rebirth on the path to enlightenment.

Film Screenings in the Bickford Theatre

Join us for two captivating films this January in the Bickford Theatre. Presenting Secret Impressionists on January 12 and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on January 30.

Secret Impressionists reveals the story of the art revolution sparked by the Impressionist movement, along with an unveiling of 50 previously unseen works by Impressionist masters Manet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Signac, Sisley and Morisot.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a critically acclaimed play that took the theatre and screen by storm. It is based on the novel by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens.

Film Schedule

Last Call for Winter Studio Art Classes

Pastels, Acrylics and Drawing. Classes start January 5, 10 and 11

Start 2022 creatively with Studio Art Classes at the Morris Museum! Whether you want to learn new techniques or freshen up your skills, these classes are perfect for every level. As always, Members get discounted enrollment prices!

To learn more or save your spot, please contact studioart@morrismuseum.org or 973.971.3710.

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Image credits (from top to bottom): Photo of Andrew Sandall; Walter Rossi (American; b. 1951, Italy). New York Skyline, 2000. Metal, plastic, paper, motor with dimmer. On loan courtesy of the artist.; Photos by artist Eric Bergrin; Photo courtesy Art on Screen; Perspective on Head, charcoal, Laurie Harden.