Last Chance! Zimmerli Exhibitions Close July 31

 

 

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR   Don't miss our current exhibitions before they close on July 31! Then, the Zimmerli is closed to the public during the month of August, while staff work behind the scenes, installing new exhibitions and finalizing programs for the fall. In the meantime, you can continue to reach staff by email.   Viktor Pivovarov, Red Nose, 2000. Oil on canvas. Photo Peter Jacobs. On view in the exhibition The Claude and Nina Gruen Collection of Contemporary Russian Art: New Arrivals.

 

HEART Festival Saturday, August 13 / 3 to 6 pm Downtown New Brunswick   On August 12 and 13, the New Brunswick HEART Festival returns! This year’s festival is full of fun activities, performances, and vendors in front of the theaters at Monument Square (2 Livingston Avenue), as well as several parties hosted at local venues throughout New Brunswick! On Saturday, stop by the Zimmerli table where museum staff guide visitors in creating Pipe Cleaner Architecture! The project is inspired by the exhibition Meet Me at the Fair: Universal Expositions in Paris. Did you know that the Eiffel Tower was unveiled during the 1889 World’s Fair? Today it remains an important architectural landmark and is recognized by people around the world. Try your hand at architectural design by using pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks to create your own structure worthy of a world’s fair. All supplies are provided. Free and open to the public. Please visit the HEART Festival website for all details!

 

INTRODUCING THE JERSEY CITY MUSEUM COLLECTION    This fall, the Zimmerli debuts a major addition to its permanent collection that offers a variety of perspectives on American art and life through a regional lens. American Stories: Selections from the Jersey City Museum Collection opens on September 1, featuring nearly 100 paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures. In 2018, the Zimmerli expanded the scope of its Art of the Americas holdings by accepting the collection from the Jersey City Museum, which had closed in 2012. This exhibition is an introduction to some 80 artists from that collection, including Emma Amos, Chakaia Booker, Mel Edwards, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Juan Sánchez, and David Wojnarowicz. Luis Cruz Azaceta, Lotto: The American Dream, 1992. 9-color serigraph. Jersey City Museum Collection, gift of Jersey City Museum, museum purchase. Photo Peter Jacobs.

 

 

The Zimmerli's operations, exhibitions, and programs are funded in part by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and income from the Avenir Foundation Endowment, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment Fund, and the Voorhees Family Endowment, among others. Additional support comes from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the donors, members, and friends of the Zimmerli Art Museum.