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Enjoy Spotlight Tours & Art Activities at the Museum 10 am to 4 pm Visit the Rutgers Day Website for All Programs
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Study All Night for Rutgers
Students
Tuesday, May 2, 10 am to 12 midnight
Study for exams and work
on final projects among works of art in quiet gallery spaces throughout
the spring semester Reading Day. Study break activities include:
- Refuel
with free coffee and snacks.
- Refresh
and get creative with art activities.
- Recharge
with gentle yoga and meditation sessions led by Sarah Yeung from SKY Sound Yoga. (No experience or
equipment required.)
Study All Night is free and open to
Rutgers students only. Current Rutgers ID or CampusPass required. The
museum remains closed to the public on Tuesdays.
Study All Night is
supported by The Yard at College Avenue.
Alexandre-Louis-Marie
Charpentier, Femme lisant (Woman reading),
c. 1896. Color lithograph and embossing on paper. Friends Purchase
Fund.
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SparkNight: ScarletWell
Thursday, May 4 / 4:30 to 8 pm
Guided
Gallery Tours * Art Activities * Music by Ariana Sowa Quartet
Button
Making with Megan Lotts from the Art Library
Chair
Yoga, Meditation, & Sound Bath with SKY Sound Yoga
Free
& open to the public. Complimentary light refreshments. Flirty Desserts food truck.
Visit
the event page for
updates and parking information.
Sarah Yeung from SKY
Sound Yoga
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Federation of Art Song:
Fellowship Award Winners
Sunday, May 7 / 2 to 5 pm
Enjoy performances by
participants in the Federation of the Art Song (FAS) Fellowship Award,
an international competition, which supports the careers of exceptional
singers and collaborative pianists who share a passion for art song
performance by providing opportunities, mentorship, and financial
support.
Baritone Jared Michaud
and pianist Christina Koti, who were awarded the 2022-2023 FAS
Fellowship, perform an innovative expression of the Art Song. The
performance begins at 2 pm, followed by a reception at 4 pm.
The concert is free and
open to the public, but seating is limited. Please RVSP on Eventbrite: go.rutgers.edu/fasrsvp0507
For complete details
about FAS, biographies of the winners, and parking information, please
visit the museum's event page.
Jared Michaud and
Christina Koti. Courtesy of FAS.
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Behind the Scenes of
"You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"
A Conversation with
Jennifer Mack-Watkins & Jeffrey Wolf
Thursday, May 11 / 5 to 7
pm
In conjunction with the
exhibition You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!, artist
Jennifer Mack-Watkins is joined by film editor Jeffrey Wolf to explore
the life and legacy of Elijah Pierce. They discuss how they met, the
artistic process behind the illustrations, Wolf’s archive and
collection of works by Pierce, and how both are introducing Pierce’s
art to future generations.
The exhibition celebrates
the new children's book You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce! The Storied Life of Folk
Artist Elijah Pierce (Kokila, 2023; ages 4-8), written
by Chiquita Mullins Lee and Carmella Van Vleet and illustrated by Jennifer Mack-Watkins.
Free and open to the
public. Please visit the event page for all details, including
parking information.
This free program is
funded by the PNC Grow Up Great Foundation.
Jennifer Mack-Watkins.
Photo Elizabeth Brooks.
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Virtual Artist Talk: Renée
Stout
Wednesday, May 17 / 7 to 8 pm
Join us for a unique
opportunity to hear from Renée Stout, whose prints, drawings,
photographs, and mixed media installations are inspired by the African
Diaspora, as well as her daily life and current events. Her mixed media
work The Black Wall (2008) is on view in the Zimmerli's
Art of the Americas galleries.
Talk is followed by a
Q&A.
Registration is required:
go.rutgers.edu/zamzoom0517 The talk
will be recorded an posted to the museum's YouTube channel.
For more information
about Renée Stout, visit the event page.
Generous support for this
project provided by Art Bridges.
Renée Stout. Photo Grace
Roselli.
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Save the Date
Sunday, May 21
Inspired by
Komar & Melamid
Visit Our Event Calendar
for More Info!
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1 to 3 pm Art Together 2 to 5 pm Puppet Drama & Séance Alex Melamid and the Incoherents Installation
Photo McKay Imaging Photography
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Plan Your Visit
Please
review the most current visitor information,
including
alternate access to the museum during renovations.
Free Admission
Wednesday & Friday 11AM–6PM
Thursday
11AM–8PM
Saturday & Sunday Noon–5PM
Galleries are closed Monday & Tuesday, but the lobby
is open.
Learn
more about all the current exhibitions.
Spaces
throughout the museum are wheelchair accessible.
Effective October 1, 2022
Face
coverings are optional.
Event
attendees are no longer required to show proof of vaccination or a
negative COVID-19 test.
For
the most current updates, please visit Universitywide Protocols.
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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.
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Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University 71 Hamilton
Street | New Brun, NJ 08901 US
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