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eNewsletter July 5, 2023   Final Days to Visit Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers Through July 9 Art@Bainbridge   Closing this weekend, Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers explores themes that resonate in the works of the artist Alison Saar and the novelist Toni Morrison. Saar’s prints, sculptures, and paintings are brought into conversation with selected papers from Morrison’s archive, which resides in the Princeton University Library. Click here to view a 360-degree tour of the exhibition before your visit.        Late Thursdays Outdoor Film Series Thursdays July 13 and August 3 Blaire-Joline Courtyard, Mathey College   This year’s outdoor film series features movies that are notable for their remarkable use of landscapes, inspired by the exhibition Traces on the Landscape, on view at Art on Hulfish through August 6. Arrive by 8 p.m. and bring a blanket or chair—we’ll provide the popcorn! Screenings start at sunset.   July 13: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring  August 3: March of the Penguins        Mark Your Calendars Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage Opens Saturday, July 22 Art@Bainbridge   Victor Ekpuk is renowned for his multimedia artworks inspired by Nsibidi, an ancient system of communication from southern Nigeria and northwest Cameroon that features a rich ideographic script. Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage explores these themes and others that have unfolded in Ekpuk’s work over the last three decades.  Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: Members Preview: Friday, July 21, 6–8 p.m. Meet the artist Victor Ekpuk during a early preview of the exhibition, with snacks and drinks. Registration required.  Open House: Saturday, July 22, 1–4 p.m. Join the artist Ekpuk and the exhibition curator Annabelle Priestley at a celebratory open house.       Save the Date Poetry Reading: Deborah Jack Thursday, July 27, 5:30 p.m. Art on Hulfish or Stream it live   Join Deborah Jack for a hybrid poetry reading and artist talk as she presents selections from her poetry collection skin (2006) and newer writings, placing her written work in context with her visual art on view in Traces on the Landscape. Across Jack’s practice, representations of the sea and landscape of her home island of St. Maarten are keepers of the collective memories of silenced ancestors and witnesses to the cyclical trauma, rebirth, and renewal of the African Diaspora.     Join us in-person at 11 Hulfish Street or register for the livestreamed event here.       Museum Store   Adam Goldberg discovered glassblowing at age fifteen when he took classes at the Toledo Museum of Art—and his interest in the material never ceased. Glass has taken Adam around the world, but he is proud to co-own Gathered Glassblowing Studio in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. Gathered Glassblowing Studio specializes in handmade functional objects for everyday pleasure and custom site-specific glass installations.   Each purchase supports the Museum’s core mission to educate, challenge, and inspire. Shop in person at 56 Nassau Street in downtown Princeton or online at princetonmuseumstore.org. Members receive a discount on every purchase. Join today!      Images Alison Saar, Torch Song, 2019. Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art. © Alison Saar. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA. Photo: Jeffrey Evans  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), movie poster, and March of the Penguins (2005), movie poster Victor Ekpuk, In Deep Water, 2012. Collection of the artist. © Victor Ekpuk  Deborah Jack, courtesy of the artist  Art@Bainbridge is made possible through the generous support of the Virginia and Bagley Wright, Class of 1946, Program Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art; the Kathleen C. Sherrerd Program Fund for American Art; Joshua R. Slocum, Class of 1998, and Sara Slocum; Rachelle Belfer Malkin, Class of 1986, and Anthony E. Malkin; Barbara and Gerald Essig; Gene Locks, Class of 1959, and Sueyun Locks; and Ivy Beth Lewis.  Additional support for Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage is provided by the Africa World Initiative; the Program in African Studies; the Graduate School—Access, Diversity and Inclusion; the Department of African American Studies; the Princeton African Humanities Colloquium; the Department of Music; and the Program in Linguistics.  Art on Hulfish is made possible by the leadership support of Annette Merle-Smith and Princeton University. Generous support is also provided by William S. Fisher, Class of 1979, and Sakurako Fisher; J. Bryan King, Class of 1993; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; John Diekman, Class of 1965, and Susan Diekman; Barbara and Gerald Essig; Rachelle Belfer Malkin, Class of 1986, and Anthony E. Malkin; the Curtis W. McGraw Foundation; Tom Tuttle, Class of 1988, and Mila Tuttle; Nancy A. Nasher, Class of 1976, and David J. Haemisegger, Class of 1976; Gene Locks, Class of 1959, and Sueyun Locks; and Palmer Square Management.   LATE THURSDAYS! Thursday-evening programming is made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970, with additional support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.         Art@Bainbridge 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 Art on Hulfish 11 Hulfish Street, Princeton, NJ 08542