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eNewsletter August 30, 2023   Save the Date Nassau Street Sampler Thursday, September 7, 5–8 p.m. Dillon Gym Celebrate the beginning of the fall semester with the Museum at the fifteenth annual Nassau Street Sampler. Join us at Dillon Gym for food and drink, art making, raffles, and musical performances. Be sure to stop by our two downtown galleries, Art on Hulfish and Art@Bainbridge, for more great art and activities.      Open House Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings Saturday, September 9, 1–4 p.m. Art on Hulfish Art about Art features contemporary artists who use photography and video to reimagine portraits and still lifes by early modern European artists. Learn more about the art at this open house with the exhibition curators, Ronni Baer, Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, and Peter Fox, curatorial associate.        Closing soon at the Florence Griswol Last Chance Object Lessons in American Art Through September 10, 2023 d Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, the traveling exhibition, Object Lessons in American Art, features four centuries of works from the Princeton University Art Museum that explore American history, culture, and society. With a focus on race, gender, and the environment, Object Lessons illustrates how fresh investigations can afford new insights into the American past and present. The catalogue is now available for purchase through the Museum Store.      Film Screening Make Me Famous Saturday, September 9, 5–7 p.m.  Acme Screening Room The 2021 documentary Make Me Famous is a “madcamp romp through the 1980s NYC art scene” told through the colorful career of the painter Edward Brezinski. Stick around after this screening for a Q&A with filmmaker Brian Vincent, producer Heather Spore, and cinematographer John Sawyer. Visit Acme Screening Room’s website for tickets and more information.      Museum Store Can a backpack be a style statement? If it’s the Freya by Soruka, yes! This bag has two interior pockets, two exterior pockets, and adjustable straps, so you’ll have the essentials close by for any adventure. 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 Jeanette May, Dot Matrix, from the series Tech Vanitas, 2018. Collection of the artist. © Jeanette May LEFT: Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Large Red Hat. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund | RIGHT: Rande Cook, Our Home. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund. © Rande Cook 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; Annie Robinson Woods, Class of 1988; 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.  Lead funding for Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings is provided by the Len & Laura Berlik Foundation. 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 Copyright © 2023 Trustees of Princeton University All rights reserved.