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SparkNight: Women's History Month
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Thursday, March 7 / 4:30 to 8:00 pm
Join us for an evening of creativity, empowerment, and
inspiration, as we showcase the contributions of women artists,
performers, and student and community organizations, as well as
highlight the new exhibitions Michelle V. Agins: Storyteller and The
Body Implied: The Vanishing Figure in Soviet Art.
Rutgers acapella groups Deep Treble and RU Shockwave perform their harmonious
melodies.
Stephanie Dvareckas guides visitors through The
Body Implied, which she curated as Dodge Avenir Fellow.
Plus, the artist Gluklya, whose work with textiles is featured in the
exhibition, leads a hands-on art making workshop.
Meet members from event partner Sisterwork, a group committed
to addressing systemic inequity through intergenerational justice work
in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Free and open to the public. Complimentary light
refreshments. Additional food for purchase.
Find all the details here, along with free parking
information.
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Opening March 6: Women Artists from Around the
Globe
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Modern Art for an Old
Tale: Fuku Akino's Illustrations for "The Dwarf Pine Tree"
This exhibition presents more than 20 illustrations for the 1963 children's book by Fuku Akino,
a Kyoto-based painter and teacher who was one of Japan’s most
prominent woman artists. It is one of several collaborations
between Akino, author Betty Jean Lifton, and editor Jean Karl, who
sought to publish complex and culturally diverse stories for young
American readers.
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Michelle V. Agins:
Storyteller
The first museum exhibition for this Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist features 66 images taken during her 35 years as a staff photographer at The New York Times, Agins’s groundbreaking assignments offer some of the most important documentation of race relations, celebrity culture, sports, spirituality, and economic disparity in America. |
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The Body Implied: The Vanishing Figure in
Soviet Art The exhibition spotlights works of art with
obscured, implied, or hidden figures, created between 1970 and the
present.
Drawn from the museum's Dodge and Gruen Collections,
it features more than 20 artists—including several women—from
Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
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Image Credits (Top to Bottom):
Graphic by Shriya Chunduri
Fuku Akino, The Emperor's men were surprised...,
page 31 from The Dwarf Pine Tree, 1965,
watercolor and pen and ink on paper. Gift of Antheum Publishers. Photo
Peter Jacobs. © SAFA.
Michelle V. Agins, James Baldwin introduces his new book
"Evidence of Things Not Seen" at the home of Lerone
Bennett in Chicago, 1983.
© Michelle V. Agins.
Gluklya, Untitled Antigone and Ismene (Two White
Figures), 2022. Watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the artist
and Galerie Blue Square.
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Generous support was provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
The Zimmerli’s operations, exhibitions and programs are funded in part by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and income from the Avenir Endowment Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Endowment Fund, among others. Additional support comes from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the donors, members, and friends of the museum.
Additional support for Michelle V. Agins: Storyteller provided by Beth Schiffer’s Fine Photographic Arts. The Body Implied also made possible by the leadership support of the Avenir Foundation Endowment Fund, with additional support from the Dodge Charitable Trust–Nancy Ruyle Dodge, Trustee. |
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Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University 71 Hamilton
Street | New Brunswick |
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