EVENTS

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More than ever, ideas cross geographic, generational and ethnic boundaries, even at a time when national borders are becoming increasingly impenetrable. Beyond Borders: Global Africa reflects on this moment by considering the arts of Africa and how they have been shaped by, and have contributed to, conversations taking place across the world. Join exhibition curator Laura De Becker for this first look at the dynamic and influential qualities of contemporary African art and discuss works by leading artists such as Kudzanai Chiurai, Yinka Shonibare and Serge Alain Nitegeka, among others.

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited: click here to register. A. Alfred Taubman Gallery

The University of Michigan Museum of Art

Join us in celebrating the wiles of a summer evening escapade! View ancient craft with today’s glass art in the remarkable WAM-organized exhibition Cameo Glass in Context: Charlotte Potter and April Surgent.

The night boasts live music by Wichita band MariaElena. Reaching back to Americana roots, MariaElena incorporates traditional folk, country western, and bluegrass with dark, dissonant sounds reminiscent of earthy lullabies.

7 pm doors open + cash bar
Dr. S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall - 2nd Floor. Free to WAM members; $10 public

Wichita Art Museum

Join PLAY & REWIND curator for an all-day outing of exhibitions centered around the moving-image. Tour The New Genres: Video in the Internet Age at the Museum of the Moving Image—an exhibition which explores how the internet has changed the way we encounter, create, and share the moving image today—and other venues. Admission to venues and lunch at the Arepas Café in Astoria included. Meet at the Museum of the Moving Image. Please check the Museum website for further details and booking.

$50 members, $60 non-members.

The Katonah Museum of Art

Martinis and Music

Martinis and Music Four times a year, people gather at Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art for live music, light refreshments, great art, a cash bar, and a lot of fun. Our Martinis & Music nights are some of our most popular events at the museum. This event is open to the public at $10 per person and is free for museum members. Regular museum admission rates do not apply for this event.

Marietta Cobb Museum of Art

Symposium: CHAOS AND AWE: PAINTING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

The Frist Art Museum will hold a symposium to coincide with the major exhibition Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century. During this all-day event, artists Ghada Amer, Ali Banisadr, and Matthew Ritchie (an essayist for the catalogue as well as a participating artist) will discuss their work and the larger themes of the exhibition. Catalogue contributor Media Farzin, an instructor at the Museum of Modern Art and at Sotheby’s, will add her thoughts on contemporary history paintings on view in the exhibition.

Auditorium: $30 members; $40 not-yet-members; $20 students and university faculty. Registration includes admission to the galleries and a box lunch.

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

About the Speaker
Author, biographer, and former museum director Richard Ormond is the author of the John Singer Sargent catalogue raisonné. He has written several books on the paintings of Sargent and other famous artists, and he is the grandson of Violet Sargent Ormond, sister of John Singer Sargent and the subject of many of Sargent's iconic paintings.

Art Institute of Chicago

On the occasion of PLAY & REWIND, curator Olga Dekalo speaks with several of the artists in the exhibition via video chat. The informal format of this artist talk invites the audience into the conversation and facilitates a one-of-a-kind interaction with artists using the very medium in which they work. Wine reception to follow. $10, members free.

The Katonah Museum of Art