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FIRST THURSDAY LIVE!
Altarpiece Conservation, The Oscars
and Jazz!
Thursday, March 7
from 5:30-7:30 pm
World-class art conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers, will be working on conserving this altarpiece in the European Gallery all week (you can talk to them every day at 2 pm if you have questions.) Join them, as well as curator Kurt Sundstrom on Thursday for a discussion about the conservation treatment process.
 After the talk, stay to see some Oscar winning film shorts offered by Red River Theatres followed by music by Alli Beaudry.
Also, you can enjoy a special "First Thursday Night Bites" menu in our Cafe! Beer and wine available for purchase.
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SAMURAI FUN!
Saturday, March 9 starting at 10 am
First, join us for a special Family Saturday from
10 am-1 pm, featuring art making and a family tour of Lethal Beauty! Then stick around for a Samurai in Action demonstration at 2 pm. Gordon Fisher Sensei, senior instructor of laido at Doshi Kai dojo in Acton, MA with over 40 years of experience in martial arts, will demonstrate a selection of Samurai weapon exercises and wear armor after the early Samurai.
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ART CENTER MARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Sign up for a Class or Workshop!
The Winter Term is halfway over but there's still time to sign up for a class or workshop!
 CLASSES: Saturday, March 9 and March 16
Sculpture for Absolute Beginners
Saturday, March 9 - April 6
Serigraphy - Screen Printed Mono prints & Relief Prints
Wednesday, March 6 - April 3
Jewelry Making: Casting Techniques
WORKSHOPS: Saturday, March 9
Get Hooked! Learn to Crochet
Perforated Plates
Sunday, March 10
Vessels for Ikebana
Saturday, March 16
Earrings in a Day!
Saturday, March 23
Figure Drawing Boot Camp
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JAZZ BRUNCH
Live Music and the Best Brunch in Town
Sunday, March 10
11 am-2 pm
Join us in our beautiful Winter Garden Cafe for Sunday Brunch! Enjoy some art, live music by Off the Cuff and
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TAKE A TOUR 
Public Tours
Daily at 1 pm
Exploring Highlights of the Collection.
Private Group Tours
For adult groups such as senior centers, social groups and community organizations.
School Tours
Choose from a variety of themed tour options to suit your teaching goals or group's interests!
Focus Tours
Saturday, March 2 at 11:30 am
The Female Form in Sculpture >>
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HOURS
Mon, Wed, Thurs*, Fri, and Sun 11 am-5 pm
Sat** 10 am-5 pm
CLOSED Tuesdays
*First Thursday of each month open 11 am-8 pm
**Free admission hours for all on Saturdays
from 10 am-noon
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ZIMMERMAN HOUSE OPENING SOON
Tickets on sale now!
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Zimmerman House is reopening for the season on April 11, but tickets are on sale now!
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COMING SOON
Abigail Anne Newbold: Crafting Settlement
Opening March 30
Beginning Monday, March 20, Abigail Newbold will be in the museum installing her customized homestead, complete with timber-frame dwelling structures and a covered wagon pulled by a bicycle. Newbold will use traditional woodworking and textile techniques and modify cast-off objects she finds at flea markets to create her most elaborate installation to date.
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INSPIRED WORDS
Write a Haiku or Two
 Look at art and think. Inspired, write a haiku. Better than this, please.
Sunday, April 14 at 2 pm
Use the museum collection or the special exhibition Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor as inspiration to write a poem or two in the style of Japanese haiku.
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ART CENTER MASTER CLASSES
Pine, Rocks, Mist and Mountains: Asian Landscapes with Bruce Iverson
Saturday, March 16
from 10 am-5pm
Discover Asian calligraphy, sumi-e and color techniques for painting the pine tree, rocks, and mountains using ink washes, crinkle paper and gold leaf.
 Free Weaving the Saori Way with Mihoko WakabayashiSaturday, March 23 from 1-4 pm
Discover how the Japanese art of Saori Weaving can release freedom of expression and well-being in this unique workshop with master weaver Mihoko Wakabayashi.
Never taken a class with us? Watch this video to get a glimpse of what we're all about!
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FAMILY FUN
 Family Saturday
Sat. March 9
from 10 am-1 pm
Storytime in the Gallery
Monday, March 25 at 11:30 am Listen to Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg, look at Cous-cous by Joan Mitchell and create a work of art of your own. Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome.
Kids 17+ under
always get in FREE >>
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MUSEUM SHOP
We have beautiful and durable large fine art Tote Bags along with umbrellas and cosmetic bags to match!
March Member's Special: 25% discount on all umbrellas.
Members also receive a discount in the Museum Shop every day!
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ARTS IN HARMONY
Student Honors Recital and Exhibition
Saturday, March 30
at 11:30 am
The Manchester Community Music School will present an Honors Student Recital at the Currier Museum of Art at 11:30 am. Enjoy our Saturday morning free and open hours from 10 am-noon. After the recital, follow us over to the Currier Art Center's Student Exhibition at 180 Pearl Street, located one block from the Museum.
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ART CENTER APRIL VACATION CAMPS & INTENSIVES
 April 22-26
VACATION ART CAMP
FOR KIDS
Forts, Teepees and Settlements
In conjunction with the Abigail Anne Newbold: Crafting Settlement exhibition, students will be making art, crafts and live-in dwellings inspired by the idea of self-sufficient living and New England craft traditions.
April 22-26
ART INTENSIVES
FOR TEENS
Acrylic Painting for Teens
Students will explore still-life and photograph-based imagery using the versatile medium of acrylic paint.
Wheel Throwing Intensive
Students will focus on the art of vessel making. Some of the forms we will make include cups, bowls, plates and lidded containers.
Never taken a class with us? Watch this video to get a glimpse of what we're all about!
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BIG APPLE EXPRESS
Take a Trip to NYC with Us!
Saturday, April 27
from 6:30 am-11:30 pm
Take a luxury coach to NYC and spend the day visiting museums, shopping or just site seeing!
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IMAGES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM:
Tsunahiro, Mounted short sword, late 1500s, red lacquer, metal, copper-silver alloy, and silk. Courtesy of Richard and Adoree Suran.
Detail of Nanbando armor of gusoku type with sashimono, c. 1750, russet iron, gold/silver inlay, lacquered wood,
and cord. Courtesy of Private Collection.
The Echizen Kinai School, Round sword guard with pierced dragon, late 1600s, iron. Courtesy of Richard and Adoree Suran.
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, Virgin and Child with a Donor, Saints James and John the Baptist and Saints Nicholas and Anthony Abbott, 1395, tempera on panel, 70 in. x 75 in. Currier Museum of Art. Abigail Anne Newbold in her Somerville, MA studio with her dog Lie.
Pear shaped gunpowder case, 1700s, wood, hawk eggshell and lacquer, ivory stopper with silver cap, and metal trim. Courtesy of David Frank and Kazukuni Sugiyama.
Morning Mist, ink on paper, Bruce Iverson.
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