Enjoy the Museum After Hours!
ReynoldaThursdays: American Moderns
Thursday, March 6, 4:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
$5; Members/students/WFU and WFBMC faculty and staff free
Hang out after hours at the Museum for music, refreshments, talks, and admission to American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell. At 6 p.m. Reynolda House presents Nature Essentialized: Art, Pottery, and Music with composer Kenneth Frazelle and potter Mark Hewitt, a conversation about abstraction, chance operations, and control in their respective art forms. Frazelle is a North Carolina native whose work has been performed by leading orchestras and renowned performers including Yo-Yo Ma and Odetta. Hewitt, ranked among the most highly acclaimed living potters, creates distinctive functional pots blending a variety of North Carolinian traditions.
This Thursday is Member-Guest night! Museum members can bring a friend for free. Join today and receive a Norman Rockwell gift with your membership!
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Learn more in a Modern Minute!
When viewing Reynolda Moderns, visitors can use their smartphone to scan QR codes that link to brief videos sharing additional insights from Museum experts. From Reynolda House Executive Director Allison Perkins to Wake Forest University Art Historian David Lubin, the Modern Minute video series features experts applying unique lenses to each work of art.
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Museum Hack "Hacks" the Digital Wing
With a taste for the weird, the scandalous, and the unexpected backstory,
Museum Hack, a New-York-based business known for hosting museum experiences "for people who don't like museums," presents their favorite pieces of Reynolda's collection in this online gallery. Learn more about their choices in their own words on the Curate Reynolda Blog.
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About the Exhibition
American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell has been organized by the Brooklyn Museum. Reynolda House is grateful for the generous support of major sponsors First Tennessee Bank, Wake Forest University, and the Charles H. Babcock, Jr. Arts and Community Initiative Endowment; contributing sponsors Mia Celano & Skip Dunn, Keith & Ruth Kooken, and an Anonymous Donor; and exhibition partners Claire & Hudnall Christopher, Linda & Ed Kelly, Macy's, and Judy & Bill Watson.
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