Friday Nights at the de Young: Live Caribbean Jazz Concert & Fashion Lecture | SF

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Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

One of San Francisco’s most celebrated after-hours museum events returns for a fall season of 2018.

These nine Friday Nights feature free admission to the main-level galleries highlighted by a reinterpretation of contemporary art in their permanent collection and new acquisitions called Specters of Disruption. In addition, Friday Nights will offer reduced-price tickets of $14 to the exhibition Contemporary Muslim Fashions from 6–8:30 pm.

Through social-media moments and in-person dialogue, visitors can engage and commune with the art and with one another in a warm and welcoming setting. Enjoy specialty drinks and mocktails, coffees, teas, and snacks. Bring your friends. Strike a pose at the selfie wall. Listen to music. Make art. Activities take place from 6–8:30 pm.

Friday, April 29, 2016
Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

Mixed-Media Art-Making Station

Buchanan Court

6:00 pm

Every week, Friday Nights at the de Young offers art-making activities to encourage everyone of all ages to tap into their creativity.

Live Music by the John Santos Sextet and Special Guests

Wilsey Court

6:30 pm

Universal Elegance–Caribbean Roots: A Musical Homage to the Genius of Oscar de la Renta

Guest Lecture: “Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the American Woman” by Brad Rosenstein

Koret Auditorium

7:15 pm

For decades, Oscar de la Renta was the quintessential American designer, creating everything from stylish ready-to-wear daywear to the most opulent evening couture. Dressing everyone from debutantes and First Ladies to executives and rock stars, de la Renta kept pace with women’s’ ever-evolving roles. Brad Rosenstein, program producer for the Presidio Trust, independent scholar, and curator takes you on a dazzling visual journey through de la Renta’s unique blend of contemporary fashion with a timeless, ecstatic sense of beauty.

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