“Girl with a Pearl Earring” Opening Day Festival | de Young

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join the free opening day festivities for de Young’s newest exhibition, “Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis” and “Rembrandt’s Century” on January 26, 2013.

Public programs are free and open to the public.

The entertainment  lectures and music are completely free (they take place in the public areas of the de Young – but please note that the museum galleries and exhibits are not free and require regular admission.

Wilsey Court

• Noon–3 pm: Possibly Portraits? Doing and Viewing Art for Children & Families
  Is Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring a portrait or tronie? Come learn what tronie means and explore characters of the Dutch Golden Age. Build your own work of art through drawing, collage, and embellishing with trims, lace, and jewels.
• 3–5 pm: Live classical music performed by Revolution Quartet featuring L.L. Aspect (Slump Co./Jazz Mafia)
  “Future Classic”
  Jory Fankuchen, Adam Scow, violin
  Charith Premawardhana, viola
  Samsun van Loon, cello
  Music by Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, and classic chamber remixes
• 1:30–5 pm
  Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism enliven the space and delight visitors with artist demonstrations. Rotating demos including spinning, weaving with ankle looms, wire and bead jewelry-making, lacemaking, and more.

Piazzoni Murals Room

• Noon–2 pm & 3–5 pm
  Enter a re-creation of Vermeer’s studio in the Piazzoni Murals Room, organized by Rick Rodrigues, drawing instructor at City College of San Francisco
• Noon–2 pm: Baroque Music by MUSA
  Emily Botel, Natalie Carducci, violin
  Addi Liu, viola
  Gretchen Claassen, cello
  Derek Tam, harpsichord

Koret Auditorium

• 1–4:30 pm: An Afternoon of Lively Talks
• 1 pm: Overview: Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis
  Melissa Buron, Assistant Curator of European Art, FAMSF
• 2:15 pm: Rembrandt’s Art of Darkness
  James A. Ganz, Curator, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, FAMSF
• 3:30 pm: Under the Lens and onto the Page: Animals and Art in the 17th Century
  Colleen Terry, Assistant Curator, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, FAMSF
  Part 1 of Artful Animals is currently on view at the Legion of Honor on view through April 28. Part 2 opens April 30.

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