A two part series where artists Cara Levine and Carissa Potter invite you to interact with the museum’s exhibitions from a state of re-centered mind-body aptitude and oneness.
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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.
Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden6:30 pmWilsey Court6:30 pmA local trio presents a powerful new sound, effortlessly blending experimental melodic pop songs with punchy up-tempo beats: futurism, with a past. Featuring Jon Bernson (former de Young artist-in-residence), Michael Falsetto-Mapp, and Jason Kick.
Piazzoni Murals Room6:30 pmStill Life Dances is a movement project created by choreographers Lauren Simpson and Jenny Stulberg. Taking inspiration and compositional direction from still life paintings in the deYoung’s collection, the choreographers create a series of dances based on the following famous works. The dance Still Life No. 1 is based on Raphaelle Peale’s Blackberries, Still Life No. 2 is based on William Harnett’s After the Hunt, and Still Life No. 3 is based on David Ligare’s Still Life with Grape Juice and Sandwiches.
Koret Auditorium7:15 pmMelissa Buron is associate curator of European art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University (2005) where she earned a BA with Honors in art history. She also holds an MA with Distinction in art history from the University of London, Birkbeck College (2007), where she is currently a PhD candidate.
Kimball Education Gallery1:00 pmNovember 4–29, 2015
Wednesdays–Sundays, 1–5 pm plus Friday Nights until 8:30 pm
de Young | Kimball Education Gallery/Artist Studio
Artist Reception Friday Night, November 27, 6–8:30 pm: Join us in celebrating the artist’s residency with light refreshmentsBuchanan Court5:00 pmEvery week, Friday Nights at the de Young offers art-making activities to encourage everyone of all ages to tap into their creativity.
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Cost: FREE*