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Orange Nights at the de Young: Dutch Queen’s Night | Golden Gate Park

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Friday, April 26, 2013 - 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries

de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA

Event Details

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 26, 2013
Orange Nights: Queen's Night | Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

Come dressed in your best orange attire and celebrate Queen’s Day, a Dutch national holiday in honor of the Queen’s birthday, the night before San Francisco’s own outdoor celebration near the Murphy Windmill in Golden Gate Park.

The evening includes a Dutch DJ dance party and a lecture on the Dutch royal family by the chair of UC Berkeley’s Dutch Studies program.

April 26, 2013 Schedule

Art Making for All
6-8:30pm | Museum Lobby
Hands-on art making in celebration of their current Dutch-related exhibitions. These projects help visitors of all ages get up close and personal with the artistic process. Join their museum teaching artists to create an artwork of your own to take home.

DJ Workshop with Amsterdance DJs
6-8:30pm | Piazzoni Murals Room
Meet the DJs and learn about the art of DJ-ing with a spinning demonstration.

Amsterdance DJs and Special Welcome
Wilsey Court

  • DJs Jesse Voorn and Sam O’Neall of Amsterdance
    6-8:30pm
    Amsterdance is an international club and festival touring concept supported by the international Amsterdance Radio show, featuring some of the best and most promising Dutch DJs and providing the true sound and feeling of Amsterdam, Dutch House, and EDM.
  • 6:45pm – Welcome remarks by Consul General Bart van Bolhuis
  • 7:15pm – Children’s prince and princess parade

“Holland House” with DJ Marc van Brabant
6-8:30pm | de Young Cafe
DJ Marc van Brabant, a Dutch DJ based in San Francisco

April Artist-in-Residence: Susan Tonkin Riegel
6-8:45pm | Kimball Education Gallery
Personal Letters: Expressing Ourselves through a Mixed-Media Dialogue
de Young Artist-in-Residence Susan Tonkin Riegel is a mixed-media artist who loves the language of symbols and archetypes. Her spontaneous and intuitive process records glimpses of her personal life and dreams.

Special Lecture | “The Dutch Royal Family: A Historical Introduction”
7pm | Koret Auditorium
Jeroen Dewulf, Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Why is orange the color of the Dutch monarchy, and how do we explain the remarkable attachment of the Dutch people to this color? Why did the Dutch Republic become a constitutional monarchy in 1815? How did this monarchy relate to William of Orange, the founding father of the Dutch nation? And who will succeed Queen Beatrix as the new monarch of the Netherlands on April 30, 2013? These and other questions on the history and importance of the Dutch royal family will be answered in a one-hour presentation.

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Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Lectures & Workshops, Live Music, Movies, San Francisco, Theater & Performance
Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA