November Schedule of Events at the Currier Museum of Art

Manchester, New Hampshire - On view now through January 6, 2013, the Currier Museum of Art presents Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt which features prints by more than a dozen artists including Rembrandt van Rijn and his contemporaries. Visitors will explore the rich culture and history of the Netherlands in the 1600s when printmaking played a central role in the Dutch Golden Age and made art accessible to a much wider group of people than ever before.

The museum’s entrance is located at 150 Ash Street and free parking is available in the on-site lot. Museum hours are Sunday, Monday, Wednesday - Friday 11 am–5 pm, Saturday 10 am–5 pm, with extended hours on the First Thursday of each month until 8. Closed Tuesday. Admission to the museum is always free for children 17 and under and museum members, and every Saturday from 10 am–noon admission is free to everyone. The Currier is committed to providing the most welcoming environment for all visitors through full wheelchair access, FM headsets for sound amplification for all public programs, and a new mobile tour program with enhanced visual descriptions and captions for selected artwork in the collection. For more information, visit www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144 x108.



NOVEMBER
FEATURED PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER

First Thursday LIVE! Meet the Artists David Lamb and James Aponovich
Thursday, November 1 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Witness the long-anticipated unveiling of White Mountain Breakfront (a.k.a. Lambovich IV) – the latest collaboration between painter James Aponovich and Furniture Master David Lamb! The artists will discuss the work at 6:15 pm and be available for conversation in the gallery after the talk. There will be live music by Celticadda beginning at 5:30 pm. Free for members, $10 for non-members. Seating is first come, first served.

Public Guided Tours Daily at 1 pm
Public tours are offered daily (except Tuesday when the museum is closed.) Explore Highlights of the Collection with an Introduction to Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt Tours daily at 1pm. Public tours are free with museum admission.

Zimmerman House Ticketed Tours
The Zimmerman House Public Tour provides visitors with a 1.5 hour tour of the house with information about the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, the commission and design of the house, and details about the Zimmermans, who lived in the house for 36 years. Take a tour Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 am and 2 pm. Reservations are required. Free for museum members. $20 Adults; $19 Seniors; $16 Students; $8 Children 7-17. Tickets include admission to the Currier Museum.

For more information about tour schedules, tickets, and offerings, visit CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x108. Assistive listening systems are available for all public and private tours.

Private Group Tours  Private tours of the Zimmerman House can be scheduled throughout the week and on weekends. While each tour is limited to 13 people, back-to-back tours can be scheduled for larger groups on Wednesdays. Private Zimmerman House Tours are available in English, French and Spanish! Call 603.669.6144 x113 to schedule a private tour. Adults (for a group of 13) are $160. Students (grade school and college, a group of 13) are $100. All prices include general admission to the museum.

Focus Tour: Fin, Fur and Feathers: Animals in Art and Poetry
Friday, November 2 at 11:30 am and Sunday, November 4 at 11:30 am
Animals have the power to illicit strong emotions in us: love, fear, wonder. This focus tour will examine how animals – both domestic and wild – are depicted in the Currier’s collections and consider how and why artists and poets integrated them into their work. Free with museum admission.

Currier Museum Art Center Workshop
Paintings Inspired by Photos
Saturday, November 3 from noon-4 pm
Discover the right way to use photos as inspiration for artwork. In our time-strapped world, snapshots have become a “digital” memory tool but some artists have leaned too heavily on them as references for creating artwork. Learn fresh new ways to utilize the key aspects of the image while interpreting it to create your own artwork-not just a copy of a photo. Discussion and examples will include composition, line variation, color and technique. $75. Currier Museum of Art members receive a 10% discount on all Currier Museum Art Center classes and workshops. Register online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x122.
Currier Museum Art Center Children and Parent Workshop

Get Hooked! Learn to Crochet
Saturday, November 3 from 12:30-3 pm
From fine garments to funky street art, crochet is back! Learn this versatile and time-honored skill, which keeps creative minds and hands hooked! Adults and children will explore the creative potential of this fun and practical medium while learning to crochet one or more projects to take home. All levels of crochet are welcome. For Parents and their children (ages 7+), Teens and Adults. $40 for one parent/child, $55 for 2 children. Currier Museum of Art members receive a 10% discount on all Currier Museum Art Center classes and workshops. Register online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x122.
Currier Museum Art Center Workshop

Great Impressions: Creating Tactile Clay Surfaces
Saturday, November 3 from 1-4 pm
Teens and adults, use found objects and everyday materials to create intriguing textures on clay. Integrate form and surface as you design and make tiles, plates, serving trays and decorative objects. This workshop is suitable for students of any level of experience. It is suggested that participants in this workshop follow up with a session of The Sumptuous Surface Workshop on Saturday, November 17. $60. Currier Museum of Art members receive a 10% discount on all Currier Museum Art Center classes and workshops. Register online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x122.

Family Saturday: Creating in Clay
Saturday, November 10 from 10 am-1 pm
Spend some quality family time at the Currier the second Saturday of every month. Participate in hands-on art activities, go on a guided family gallery tour (11:30 am), visit the Discovery Gallery, or use a family gallery guide. Museum admission is free from 10 am to 12 pm. Children 17 and under and museum members always enjoy free admission.

Currier Museum Art Center Workshop: Etching
Saturdays, November 10 & 17 from 1-4 pm
Working with copper plates and with hardground resist, teen and adult students will use the same printmaking methods used in the etchings of Rembrandt, de Molijn and van de Velde, artists featured in the Currier Museum of Art’s special exhibition Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt. Inspired by the Dutch genre landscape as a subject, students will explore their own interpretation of the Dutch landscape tradition using the flowing fine line characteristic of the etching process. In the second class, students will make proof prints from their copper plates using rich black ink on fine rag paper. $110. Currier Museum of Art members receive a 10% discount on all Currier Museum Art Center classes and workshops. Register online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x122.

Second Sunday Jazz Brunch
Sunday, November 11 from 11 am-2 pm
Set aside the second Sunday of each month to enjoy brunch accompanied by live jazz. The menu features a delicious continental station with fresh fruit and assorted pastries; egg selections, breakfast meats and much more. $15 for adults; $7 for kids 10 and under; $8 for continental only. Reservations are highly recommended but not required. If you would like to make a reservation or if your group is larger than eight, please contact the Currier’s Event Department at 603.669.6144 x110.

Focus Tour: Evolving Expressions of Spirituality in Art
Sunday, November 11 at 11:30 am
Art has long been a way to express big ideas about faith and spirituality. This tour will journey through literal depictions of sacred texts to otherworldly abstractions and consider the ways artists over the centuries have tried to capture the ethereal and awe-inspiring qualities of a higher power. Free with museum admission.

Film Screening
A League of Our Own: New Hampshire and the American Craft Movement
Sunday, November 11 at 2 pm
This one-hour documentary film celebrates America’s pioneering craft organization – the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. Currier Curator Kurt Sundstrom will speak briefly about the special exhibition New Hampshire and the American Studio Craft Movement and League Executive Director Susie Lowe-Stockwell will introduce the film. No reservations required. First come, first served. Free with museum admission.

Zimmerman House Focus Tour
Landscaping a Usonian: The Zimmerman House Garden
Sunday, November 11 at 3:30 pm
For Frank Lloyd Wright, the natural setting for a house was just as important as the structure he would design for it. Learn about the Zimmerman House’s Wright-designed gardens, the carefully planned vistas, and the many ways the architect succeeded in integrating the indoors and the outdoors. Reservations required. $20 for Adults; $19 for Seniors; $16 for Students; $8 for Children 7-17; FREE for members.  Make your reservations at www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144 x108.
Currier Museum Art Center Children and Parent Workshop

A Day to Play in Clay: Holiday Ornaments
Saturday, November 17 from 1-3 pm
Join us for this fun afternoon of making personalized holiday ornaments to give as unique gifts or to keep in the family. Ornaments will be designed and glazed during the workshop and can be picked up after 2 weeks. For parents and their children (ages 5+). $40 for one parent/child, $55 for 2 children. Currier Museum of Art members receive a 10% discount on all Currier Museum Art Center classes and workshops. Register online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x122.

Currier Museum Art Center Workshop
The Sumptuous Surface: Using Glaze and Stain to Enhance Texture
Saturday, November 17 from 1-4 pm
Explore the ways that glazes and ceramic stains can be used to emphasize and enhance texture on clay. Use bisque work from the Great Impressions workshop (November 3) or bring your own bisque fired, textured (cone 5) clay work. We will be using glazes that mature at cone 5. This workshop is suitable for any level of experience. $60. Currier Museum of Art members receive a 10% discount on all Currier Museum Art Center classes and workshops. Register online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x122.
Storytime in the Gallery

Monday, November 26 at 11:30 am
Listen to In November by Cynthia Rylant, look at Blue Pool by Neil Welliver and then create a work of art of your own. Recommended for ages 3 to 5, but all are welcome. Free with museum admission. Children 17 and under and museum members always enjoy free admission.

Focus Tour: Furniture in the Currier’s Collection and White Mountain Breakfront

Thursday, November 29 at 11:30 am
White Mountain Breakfront, the collaborative work by NH Furniture Master David Lamb and painter James Aponovich, provides a perfect opportunity to examine the Currier’s furniture collections in greater depth. Come and learn about the rich traditions of furniture-making that have existed in New England for centuries. Free with museum admission.

Focus Tour: Evolving Expressions of Spirituality in Art
Friday, November 30 at 11:30 am
Art has long been a way to express big ideas about faith and spirituality. This tour will journey through literal depictions of sacred texts to otherworldly abstractions and consider the ways artists over the centuries have tried to capture the ethereal and awe-inspiring qualities of a higher power. Free with museum admission.

About the Currier
The Currier Museum of Art (www.currier.org) in Manchester, NH is home to an internationally respected collection of European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture. The museum’s collection of more than 12,000 objects includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, O'Keeffe and Warhol. Visitors of all ages will enjoy the engaging special exhibitions, a series of dynamic programs ranging from music to lectures to hands-on art-making, a gift shop and an airy café filled with light and equipped with WiFi.

The associated Art Center offers studio classes, art camps and intensive workshops for all ages. The museum also owns the Zimmerman House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, complete with the original furnishings and the owners' fine art collection.  The Zimmerman House is the only Wright-designed house in New England open for public tours (reservations required.) To book a tour or get more information, visit www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144, x108.