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Events on November 29, 2012
SPECIAL EVENT Winterlights: Celebrating the Season Thursday, November 29, 20121 – 2 p.m. 7 – 8 p.m. Museum-wide Experience the warmth of winter holidays celebrated around the world, such as Eid al-Adha, Bodhi Day, Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. View stunning objects that celebrate the triumph of light over darkness and lead us into the New Year. Hear stories of redemption, renewal, and regeneration. Docent-led tours every day at 1 p.m.; weekends at 1 and 2:30 p.m.; and Thursdays at 7 p.m. LECTURE Art and Mystery: Silversmiths in Colonial America Thursday, November 29, 20126:30 – 8 p.m. Pillsbury Auditorium Presenters: Deborah Waters, David Barquist, and Janine Skerry, with Eike Schmidt.
In conjunction with the MIA organized traveling exhibition, "A Handsome Cupboard of Plate: Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection," guest speakers Deborah Dependahl Waters, David Barquist, and Janine Skerry will provide perspectives on silver craftsmanship in early America. Eike Schmidt will lead the discussion on this exhibition that features great examples of American silver from the Paul and Elissa Cahn collection and discuss craftsmen such as Myer Myers, "Patriot silversmith" Paul Revere, Jr., Jeremiah Dummer, and others. These artisans reflected the ethnic, religious, and political diversity of Colonial America--English, French, Dutch, Puritan, Huguenot, Reformed Dutch, Jew, Quaker, patriot, loyalist--and often assumed leadership roles within their civic or religious communities.
Waters is an independent scholar and guest curator of "A Handsome Cupboard of Plate;" Barquist is the H. Richard Dietrich, Jr. Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Skerry is curator of metals at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Eike Schmidt, PhD, is James Ford Bell Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the MIA.
Admission: $10; $5 for MIA members, free to members of the Decorative Arts Affinity Group.
DAILY PUBLIC TOUR China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy Thursday, November 29, 201211:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 2 – 3 p.m. 7 – 8 p.m. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Day of the Dead: Honoring Ancestors around the World Thursday, November 29, 20121 – 2 p.m. 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Winterlights: Celebrating the Season Thursday, November 29, 20121 – 2 p.m. 7 – 8 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT Asian Art Affinity Group Terracotta Warriors Tour Thursday, November 29, 20125:30 – 6:30 p.m. Target Galleries Terracotta Warriors Exhibition Tour: Asian Art Affinity Group Members Only
Join Liu Yang, PhD, the MIA's curator of Chinese art, in a special tour of his exhibition, "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy." He will take you on a journey from the beginnings and rise of the Qin Empire to the life and rule of the First Emperor, his quest for immortality, and his death, burial and legacy.
Limit of two tickets for any level member of the Asian Art Affinity Group. Call (612) 870-6323 or register online. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Thursday, November 29, 20127 – 8 p.m. Discover objects for daily use and regalia fit for a king from the diverse continent of Africa. Learn about masquerade and divination, as well as customs for settling disputes and initiating young men and women into the community. |
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