During these special hours, the museum galleries will remain open until 8pm, and as always, will be free and open to the public.
The weeks are busy with school and work, and the weekends fill up fast with extracurricular activities - that's why the AMAM has started a new public program for the fall semester - First Thursdays! During these special evening hours, the museum galleries will be open for you to revisit old favorites, explore the new installations, discover new works, listen to our audio tours, or browse through our collection catalog. AMAM staff and student docents will be on hand to answer questions and chat with you about the museum's holdings.
First Thursday Events, Spring 2012:
February 9 - Opening Reception for the Spring Exhibitions
Help the Allen Memorial Art Museum celebrate the openings of three new spring exhibitions. For this special event, the museum galleries will remain open until 8pm.
Also offered will be food and tours of the new exhibitions by Denise Birkhofer, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at 5:30pm and Liliana Milkova, Curator of Academic Programs at 6pm.
March 1 - For our March First Thursday, we welcome a performance by Oberlin College student string quartet
Chartreuse, who will be performing the Minimalist composition "Different Trains," written by Steve Reich in 1988. This performance will be introduced by Sarah Hamill, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History, who will place it in the context of contemporary works on view in the Ellen Johnson Gallery. The performance will begin at 6pm.
April 5 - This First Thursday also features a lecture by Dr. Stiliana Milkova, “Dostoevsky and the Russian Grand Tour” beginning at 5:30pm in the East Gallery. Co-sponsored by the Department of Russian Language, Literature, and Culture and the Edith Clowes Fund.
May 3 - At 5:30pm, Professor of Studio Art John Pearson will discuss his Mondrian Linear Series in conjunction with the exhibition Artists on Artists, on view in the Ripin Print Gallery. Following the talk, visitors will be invited to create their own visual responses to works on view in the exhibition and other museum galleries.
