Art after Hours: First Wednesdays at the Zimmerli

Throughout the museum
February 01, 2012

Art After Hours gives Rutgers University students and community members the opportunity to engage in a multifaceted approach to the arts. Held from 5 to 9 pm on the first Wednesday of every month, the series complements the museum’s innovative exhibitions with lectures, music and dance performances, exhibition tours, poetry slams, films, performance art, and more.

FEBRUARY 1, 2012
February's Art After Hours features a tour of the exhibition Rachel Perry Welty 24/7 at 5:30 pm, followed by a conversation between the artist, Rachel Perry Welty, and Donna Gustafson, the museum's Andrew W. Mellon Liaison for Academic Programs and Curator at 6:15 pm. The local rock band Cotton takes the stage from 7:30 to 8:45 pm. Stop by the Museum Store for a complimentary set of Zimmerli coasters (one set of four per party) until 8:30 pm and 20% discount on all purchases. Cafe Z is offering $2 off all purchases over $5.

5:30 pm / EXHIBITION TOUR
Rachel Perry Welty 24/7 led by Kate Scott, Graduate Curatorial Assistant and PhD candidate in the art history program at Rutgers. led by Kate Scott, Graduate Curatorial Assistant and PhD candidate in the art history program at Rutgers.

6:15 to 7:15 pm / CONVERSATION
Artist Rachel Perry Welty and Donna Gustafson discuss the effects of consumerism and information overload on our daily lives.

7:30 to 8:45 pm / PERFORMANCE
The Zimmerli Student Advisory Board (ZSAB) welcomes Cotton, a local rock band, in support of their debut album In the Basement.

COMPLIMENTARY REFRESHMENTS

MUSEUM STORE
20% discount on all purchases during Art After Hours. Complimentary set of Zimmerli coasters.

Admission is FREE to Rutgers students, faculty, staff, and museum members. $6 general admission.

Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company

Wednesday, February 01, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Location: State Theatre
Tickets: P $52.00; A $52.00; B $42.00; C $32.00

“Whimsical…a delight for the eye.” — The Village Voice

Program: OYSTER (1999)
A magical and mysterious full-evening work combining the dreamlike qualities of Fellini and the keen intellect of Pina Bausch, OYSTER is a fantastic circus-world of wandering street acrobats and oddly beautiful creatures. Performers and dancers in doll-like make-up, spiky blonde wigs, and tutus alternately become puppets or puppeteers—in one delightful scene, a girl in a bouffant dress becomes a ringing bell.

The eclectic score spans opera (Pagliacci), tango (Piazzolla), Harry James, Yma Sumac, and Tuvan throat singers. Pinto's unique movement encompasses ballet, contemporary, mime, and acrobatics. OYSTER is Pinto/Pollak’s dazzling signature work.

Red

January 31, 2012 - February 26, 2012

By Academy Award nominee John Logan
Directed by Anders Cato

In 1958, abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko had just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art -- a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that followed, Rothko worked feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when the assistant gains the confidence to challenge the master, Rothko must face the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing.

A huge hit both in London and on Broadway, this provocative play won six Tony Awards, including Best Play.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint and Managing Director Norma Kaplan, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and Off Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 students annually.

George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.