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Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection
Through July 2016Into the Fold highlights the diversity, creativity
and technical virtuosity of 20th- and 21st-century ceramic artists working in Japan. Tensions between form and functionality, traditional and modern, national and international are evident in the exhibition and within individual works. More than 35 artists are represented, including many of Japan’s greatest living ceramicists.
ongoingHighlights fromthe Modern CollectionThis exhibition presents highlights from the museum’s holdings of American, European and Latin American art spanning the mid-19th century through the first half of the 20th century.
A Sense of Place:African Interiors Objects from homes, palaces, shrines and other sacred spaces including sculptures, paintings, ceramic vessels, textiles and architectural elements, such as doors, window frames and roof ornamentsare on display in this exhibition.
Highlights from theAsian CollectionView more than 500 works of Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, and South and Southeast Asian art in the Cofrin Asian Art Wing.
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March | April PROGRAMS + EXHIBITIONSMany of you joined us on the festive occasion of the member pARTy to mark the opening of Monet and American Impressionism—nearly 700 of you! Happily, this extraordinary exhibition remains on view at the Harn through May 24 before traveling to the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga and the Telfair Museum in Savannah. Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy four splendid Monet landscapes and discover paintings, works on paper and sculpture by more than 20 American Impressionists. An ideal time to learn more about Impressionism in France and the USA is the symposium on March 19-20, described in this InForm. The lavishly illustrated publication that accompanies the show includes essays by 11 scholars, including 7 UF faculty members, whose observations and insights about Impressionism are eye opening. Heartfelt thanks to Dulce Román, curator of the show, all the contributing scholars and the generous donors who enabled us to bring this major Impressionist exhibition to our community. It offers a feast for the eyes, nourishment for the psyche and stimulus to the mind. Enjoy!
Rebecca M. Nagy, Ph.D., Director
Helen M. Turner, Lillies, Lanterns, and Sunshine, 1923, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VAGift of W. B. S. Grandy.
HARN MUSEUM OF ART
free admission harn.ufl.edu3259 Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611
EXHIBITIONSKabas and Couture:Contemporary Ghanaian FashionThrough August 23This exhibition highlights the affinities between designer fashions and traditional forms of dress in Ghanaian culture, with runway garments displayed alongside historical textiles such as a batakari tunic and a kente cloth. Also view a recreated Ghanaian seamstress shop illustrating the importance of Ghana’s everyday fashions, particularly the kaba.
Ajepomaa Design Gallery, Evening Gown, Premiered at the 2011 Vlisco “Delicate Shades” Runway Show, on loan from a private collection
Copia: New Photographsin the Harn CollectionThrough June 28In the last two years, more than 300 photographs have entered the Harn’s collection through purchases or gifts from local or national artists and collectors. COPIA celebrates this abundance by exhibiting 90 of these works for the first time.
Art, Technology andthe Natural WorldThrough July 26View work by artists from around the world who work in multi-media from painting and photography to installation and film. Installations include work by Andy Warhol and Repurposing the Wunderkammer: Building A New Space for Science and Art, a collaboration between the Harn, UF School of Art + Art History and the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Patterns Past and Present: Arts of PanamaThrough October 2015This exhibition displays examplesof both ancient and modern Panamanian art, including ceramics, stone and metalwork, molas and garments from the Kuna people of San Blas Islands.
Objects are drawn from collections of the Panama Canal Museum, University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries,Orlando Museum of Art and the Harn Museum
Monet and American ImpressionismThrough May 24Monet and American Impressionism highlights the work of more than twenty American artists who launched a new way of painting in response to the influence of Monet and French Impressionism. In addition to four paintings by Monet, the exhibition presents more than 75 paintings and prints dated between 1882 and 1920 from the Harn Museum’s collection and major museums across the country.Sa
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1915–1919, Hunter Museum of American Art,
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purchase, Photo by James Madden,
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MEMBERSHIPDid you checkyour mail? At the end of January, we unveiled the Harn’s new FREE MEMBERSHIP program through a dynamic mail piece. We want to make sure that you, as our loyal members, come with us! That means now is the time, for previously paying members, to switch over to the new system. For more information and to sign up, visit harn.ufl.edu/join.
Make a gift. Learn how you can support exhibitionsand programs at the Harn by contacting Phyllis DeLaney at [email protected] or 352.392.9826 x2101.
FAMILY + SCHOOLChildren’s Art CampsSpring Break Art Camp: Paper PlayMarch 23 – March 27, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.Camp fees: $250 ($200 for Harn members)Optional pre-camp hours, 8 – 10 a.m. ($50 per week)Optional post-camp hours, 3 – 5 p.m. ($50 per week)Instructor: Patrick Grigsby, Artist and UF InstructorThis camp allows children ages 8 – 13 to “mega-size” their art-making with drawings, prints and installations. Campers will undertake projects to strengthen confidence in drawing and inspire creativity. Kids Couture: A One-day Fashion CampSaturday, May 2, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.Camp fee: $50Kids ages 8 – 13 will spend a day immersed in art and fashion. Drawing inspiration from Kabas and Couture, campers will learn concepts of design, create their own fashion sketches and swatch boards, and build miniature versions. All art supplies are included. Children are required to bring their own brown bag lunches and snacks.
For more information about these camps, call 352.392.9826 x2112 or visit harn.ufl.edu/artcamps.
P.K. Yonge Student Art ExhibitionApril 21 – 26View work by 6th – 12th grade art students.
Tot ProgramsJourney through the museum (or library) and then participate in hands-on activities investigating color, shape, pattern and other “tot” interests. For children ages 2 – 4 and their families. Visit harn.ufl.edu/familyprograms to register.
Tot TimeFriday, March 6, 11 a.m. Mixed Up Colors
Tuesday, March 31, 3:30 p.m. Creating with Cloth
Friday, April 3, 11 a.m. Creating with Cloth
Tuesday, April 28, 3:30 p.m. Dress Up
Art Time at the Library Location: 401 E University Ave.
Friday, March 13, 11 a.m. March with Monet
Friday, April 10, 11 a.m. Fun with Textiles
Story Time at the MuseumWednesday, March 18, 11 a.m. What we Wear
Wednesday, April 29, 11 a.m. Colors for Days
PROGRAMSAccess ArtSaturday, March 21Community Art Installation: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Guided Tours: 10:15 – 11:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Experience art through senses other than sight as you enjoy this touchable installation and engage in conversation with local artists. Visitors who are blindor have low vision are also invited to register forguided tours incorporating verbal descriptions and tactile images of select oil paintings on view.For more information and to register for a tour,visit harn.ufl.edu/outreach.
Conversation without Words:Tango, Contact and CommunicationSaturday, April 4, 1 p.m.Join Argentine Tango partners, neuroscientist Nicky Clayton and artist Clive Wilkins as they encourage us to think outside the box of traditional communication during this TED-style talk. Lively discussion, tango dancing, and a reception to follow.
Gallery TalksMighty Aphrodites: ClassicalConvergences in Art and PoetrySunday, March 29, 3 p.m. Marsha Bryant, UF Professor of English & Distinguished Teaching Scholar and Mary Ann Eaverly, UF Associate Professor of Classics will pair works in the Harn collection with modern poems in the exhibition organized for their current team-taught course.
Crawling through Mud:Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m. Allysa B. Peyton, Assistant Curator of Asian Art will discuss the development of ceramic arts of Japan from the 1950s to the present, as reflected in Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection.
Museum Nights: Art Without BordersThursday, April 9, 6 – 9 p.m.Join us for an evening celebrating arts and cultures across many borders. This event includes art, music and dance, and showcases the international dimensions of UF. Enjoy free food. Supported by the UF International Center.
Museum Nights is an ongoing program made possible by the generous support of the University of Florida Office of the Provost and Student Government.
MASH: Math → Art ← Science at the HarnThursday, April 16, 6 – 9 p.m.Discover dynamic interactions between art, mathematics and science. Collaborative projects, performances and exhibits by mathematics, science and art undergraduate students and faculty will be presented. Participate in art-making activities and enjoy free food.
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CONTEMPORARY GHANAIAN FASHION
Gallery TalkSunday, March 1, 3 p.m. “We Have Always Been Fashionable”Chris Richards, UF Alumnus, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa and Guest Curator of Kabas and Couture will discuss the complexity and dynamism of Accra’s historical and contemporary fashion culture.
Museum Nights: Ghana + Beyond Thursday, March 12, 6 – 9 p.m.Visitors will experience music, dance and couture. Kabas and Couture Guest Curator Christopher Richards will discuss “A View from the Front Row: Accra’s Dynamic Fashion Culture.” View performances and a fashion show supported by the UF Center for African Studies.
Harn Eminent Scholar LectureThursday, April 2, 6 p.m.“What Fashion Shows: African Historyand Culture through Clothing”Victoria L. Rovine, Associate Professor ofArt History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will explore how Ghanaian artists combine local cultures with global networks of images and inspiration. Followed by a reception.
Gallery TalksSaturday, March 14, 3 p.m. “A Taste for What ‘Moves’ Us: Audiences of American Impressionism.” Sophia Krzys Acord, UF Lecturer in Sociology will lead a discussion of the changing audiences of American Impressionism and how our tastes in art shape American identity.
Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m. “Women in Impressionism.” Melissa Hyde, UF Professor of Art History and Eric Segal, Harn Director of Education will discuss images of women, as well as paintings by women, focusing on the role of gender in American Impressionist painting.
Family Day: Paint like an Impressionist Saturday, April 18, 1 - 4 p.m.Enjoy a family-friendly tour of Monet and American Impressionism. Wander and wonder outdoors as you paint light and capture fleeting moments in time with all the colors of the rainbow. Families with children of all ages are welcome. Earth Day activities will be at both UF Cultural Plaza museums.
Symposium“America and France: New Perspectives on Transatlantic Visual Culture.” Open to the public, this symposium will address cross-cultural dialogue among American and French visual artists between 1870 and 1920.
Thursday, March 19, 6 p.m.Keynote Address: “French Light, American Light: Impressionism and Its Cultural Refractions.” Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews, Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Eugénie Prendergast Senior Curator and Lecturer Emerita Williams College
Friday, March 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.This symposium is supported in part by the Harn Eminent Scholar Chair in Art History Program, UF School of Art + Art History, UF Office of Research, UF France-Florida Research Institute, UF International Center, and France Florida Foundation for the Arts.
Monet & Impressionism Educator ResourceA downloadable Educator Resource with images, information and lesson guides for K-12 teachers is available on our website at harn.ufl.edu/k-12.
Juliana “Chez Julie” NorteyeAkwadzan, Late 1960s
Gift of Edith Francois
Claude Monet, Bridge at
Argenteuil on a Gray Day, c.
1876, Courtesy National Gallery of
Art, Washington, D.C., Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
ToursEvery Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.Drop in for an engaging docent-led tour thatexplores current exhibitions.