Thursday, Feburary 2
7:00-9:30pm
606 Lounge: 606 Glenwood Ave
$12 Current Contemporaries Members
$15 All others
Indulge yourself!
Experience chocolate in its finest form—overabundance. The NCMA Contemporaries are hosting this mouth-watering tasting event at 606 Lounge featuring sweet treats from top Triangle chocolatiers and bakeries, including:
Blue Moon Bakery
Miel Bon Bons
Elemental Chocolate
Dancing Chocolatiers
Red Light Chocolatiers
The Chocolate Boutique
Videri Chocolate Factory
Ticket price includes complimentary chocolate station items and a glass of champagne. To make your reservations, call (919) 664-6754 or register online.
Proceeds benefit the NCMA Contemporaries Art Purchase Fund.
Are you looking for more ways to be involved in your community?
Do you enjoy art? How about the North Carolina Museum of Art–are you a fan? Would you like to promote the museum and the arts among young professionals in the Triangle?
We are looking for creative, energetic young professionals to join the NCMA Contemporaries Board of Directors for 2012.
The Contemporaries are a group of 300 young professionals in the 20- to 40- something age range whose goal is to promote the North Carolina Museum of Art and increase membership by sponsoring lively social and educational fundraising events.
Board members meet monthly to guide the Contemporaries and plan events, such as fundraisers, cocktail parties, gallery tours, and more! We would love for you get involved! Board nominations are due Monday, January 30th, 2012. Learn more amd complete the application here : SelfNominationForm
2012 is a great year to get involved! Events scheduled: Champagne + Chocolate, Fun Run, Derby Day, Art on Tap and more…including an art purchase party in Fall 2012!
Good luck!
Rembrandt in America Tour
Friday, December 2nd | 7 pm
or Friday, December 9th | 7 pm
Free for Contemporaries Members.*
Guests of Contemporaries Member: $18
Join the Contemporaries for a docent-led tour of Rembrandt in America! We are offering two separate dates, December 2nd and 9th.
We’ll mingle starting at 6 pm at the West Building Wine Bar where wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages are available for purchase. Be sure to arrive at the West Building lobby no later than 6:50 pm to meet the group.
At 7 pm, Museum docents will lead a guided tour of Rembrandt in America. After the tour join us at Iris for a late dinner, dessert, or glass of wine. The Museum’s East and West Buildings are open until 9 pm on Fridays.
Reservations are required in advance.
Please RSVP online for the December 2nd tour by November 11.
Please RSVP online for the December 9th tour by November 18.
*Please note that if you are a Museum Member, this tour counts as your first free visit to Rembrandt. All subsequent visits are 50% off the ticket price.
The Lucy Daniels Foundation is sharing a special invitation to Contemporaries members to experience our area’s only public screening of a powerful new documentary on the artistic process, “Breakthrough” on October 20th at 7pm at The Rialto.
This is the only public screening in Raleigh and one of only two in the country. Several artists featured in the film will be present. Tickets are $2 for current Contemporaries members. A reception after the screening will be held at The Point next door to the Rialto. For more information and to RSVP, please see the link below:
“Breakthrough” Screening
Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s The Concert (c. 1664) was stolen during the great art theft of 1990 at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. This painting has an estimated value of over $200,000,000 making it the most valuable piece of art that was stolen during the robbery. The Concert remains missing to this day.
The painting shows three musicians: a young woman playing a harpsichord, a man who is playing a lute, and a woman who is singing. During the 17th century, musical gatherings such as the one represented in The Concert were not only a form of entertainment, but they were also accepted ways to promote social contact—specifically with the opposite sex.
Ready to play art trivia? Join the Contemporaries on October 13th at Draft on Glenwood Avenue (see details below).
In Rembrandt’s painting, Flora, a minor Roman goddess is depicted based on portraits of Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia (who died in 1642) and from pictures in which his companion, Hendrickje Stoffels, apparently served as a model. According to Roman mythology, Flora was associated as the goddess of Spring and fertility.
Join us for art trivia and socializing at Art on Tap, Thursday October 13th at Draft!
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands. At the time of Rembrandt’s birth, Leiden was known as one of the principal intellectual and artistic areas of the Netherlands.
Join us for art trivia and socializing on Thursday, October 13th for Art on Tap at Draft on Glenwood Avenue (details below) .
On March 18, 1990, thieves dressed as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA and stole thirteen pieces of art. Some estimates put the value of the artwork at $500 million, making it the largest single art heist in recorded history.
Three works by Rembrandt were stolen, including his only painted seascape, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee”.
Interested in learning more about this incredible art theft? Make plans to attend the lecture by Anthony Amore, author of “Stealing Rembrandts” on October 23rd at the NC Museum of Art (Lecture: Stealing Rembrandts). Also plan to join the Contemporaries on October 13th for Art on Tap (details below).
As part of our Art on Tap series on October 13th at Draft, we will have trivia to test your art knowledge! We will be promoting the Rembrandt exhibit that opens at the museum on October 30th (Rembrandt Exhibit), so the trivia will be based on Rembrandt’s life and works. We may even throw in trivia about art theft to promote the lecture given on October 23rd by the author of “Stealing Rembrandts”, Anthony Amore.
First bit: Rembrandt’s works were during the period historians call the Dutch Golden Age. In Dutch history, this was a period during the 17th century in which Dutch trade, military and science were considered some of the best in the world.
Stay tuned for more trivia on Rembrandt and art theft! And be sure to join us on the 13th!
