Art After Dark

Explore great works in the Museum collection led by one of the Museum’s fine docents.

Laurie Barnes, Elizabeth B. McGraw Curator of Chinese Art, presents five works by four artists: Ren Xia (1876-1920), Wu Shujuan 1853-1930), Zhou Lianxia (1909-2000), and Chen Peiqiu (1922-2020). Senior in this group of women are: Wu Shujuan, who in 1915 and again in 1926 was hailed as “the most distinguished paintress of modern China”, and Ren Xia, who has been named as one of the top ten women painters in the history of Chinese art. The junior member of the group is Chen Peiqiu, who is often called the most famous woman Chinese painter of the twentieth-century. This virtual program will be screened in the Stiller Family Foundation Auditorium

Try your hand at the techniques of Chinese brush painting with artist Ying Zhou. This program is offered in collaboration with the Armory Art Center.

Scott Marischen returns to the Norton to play his Electroacoustic Harp. He brings with him a group of very accomplished artists, including Tom Lippincott on guitar, Ettiene Fuentes on drums and Agustin Conti on acoustic bass. They will perform Jazz, World Music, Popular & Latin songs. The harp is not usually associated with the jazz world but this group make it work perfectly. Come hear it for yourself!

One more chance to explore great works in the Museum collection with one of the Museum’s fine docents.