Art After Dark

Docents discuss artworks in the Norton’s Collection. Pick up your tour wristband at the Reception Desk one hour before the tour.

Inspired by the culture and artwork of Rose Elena Curruchich, one the newest additions to the Norton’s Women’s Walk, create your own muñeca quitapena, a Guatemalan worry doll, with Teaching Artist, Jose R. Mendez. Curruchich was a Guatemalan Mayan artist widely known as the first woman painter of her region, whose small-scale tableaus depicted scenes from her community and the roles of the women around her.

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Classroom #2

This evening’s tour will highlight contemporary art in the Norton's Collection. Pick up your tour wristband at the Reception Desk one hour before the tour.

Leonardo Drew and Nari Ward

Join us for an exciting conversation between acclaimed contemporary artists, Leonardo Drew and Nari Ward. The dynamic program celebrates the recent acquisitions of artworks by the artists into the Norton's Contemporary Collection.

Nari Ward is a Jamaican-American artist based in New York City and is known for his sculptural installations composed of discarded found material collected throughout his Harlem neighborhood. Ward re-contextualizes these found objects in thought provoking sculpture that create complex conversations around social and political realities of race, migration, democracy, and community.

Leonardo Drew is a contemporary American artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He creates sculptures from natural materials and through processes of oxidation, burning, and decay, Drew transforms these objects into massive sculptures that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence.

Seating is limited; online registration required.

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Chino Nuñez

Chino is a percussionist extraordinaire, pianist and arranger. He also conducts, composes, produces, engineers, and teaches. Chino is a highly respected, sought-after freelance composer, producer and director as well as percussionist. Chino has won numerous achievement awards over his life, including the 2004 Grammy; Latin Grammy nomination and Latin Billboard nomination. He also received 2004 International Reggae & World Music Awards nomination. 2003 Latin Billboard nomination. A 2002 Grammy nomination.
He has performed at many venues around the world, including the Salsa Congresses, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Northsea Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival; Tito Puente Amphitheatre, and the Bellas Arte Performing Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Newport Jazz Festival in Newport News, RI, Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, Las Vegas, Nevada, and many other venues.

 Goergan Garden