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Andrei Ryabushkin, They Are Coming (Muscovites Awaiting Entry of a Foreign Consul to Moscow in the Late 17th Century), 1901, oil on canvas, ©2005, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
Through a partnership with Joslyn, all UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UMA employees, students and their families will be admitted free to the museum and ticketed exhibitions in 2005 by showing their employee ID badge at Joslyn’s entrance desk. A free admission includes two adults and accompanying children during general admission hours, which are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Note: During the run of Russia’s Age of Elegance, June 4 through Sept. 14, the museum will extend its hours on Thursdays until 8 p.m. On these evenings the Scott Pavilion will be open (special exhibition galleries and the museum’s contemporary collection galleries) and visitors may participate in guided tours, enjoy a cash bar and shop.
More on Mir Iskusstva: Russia’s Age of Elegance (June 4 – Sept. 14)
During the reign of the last tsar, Nicholas II, many of Russia’s leading artists turned their focus to celebrating their shared interests in ballet, music, literature, theatre, art and design. This great flowering of artistic creativity, the so-called Silver Age, is generally unknown in the West due to the revolution, which ended artistic freedom and cut off contact with the rest of the World. But now, following political changes in Russia, these works – portraits, landscapes, stylized genre scenes, theatrical set and costume designs – are being rediscovered. This rare exhibition from the collection of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg features 90 of these works. Joslyn is the opening venue and one of only three museums receiving this show, the first of its kind in the U.S. For more information visit www.joslyn.org.
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Boris Kustodiev, Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin, 1922, oil on canvas, ©2005, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. |
Beginning June 3, Joslyn Art Museum will be presenting Art Express, a lunch and lecture series to be held every first Friday from noon to 12:45 p.m., through Dec. 9. Bring your lunch and meet in The Lied Transplant Center, Rooms 8707 and 8708 to hear museum docents introduce topics on Impressionism, Women Artists in Joslyn’s Collection, and Rituals in Art and its relation to Joslyn’s permanent collection. The June 3 presentation is an introduction to the Joslyn Art Museum, including its founding, art collection and special exhibitions. Participants also will see a preview of upcoming exhibitions. Reservations are appreciated and can be made by e-mailing UNMC’s Shawn Cook.
Although subject to change, future Art Express presentations are as follows:
July 1 – Musical Instruments — Images of musical instruments are found in many of Joslyn’s art works. Learn about these objects, their sounds and cultural settings.
Aug. 5 – Impressionism: Why Did They Paint that Way?– This presentation will discuss factors that contributed to the development of the Impressionist style and compare the French Academic style with French impressionism.
Sept. 2 – What Secrets are Portraits Hiding? —This presentation is a look at four paintings that reveal to us the culture and history of their times.
Oct. 7 – Strength & Fragility (Sculpture) — This presentation reflects history and experiences from ancient through contemporary times.
Nov. 4 – Ritual in Art — This program looks at a variety of rituals from different cultures and eras that are illustrated in works of art at Joslyn.
Dec. 2 – Women Artists in Joslyn’s Collection — This session focuses on the art of four women whose works are on view at the museum: Mary Cassatt, Helen Frankenthaler, Kay Sage and Roxanne Swentzell.
Employees and students also will be offered a special discounted rate for 2005 Joslyn Art Museum general memberships. The half-price membership will provide employees with such additional benefits as a 10 percent discount in the gift shop and cafe, reduced prices for art classes and special events and a quarterly magazine providing advance notice of exhibitions and programs. Membership prices range from $15 to $27. To become a member or renew your current membership, call Judi Stecki at 661-3858 or go to https://www.joslyn.org/passportpart/info.html.