Experience the beauty, geometry, and light of the Gallery’s newly renovated Louis Kahn building.

Renovation News:
American Art Galleries Close January 2008

Following the 2006 reopening of the Gallery's landmark Louis Kahn building, phase two of the museum's comprehensive renovation project begins in early 2008. The American art galleries on the third floor of the Gallery's 1928 Swartwout building close on January 13. These objects will be featured in the nationally touring exhibition Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery. (For more information on the exhibition, please see "Exhibitions: Traveling.")

During the Swartwout renovation, works of art from the African, ancient, Asian, early European, modern, and contemporary collections, as well as special exhibitions, continue to be on display in the Gallery's main building, designed by Louis Kahn.

The Swartwout renovation is part of a comprehensive renovation and expansion of the museum's entire facility, scheduled for completion in 2011.


 



Spring 2008 Membership News

Members of the Yale Art Museums

Curators and Collections:
Evening Gallery Talks for Members
This series of talks given by museum curators is designed to explore the richness and diversity of the Gallery’s collection. Registration is required; space is limited. (Please see below for contact information.)

Thursday, April 3, 5:30–6:30 PM
“Collecting with Special Exhibitions in Mind: Master Drawings and Colorful Impressions”
Suzanne Boorsch, the Robert L. Solley Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Membership Trip:
Art in the Berkshires
Wednesday, April 16, 8:00 AM–6:00 PM

Join the Members of the Yale Art Museums for a visit to the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum to tour and discuss the special exhibition Janet Fish. The exhibition focuses on four decades of the work of artist Janet Fish, Yale M.F.A 1963. The day then continues to the Brown Fine Arts Center at Smith College, for a private tour of highlights of the collection, which includes nearly 25,000 works of art and is particularly strong in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art. Fee for admission and private tours, lunch, transportation, parking and gratuities is $100 for members; $150 for non-members.

For more information about Members of the Yale Art Museums, or to register for any of the above events, please contact Linda Jerolmon, Membership Manager, at 203.432.9658, or art.members@yale.edu

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Art and Learning at Yale 2008
Friday, February 29, and Saturday, March 1
 
Art and Learning at Yale is an annual program of seminars led by curators and experts on new research on objects in the collection. The program is open to members of The Patrons of Yale University Art Gallery, Friends of American Art at Yale, and upper level members of the Members of the Yale Art Museums, as well as by invitation to special guests and supporters. All of the Gallery’s curatorial departments are represented, and this year’s program features special sessions on photography and contemporary art.

Art and Learning at Yale creates and fosters relationships between people and art through an innovative academic initiative and allows participants to discover the value of the Yale University Art Gallery’s contribution to the Yale campus, the New Haven community, and the field of art.

A brochure with information on Art and Learning sessions is available (PDF) -->

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For more information, please contact Jill Westgard, Director of Development, at 203.432.0624, or jill.westgard@yale.edu.