 | The Yale singing group The New Blue performs at last year's open house hosted by the Yale galleries. Singing groups -- including The New Blue -- will once again participate in the celebration of art beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 7. |
The Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art are joining together to host an open house block party for the public, featuring great works of art, free tours, music and light refreshments 5:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at the corner of Chapel and High streets.
The event offers the community an opportunity to learn more about art and the museums' collections and programs in an informal setting. It also aims to encourage new ways of thinking about great works of art. There will be tours by Yale student guides offering creative insights into the museums' holdings and performances by the University's celebrated a cappella singing groups, which are designed to bring a new dimension to the experience of looking at works of art. Student guides and museum staff will also be on hand for conversation about the artworks and to talk more about what's new at each museum.
Tours and performances begin at
5:30 p.m. with one of the college's all-male a cappella groups, The Baker's Dozen, singing their greatest hits on the front steps of the Yale Art Gallery. The Yale Russian Chorus will perform at the British Art Center at 6 p.m. in celebration of the current exhibition "Britannia and Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars." Other groups -- The Yale Spizzwinks, Proof of the Pudding, Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, The New Blue and The Duke's Men -- will perform throughout the evening in various locations.
According to the organizers, the block party also celebrates the new academic year, which will be marked by the reopening of the Yale Art Gallery's main building, the first building designed by Louis Kahn. The British Art Center, across the street, was Kahn's last building.
For more information about the Yale University Art Gallery, visit http://artgallery.yale.edu. For information about the Yale Center for British Art, visit http://yale.edu/ycba.
T H I S
Galleries celebrate with open house block party
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
Yale cited in Newsweek look at 'Most Global Universities'
Newly created deanship to oversee international affairs at Yale College
Nearly 800 students spend summer overseas
Center of Excellence in Genomic Science gets $18 million . . .
University takes steps to improve administration of federal grants, contracts
In new post, Andrew Rudczynski to oversee sponsored research
Terry Lectures mark centennial year with a discussion . . .
Galleries celebrate with open house block party
Ancient arctic water cycles may be a red flag for future global warming
MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS
NIH grant to fund $2 million magnetic resonance system
Scientists find ultrasound affects development of . . .
Research suggests molecular basis for urge to smoke
Renowned scientist to head Yale Stem Cell Program
Researchers identify first neurons in 'thinking' brain
Enzyme may offer key to combatting obesity
Researchers measure the ravages of chemical warfare . . .
Study: Pre-surgery anxiety slows recovery in children
Study: More counseling for addicts does not improve abstinence
School of Architecture exhibit pays homage to 'Team 10'
Noted poet Peter Cole is the inaugural Franke Visiting Fellow
Concert will benefit Women's Health Research at Yale
Map created in Mexico's early colonial period is highlighted . . .
Library exhibits trace the history of Croatia . . .
Sterling Library's hours extended during Cross Campus Library renovation
While You Were Away
Starting with a smile
IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Paul Beeson, renowned for his bedside compassion
Robert Wonkler, scholar of Enlightenment and Rousseau
Dr. John Joe, one of the nation's top head and neck surgeons
Anne Marie Phelan, marketing executive in the Development Office
Yale Books in Brief
Campus Notes
Bulletin Home|Visiting on Campus|Calendar of Events|In the News
Bulletin Board|Classified Ads|Search Archives|Deadlines
Bulletin Staff|Public Affairs|News Releases|
E-Mail Us|Yale Home