Season Three Opening of Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young
Docent Tours | Lectures and Symposia | Friday Nights at the de Young | Music at the de Young
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
January 18, 2008
Wilsey Court and galleries
Featuring Jazz at Intersection
Special Hours: 5:00–10:00 p.m. for this Season 3 opening event
The third season of Friday Nights at the de Young opens with a smashing line-up of eight musical ensembles, in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts: Jazz at Intersection. The featured musicians return to perform original compositions that were inspired by works of art in the de Young's permanent collection and one recent temporary exhibition. Performances begin at 6:30 p.m.
Intersection for the Arts is the city's oldest nonprofit alternative arts organization, celebrating its 43rd year in 2008. For more information, visit www.theintersection.org.
Wilsey Court
6:30–10:00 p.m.
Live music by eight ensembles (listed with the art that inspired their works):
- The Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra (The Peaceable Kingdom, by Edward Hicks*)
- Erik Jekabson's “West Coast” Quartet + Strings (Anti-Mass, by Cornelia Parker*)
- Howard Wiley and the Angola Project (Cotton Picker, by Robert Gwathmey*)
- The Kasey Knudsen Group (Cowgirl, by Deborah Oropallo, from the temporary exhibition Guise)
- Angela Wellman’s New Roots (Imunu figures in the Jolika Collection of New Guinea art*)
- The Ben Goldberg Quintet (A Bermuda Window in a Semi-tropic Character, by Marsden Hartley*)
- The Babatunde Lea Quartet (Hovor II, by El Anatsui*)
- Mitch Marcus Quintet + 13 (Lake Basin in High Sierra, by Chiura Obata*)
* These works are currently on view in the galleries. To enhance their listening experience, visitors are encouraged to visit the galleries and experience firsthand the artworks that are being celebrated.
Samples of performances from the fall season of Jazz at Intersection at the de Young:
Art Activity for All Ages: Collage PostcardsUsing collage materials, markers, and watercolor pencils, make your own mini-postcard collage based on art from the de Young collection that inspired tonight's concert.
In the Galleries (meet at Information Desk. main level)
6:00, 7:00 & 8:00 p.m.Docent tour of the works of art being featured in the concert event
Fee Information
All programs are free after museum admission. Regular admission fees apply to visit the galleries; museum members are admitted free.
Partner, Donor, Sponsor Credits
Friday Nights at the de Young is supported by the Koret Foundation.
Friday Nights at the de Young is part of the Fine Arts Museums’ Cultural Encounters initiative, generously funded by The James Irvine Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Columbia Foundation, and the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation.
