National Gallery Nights - Extended hours at the Frary Gallery in D.C.

Description

In celebration of the opening of the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery's inaugural exhibition, "Art and Graphic Design of the European Avant-Gardes," the gallery will host extended hours from 6–8 pm on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center.

Johns Hopkins Lecturer in Museum Studies Jon West-Bey will give a pop-up talk on Washington, D.C. artist Sam Gilliam's commissioned painting A Lovely Blue and…!, 2021 in the lobby at 7:15 pm.

The extended hours coincide with the National Gallery of Art's latest fall season edition of National Gallery Nights, themed "To the District, with Love."

Please note: Registration via this listing is for entry to the Hopkins Bloomberg Center on the evening of Nov. 14. To register for events at the National Gallery of Art that same evening, please visit the National Gallery of Art website.

At the Hopkins Bloomberg Center: Jon West-Bey

Jon West-Bey is a curator, museum consultant, and owner of West-Bey Consulting in Washington, D.C. He has curated over 60 exhibitions and produced and managed numerous award-winning public, educational, and multimedia programs over multiple disciplines, including history, art, literature, and cultural studies. He is also the founder of the American Poetry Museum in Washington, D.C., and spent 10 years as its executive director. West-Bey was also the curator of the arts program at the University of Maryland Global Campus and the founding curator of the Prince George's African American Museum in Maryland. As a consultant, he has had a client list that has included the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem, the Black Wall Street History Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Motown Museum in Detroit, Michigan.

More about the Frary Gallery

The Irene and Richard Frary Gallery is the Hopkins Bloomberg Center's free, public art gallery presenting rotating exhibitions drawn from the University's collections, and special exhibitions born out of partnerships with leading museums and collections. The 1,000-square-foot gallery designed by Rockwell Group brings new ideas and energy to Washington, D.C., enriching the cultural and intellectual offerings of the Center and dynamically reinforcing its mission as a place that convenes different artistic and ideological perspectives to support discovery, democracy, and global dialogue.