The Nasher Museum of Art

September 7
5:30 p.m.

Meet video artist Eve Sussman and members of The Rufus Corporation -- musician Algis Kizys and actors Walter Sipser and Annette Previti -- who discuss their new video, The Rape of the Sabine Women. For more information go to www.rufuscorporation.com.

Museum Auditorium
Free with admission

September 10
Noon - 4 p.m.

Discover video art while exploring the theme of identity. Join us for a performance of The Princess and the Pea by Rags to Riches Theatre for Young Audiences, self-guided gallery hunts and make-and-take crafts including fantastic flip books and crafty self portraits.

Free with admission.

September 13
5:30 p.m.

French photographer and installation artist Georges Rousse will discuss his four site-specific public art projects to be installed in downtown Durham during a month-long residency in September. Using paint and basic building materials, and working in soon-to-be-renovated buildings with community volunteers, he creates fantastic trompe l'oeil constructions that seem to defy the laws of geometry. Sponsored by Nasher Museum Friends Frank Konhaus and Ellen Cassilly. For information on volunteering with the artist, e-mail info@rousseprojectdurham.com.

Museum Auditorium
Free

September 14
5:30 p.m.

Jason Rubell, class of '91, talks with Museum Director Kimerly Rorschach about how his family started collecting and the goals for their collection, widely regarded as one of the leading collections of contemporary art in the world. The Rubell Family Collection is housed in a 45,000-square-foot facility in Miami that is open to the public. They will also discuss Memorials of Identity, the installation of nine contemporary video works from their collection.

Museum Auditorium
Free with admission
Followed by a reception with cash bar

September 21
9 p.m. - midnight

Duke undergraduate, graduate and professional students are invited to celebrate and explore video art in style. The evening will feature music, dancing, refreshments and a cash bar. Duke I.D. required. Sponsored by the Nasher Student Advisory Board.

Free

September 21
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

"Approaching Contemporary Art"
September 21, Kimerly Rorschach, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director

The Nasher Museum of Art is committed to providing opportunities for exciting encounters with leading-edge artists and their work, but for many people, contemporary art is new and unfamiliar territory. In this three-part series, the museum director and curators will share three unique stories of how they came to know and love contemporary art, looking at examples from recent decades and offering insight on the current international art scene as it relates to the growth of the Nasher Museum collection and future exhibitions. A continuation series on Collecting Contemporary Art is planned for Spring 2007.

Free for museum members; non-member tickets $5 or $12 for the series
Please call 919-684-3411 for more information or to register

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Nasher Museum exhibitions and programs are generously supported by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans, The Duke Endowment, the Nancy Hanks Endowment, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost, Duke University, and the Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art.

September 30

Docent-led tours at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Open to Duke alumni and the public.

Free with admission.