Looking for new hobbies in 2011? How about mandala-making? Or maybe gloves are more your speed?
The Morris Museum is offering a bunch of programs for adults in January. Here’s the scoop:
FROM THE MORRIS MUSEUM
Morris Museum Offers Programs for Adults
January 2011
(Morristown, NJ)—The Morris Museum offers a variety of programs and workshops related to current exhibitions, for adults, in January 2011. For more information and to reserve your space, please call 973.971.3720.
Mandala: The Healing Heart
Thursday, January 6 | 5 – 7 p.m. | Free
Join Maria Lupo (MFA, MA-ATR, Registered Art Therapist), Healing Arts Coordinator for Atlantic Health, to create a Heart Mandala to reduce stress, relax and unlock the unconscious. Mandala is a Sanskrit word, describing a concentric diagram which represents the universe. Explore this ancient archetype using a variety of art materials, which will be provided. Please call 973.971.3720 to reserve your space.
Glovemaking Workshop with Frederica Johnson
Saturday, January 8 | 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. | $45
Create a fashionable pair of new leather gloves with Frederica Johnson, adjunct professor in the design program at County College of Morris. No experience is required. Participants will use soft leathers and a hand leather needle to make the gloves. Materials will be provided. Participants may bring their own threads or decoration for use in the design. Pre-registration is required. Please call 973.971.3720 to reserve your space.
Spotlight on the Guinness Collection
The Morris Museum is home to the Murtogh D. Guinness collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata (mechanical figures). Visit the permanent installation of the spectacular exhibition Musical Machines and Living Dolls: Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection, and take a journey through the history of on-demand musical entertainment. Live demonstrations Weds.-Sun. at 2 p.m.
In the Age of Mozart:
Early Mechanical Musical Instruments in the Guinness Collection
Thursday, January 13 | 6 p.m. | $9/person
Long before CDs and iPods, amazing musical machines created unique musical performances. Journey back in time with staff from the museum’s Guinness Collection to experience these musical performances as they were heard in the 1700s and early 1800s. Participants will enjoy a live demonstration of rare, early mechanical instruments playing tunes from the age of Mozart.
Reservations are required. Please call 973.971.3720 to reserve your place.
Collector Murtogh D. Guinness assembled the Guinness Collection, which was gifted to the Morris Museum in 2003. His favorites were musical boxes, made in the 1800s. Playing a broad variety of captivating popular tunes – opera, polkas, hymns, waltzes, and more – each is a time capsule of musical taste. Join Guinness Collection staff as they take a “listening tour” through one hundred years of the musical boxes that Murtogh D. Guinness so dearly loved.
Opening Reception for Teapots by Design Exhibition
Thursday, January 20 | 6:30 p.m. | Ticket: $15
Be among the first to see the extraordinary exhibition Teapots by Design: From the Collection of Unjeria C. Jackson, MD. Enjoy tea-infused vodka and light refreshments. Meet collector Unjeria C. Jackson, MD, of Mendham, and see over 150 teapots from her private collection, ranging from classic Chinese styles to elegant Victorian creations, to sleek contemporary versions. For tickets, please call 973.971.3718.
Senior Fridays
Fridays January 21 | 1:00 p.m.
The Medical Illustrations of Frank H. Netter, MD
Free with museum admission
Visit the Morris Museum for an early afternoon of art and conversation with museum staff. The program includes a highlights tour through the exhibition Frank H. Netter, MD Michelangelo of Medicine; engaging conversation in the galleries, and light refreshments. Pre-registration is not required.
About the Morris Museum
The Morris Museum explores and celebrates the arts, sciences and humanities through exhibitions, educational programs, performing arts and special events. Founded in 1913, the museum serves over 200,000 adults and children each year. These programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; the F.M. Kirby Foundation and private donations.
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The Morris Museum, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Admission to the museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is free for museum members and is free to the public every Thursday between 5 and 8 p.m. For more information, call 973-971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
