INC NEWS - Nasher Museum of Art will install works of art in downtown Durham for the first time -- You're invited to a celebration on April 20

[Susan Kauffman]

Please pass along this invitation to your friends!

The public  can meet artist William Cordova on Friday, April 20, from 5:30
to 11 p.m. at a party co-sponsored by Alliance Architecture at Rigsbee
Hall, 208 Rigsbee St., Durham. Cash bar. Refreshments provided by Rue Cler
Restaurant and Bakery.

Susan Kauffman
Director of Special Projects
Office of Public Affairs
Duke University
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NASHER MUSEUM INSTALLS PUBLIC ART PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM

   The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University will install works of art in
   downtown Durham for the first time with “From the Root,” a public art
   project that alludes to social activism in North Carolina and the world.
   The art will be installed Friday, April 13. Visitors can meet artist
   William Cordova on Friday, April 20, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. at a party at
   Rigsbee Hall, 208 Rigsbee St., Durham. The event, co-sponsored by
   Alliance Architecture, will include entertainment by DJ Low Rise, a cash
   bar and refreshments provided by Rue Cler Restaurant and Bakery.

   “From the Root” was created by artists William Cordova and Leslie Hewitt
   using public spaces, such as billboards or walls, and transforming them
   from a traditional commercial purpose into a thought-provoking message
   about the importance of history. This work presents a straightforward
   list of names of people who have contributed to positive social change
   in the world and in North Carolina.

   One installation of “From the Root” will be on the green wall at
   Corcoran and West Main streets; the other will be on the outside wall of
   Branch Gallery, 401-C Foster St.

   The Nasher Museum presents “From the Root” in conjunction with the
   exhibition “Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova and Robin
   Rhode.” Both the public art installations and the exhibition at the
   Nasher Museum will be on view through July 29.




   Wendy Hower Livingston
   Manager of Marketing and Communications
   Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
   Box 90732
   Durham, NC 27708-0732
   2001 Campus Drive
   Durham, NC 27705
   [Direct Phone] 919-684-3314
   [Receptionist] 919-684-5135
   [Fax] 681-8624 [Cell] 247-8223
   www.nasher.duke.edu