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Spring Opening Reception

Date & Time

Saturday, February 01, 2025, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Category

Arts

Location

Zimmerli Art Museum

71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Information

FREE and open to the public.

Complimentary light refreshments.

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Nicole Simpson, Access Coordinator, at 848-932-6178 or email nsimpson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.

A red cactus or plant rises above a gray background.

G. Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan), "Red Power", 1973, acrylic on canvas. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM; James Hart Photography.

Join us to celebrate new spring exhibitions including the opening of our special exhibition, Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always!

5 p.m. - 6 p.m. / Moderated Discussion featuring Neal Ambrose-Smith in conversation with John Hitchcock

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. / Reception

Throughout the Evening / Food and Drinks

Pre-register here for free visitor parking, which allows you to park in Lots 11, 16, 26 & 30. Until this process is completed, your vehicle is not registered and you may receive a citation. Special event parking and special event permits are only for visitors to the university and does not include free metered parking. Faculty, staff, and students must park only in lots where they are authorized to park. Please note, this is a unique link for this event and not valid for any other dates or events.

  • For directions to campus parking lots, search by the lot number on the Rutgers map.
  • Lot 16 is the closest to the Zimmerli, located behind the museum. For directions, you also may use the address 536 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, which is the building located next to the lot entrance.

The Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always exhibition, publication, and correlating public programs are supported by National Endowment for the Arts, Nissan Foundation, the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund, and Rutgers University. Additional support is provided by donors to Zimmerli's Major Exhibitions Fund: Kathrin and James Bergin and Sundaa and Randy Jones.

Generous support for bilingual text was provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

The Zimmerli’s operations, exhibitions and programs are funded in part by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and income from the Avenir Endowment Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Endowment Fund, among others. Additional support comes from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropiesand the donors, members, and friends of the museum.

Middlesex County NJ logo - Green text Middlesex in san serif font with County - NJ smaller underneath in black
Red and blue lines underline text reading National Endowment for the Arts art.gov
Multicolored triangles form a large square with text to the right reading Nissan Foundation.
Logo with red Rutgers R and text that read "Rutgers the State University of New Jersey".
Text reading "Art Bridges Foundation" with a purple arch connecting the words.
Large letter A with the text next to it reading in full "Avenir Foundation Inc."
Hand drawn squiggly letter M next to text reading "Mellon Foundation".
Black circle with black text reading "New Jersey State Council on the Arts Est. 1966" with a red triangle and swoosh in the center.
Black text reading "Bloomberg Connects", the letter O in the word Connects has been designed as a magnifying glass.