The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus will be hosting “Art After Hours” from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, as well as every first Wednesday of the month.

Organized by the Zimmerli Student Advisory Board, “Art After Hours” offers students and the local community the opportunity to engage in a multi-faceted approach to the arts, said Community Relations Coordinator Rebecca Brenowitz. The night will feature events showcasing different aspects of art — music, photographs, paintings, poetry and film.

The co-presidents of the Student Advisory Board Rachel Shaw and Mary Greene arranged for School of Arts and Sciences senior Ross Lippencott, a guitarist from the band “The N Result,” to kick off the evening and continue playing through the night.

“[The band] played at our last event; they were really great and it was really successful, so we decided to invite [Lippencott] to play again,” said Greene, a Rutgers College senior.

The guitarist will be followed by a screening of the film, “Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story.”

Alfredo Franco, the museum’s education curator, said he thinks the movie had many important messages to deliver. Cooper was very involved in art education, which makes this movie relevant, he said.

“Students will see how a very wealthy, self-made person had a sense of social responsibility and felt the need to give back to the community,” he said.
The evening will end with a poetry showcase and an open-mic night, Greene said. People can read from their favorite poets or read their own poetry if they feel comfortable.

“Art After Hours” is also the first day tickets for the Zimmerli Masquerade Ball will be sold, Brenowitz said.

“For just $8, Rutgers students can enjoy an evening as formal and special as the [Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Ball],” Greene said.

There will be tours of two exhibits in the museum: “Trail Blazers in the 21st Century” and “Highlights of the American Gallery,” said Shaw, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

“Trail Blazers” is a new exhibit at the museum, showcasing contemporary prints and photographs, she said. “Highlights of the American Gallery” will allow people to view some of the finest pieces from the American gallery, including background stories on them.

Thanks : Daily Targum