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Drop in for a docent-led tour, take one on your own with our themed self-guided tour brochures or come by for our other exciting adult programs. All programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise indicated.
Sound amplification is available for all programs in the galleries, auditorium, and studios.
First Thursday LIVE
Photo Slam - Call for Submissions
Inspired Words
Film Screening: Strand: Under the Dark Cloth
ARTalk with MFA Curator Anne Havinga
Photography Portfolio Review
Currier Online Book Club
Big Apple Express
First Thursdays LIVE
First Thursdays feature live music, an opportunity to view the museum’s collection of European and American art and special exhibitions, gallery talks, a chance to mingle with other art and music lovers, and complimentary snacks. A cash bar and full menu is available at the cafe. Come see what we have to offer!
First Thursday LIVE programs are free for members, $10 for non-members
No reservations required.
February 2 - Jared Steer Trio
Experience jazz by the Jared Steer Trio. Jared has played with many famous musicians including the drummer with the Bee Gees, the bassist for Boston, and has recorded award-winning albums with Ben Rudnick and Friends. Also, check out our annual Art Center Faculty Exhibition—the sales of which benefit the Art Center’s scholarship fund!
5:30 to 7:30 pm
March 1 - Raising Scarlet
Rockabilly, retro-rock and Swing band Raising Scarlet will play an exciting mix of upbeat vintage and modern songs. Z food and drink will feature their tappas menu in the café.
5:30-7:30 pm
April 5 - Paul Bourgelais Jazz Trio
Enjoy the sounds of twice-nominated Jazz Artist of the Year Paul Bourgelais, whose music was described by Jam Music Magazine as “…elegant jazz reading…graceful and delicate…timeless feel that is perfect…. created a wonderfully warm atmosphere.”
5:30-7:30 pm
Call for Musicians!
Are you a musician looking for an opportunity to perform in a prestigious public setting? We are seeking experienced musicians to perform for our First Thursdays series of programming scheduled the first Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. All genres will be considered, including jazz, world music, rock and roll, classical, bluegrass, and swing.
To Apply:
Please email the following information to mpennington@currier.org
Name of artist/band plus names of all its members
Primary contact’s name, email address, and phone number
One sentence describing the musical genre
A representative mp3 file
Link to band website, Facebook, Myspace, or Youtube
Selected list of locations of previous performances
The museum provides compensation for First Thursday performances in the amount of $350. Applications will be taken on a rolling basis.
Photo Slam - Call for Submissions
Submit your photos for a chance to have one on view at the museum! Twelve artists whose work captures a new look at the world around us—in keeping with our special exhibition A New Vision: Modernist Photography—will be chosen to present their work on Saturday, April 21. After the presentations, visitors will vote to decide the recipient of the Vistors’ Choice Award. Download the submission form for more information and enter by Wednesday, February 29.
Photo Slam Presentation – Saturday, April 21, 5–7 pm
A Valentine's Weekend Ispired Words
Sunday, February 12, 2 pm
Let A Knock at the Door by Laura Alma-Tadema inspire your next poem or other short piece of creative writing! Submit it to inspiredwords@currier.org by February 3 and sign up to read it on February 12. Come early for a romantic jazz brunch served from 11 am to 2:30 pm!
Film Screening: Strand: Under the Dark Cloth
Tuesday, March 13, 6 pm
This documentary provides a fascinating, in-depth look at the life, relationships, and creative process of famed photographer Paul Strand, whose work is featured in A New Vision: Modernist Photography. The film includes interviews with Strand’s contemporary Georgia O’Keeffe, whose work is also included in the exhibition.
Run time: 80 min.
Red River Theatres 11 S. Main Street, Suite L1-1 Concord, NH 03301
$6 Currier and Red River members, $9 non-members
Tickets will go on sale sometime in the new year at www.redrivertheatres.org
Professional Development hours available
ARTalk: A New Vision: Modernist Photography
with MFA Curator Anne Havinga
Sunday, March 18, 2 pm
What is modernism in photography and why are the photographs in A New Vision: Modernist Photography important? Find out from Anne Havinga, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Professional Development hours available
Photography Portfolio Review
Sunday, April 15, 10-noon and 1-3 pm
Interested in getting your photographs in front of curators, faculty and gallerists? Sign up to have your portfolio reviewed by some of the most influential people in the New Hampshire art world. Reviewers include:
Andrew Spahr, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Currier Museum of Art
Kurt Sundstrom, Associate Curator, Currier Museum of Art
Nina Bozicnik, Assistant Curator, Currier Museum of Art
Joni Taube, Owner of the Art3 Gallery
Sarah Chaffee, Owner of the McGowan Fine Art Gallery
Deborah Disston, Director of the McIninch Art Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University
Franz Nicolay, Art Teacher and Art Gallery Coordinator at the Holderness School
$45 Currier and New Hampshire Art Association members $55 non-members
Price includes 20-minute portfolio reviews by up to 4 reviewers and museum admission.
Please call 603.669.6144 x108 to register.
Currier Online Book Club
Do you belong to a book club or know someone who does? This online book club is designed to be a resource for existing book clubs to link works of literature to art on view at the museum. To launch this program, we’ve paired Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man with Glenn Ligon’s paintings Invisible Man (Two Views).
Participating is easy! Just download the information and discussion questions here, use them within your group, then call 603.669.6144 x 113 to request our special book club tour. Tours feature Glenn Ligon’s Invisible Man and other works in the collection that connect with themes relevant to the painting and novel.
Day Trips
Currier trips offer a chance to experience art in places near and far—visit other museums, tour architectural wonders, and enjoy the finer things in life.
Big Apple Express
Next Trip: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Enjoy NYC in the spring! The coach departs from the Catholic Diocese of Manchester (153 Ash Street) promptly at 6:30 am. Arrive in Manhattan about 11:30 am to spend the day in the city. Re-board the coach at 7 pm to arrive back to the Diocese about 11:30 pm.
Tickets for the April trip are on sale now! Reserve your seats by calling 603.669.6144 ext 108.
$75.00 members
$95.00 non-members
Prices include transportation only.To request a wheelchair accessible coach, please contact us at least eight weeks prior to the trip and we will make every effort to accommodate.
Save the dates for future Big Apple Express trips:
June 30, 2012
September 29, 2012
December 1, 2012
To request a tour, complete a Tour Request Form.