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SUMMARY:Art After Dark at the MFA
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Art After Dark on select Thursday evenings throughout the year! Enjoy discounted admission and exclusive programming\, including engaging docent-led tours\, thought-provoking lectures\, film screenings\, and more. Explore the galleries after hours\, soak in the distinctive ambiance\, and experience art in a fresh\, captivating way. It’s the perfect night out for everyone to enjoy!\n\n\n\nArt After Dark at the MFA\nThursday\, February 27\, 2025\n5:00 PM–8:00 PM Art After Dark Museum Admission\nMuseum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\n255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg FL 33701 \nFree for MFA Members; $15 for Not-Yet-Members (Youth 17 and under are Free!)\n*Art After Dark on February 27 includes special programming: In the Presence of Spirits: Art and Culture in New Guinea \nGET TICKETS \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!  \nMFA Members enjoy free admission for an entire year\, early access to special exhibitions\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, special member-only exclusive events\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBECOME A MEMBER \n\n 
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LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art After Dark,FREE for MFA Members,Reduced Admission
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SUMMARY:In the Presence of the Spirits: Art and Culture in New Guinea
DESCRIPTION:In the Presence of the Spirits: Art and Culture in New Guinea\nSituated on the westernmost edge of Oceania\, the island of New Guinea accounts for an astonishing majority of the artwork that comes to us from this vast region in the Pacific. \nLong celebrated for their creativity by artists\, anthropologists\, and collectors\, artists from New Guinea create extraordinary works of art that are deeply rooted in distinct traditions of ritual\, myth\, and communal history. \nJoin MFA Research Associate Noah Cox as he discusses the exhibition Explore the Vaults: The Art of New Guinea and situates the works on display in the Miriam Acheson Gallery into the broader history of art from New Guinea. \n  \nIn the Presence of the Spirits: Art and Culture in New Guinea\nThursday\, February 27\, 2025\n6:00 PM–7:00 PM\nMarly Room\nMuseum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\n255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg FL 33701 \nFree for MFA Members; $15 for Not-Yet-Members (Youth 17 and under are Free!)* \n*Program ticket includes Art After Dark admission from 5:00 PM–8:00 PM! Arrive early or stay late to explore the MFA Collection Galleries\, Special Exhibitions\, and MFA Shop! \nREGISTER \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!  \nMFA Members enjoy free admission for an entire year\, early access to special exhibitions\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, special member-only exclusive events\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBECOME A MEMBER \n\nABOUT NOAH COX \n \nNoah Cox is the Research Associate for Museum Collections at the Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg. His primary responsibility is to examine and study the museum’s permanent collection\, with a special emphasis on provenance research. In addition to this research\, he works with the curatorial team on supplemental exhibitions such as Explore the Vaults: The Art of New Guinea and with the collections team to care for the collection. \nNoah holds a BA in Art History from New College of Florida and an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Before joining the MFA in 2023\, Noah worked in exhibitions and public programming at Architecture Sarasota and interned at the Sarasota Art Museum. Recently\, he completed the 2024 Nazi-Era Art Provenance Research Training Program through the Center for Art Collection Ethics (ACE) at the University of Denver. \n\nPhoto Credits  \nFrom Left to Right:\n1. Unknown Kerewa Artist\, Goaribari Island\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n2. Unknown Havasea Artist\, Uramu Island\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope or Kwoi\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n3. Unknown Artist\, Wapo-Era-Urama Area\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope or Kwoi\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n4. Unknown Kerewa Artist\, Goaribari Island\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n5. Unknown Goari Artist\, Goaribari Island\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n6. Unknown Kerewa Artist\, Goaribari Island\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n7. Unknown Goari Artist\, Goaribari Island\, Gulf Province\, Papua New Guinea Gope\, early to mid-20th century Ocher and lime on wood Gift of Morton D. May \n  \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art After Dark,Educational Event,FREE for MFA Members,Lecture / Talk,Reduced Admission
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