The July Art After Hours moves to the second Wednesday, July 11 (due to the holiday), at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers. The evening features an exhibition tour of Aspects of Architecture: The Prints of John Taylor Arms and a performance by New Jersey band Cotton. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for adults over 65, and free for museum members, as well as Rutgers students, faculty and staff (with ID), and children under 18. The Museum Store offers 20% off all purchases.
Join a tour of Aspects of Architecture: The Prints of John Taylor Arms beginning at 5:30 p.m. Arms (1887 – 1953) is a noted 20th-century American etcher who captured intricate details of some of the most recognized Western architectural icons. Selected from the museum’s collection, twenty-four prints offer exquisite views of France’s Gothic churches, Venice’s glorious Grand Canal palaces, and picturesque French and Italian towns made during the artist’s travels between 1919 and 1940, as well as a 1935 view of Manhattan’s skyline. To contextualize these prints by Arms, the exhibition includes an introduction to the history of architectural prints, with works ranging from a splendid 18th-century view of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi to a 2001 print of the World Trade Center by Richard Haas. Aspects of Architecture is on view through July 31, 2012.
Local rock band Cotton returns to the museum, taking the stage for two 45-minute sets, beginning at 7 and 8 p.m., in support of their debut album In The Basement. New Jersey natives Brandon Broderick, Leo Kalik (both on guitar and vocals), Andrew Saunders (drums), and John Aponte (bass) have been busy touring the region this spring and preparing for their return to The Saint in Asbury Park this summer. The band’s set list highlights their original work, with a few covers of favorite rock classics. More information about the band, as well as their album, is available at www.cottonband.com.
