{"id":55308,"date":"2019-04-24T16:15:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T23:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=55308"},"modified":"2019-04-24T16:15:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T23:15:52","slug":"nau-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-art-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new exhibits at the NAU Art Museum to challenge visitors\u2019 perceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Wolf-Dahlias-with-the-Concert-cropped12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Wolf-Dahlias-with-the-Concert-cropped12.jpg 500w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Wolf-Dahlias-with-the-Concert-cropped12-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>April 24, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Arizona University\u2019s Art Museum has three exhibits promising to charm all its visitors. Featuring contemporary and notable artworks from two collections, and illustrations from recently acquired sketches by American illustrator Cyrus L. Baldridge, these displays are offered through May 1.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContemporary Work from the Collection\u201d spotlights acquisitions from the last several years that align with the mission of the museum to collect and display works of art that challenge visitors\u2019 perceptions and expectations.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSelections from the Marguerite Hettel Weiss Bequest\u201d features a range of notable sculptures and paintings. Of particular note are two portraits by Diego Rivera, as well as works by Arizona\u2019s homegrown surrealist, Philip Curtis.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCyrus L. Baldridge, American Illustrator\u201d includes a selection of work from the recently acquired preparatory sketches commissioned by the publishers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NAU Art Museum is located at 620 S. Knoles Drive and is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Entrance to the museum is free, though a $2 donation is suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-art-museum\/\">April 24, 2019 Northern Arizona University\u2019s Art Museum has three exhibits promising to charm all its visitors. Featuring contemporary and notable artworks from two collections, and illustrations from recently acquired sketches by American illustrator Cyrus L. Baldridge, these displays are offered through May 1. \u201cContemporary Work from the Collection\u201d spotlights acquisitions from the last several&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}