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Te Barnes Foundation announces free weekday admission for college and university students


Free weekday admission for college, university and graduate students and free Sunday admission for K-12 educators in School District of Philadelphia


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hom Collins, Ex- ecutive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation, today an- nounced that the Barnes will offer free general admission on weekdays to all college, university and graduate students. Additionally, the Barnes will provide K-12 ed- ucators working within the School District of Philadel- phia, and in Philadelphia’s parochial schools, with free general admission on Sun- days. This expanded access is made possible by a $1 Million Match Opportunity, provided by an anonymous donor, which matches funds raised through increases in annual memberships and new memberships to the Barnes. “Providing expanded access to the Barnes Foun- dation for all visitors – es- pecially students – is one of our top priorities,” said Thom Collins, Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation. “We look forward to welcom- ing more students from the Greater Philadelphia area, across the United States, and around the world, and help- ing them cultivate a deeper engagement with the Barnes


and its world-class collec- tion of Impressionist, Post- Impressionist, and early Modern art.” This free admission kicked off on Friday, November 13 at Open Arts College Night at the Barnes Foundation. Open Arts College Night, presented in partnership with Campus Philly, is a free evening event for col- lege, university and gradu- ate students featuring live music and performances by students from local schools, refreshments, and access to the Barnes collection and exhibitions. The free tickets can be re- deemed onsite only, by pre- senting valid, school-issued ID. One ticket will be issued per college, university or graduate student, or K-12 educator working within the School District of Phila- delphia or in Philadelphia’s parochial schools.


The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to “promote the advancement of educa- tion and the appreciation of the fine arts and horti- culture.” The Barnes holds one of the world’s finest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist and early modern paintings, with extensive works by Pierre- Auguste Renoir, Paul Cé- zanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim


Soutine, and Giorgio de Chirico; works by American masters Charles Demuth, William Glackens, Horace Pippin, and Maurice Pren- dergast; old master paint- ings; important examples of African sculpture; Native American ceramics, jewelry, and textiles; decorative arts and ironwork; and antiqui- ties from the Mediterranean region and Asia. While most collections are grouped by chronology, style, or genre, art at the Barnes is arranged in ensembles structured ac- cording to light, line, color, and space—principles that Dr. Barnes called “the uni- versal language of art.” The Foundation’s pro- grams include First Fridays, young professionals nights, tours, tastings, and fam- ily programs, as well as Barnes-de Mazia Educa- tion Program courses and workshops. These programs advance the Foundation’s mission through progres- sive, experimental, and interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The Barnes Foundation is open Wednes- day–Monday and tickets can be purchased on-site, online, or by calling 215-278-7200. Ticket prices and current hours are listed on our web- site (barnesfoundation.org). The Barnes Arboretum in Merion contains more than


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Present The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture


BRANDING THE DREAM: RACIAL DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF NEOLIBERALISM by


Kendal l Thomas Nash Professor of Law


Director, Center for the Study of Law and Culture Columbia University


Kendall Thomas is Nash Professor of Law and co-founder and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia University. He is a co-editor of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Founded the Movement and What's Left of Theory? Thomas was an inaugural recipient of the Berlin Prize Fellow- ship of the American Academy in Berlin, Germany. He is a founding member of the Majority Action Caucus of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Sex Panic! and the AIDS Prevention Action League. He is also a former member and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Gay Men's Health Crisis.


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