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February 2010
6 February 2010, Saturday Children's Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood Opening Reception 1-3 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Guest Curator Donna R. Barnes, Ed.D., Hofstra University Professor of Foundations, Leadership and Policy Studies will discuss the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served at Café Bistro at Bits ‘n’ Bytes, Memorial Hall, South Campus.
9 February 2010, Tuesday An Artist's Talk with Philemona Williamson 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Philemona Williamson, featured in the exhibition Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood, discusses her work and how she views it in the context of the exhibition. Admission: $3 general public; Hofstra University Museum members, PEIR members and Hofstra faculty/staff/students with current HofstraCard admitted free.
March 2010
14 March 2010, Sunday Celebrate Art at the 12th Annual Irish Experience Festival 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hofstra's Physical Fitness Center (PFC), North Campus Enjoy Hofstra’s Irish Experience Festival, and stop at the Hofstra University Museum activity booth to participate in an art project the whole family can enjoy. Be sure to drop by our galleries to see our current exhibitions, Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood and Something’s A Foot: Small Works From the Hofstra University Museum Collection. Sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union
20 March 2010, Saturday The Great Caper: Visual Scavenger Hunt and Story 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Join the Hofstra University Museum education staff as we uncover details in the works in the exhibit Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood and use the discoveries to create a story. Limited space; advance registration is required. Call the Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672 to register and for more information.
24 March 2010, Wednesday Stop, Look and Learn: Connecting Your Curriculum With Museum Objects 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Working with the exhibition Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood, Nancy Richner, the Hofstra University Museum’s education director, leads this daylong workshop. Participants engage with works of art to discover how museums can provide a powerful catalyst for immersing students in learning in all subject areas while enriching the curriculum. Admission:$25 (includes light breakfast and boxed lunch) Certificates will be issued that may be used toward professional development in-service credit. Workshop is limited to 25 participants. Call the Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672 to register and for more information.
April 2010
9 April 2010, Friday An Insider’s View with Stephanie Haboush Plunkett 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, deputy director and chief curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum, gives a talk on Rockwell’s use of children as a subject matter in his work, highlighting the works in our exhibition Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood. Admission: $3 general public; Hofstra University Museum members, PEIR members and Hofstra faculty/staff/students with current HofstraCard admitted free.
May 2010
2 May 2010, Sunday Celebrate Art at the 27th Annual Dutch Festival 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Memorial Quad (outdoors) and Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Bring the kids, have some fun at Hofstra’s Dutch Festival, and drop by the Hofstra University Museum activity booth to participate in art projects the whole family can enjoy. Please visit the David Filderman Gallery to see our current exhibition, Something’s A Foot: Small Works From the Hofstra University Museum Collection. Sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union
4 May 2010, Tuesday A Closer Look With Dan Devine and Mikael Levin 4-5 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Photographer Mikael Levin and Hofstra University Professor of Fine Art Dan Devine engage in a conversation on Levin’s works in the exhibition, Settling into Nature: La Bassée, a Contemporary Landscape in France. Photographs by Mikael Levin.
4 May 2010, Tuesday Settling into Nature: La Bassée, a Contemporary Landscape in France. Photographs by Mikael Levin Opening Reception 5-7 p.m. Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus
For more information please contact: Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672.
All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Advanced registration is requested. Please call (516) 463-5672 to reserve your space today. Note: The Hofstra University Museum reserves the right to cancel or alter all trips and events due to inadequate reservations. Checks are otherwise nonrefundable. Museum members receive discounts on all Hofstra University Museum trips. All events are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

February 2010

6 February 2010, Saturday
Children's Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood Opening Reception
1-3 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Guest Curator Donna R. Barnes, Ed.D., Hofstra University Professor of Foundations, Leadership and Policy Studies will discuss the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served at Café Bistro at Bits ‘n’ Bytes, Memorial Hall, South Campus.

9 February 2010, Tuesday
An Artist's Talk with Philemona Williamson
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Philemona Williamson, featured in the exhibition Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood, discusses her work and how she views it in the context of the exhibition.

Admission: $3 general public; Hofstra University Museum members, PEIR members and Hofstra faculty/staff/students with current HofstraCard admitted free.

March 2010

14 March 2010, Sunday
Celebrate Art at the 12th Annual Irish Experience Festival
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hofstra's Physical Fitness Center (PFC), North Campus

Enjoy Hofstra’s Irish Experience Festival, and stop at the Hofstra University Museum activity booth to participate in an art project the whole family can enjoy. Be sure to drop by our galleries to see our current exhibitions, Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood and Something’s A Foot: Small Works From the Hofstra University Museum Collection.

Sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union

20 March 2010, Saturday
The Great Caper: Visual Scavenger Hunt and Story
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Join the Hofstra University Museum education staff as we uncover details in the works in the exhibit Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood and use the discoveries to create a story.

Limited space; advance registration is required. Call the Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672 to register and for more information.

24 March 2010, Wednesday
Stop, Look and Learn: Connecting Your Curriculum With Museum Objects
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Working with the exhibition Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood, Nancy Richner, the Hofstra University Museum’s education director, leads this daylong workshop. Participants engage with works of art to discover how museums can provide a powerful catalyst for immersing students in learning in all subject areas while enriching the curriculum.

Admission:$25 (includes light breakfast and boxed lunch)

Certificates will be issued that may be used toward professional development in-service credit. Workshop is limited to 25 participants. Call the Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672 to register and for more information.

April 2010

9 April 2010, Friday
An Insider’s View with Stephanie Haboush Plunkett
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, deputy director and chief curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum, gives a talk on Rockwell’s use of children as a subject matter in his work, highlighting the works in our exhibition Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood.

Admission: $3 general public; Hofstra University Museum members, PEIR members and Hofstra faculty/staff/students with current HofstraCard admitted free.

May 2010

2 May 2010, Sunday
Celebrate Art at the 27th Annual Dutch Festival
11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Memorial Quad (outdoors) and Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Bring the kids, have some fun at Hofstra’s Dutch Festival, and drop by the Hofstra University Museum activity booth to participate in art projects the whole family can enjoy. Please visit the David Filderman Gallery to see our current exhibition, Something’s A Foot: Small Works From the Hofstra University Museum Collection.

Sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union

4 May 2010, Tuesday
A Closer Look
With Dan Devine and Mikael Levin
4-5 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Photographer Mikael Levin and Hofstra University Professor of Fine Art Dan Devine engage in a conversation on Levin’s works in the exhibition, Settling into Nature: La Bassée, a Contemporary Landscape in France. Photographs by Mikael Levin.

4 May 2010, Tuesday
Settling into Nature: La Bassée, a Contemporary Landscape in France. Photographs by Mikael Levin Opening Reception
5-7 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

For more information please contact: Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672.

All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Advanced registration is requested. Please call (516) 463-5672 to reserve your space today.
Note: The Hofstra University Museum reserves the right to cancel or alter all trips and events due to inadequate reservations. Checks are otherwise nonrefundable. Museum members receive discounts on all Hofstra University Museum trips. All events are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

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