from the student advisory boardThroughout the 2011-<strong>2012</strong> academic year,the <strong>Nasher</strong> Student Advisory Board (NSAB)pursued a two-dimensional objective: topresent events to <strong>Duke</strong> students andthe greater Durham population and tostrengthen the internal structure <strong>of</strong> theboard itself, in hopes <strong>of</strong> creating a moreefficient and effective organization. Assuch, the academic year was marked byfive major events featuring important socialthemes, collaborations with area collegesand new museum precedents.As is tradition each Orientation Week, the<strong>Nasher</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> welcomed 1,200 freshmenstudents to their first museum event, “ANight at the <strong>Nasher</strong>.” This event is designedto expose <strong>Duke</strong> students to the museum’sfacilities and exhibitions early on and iswidely held to be a freshman favorite.The next two fall-semester events were<strong>Art</strong> for All events–a type <strong>of</strong> programmingdesigned to target <strong>Duke</strong> students andalso welcome Durhamites while focusingon a single, temporary exhibition. The first,“XX” in October, celebrated feminist arton view in The Deconstructive Impulse.The NSAB celebrated gallery acousticsand fostered a more intimate viewingexperience by hosting the <strong>Duke</strong> femalestudent a cappella group Out <strong>of</strong> the Blueand a free, somewhat satirical screening<strong>of</strong> the 1974 educational film, “Women inManagement: Threat or Opportunity?” froma vintage 16-mm print. Throughout theevening, photographers from Latent Image(<strong>Duke</strong>’s photography magazine) tookpr<strong>of</strong>essional-quality portraits <strong>of</strong> guests,and visitors decorated oven mitts. For the<strong>Art</strong> for All event in November, the NSABcollaborated with students at the NorthCarolina Central <strong>University</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>for “Double Exposure,” cross-promotingthe <strong>Nasher</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>’s exhibition Becomingand the NCCU <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>’s Let YourMotto Be Resistance: African AmericanPortraits. The black-and-white theme <strong>of</strong>the event, hosted simultaneously at eachmuseum, played <strong>of</strong>f the black and whitephotography featured in each exhibition,and included multiple gallery talks, livejazz music and spoken word poetry. Busestransported about 300 students and localresidents between the campuses.The board’s most exciting event was ared-carpet soiree in late February, “ClassicHollywood,” where nearly 1,600 studentswalked the red carpet in their finest semiformalattire to celebrate the exhibitionAlexander Calder and Contemporary <strong>Art</strong>and dance the night away with a rocking liveband. Students enjoyed gourmet popcorn, anextremely popular photo booth, movie theatercandy and Oscar-inspired munchies. Theevent focused on undergraduate seniors, asthis is was most likely their last big event atthe <strong>Nasher</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>, and beautifully mirroredtheir first-year “Night at the <strong>Nasher</strong>” party. Tothat end, we partnered with the Senior ClassCouncil and the <strong>Annual</strong> Fund to create anenclosed senior lounge and giveaways forthe senior class. The NSAB employed anextensive marketing campaign surroundingthis event—emails, online invitations, aFacebook page, tabling on both East andWest campuses and for the first time, aNSAB Twitter page—and we are thrilled toreport that it was the best-attended studentevent ever at the museum.The final <strong>Art</strong>-for-All event <strong>of</strong> the year,“Comfy with Calder,” was a casual eveningevent in early March, designed to be amidterm study break.In addition to planning our own events, theNSAB also focused on bolstering studentpresence at <strong>Nasher</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> events suchas the Thursday evening film series andthe gallery talk on Outsider <strong>Art</strong>.We wish to thank Juline Chevalier, curator<strong>of</strong> education, and Kathy Wright, specialevents coordinator, for their generoussupport <strong>of</strong> the NSAB.Reshma Kalimi (T’12)Andrew Huff (T’12)Co-chairs <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Nasher</strong> Student Advisory BoardSee full listing <strong>of</strong> the Student AdvisoryBoard on page 45.Student Advisory Board928031_Text.indd 911/28/12 3:24 AM
TOP LEFT: <strong>Museum</strong> Director Kim Rorschach visits the permanent collection gallery with a <strong>Duke</strong> student. TOP RIGHT: <strong>Duke</strong> graduate student Katie Jentleson leadsa gallery tour through Angels, Devils and the Electric Slide. Photos by J Caldwell. BOTTOM RIGHT: A scholarly conversation complements the exhibition and newlypublished catalogue, The Past is Present: The Kempner Collection <strong>of</strong> Classical Antiquities at the <strong>Nasher</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> at <strong>Duke</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Photo by J Caldwell.10 Faculty Advisory Committee28031_Text.indd 1012/3/12 8:38 PM
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