Fall & Winter Events

New Salon Series!

Nimbus is proud to introduce these special contemporary art lectures featuring Tara McDowell

Tara is an art historian, curator, editor, and is currently a lecturer and doctoral candidate in the His- tory of Art at UC Berkeley. She has held curatorial positions at SFMOMA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. She has lectured at SFMOMA, the de Young Museum, and the UCLA Hammer Museum, among others, and is a Senior Editor of The Exhibitionist. She has contributed to arts publications such as artforum.com, Artweek, and Fillip.
These high impact art evenings will be loaded with light hors-d'œuvres, rich visuals from Tara's amazing cache of images, bold art topics, and artisan wines to inspire lively discourse with our bril- liant presenter. Don't miss out!

Cutting Edge Contemporary in Latin America

Latin America has emerged as one of the most fascinating sites of artistic production in the past twenty years. Artists in this region range widely across painting, sculpture, photography, and film to make work that is highly poetic and invested in materials, but also attuned to the spe- cific nature of place: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and so on. This lecture will look at a number of exciting artistic practices from this region, one that is deeply connected to our own sense of place here in California. $30
CC-1 AGES ADULT | Thursday, November 3, 6:30–8:30pm

Art & Politics in the 21st Century

Is there a relationship between art and politics? If so, what does it look like? How might art matter to politics? Questions such as these have increasingly occupied artists in recent years, and some of the most thought-provoking contemporary art addresses these questions with a combination of poignant personal investment and broad global reach. This talk examines the work of several global contemporary artists who have taken up the question of art's relation- ship to politics with sensitivity and pathos. $30
CC-2 AGES ADULT | Thursday, November 17, 6:30–8:30pm

Performance Art In & Out of the Museum

Performance Art is a genre born in the 1970s, but has become especially relevant in recent years as new media formats such as YouTube allow the Internet to be every performer's stage. This talk considers a few recent performances that have captivated contemporary art audi- ences, and forced us to question what the role of the artist is in society. Whether you enjoy theater or are simply aware of what it means to be a body moving in the world, this talk will offer food for thought about the ways we engage our surroundings. $30
CC-3 AGES ADULT | Thursday, January 12, 6:30–8:30pm

Pop After Warhol

In the 1960s Andy Warhol famously fused high art and pop culture with his silkscreened can- vases of icons ranging from Marilyn Monroe to Campbell's soup cans. Since this time, artists have continued to mine the rich terrain of popular culture, appropriating everything from pop music to Hollywood movies to make works of art. In this talk, we will consider some of the most compelling approaches to incorporating the stuff of our everyday pop lives into art.
CC-4 AGES ADULT | Thursday, January 26, 6:30–8:30pm. Special Event selection; more details to follow!