Sunday, March 3
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

Sunday, March 10
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

Saturday, March 16
12 - 2:00 p.m. - Drawing in the Galleries
Free and open to age 14 and up, or with instructor permission.
Bring some paper and a pencil (pencils only, please) and come draw in the Currier galleries on a winter Saturday. One of New Hampshire's finest art educators will get you started and give advice and encouragement.

Sunday, March 17
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

2:00 p.m. - Blue Heron, Renaissance Choir
Free with admission
The Boston-area choral ensemble Blue Heron has created a special program to welcome back the Currier's Flemish tapestry, featuring Franco-Flemish music circa 1500, including the works of Josquin, Isaac, Obrecht, and Ockeghem.

3:45 p.m. - Tapestry Talk
Free with admission
Following the performance of Blue Heron, Dr. Kurt Sundstrom of the Currier's curatorial staff will present a short talk on the Currier's tapestry, The Visit of the Gypsies, (Franco-Flemish, c. 1490).

Thursday, March 21
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Open Doors Manchester Cultural Trolley Tour
Free
Currier members are invited to use the museum as their starting point for Manchester's newest arts sensation - the Open Doors trolley tours! Park free at the Currier, and hop on the trolley when it arrives on a circuit of the city's cultural hot spots. For more information, call (603)623-0313, ext. 546.

Sunday, March 24
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

Saturday, March 30
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Printmaking Demonstration
Free with admission
Rick Freed, painter and printmaker, will create an etching and demonstrate the printing process. Currently a member of the Currier Art Center faculty, Mr. Freed recently completed the large indoor mural at the Millyard Museum. This demonstration will be of interest to all ages; stop by anytime in the afternoon to ask questions and watch.

Call 669-6144, ext 108 for more information on any of these programs.

Friday, April 5
5:30 p.m. - Slide Lecture: Renaissance Printmaking
in Germany and the Netherlands
Free with museum admission
Suzanne Boorsch, guest curator of the exhibition The Print in the North: The Age of Albrecht Dürer and Lucas van Leyden for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will lecture on these artists. Ms. Boorsch is the Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery.

Sunday, April 7
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with museum admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

2:00 p.m. - Avero Trio Memorial Concert
Free with museum admission
New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Veronica Kadlubkiewicz (pictured on right) returns to the Currier with a new piano trio, featuring Roberta Cooper, cello, and Anne Koscielny, piano. The Avero Trio will be performing three Beethoven piano trios.

Friday, April 12
6:00-7:30 p.m. - Classical Guitar in the Galleries
Free with museum admission
Classical guitarist Paul Bourgelais will play music from the late 15th and early 16th centuries to complement the exhibition, The Print in the North.

Saturday, April 13
1:00 p.m. - Closing Ceremonies, NH Allstate Art Festival
Free with museum admission
The public is invited to attend the final hours of this annual festival for high school juniors, which includes an art college fair and public art viewing at the Currier Art Center. Call (603)669-6144, ext. 124, or e-mail artallstate@currier.org.

Sunday, April 14
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with museum admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

Wednesday, April 17
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Day Trip: The Harvard University Art Museums
$45 - $55
Ride in a deluxe coach to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to see the three Harvard University Art Museums: the Fogg, the Busch-Reisinger and the Sackler. Reservations required: call (603)669-6144, ext 108.

Saturday, April 20
12 - 2:00 p.m. - Drawing in the Galleries
Free with admission: instructor permission required for youths under age 14
Bring paper and a pencil to the Currier, sketch and take inspiration from the museum's paintings, sculpture, and architecture. An art educator will be on hand to advise and encourage. Call (603)669-6144, ext 108.

Sunday, April 21
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with museum admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

Monday, April 22
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Educational Continuum Program (Southern NH University)
$20 - $25
"Food for the Mind and the Body: The Renaissance Era in Northern Europe" features Currier assistant curator Kurt Sundstrom speaking on the symbolism in Renaissance-era etchings, engravings and woodcuts, as well as a presentation by Lou Greenstein, Culinary Historian and Director of Auxiliary Services at Southern New Hampshire University, who will describe the food and drink of the era. Please call the Educational Continuum at (603)645-9780 to register.

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Opens: Family Weaving Residency
Free with museum admission
Sarah Haskell will be "in residence" in the Currier's tapestry gallery with her loom during April school vacation week to demonstrate historic and current tapestry weaving techniques and materials, and answer questions about weaving.

Times vary - Opens: April Vacation Art Camp: Take Flight
Prices vary: registration required
The Currier Art Center takes a break from its regularly scheduled classes during school vacation week to offer of art camp for ages four to 14. This week's theme is Take Flight - attendees will make clay birds, Chinese kites, and paper airplanes. Pre-registration required: call (603)669-6144 ext. 122 or email artcenter@currier.org.

Wednesday, April 24
2:00 p.m. - Douglas Clegg Folk Music
Free with museum admission
Back by popular demand, performer Douglas Clegg gives a spirited family show of music and song.

Thursday, April 25
5:30 p.m. - Gallery Talk: The Social History of Tapestry
Free with museum admission
Patryc Wiggins, tapestry artist, will discuss the important role that tapestries have played throughout history.

Saturday, April 27
6:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Day Trip: Big Apple Express
$50 - $60
A hassle-free way to visit New York City - board at the Currier, arrive at the Guggenheim and spend the day as you please until returning to the Guggenheim for the return trip. Please call (603)669-6144, ext. 108 to reserve your seat!

Sunday, April 28
1:00 p.m. - Docent-Led Tour of the Permanent Collection
Free with museum admission
Learn about European and American painting and sculpture and American decorative arts in the permanent collection with a museum docent.
No reservations required!

Call 669-6144, ext 108 for more information on any of these programs.

Thursday, May 2
5:30 p.m. - Gallery Talk: Taking Care of Your Works on Paper
Free with museum admission
Debora Mayer, a professional conservator of works on paper (including prints, drawings and watercolors, as well as letters and manuscripts) will discuss dos and don'ts of taking care of your valued collections.

Saturday, May 11
12:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Renaissance Family Festival
Free with museum admission
A Renaissance Family Festival will celebrate the opening of the annual exhibition of the Currier Art Center, with performers, weaving demonstration, games, hands-on activities, and loads of family fun!

Opens: Annual Student Exhibition
Free with museum admission
All Currier Art Center students enrolled in the Fall 2001 and Spring 2002 sessions will be represented in this don't-miss exhibition, Renaissance Redoux, held at the Currier Gallery of Art.

Call 669-6144, ext 108 for more information on any of these programs.