Announcing a new Meetup for Inquisitive Minds!

What: Free MFA Friday: Enjoy Arts & Socialize under the Stars

When: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:30 PM

Where: Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
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Kick off your Friday night at mfasummerfridays. Leave your work week behind and relax with friends both old and new. Enjoy live music outside in the Calderwood Courtyard and enjoy some of MFA's exquisite exhibitions.
We will attend musical performance of the night by Little Bang Quintet and attend some of the exhibitions.
Friday, July 30, is free community day, so the entrance is FREE


Musical Performance of the Night:
Little Bang Quintet

New Exhibition of the Week:
Nicholas Nixon: Family Albumt
Among the most compelling of Nicholas Nixon’s series of photographs are the portraits that he has made of his close-knit family. These photographs, taken over time, explore the nature of long-committed relationships. The exhibition features the entire sequence of the celebrated portraits of the artist’s wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. Taken annually, the Brown Sisters pictures reveal gradual changes in their physiques and shifts in their relationships. The exhibition also includes photographs of the artist’s daily life with Bebe and their children Samuel and Clementine (born in the early 1980s), which enable viewers to share in the daily interactions and joys of parenthood. Also included in the show are recent portraits of Bebe and self-portraits that stand for the steadiness of long marriage. Nicholas Nixon, who teaches at Massachusetts College of Art, is one of the most celebrated American photographers of our generation. The Brown Sisters photographs are a promised gift of James and Margie Krebs. Many of the other works in the exhibition are loans from the photographer.



When:
We will meet outside of the Huntington Avenue Entrance (opposite of Museum of Fine Arts green line stop) at 6:30 PM. We will go inside at 6:45 PM. I could be reached at [masked] in case you need to contact me


Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Avenue of the Arts
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5523
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Ticket:
entry is FREE (Free Community Day)


How to get there:
Subway
Take the Green Line "E" train to the "Museum of Fine Arts" stop, or the Orange Line train to the "Ruggles" stop.

Bus
Take the 39 bus to the "Museum of Fine Arts" stop, or the 8, 47, or CT2 buses to the "Ruggles" stop

Parking:
Parking is available in the garage on Museum Road. Because parking at and near the MFA is limited and fills up fast--especially during popular exhibitions and school vacation weeks--the MFA encourages visitors to carpool or use public transportation.

Visitors with handicapped placards please note: In addition to HP spaces in the garage, paid parking in the Museum Road surface lot is also available on a first-come, first-served basis; please disregard “Do Not Enter” signs and proceed to lot attendant for assistance.

Parking Rates
Members: $4 each half hour; $14 maximum/day
Nonmembers: $6 each half hour; $24 maximum/day

Special Evening Parking Rates
Monday-Friday, after 5:30 pm
Members: $4 each half hour; $11 maximum
Nonmembers: $6 each half hour; $16 maximum

Pay for your parking at automated kiosks located in the garage.

http://www.mfa.org/calendar/sub.asp?key=12&subkey=2603



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