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Morven Museum & Garden Warms Up Winter with Exciting Programs and New Exhibition
Beginning on February 23 at 6:30 pm, Morven Museum & Garden’s Grand Homes & Gardens Distinguished Speakers Series’ launches “The Woman of the House'' highlighting four homes and gardens of remarkable women spanning three centuries. This popular series, virtual this year, kicks off on the heels of Morven’s first virtual opening reception for its newest exhibition In Nature’s Realm: The Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh set for 5:30 pm on February 18.
“We continue our foray into the virtual world and with our unique brand and variety, we have garnered our newest members from as far away as Tazmania and England as well as just around the corner,” said Morven’s Executive Director Jill Barry. While everyone can “zoom” in to these our programs, the galleries are open and the new exhibition, In Nature’s Realm will delight guests with beautiful depictions of familiar wildlife and pastoral New Jersey landscapes now lost.”
In Nature’s Realm
Morven is honored to present the first exhibition examining the work of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh (1856–1915). Born in New Brunswick, the great-great-grandson of Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1736–1790), the first president of Queens College (Rutgers University), Hardenbergh was a self-taught artist and ornithologist.
On Thursday, February 18 at 5:30 pm, Curator and Deputy Director Elizabeth Allan presents a virtual peek inside the exhibition. Opening to the public on February 19, 2021, the exhibition will run through January 9, 2022 in Morven’s second floor galleries. Accompanying programming, including The Art of the Dog, Portrait Workshop with Debra Lampert-Rudman; Fishing Creel Weaving Workshop with Mary May; Jersey Birds Illustration Classes with Erin Ellis; and The Art of Deception, Duck Decoy Workshop with Jode Hillman, are listed on Morven’s website.
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| Grouse, 1885. Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh (1856–1915), oil on canvas. Collection of the Van Nostrand Family. |
