Current undergraduate and graduate students are invited to a free after-hours event featuring exhibition tours, games, behind-the-scenes experiences, sketching with Drawing America, live music, and more!

6:00–7:45 PM: Drawing America at the Morgan

Join artist Simon Levenson for sketching with costumed models and live music in the Gilbert Court. Informal drawing lessons are provided throughout the evening.

6:00–7:45 PM: Play Two Truths and a Lie with J. Pierpont Morgan

Explore J. Pierpont Morgan’s historic library by playing Two Truths and a Lie, designed by Art History and Museum Professions students from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Win a chance for a free membership to the Morgan!

6:20–6:40 PM: Exhibition Tour

Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality

Deirdre Jackson, Assistant Curator, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

6:40–7:00 PM: Exhibition Tour

Morgan’s Bibles: Splendor in Scripture

Jesse Erickson, Astor Curator and Department Head, Printed Books and Bindings

7:00–7:20 PM: Exhibition Tour

Spirit and Invention: Drawings by Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo

Elizabeth Eisenberg, Moore Curatorial Fellow, Drawings and Prints

7:20–7:40 PM: Exhibition Tour

Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals

John McQuillen, Associate Curator, Printed Books and Bindings

Slip Behind the Scenes

Come to the Sherman Fairchild Reading Room and discover an array of materials including correspondence, photographs, objects and more, and learn how collections are used for research and exhibition purposes. Meet Erica Ciallela, Katie Graves, Katelyn Landry, Olivia McCall, María Molestina, and Victoria Stratis and learn about library and archives professions.

Visit the Drawing Study Center to encounter stunning treasures from the Morgan’s vault. Join curator Sarah W. Mallory and Drawing Institute Fellows Rachel Kase and Jasmine Clark to see spectacular examples from the museum’s world-famous collection of drawings and to learn about Drawing Institute events and how researchers use the center.

For more information about this performance, please visit the event website.