Koret Auditorium

On Friday nights the entire museum is open until 8:45 p.m. Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures. The cafe is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menu, and a no-host cocktail bar is serving drinks. There are art making activities for everyone. All Friday Night programming is FREE unless otherwise noted.

Wilsey Court
6:30–7:15 and 7:45–8:30 p.m.  
Live Music by Japonize Elephants.

Docent Lecturer: Rita Dunlay

Some of the highlights of landscape painting at the de Young Museum are revealed: torrents of water pouring over Niagara Falls; a crystal-clear lake in the Sierra Nevada; the frenetic energy of early-20th-century Manhattan.

Lecturer: Edith Freeman

Moderated by Judith Content, local quilt artist and President Emeritus of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), a panel of SAQA member artists discuss their careers in fiber. Panel members are:

• Marion Coleman: artist, past president of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, and past board member of TAC.
• Charlotte Bird: artist, current president of the board of Quilt San Diego, and chairman of the Quilt Visions No Boundaries Biennial Exhibition.
• Kris Sazaki and Deb Cashatt: artists and partners in the Pixeladies design firm and current Northern California/Nevada SAQA regional representatives.