Join us in the galleries while jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.<\/p>\n","start_time":"1:00 pm","end_time":"2:00 pm","admission":"In-Person; free with registration","main_content":"
Join us in the galleries while jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.<\/p>\n
Jazz + Wednesdays is generously sponsored by Joyce B. Cowin.<\/i><\/p>\n
Bill Wurtzel began playing guitar at age 9, and was a radio and TV country music performer by age 12. He attended art school and had a career as an award-winning advertising creative director. He continued to play professionally and switched to music full time in 1989. Bill has played worldwide with many jazz legends, including the Count Basie Countsmen, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Jimmy McGriff, the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, singers Gloria Lynne and Terri Thornton, as well as Paul Simon. Bill is a director of the Jazz Foundation of America. He also improvises with food and has authored Funny Food, Funny Food Made Easy, and Foodie Faces. Bill has performed for over a decade at the American Folk Art Museum.<\/p>\n
Jay Leonhart began his musical journey at the age of 7 on piano and percussions at the Peabody School of Music in Baltimore. At age 14, he chose the biggest instrument that he could find\u2014the bass violin\u2014and has since played with many of the major jazz musicians, big bands, pop singers, and jazz groups of this world. He has three times been voted the \u201cMost Valuable Bassist in the Recording Industry.\u201d Jay is known for his work with artists such as Jim Hall, Marian McPartland, Mel Torme, Maureen McGovern, Rosemary Clooney, Sting, and James Taylor, among others.<\/p>\n
Capacity for this program is limited; to ensure your space, we strongly recommend you arrive early.<\/b><\/p>\n
For questions, please email\u00a0publicprograms@folkartmuseum. Read an interview with Bill Wurtzel in\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Join artist Alison Saar<\/strong> and Senior Curators Kim Conaty<\/strong> (Whitney Museum), Katie Jentleson<\/strong> (High Museum of Art), Valerie Rousseau<\/strong> (AFAM) for a conversation on the art and life of Minnie Evans.<\/p>\n","start_time":"5:30 pm","end_time":"7:00 pm","admission":"In-person; ticketed","main_content":" Join us for a conversation about the art and life of Minnie Evans<\/strong> on the occasion of Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists<\/em><\/a> and The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans<\/em><\/a> at the Whitney Museum<\/a> of American Art, both of which highlight the artist’s unique mixed-media drawing practice.<\/p>\n Co-presented with the Whitney Museum of American Art, this program reconsiders Evans\u2019s position within American art, exploring her practice within different historical lineages. The speakers will share reflections on Evans\u2019 vital sense of color, shape, and place while recontextualizing her otherworldly landscapes within the artistic traditions of the American South.<\/p>\n Following the panel, ticket holders are invited to view the exhibition The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans.<\/em><\/p>\n Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n Kim Conaty<\/strong>, Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator<\/p>\n Katherine Jentleson<\/strong>, Senior Curator of American Art and the Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art at the High Museum of Art<\/p>\n Valerie Rousseau<\/strong>, Curatorial Chair and Senior Curator of 20th-Century & Contemporary Art at the American Folk Art Museum<\/p>\n Alison Saar<\/strong>, artist<\/p>\n With introductory remarks by Barbara Haskell<\/strong>, Curator<\/p>\n This program is co-organized by Megan Heuer, Director of Public Programs and Academic Engagement at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Mathilde Walker-Billaud, Curator of Programs and Engagement at AFAM.<\/p>\n Images<\/strong><\/p>\n Left: Minnie Evans, Untitled<\/strong>, 1959. Oil on canvas, with collage, 20 x 24 in. Right: Minnie Evans, Untitled (Day to Night with Beasts and Angels)<\/strong>, 1966. Crayon and pencil on paper, 14 7\/8 \u00d7 19 3\/4 in. Collection of ChrisVan Daniel. \u00a9 The Estate of Minnie Evans<\/p>\n Tickets and location:<\/strong><\/p>\n This program is presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art located at 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014.<\/p>\n Tickets are required ($15 adults; $12 members, seniors, and students). Capacity is limited; visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.<\/p>\n For more information or to order tickets, please visit Whitney Museum\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, please email publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","reserve_text":"REGISTER HERE","reserve_link":"https:\/\/transact.whitney.org\/the-art-of-minnie-evans-a-conversation?tickets=selection","day":"09","month":"Sep","year":"2026","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/the-art-of-minnie-evans-a-conversation-09-09-26\/"}]
\nAmerican Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler.<\/p>\n