Event Listing - Museums
Fri Mar 14

Friday Nights at the de Young: Cultural Encounters

Celebrating Bouquets to Art and For Tent and Trade: Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving


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de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118 map
district: Golden Gate Park

Fri Mar 14 (5:00–8:45 pm) - A $5 surcharge applies for non-members to visit the galleries for this week of Bouquets to Art

Description
The third season of Friday Nights at the de Young Museum continues. On March 14, the galleries come alive with the 24th Annual Bouquets to Art. The museum will display nearly 150 floral arrangements by prominent Bay Area designers and garden clubs. The arrangements interpret and complement the museum’s exciting collections. The evening’s art activity allows visitors to create their own floral arrangements and sculptures using pipe cleaners and tissue paper. The museum also spotlights the exhibition For Tent and Trade: Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving with a forum entitled, Good, Better, Best. This panel on Turkmen carpet connoisseurship presents a lively discussion from 3 different points off view (collector, curator, dealer) on what makes a carpet great versus merely good. There are docent tours of the special exhibition, Gilbert & George each Friday at 7 pm. The program on March 14 features Turkish music by Deli Kanli, 6:30–8:30 pm; Forum: Good, Better, Best, 7:00¬–8:30 pm.