Next open Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Artist Talk: Norman Akers (Osage)

Date & Time

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Category

Talks & Tours

Location

Zimmerli Art Museum

71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Information

FREE and open to the public.

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Nicole Simpson, Access Coordinator, at 848-932-6178 or email nsimpson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.

A crying elk with a gold halo is surrounded by litter and environmental destruction in front of a blue background.

Norman Akers (Osage), "Drowning Elk", 2020, oil on canvas. Gochman Family Collection.

Please join us for a talk by Norman Akers (Citizen of the Osage Nation) to learn more about his art practice and the painting "Drowning Elk" (2020), which is currently on display in the Zimmerli's special exhibition Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always. There will be a light reception following the talk.

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