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The farewell concerts at the Academy will take place October 25 – December 12, 2001. Then inaugural concerts will continue through the first 3 months of 2002. The new building will be able to accommodate many more people and will have 14 elevators to bring you to different halls and lobby levels.

The Academy of Music will continue to function as a concert hall, as it does now, and will feature ballets, operas, classical performances, jazz, and even stand up comedians such as Bill Cosby.

The Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm. Phone: (609)258-3788. $3.00 donation is suggested.

When you drive in and park, just anybody how to get to the museum and they will show you exactly where it is. In front of this modern building is a Picasso statue "Head of a Woman". It is about 7 ft tall and is really an amazing view. The collection of the museum is very impressive. The first floor has medieval art, impressionists, post-impressionists and avantgarde. At the time I was there they also had a collection of classic sculptures from the times of Roman empire. Some of the paintings are on a loan from private foundations and some were gifted to the museum by the alumni.

When you walk down stairs, there is a large collection of Chinese, pre-Columbian and African art. The Chinese scrolls, paintings and statues are exquisite.

Once you've seen the collection, just stroll around the campus, enjoy the nature and also look inside the on-campus church. It has gorgeous stained glass.

The building of Moore College is very modern, it has interesting modern furniture and lighting, and it has a lot of windows and light. This month they have an exposition of Mary Cassatt, Alice Neel, and Karen Kilimnik. This is a very intersting exposition, about 45 paintings, 11 of which are Mary Cassatt. They are small paintings, about 20" x 22", but you can see them in all the catalogs. This exposition brings an interesting perspective to the evolution of women painters and their topics. Alice Neel last year had a large exposition at the Philadelphia Art Museum, so this is a very small part of her paintings. Karen Kilimnik has a very different vision of women and her paintings have this almost magic quality about them, she loves to draw ballet dancers much like the impressionists.