Celebrating 75 Years: The IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art

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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie (center) and IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie arrive at the IU Cinema to attend the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Indiana University Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art. The evening began at the IU Cinema with remarks and a video screening.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie talks to Sidney Eskenazi (right) outside IU Cinema before the 75th anniversary celebration begins.
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IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie talks to a guest before the beginning of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie greets guests arriving at IU Cinema to attend the opening of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art.
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IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie (left) watches as a guest greets IU President Michael A. McRobbie outside IU Cinema.
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Guests attending the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art are seated inside IU Cinema to listen to several speakers talk about the current impact of the art museum and its future.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie thanks the audience for gathering to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the art museum.
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Guests enter the atrium of the Indiana University Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art to enjoy food, music and art. Curators were available in the permanent galleries to talk to guests and highlight major works in the collections.
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IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie and IU President Michael A. McRobbie mingle with guests.
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Guests mingle during 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Indiana University Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art.
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A jazz band and swing dancers perform outside the IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art under the glow of the "Light Totem" sculpture.
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Lauren Robel, provost and executive vice president of IU Bloomington, talks about the impact the art museum has on students and the community. The museum staff creates and coordinates educational experiences for over 10,000 IU students and more than 4,500 K-12 school children each year.
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David A. Brenneman, Wilma E. Kelley Director of the Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art, talks about the vision President Herman B Wells and Henry Radford Hope had for the art museum. Brenneman talks about the transformation that will occur at the museum, which will be completed by the university's Bicentennial in 2020.
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Guests stop along the path between IU Cinema and IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art to listen to a barbershop quartet perform.
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Following the program at IU Cinema, IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie and IU President Michael A. McRobbie walk to the Indiana University Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art for the next half of the 75th anniversary celebration.