The Newark Museum is kicking off its new Second Sunday program on Sunday, November 8 from noon to 5 pm. The series, which will run through June 2016, features lectures, performances, artist-led tours, art and science demonstrations and workshops, music, and a special brunch menu. All events are free with admission unless otherwise noted. The Newark Museum is located at 49 Washington St., Newark. On-sight parking is available for a fee.

The November 8 event is in conjunction with the exhibitions The Shape of Light: Gabriel Dawe, Outside the Lines: Color Across the Collections, and Chromatics: Minimalism and Color Field Experiments. Program highlights include:

Brunch, catered by David Ellis Events: noon-3 pm . Reservations are required; admission is $19.75 for full buffet brunch and $9.75 for continental breakfast. Call 973.596.6553.

“How We See Color” lecture by neuroscientist and artist Bevil Conway: 1 pm. A neuroscientist who studies vision and color at Wellesley College, Conway is also an artist. He discusses how our brains process color and how that shapes art practice.

Newark Museum through the Eyes of Aferro Gallery Artists: 2 pm . Anne Q. McKeown, Aferro Gallery Artist in Residence, tours the Museum and talks about what inspires her and the ways that works in the collection impact her own work as a painter, printmaker and master papermaker.

Performance by jazz vocalist Antoinette Montague: 3 pm . Internationally recognized, born and raised in Newark, Montague brings her voice to the halls of the Museum, accompanied by pianist Danny Mixon.

Conversation with artist James Little, Artist and Curator Tricia Laughlin Bloom: 4 pm . Abstract artist James Little, featured in Outside the Lines, discusses his use of materials to make tactile canvases in which color is the subject.

For additional information, visit, www.newarkmuseum.org.

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