Join us for tours, talks, screenings, family programs, and an opening reception on February 10th.
Saratoga Springs, NY (January 31, 2024) — Skidmore College's Frances Young Tan Educational Museum and Art Gallery features tours, screenings, workshops, and special guests including acclaimed multimedia artist Mickalen Thomas, composer and drummer Makaya McCraven, and artist Anthony The public is invited to the February program. -Tinh Bui and Teresa Xuan Bui.
All events are free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., with extended hours until 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Some events are held outside of regular gallery hours.
For the latest information, visit the Tang website at https://tang.skidmore.edu, call the Visitor Services Desk at 518-580-8080, or email tang@skidmore.edu Please send.
Tan also accepts reservations for group tours from schools and community groups. To make arrangements, please contact her Njeri Jennings, Laurie M. Tisch Educator for K-12 and Community Programs, at njennings@skidmore.edu.
February events
Saturday, February 3, 2:00 p.m.
Family Saturday: Floating Sculpture
A multi-generational art viewing and art-making workshop for children ages 5 and up, accompanied by an adult, inspired by the works on display by Stephen Rhoden. Also on February 17th.
Sunday, February 4th, 2:00 p.m.
A guided tour of the Tang Dynasty with Jess Bauder
Join us for a guided tour every Sunday. Also on February 11th, February 18th, and February 25th.
Thursday, February 8th, 6pm
Winter/Miller Lecture by Mickalene Thomas
The seventh annual lecture features Mickalene Thomas, an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist praised for her captivating portraits of Black women.Her work is displayed at the exhibition Studio/Archive. Her appearance was at the invitation of Abigail Svetlik ’24, the 2023-24 Eleanor Linder Winter ’43 intern.
Saturday, February 10th, 5pm
Spring 2024 Opening reception and special performance
Celebrate the current exhibition with a drop-in interactive performance at the reception and in the elevator. Together you are at home, where are you now? Exhibition by artists Antonius Tin Bui and Teresa Xuan Bui Elevator Music 48: Loneliness, only the body.
Monday, February 12th, 6pm
Whole Grains: A Film Curated by Emily Abi-Cares
Emily Abi Cares, part of the team that created the 2023 Flaherty NYC program “MAKA: Many Eyed Vessel,” will present a selection of experimental documentary films. A discussion will follow. Whole Grain is Tang's ongoing series of experimental film and video screenings.
Thursday, February 15th, 6pm
Beat Science: A Conversation with Makaya McCraven
Drummer and composer Makaya McRaven will be in discussion with musician and MDOCS instructor Angus McCullough ahead of McRaven's Zankel performance on February 17th. new york times He called McRaven “one of the best arguments for the vitality of jazz.” His latest album, In These Times, appears as a multi-temporal collection of works inspired by the artist's personal experiences as well as broader cultural struggles in a transnational working-class musical community. .
Thursday, February 22nd, 6pm
Whole grains: young soul levels (1991)
Discover artist Isaac Julien's early work, a delightfully rebellious debut feature about sex, politics, music and friendship, set in London in 1977. During the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, a young black London DJ who runs a pirate radio station with his gay partner becomes involved in the murder of their mutual friend.Julian's today's lesson It is on display at the Malloy Wing.
February 26th, 28th, March 1st
Carving the Sacred: Creating Law and Art
Rabbi Linda Motzkin, Skidmore College's former Jewish chaplain, will return to campus for a series of events on Jewish culture and sacred arts. Ms. Motzkin will give the Parlow Lecture, “Women and the Formation of the Law,” on Monday, February 26th at 5:30 p.m. Artist talk “Art and the Sacred” will be held on Wednesday, February 28th from 5:30 p.m. On Friday, March 1, at 1 p.m., she will lead a workshop, “Community Torah Project: Making Parchment from Local Deerskin.”
Thursday, February 29th at noon
curator's tour studio/archive
Take a tour with Dayton director Ian Berry.
exhibition
- Isaac Julian: Today's lesson Explore the life of Frederick Douglass in this stunning 10-screen video installation. Opens on February 3rd.
studio/archive An ambitious selection of photographic works from the Tang Collection by artists from around the world. Opens on February 3rd. - Elevator Music 47: Xenometoku for Reciprocity The experimental multimedia artwork features artist Valentina Demicelli, activist Paelden Tamnyen, and musician YESH, exploring the Tibetan diaspora through music, video, and dance. Closed on February 4th.
- object anatomy The Tang collection's photographs, prints, drawings, and paintings of the human body's transformation invite us to reflect on our fears of bodily misfit, both in ourselves and those around us. Opens on February 10th.
- Elevator Music 48: Loneliness, only the body This site-specific collaborative meditation on the experiences of three diaspora artists fuses the work of Antonius Tinh Bui, Teresa Xuan Bui, and Miz, and combines colloquial poetry, experimental cello, and traditional Vietnamese Ao Dai ( clothing), Southeast Asian household goods, Asian sweets, etc. Opens on February 10th.
- Hyde Cabinet #23: Contre Le Sexisme Kim Gordon photo by Chris Cafaro and CD version album insert thousand leaves Sonic Youth's exploration of the seemingly contradictory concepts of girlhood and femininity. We will be closing on February 25th.
- Yvette Molina: A promise to the leaves Mexican-American artist Yvette Molina transforms Tan’s mezzanine into a community space. Her two-year project, currently in its first stages, also features the work of artists Bel Faleiros and Cynthia Santos-Briones.
About Tang Teaching Museum
Skidmore College's Tang Education Museum is a pioneer in interdisciplinary inquiry and learning. A cultural cornerstone of the New York metropolitan area, the Tang approach is a model for university art museums across the country, with an exhibition program that connects the visual and performing arts with interdisciplinary ideas in history, economics, biology, dance, and physics. It becomes. , just to name a few. Tang has one of the most rigorous faculty engagement efforts in the country, and a strong publishing and touring exhibition program that extends the museum's reach far beyond its walls. The award-winning Tang Education Museum building, designed by architect Antoine Predoc, serves as a visual symbol of the fusion of art and ideas. The museum is open to the public Thursdays from noon to 9 p.m. and Fridays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. https://tang.skidmore.edu
image: Mickalen Thomas, Photo: Emil Horowitz
