February 2007 Brooklyn Museum Presents Public Programs for Families, Teens, and Adults in March and April The Brooklyn Museum presents a variety of public programs for families, teens, and adults during March and April, including gallery talks, concerts, dance, and art-making.
FAMILY PROGRAMS ART-MAKING: Arty Facts Saturdays and Sundays in March and April, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. For children ages four to seven and their adult friends. Explore the galleries, enjoy a family activity, and make your own art in each ninety-minute class. In March, participants are invited to create art inspired by familiar shapes and patterns in the Museum. In April, explore the art of the Museum and the studio through your eyes, ears, hands, and bodies. Arty Facts offers a different program each day. Meet in the Rubin Lobby every Saturday and Sunday promptly at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. Please do not bring siblings older than seven or younger than four. Please note: there will be no Arty Facts on Sunday, April 8. April 14 and 15: Global Feminisms Arty Facts Celebrate the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art with feminist artist Skowmon Hastanan. See her artwork in the exhibition Global Feminisms and then create an art project. Meet in the Rubin Lobby at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. Arty Facts is made possible by the Picower Foundation.
ADULT PROGRAMS ARTIST TALKS AND PERFORMANCES: Global Feminisms Friday, March 23, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., every half-hour Saturday, March 24, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., every half-hour Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., every half-hour Feminist artists from over fifty countries discuss or perform their works.
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CURATOR TALK: Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses Saturday, March 24, 12–1 p.m. Edward Bleiberg on the special exhibition Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses. CURATOR TALK: Global Feminisms Saturday, March 24, 1–2 p.m. Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin discuss Global Feminisms. DIALOGUE: The Dinner Party Saturday, March 24, 3–4:30 p.m. Judy Chicago and Elizabeth A. Sackler discuss The Dinner Party and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. A book signing follows. LECTURE: The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago and the Dramatic Story of How it Twice Came to Brooklyn Sunday, March 25, 1–2 p.m. Gail Levin, Professor of Art History at Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center. A signing of Levin’s new book, Becoming Judy Chicago: A Biography of the Artist, follows the talk. CONCERT: Music Off the Walls Sunday, March 25, 3–5 p.m. Brooklyn Philharmonic presents Feminism in Music, a concert featuring works by women from the 1980s to the present. Planned in conjunction with the Global Feminisms exhibition and the grand opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. For information, or to purchase tickets, call Brooklyn Philharmonic at (718) 488-5913 or visit www.brooklynphilharmonic.org. SYMPOSIUM: Feminisms Without Borders Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Two panels of experts, including Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Melissa Chiu, Tamar Garb, Connie Butler, and Jovana Stokíc, examine contemporary feminist art from a transnational perspective. The first panel is titled Resisting Art History and explores the dominance of male European and American artists within art institutions and the canon of art history as a subject of contention. Maura Reilly, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Co-Curator of Global Feminisms will moderate. The second panel, Local/Global Feminisms, looks at feminism contextually, rather than as a singular, universal term. The panelists will address the concerns of women locally and globally across cultural, racial, economic, or other differences. The moderator of the second panel is Linda Nochlin, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and Co-Curator of Global Feminisms. Tickets $10; $8 for Museum Members; $5 for students and older adults. For further details, visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.
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LECTURE: Asher B. Durand and Thomas Cole Sunday, April 15, 2–4 p.m. Barbara Dayer Gallati, independent scholar and former Curator of American Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum, discusses Asher B. Durand’s struggle to emerge from the artistic shadow of Thomas Cole. PERFORMANCE AND GALLERY TALK: Women and Jazz Wednesday, April 18, 5–9 p.m. BrooklyNites, a new weekday night performance-and-gallery-talk series, features live performances and gallery talks inspired by the Museum’s special exhibitions and permanent collection. The program kicks off with a jazz series that features women jazz singers and musicians. Gallery talks at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. HANDS-ON ART: China Painting Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and April 22, 2–5 p.m. Local artists and artists who helped create The Dinner Party teach a china-painting workshop for beginner to intermediate levels. CONCERT: Simply Schubert Sunday, April 22, 2–4 p.m. The St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble presents Simply Schubert, an afternoon of vocal and instrumental music by Austrian master Franz Schubert. With its lyric poetry and picturesque accompaniment, the selected songs and the famous “Octet” are reminiscent of the landscape paintings of Asher B. Durand on view in the special exhibition Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape. For information, or to purchase tickets, call St. Luke’s at (212) 594-6100 or visit OSLmusic.org. GALLERY TALK: Making Connections Sunday, April 22, 4 p.m. Following the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble concert at 2 p.m., Father Joel M. Warden, Curate of the Oratory Church of Saint Boniface and Artistic Director of Cappella Oratoriana, discusses the connections between classical music and fine art. FILM AND GALLERY TALK: Impressionism Saturday, April 28, 2–4 p.m. The Impressionists, a film about the modern artistic movement, followed by a talk with Teresa A. Carbone and Judith Dolkart, Co-Curators of the special exhibition Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism. CONCERT: Music Off the Walls Sunday, April 29, 3–5 p.m. Brooklyn Philharmonic presents American Identities, a concert that explores the twin impulses of American art through American composers: unschooled individualism versus European-trained internationalism. For information, or to purchase tickets, call Brooklyn Philharmonic at (718) 488-5913 or visit brooklynphilharmonic.org.
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TEEN PROGRAM TEEN MASTER CLASS: Interpreting Feminist Art and Ideas Through Dance This free six-week class for teens taught by professional dancer and choreographer Valerie Ho, will meet Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m. from April 15 to May 20. This class will create their own dance piece inspired by the exhibition Global Feminisms, using a variety of dance styles, including creative movement, modern, and hip-hop. The piece will be performed at the Museum on Sunday, May 20, at 4 p.m. All levels are welcome; no prior experience is necessary. Enrollment is first-come, first-served. To apply, or to receive Teen Networks brochures describing all programs, work and volunteer opportunities, and events at the Museum, e-mail teen.programs@brooklynmuseum.org or call (718) 501-6588. Press Contact: Sally Williams, Public Information Officer (718) 501-6330, sally.williams@brooklynmuseum.org Adam Husted, Media Relations Manager (718) 501-6331, adam.husted@brooklynmuseum.org Marcus Romero, Public Information Assistant (718) 501-6354, marcus.romero@brooklynmuseum.org
GENERAL INFORMATION Admission: Contribution $8; students with valid I.D. and older adults $4. Free to Members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult. Group tours or visits must be arranged in advance by calling extension 234. Directions: Subway: Seventh Avenue express (2 or 3) to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum stop; Lexington Avenue express (4 or 5) to Nevins Street, cross platform and transfer to the 2 or 3. Bus: B71, B41, B69, B48. On-site parking available. Museum Hours: Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; First Saturday of each month, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; all other Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
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