Join us for our
annual Frances Day, a community open house on Saturday, July 20, from 2 to 6:30
pm. Visitors can experience multiple contemporary art exhibitions, art-making
activities, tours, food, music, and more, all inspired by environmental themes
of our current exhibitions.
Frances Day is
held in honor of the museum’s namesake, Frances Young Tang, Skidmore College
Class of 1961.
Schedule
The day
includes a timed schedule of events and ongoing activities both inside and
outside the Museum that visitors can drop in on at any time.
Drop-in
Activities 2 to 5 pm
Try your hand
at art-making activities like making recycled crayons and other crafts inspired
by Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld
Take a polaroid
in a photobooth using props based on work on view and in the Tang collection
Learn from
Skidmore’s Office of Sustainability about their campus tree inventory, composting
tips, and efforts to reduce the College’s ‘environmental footprint’
Draw with
sidewalk chalk and make bubbles (including a bubble-making machine!) outside
the Tang
View the
exhibitions: Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves, Mark Dion and Alexis
Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld, Vorágine: Yente and Cecilia Biagini,
Elevator Music 49: John Cage—Water Walk, and Hyde Cabinet #25: Kashi Kari
Celebrating Tradition and Craftsmanship from Pakistan
And more!
Timed Activities, 2:15 to 6:30 pm
2:15 pm: Tour
of Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld: View the new
exhibition with Tang Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy
Curator Rachel Seligman
3:15 pm:
Collections Tour: Get a behind-the-scenes view of some of the more than 17,000
objects that make up the museum’s collection with Dayton Director Ian Berry and
Collections Registrar Nora Riccio
4 pm: Tour of
the Trees of the Tang! Interns in Skidmore’s Office of Sustainability tour will
lead a tour of the trees around the museum, based on their sustainable
landscapes efforts and campus tree inventory work
4 pm: Mark Dion
and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld: View the new exhibition
with Tang Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator Rachel
Seligman
5 pm: Taína
Asili in Concert: Enjoy Asili’s energetic fusion traversing salsa, rock,
reggaeton, Afrobeat, and other global sounds
Refreshments
will include lemonade, water, and cookies during the day. During the concert,
more substantial food will be available; beer and wine will also be available
for purchase via Visa or Mastercard.
All events are
free and open to the public. Plenty of free parking is available in lots
adjacent to the Museum. In case of inclement weather, activities will be
indoors. For more information, visit http://tang.skidmore.edu or call the
Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080.
About Frances
Young Tang and Frances Day
Frances Young
Tang was a businesswoman, philanthropist, and 1961 Skidmore College graduate
who died in 1992. In her memory, the Tang family made a substantial donation
that led to the Tang Teaching Museum becoming a reality. The museum opened in
2000 as the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. Frances Day,
which began in 2014, honors her legacy of creativity and philanthropy with a
day of free activities for the whole community.
About Taina
Asili
Taína Asili,
New York-based Puerto Rican singer, composer, and interdisciplinary artist, is
celebrated by NPR, Rolling Stone, and Billboard for her soulful, genre-blending
music echoing calls for love and liberation. With powerful vocals and a
multi-genre fusion traversing salsa, rock, reggaeton, Afrobeat, and other
global sounds, Asili’s music is both unique and deeply rooted. Accompanied by
her brilliant ensemble, she delivers energetic performances at diverse venues
nationwide, inspiring audiences to dance to the heartbeat of social change.