Art
February 2010
Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum
Sunday, February 7
HandsOn: Traffic Light Mobiles
2-4 pm
Lower Level Education Space
Did you know that the traffic light was invented by Garrett Morgan, an African American? To commemorate Black History Month and Morgan’s invention, we will use milk cartons, shoeboxes, construction paper and yarn to create traffic light mobiles.
Access Tour: Verbal Description
3 pm
Galleries
Visitors who are blind or visually impaired are invited to join a guided tour of the exhibitions.
Sunday, February 21
HandsOn: “Sole People”
2-4 pm
Lower Level Education Space
African American Jan Matzeliger invented the shoe-lasting machine that revolutionized the shoe industry in the late nineteenth century. Come learn more about this important figure in American history and create a painting using shoe soles in his honor!
Sunday, February 28
HandsOn: The Magic and Music of the Kazoo
2-4 pm
Lower Level Education Space
Did you know that the kazoo was invented by Alabama Vest, an African American? Join us as we celebrate Vest by fashioning cardboard paper towel rolls into kazoos and tooting his “horn.”
Studio View: Tribute to Marlon Riggs
1-5 pm
Theater
In Ethnic Notions (1987), Marlon Riggs takes viewers on a voyage through American history, tracing the deeply rooted stereotypes that have fueled anti-black prejudice and following the evolution of racial consciousness in America.
Running time: 56 minutes
In Color Adjustment (1992), Riggs carries his landmark studies of prejudice into the television age. Color Adjustment traces forty years of race relations through the lens of primetime entertainment, scrutinizing television’s racial myths and stereotypes. Narrated by Ruby Dee, this documentary allows viewers to revisit some of television’s most popular stars and shows.
Running time: 86 minutes
The final film in this retrospective, Black Is … Black Ain’t (1995), jumps into the middle of explosive debates over black identity. African Americans have been widely stereotyped by others, but Riggs claims that the rigid definitions of “blackness” that African Americans impose on each other have also been devastating. Is there an essential black identity?
Running time: 87 minutes
Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum reflects our shared community through programs that are fun, informative and accessible. In addition to Free Museum admission, these Sundays feature free programs and events from 12-6pm, organized by the Education and Public Programs Department and geared to all of our audiences. From hands-on family workshops to theatre performances, you’ll find something to love at Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum.
Public Programs
Monday-Thursday, February 15-18, 2010
MasterPieces
10-12:30 pm
Looking for creative and fun activities for your child over winter break? Join us for a four-day workshop series in which you and your child will create artwork inspired by artists featured in the permanent collection and current exhibitions!
Each workshop will focus on a different artist and art-making technique-painting, drawing, sculpting or collage. The workshops will be led by Museum education staff and professional teaching artists, and will culminate in a celebration of the students’ work.
MasterPieces is designed for second to fourth-grade students and is $150 per child, which includes the artist fee, materials and refreshments. Pre-registration is required, and the deadline for registration and payment is February 5.
Please call 212.864.4500 x264 to register.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Books & Authors: Jeffrey Renard Allen
7 PM
A graduate of the doctorate program in creative writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Jeffrey Renard Allen is the author of Harbors and Spirits (Moyer Bell, 1999), a collection of poems; the novel Rails Under My Back (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000), which won the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Fiction; and this season’s book club pick, Holding Pattern (Graywolf Press, 2008). Born and raised in Chicago, he teaches in the Writing Program at the New School.
Join us as we converse with the author about his works, upcoming projects, and his creative process.
Please call 212.864.4500 x264 to register.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Poetry @ SMH featuring Cave Canem
7 pm
Enjoy an evening of poetry and prose with Cave Canem fellows as they share new pieces responding to works from the current exhibition, 30 Seconds Off an Inch. The evening will be hosted by Nicole Sealey.
The Cave Canem Foundation provides venues for African-American poets to workshop, read, publish and find fellowships. The organization is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African-American poets. More information can be found at www.cavecanempoets.org.
Adult Programs at The Studio Museum in Harlem are generously supported by MetLife Foundation
2010-11 Artist-in-Residence Applications
The 2010-11 AIR applications are available online! Click Here to Apply (The application requires Adobe Flash Player. Click here to download Adobe Flash Player for free.)
The Studio Museum offers a 12-month studio residency for three emerging artists. Each artist is granted a free non-living studio space and a fellowship and material stipend. Artists’ media may include sculpture, painting, printmaking, digital art, mixed media, photography, and film and video. Toward the end of the residency, an exhibition of the artist’s work will be presented in the Museum’s galleries.
Visit www.studiomuseum.org/artist-in-residence/ for more information.
Applications cannot be mailed or emailed. All materials received via mail, excluding those requested, will be destroyed and not returned.
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