Tang Museum announces March programming
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College recently announced its March programming.
March 5, 6 p.m.: Whole Grain: The Passion of Remembrance (1986). In conjunction with the exhibition “Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour,” see an early work he made with Maureen Blackwood as part of our screening series of experimental film and video.
March 10, 2 p.m.: Tang Guide Tour with Annabel Gould ’26. Join us each Sunday for a docent-led tour.
March 17, 2 p.m.: Tang Guide Tour with Annabel Gould ’26. Join us each Sunday for a docent-led tour.
March 18, 6 p.m.: Whole Grain: Unshielded. Guest curator Jon Davies presents a program of short films, with details to be revealed at the screening.
March 19, 6 p.m.: Visible Mending Workshop. In conjunction with the exhibition “Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves,” Karen Stevens ’88 will teach participants how to use fabric remnants and embroidery supplies to “visibly mend” their garments. Registration is required.
March 21, 7 p.m.: Dunkerley Dialogue with Yvette Molina and Adam Tinkle. The artist Yvette Molina, whose work is on view in “A Promise to the Leaves,” will be in conversation with Adam Tinkle, Associate Professor of Media and Film Studies and Director of the John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative at Skidmore College. The conversation will have ASL interpretation.
March 24, 2 p.m.: Tang Guide Tour with Annabel Gould ’26. Join us each Sunday for a docent-led tour.
March 28, noon: Curator’s Tour of “Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour.” Join Dayton Director Ian Berry for a tour. 5:30 pm: Entrepreneurial Artist Forum. The 11th Annual Entrepreneurial Artist Forum and Celebration, presented by the Arts Administration Program and the Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative, brings together a panel of artist alumni. 7:30 pm: Framing the Flesh: Crimes of the Future (2022). In conjunction with the exhibition “Abject Anatomy,” the Tang presents the first feature film in a series that explores our fascination with and revulsion to the fantasies of unconventional bodily alterations. Organized by Piper Ingels ’24 as the capstone project for her 202324 Meg Reitman Jacobs ’63 Endowed Internship, the series continues April 4 and April 18. Note: These films contain material of a highly sensitive nature including language, nudity, violence, gore, and disturbing content.
March 31, 2 p.m.: Tang Guide Tour with Annabel Gould ’26. Join us each Sunday for a docent-led tour.
March Exhibitions
• “Abject Anatomy” — Photographs, prints, drawings, and paintings from the Tang collection in which the human body is transformed ask us to reflect on fears about our own bodily nonconformance and that of those around us.
• “Elevator Music 48: Alone, only in flesh” — This site-specific, collaborative meditation on three diasporic artists’ experiences melds the work of Antonius-Tín Bui, Theresa-Xuan Bui, and MIZU to engage all five senses with spoken word poetry, experimental cello, traditional Vietnamese áo dài (garments), Southeast Asian home goods, and Asian snacks.
• “Hyde Cabinet #24: Boyhood” — An early photograph by acclaimed artist Anna Gaskell serves as a catalyst for this student curatorial project about transitions and relationships in the lives of boys. Opens March 2.
• “Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour” — A tour-deforce, ten-screen video installation explores the life of Frederick Douglass.
• “Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves” — The Mexican-American artist Yvette Molina transforms the Tang mezzanine into a community space. The two-year project will transition to its second iteration on March 22 with work by Molina and the artists Mónica Palma and Ann Lewis.
• “Studio/Archive” — An ambitious selection of photographic works from the Tang collection by artists who span the globe.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or visit the Tang website at http://tang. skidmore.edu.