Family Saturdays
Family Events, October 4, 2008 through December 13, 2008
2:00pm to 3:30pm, every Saturday
2:00pm to 3:30pm, every Saturday
In keeping with the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery’s mission to foster interdisciplinary thinking and studying, to invite active and collaborative learning and to awaken the community to the richness and diversity of the human experience through the medium of art, we offer a series of family and adult programs.
More than 30 Family Saturday programs are offered each year in the fall, spring, and summer. These programs are designed to foster multi-generational creative cooperation. Each week we spend a little time in the galleries, focusing on a particular aspect of the exhibition. Just as with our school programs, we conduct discussions that allow the participants to find their own meaning in the artwork, rather than lecturing about it. We then spend an hour or more engaged in a hands-on art activity related to the artwork we have just seen. Children, parents, grandparents, and other adult companions all work on the same type of project, collaborating or working side-by-side on their own projects, proving over and over again that people of all ages have all the creativity they need to have a delightful time while making something extraordinary.
More than 30 Family Saturday programs are offered each year in the fall, spring, and summer. These programs are designed to foster multi-generational creative cooperation. Each week we spend a little time in the galleries, focusing on a particular aspect of the exhibition. Just as with our school programs, we conduct discussions that allow the participants to find their own meaning in the artwork, rather than lecturing about it. We then spend an hour or more engaged in a hands-on art activity related to the artwork we have just seen. Children, parents, grandparents, and other adult companions all work on the same type of project, collaborating or working side-by-side on their own projects, proving over and over again that people of all ages have all the creativity they need to have a delightful time while making something extraordinary.
Fall 2008
Family Saturdays Calendar
Tang Teaching Museum and Art GallerySaturdays, October 4 – December 13, 2008
(No program November 29)
2-3:30pm
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College presents a series of ten Family Saturday programs to accompany the work in our exhibitions this fall: Dario Robleto: Alloy of Love; and Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular.
Held on Saturdays from October 4 to December 13, 2008 (no program November 29), the programs include a brief tour followed by a hands-on art activity, with all materials provided.
The programs run from 2:00 to 3:30 PM (except where otherwise noted), and are free and open to the public.
Suitable for children ages 5 and up along with their adult companions,
the Family Saturday programs are fun and educational.
Reservations are highly encouraged as space is limited and the programs are very popular. You may sign up for each program up to one week in advance.
For additional information and reservations, or to be added to our Family Saturday e-mail list, please call the Tang’s Visitor Service Desk at 580-8080.
If you have a reservation and have not arrived by 1:55 PM, your seats may be given to someone on the waiting list. Please let us know in advance if you have a reservation and find you cannot attend, so that we can give your places to other eager artists.
Programs are subject to change without notice – you may call a few days ahead to find out about changes.
October 4
Abstract Tape Art
After looking at and discussing Amy Sillman’s abstract paintings and focusing on her use of lines, we will make abstract images using lots of colors and sizes of tape.
October 11
Sandy Boots
After looking at Dario Robleto’s piece, A Defeated Soldier Wishes to Walk His Daughter Down the Wedding Aisle, we will create miniature versions of our own. We will use Model Magic clay to construct boots and shoes and then slide them along in trays of colorful sand.
October 18
Family Celebration Weekend
No reservations required, drop by anytime from 1:00 to 3:00 with your family and make a project together!
October 25
Memorable Memory Boxes
After looking at several of Dario Robleto’s pieces and talking about the importance of memory, we will create memory diorama boxes filled with various objects of importance to you. Feel free to bring in your own possessions that touch on a certain memory! Other materials will be provided.
November 1
Calder Creations
After looking at artist Alexander Calder’s kinetic mobile-like sculpture called Moths II, we will make similar works of art using Model Magic clay, colored wire, straws and beads.
November 8
Oodles of Spools and Bunches of Buttons
We will look at two of Dario Robleto’s works, Sometimes Billie Is All That Holds Me Together and Untitled, then make sculptures from wooden spools and colorful buttons, gathering inspiration from his technique of taking something old and turning it into something new.
November 15
Add a Dimension to Abstract Tape Art
We will look at Amy Sillman’s abstract paintings and talk about the difference between two dimensions and three dimensions in art. Then we will turn colorful paper and tape into 3-D abstract collages.
November 22
Make a Turkey Out of a Potato!
Our sixth annual potato turkey festival! We will make centerpieces out of potatoes, pipe-cleaners, feathers, and beads. Create a fantastic bird sculpture to decorate your table!
December 6
Design Your Own CD Cover
We will look at and talk about Dario Robleto’s piece, titled Requiem Writer (World War Odes), and then make our own CD covers. Like Robleto, we will illustrate songs, musicians or albums that have meaning to us. We will even get to slip our covers into CD jewel cases!
December 13
Become a Fan of Amy Sillman
We will look at Amy Sillman’s paintings and discuss her use of bold color, layering and strong lines. Then we will make smaller versions of our own from paper and colored pencils and reconstruct them in to fans!