SaratogaArtsFest 2010 Events at the Tang

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
SaratogaArtsFest hours: Friday, 12:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission: Suggested donations are adults: $5;
children over 12: $3; seniors: $2.
With ARTSPASS, free admission (all year) and 10% discount in the museum store (all year)

The Tang Museum will be highlighting two major exhibitions: sculpture and watercolor drawings by Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros and twenty years of collaged paintings by Fred Tomaselli. A new monumental sculpture by Los Carpinteros will be featured as will sculpture from the Tang Museum’s collection by Jonathan Seliger, Barry Le Va, Dorothy Dehner, and Martin Kersels, among others.

For more information about SaratogaArtsFest please visit their website saratogaartsfest.org.

Friday, June 11

Upbeat on the Roof
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Tequila Mockingbirds
Blues, rock, and jazz

Performing as The Tequila Mockingbirds, the guitar duo of Peter Pashoukos and George Fletcher creates a unique gumbo of acoustic blues, jazz, gypsy jazz, classic rock, and originals. This performance is part of the Tang Museum’s UpBeat on the Roof, a summer music series presented each Friday night. Musical styles include jazz, folk, swing, and others.

Saturday, June 12

Another Antigone (performance by Hubbard Hall)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Payne Room

Another Antigone by A.R. Gurney poses a contemporary struggle between a Classics professor and an idealistic student that parallels the original Antigone by Sophocles. Instead of completing the paper as assigned, the student writes a new version of the Greek tragedy. The professor, in the face of mounting pressure, refuses to give credit for what he believes misses the point of Greek tragedy.

The Saratoga Sculpture Project Panel
3:30pm - 4:30pm
A Saratoga ArtsFest event with Ian Berry, Malloy Curator of the Tang; Anthony Caffritz, Director of Salem Art Works; and internationally-recognized artists

For You Exhibition Reception
4:30pm - 5:30pm
More information

Sunday, June 13

Book Illustration Workshop with Michael Chesworth
11:00pm -11:50pm and 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Whitman Classroom

Saratoga Independent School is thrilled to sponsor this fun-filled, literacy-based, interactive activity! Join Michael Chesworth, an author and illustrator with more than twenty years of experience and thirty picture books for children. He will discuss his clever and vibrant works, sketches, and original art work with a focus on the creative process. The group will brainstorm illustration ideas for a simple six-page story, Hank and Sam, filling in with pictures what the words leave out.

Amazing Kids Circus
1:15pm - 2:00pm
Payne Room

The Amazing Kids’ Circus is an interactive performance that engages the imagination. The Ringmaster provides the setting and the costumes that transform children and some adults into stars of a circus. Volunteers become elephants, a tightrope walker, a human cannonball and more, to delight people of all ages. The children are the real stars of the show, as the center ring attractions. The magic that is inside them makes the show a smashing success.

Family Day at the Tang
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Whitman Classroom

Guests are invited to participate in this hands-on art activity. Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions.

Reservations suggested: 580-8080. Limited to 25 participants.

Spring Cabaret (performance by Saratoga Children's Theater)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Payne Room

Let us entertain you; let us make you smile! Young performers from the Saratoga Children’s Theatre will be performing musical selections in a cabaret-style revue. They will be singing songs from your favorite Broadway shows and will also include special performances from former Saratoga Children's Theatre main stage shows, including The Wizard of Oz and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!



Exhibitions on View

Fred Tomaselli
Last chance to see Fred Tomaselli, closing Sunday, June 13th!
Ever the idiosyncratic collector, artist Fred Tomaselli amasses actual pills and plants along with a range of images—among them flowers, birds, and anatomical illustrations—carefully cut from books and magazines.

Opener 19: Los Carpinteros
Exhibit Dates: April 10–August 7, 2010
Havana-based collective Los Carpinteros (The Carpenters) create surrealist-inspired sculptures, large-scale installations, and drawings that hover between architecture and furniture, functionality and uselessness.

For You
Exhibit Dates: June 12–August 22, 2010
This summer, the Tang Museum will present a unique open call exhibition of artwork created by artists who have passed away, but whose work and memory continue to impact individuals in the greater Capital Region.