SaratogaArtsFest 2011
Events at the Tang

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Summer Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Sunday, Noon – 5:00 PM; Friday, Noon – 7:00 PM; closed Mondays

ARTSPASS Benefit:
The Tang offers a 2-for-1 admission during ArtsFest Weekend and a 10% discount in the museum store, upon showing your ARTSPASS.

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

Exhibitions On View
Environment and Object - Recent African Art
February 5 - July 31, 2011

Alumni Invitational 3
March 26 - August 14, 2011

Friday, June 10

Outdoor Concert
Upbeat on the Roof
with Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard
7:00-8:30 PM
Original compositions of World Jazz inspired by rhythms of West Africa and Brazil, featuring Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius, keyboard; Jonathan Greene, woodwinds; John Menegon, bass; and percussionists Brian Melick and Zorkie Nelson.

Location: Tang Rooftop (rain location: Payne Room, Tang Museum)

Rough Cut Film Screening with introduction by filmmaker Charlie Samuels
Virgin Blacktop
8:45 – 10:30 PM
Presented outside on the north wall of the Tang Museum. (rain location: Somers Classroom, Tang Museum)

A full-length action-sports documentary that illuminates life, death, and brotherhood on a suburban skateboard team.
Sponsored by Saratoga Film Forum

Saturday, June 11

Exhibition-Inspired Art Activity
Family Saturday
1:00 – 2:30 PM

Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions, this program offers a brief tour followed by a hands-on art activity. Reservations strongly suggested, please call (518) 580-8080.

Film Screening
with introduction by Ian Berry, Malloy Curator of the Tang Museum
Waste Land
Directed by Lucy Walker
3:00 – 5:00 PM

Waste Land follows artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from Brooklyn to his native Brazil to photograph and collaborate with the “catadores” – self-designated pickers of recyclable materials – at the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho. Together they create photographic portraits made from garbage, revealing both the dignity and despair of their lives.

Sunday, June 12

Film Screening
Fold Crumple Crush: the Art of El Anatsui
3:30 – 5:00 PM

A powerful portrait of Africa’s most widely acclaimed contemporary artist, filmed over two years in Venice, Italy; Nsukka, Nigeria; and the United States. Fold Crumple Crush gives an insider’s view of El Anatsui’s practice, converting used bottle tops into huge, opulent wall hangings.