The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
at Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-580-8080
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Hours: 12 – 5 pm
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Skele-Tang

Event details

October 31, 2023, 6 PM

Location: Throughout the museum

This event is free and open to the Skidmore Community

For the latest guidance on visiting, please see our Visit webpage

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Mel standing in front of a grey-white brick wall and a concrete wall.
Mel Douer
2023-24 Charina Endowment Fund Endowed Intern, Student Advisory Council Chair, Curatorial Intern, Tang Guide
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A student pauses to have a photo taken of the spider painted on their cheek.
Skele-Tang, Tang Teaching Museum, October 31, 2023, photo by Celestine Caplan

Join us on Halloween, Tuesday, October 31, from 6 to 8 pm, for Skele-Tang, a celebration of Halloween through crafting! Organized and hosted by members of the Tang Student Advisory Council, the event features a number of craft stations and more!

Activities will take place both inside and outside the museum. Come take a break from the stress of the semester and explore your creativity!

This event is free and open to the Skidmore Community.


ACTIVITIES/CRAFTS:

  • Satirical Psychic
  • Bleach Dye
  • Button Making
  • Dried Flower Bouquets & Vials
  • Pumpkin Painting
  • Face Painting
  • Polaroid Photo Op
  • Costume Contest & Donut on a String Challenge (Skele-Tang t-shirts will be given as prizes!)

AND

  • Food/snacks/candy
  • Live performances by Looking for Frogs & Konvenients
Four students in costume attempt to eat donuts hung on strings without using their hands.
A student with a spider painted on his face has his picture taken by someone holding an iphone.
Students in costume crowd around a craft table, some seated and some standing, as bundles of dried flowers are tied together.
On a velvet covered table rests a glowing crystal ball surrounded by candles with a student placing their hand upon it.
Students at a table smile while crafting with little glass jars and dried flowers.
Mel, wearing a black and red dress, stands atop a ladder wrapped in bright yellow caution tape.
Two students bite a donut that swings on a string between them.
From below two students wearing animal ears perform, one playing the drums, the other strumming a guitar.
Three students at a table smile while crafting with little glass jars and dried flowers.
A man plays the guitar while wearing a horse mask, behind him are other players as well as a drum set.
Two students laugh as a donut swings on a string between them.
A student uses a paintbrush to paint a a design on another student's arm.
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