Schedule

The day includes a timed schedule of events and ongoing activities both inside and outside the Museum that visitors can drop in on at any time.

Drop-in Activities 2 to 5 pm

• Block print your own nature-themed tea towel

• Try your hand at art-making activities inspired by Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld:

• Recycled Earthform Crayons
  
• Illuminated Landscapes
• Bug Boxes
  
• Recycled Map Flowers
  

• Have your picture taken in our Polaroid photo booth in Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves with props based on work on view

• Explore the galleries with the help of our Summer Scavenger Sketchbook

• Learn from Skidmore’s Office of Sustainability about their campus tree inventory, composting tips, and efforts to reduce the College’s ‘environmental footprint’

• Draw with sidewalk chalk and make bubbles (including a bubble-making machine!) outside the Tang

• View the exhibitions: Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves, Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld, Vorágine: Yente and Cecilia Biagini, Elevator Music 49: John Cage—Water Walk, and Hyde Cabinet #25: Kashi Kari Celebrating Tradition and Craftsmanship from Pakistan

• And more!

Timed Activities, 2:15 to 6:30 pm

• 2:15 pm: Tour of Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld: View the new exhibition with Tang Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator Rachel Seligman. This tour features ASL interpretation by Leah Clem

• 3:15 pm: Collections Tour: Get a behind-the-scenes view of some of the more than 18,000 objects that make up the museum’s collection with Dayton Director Ian Berry and Collections Registrar Nora Riccio

• 4 pm: Tour of the Trees of the Tang! Interns in Skidmore’s Office of Sustainability will lead a tour of the trees around the museum, based on their sustainable landscapes efforts and campus tree inventory work

• 4 pm: Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld: View the new exhibition with Tang Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator Rachel Seligman

• 5 pm: Taína Asili in Concert: Enjoy Asili’s energetic fusion traversing salsa, rock, reggaeton, Afrobeat, and other global sounds

Refreshments will include lemonade, water, and cookies during the day. During the concert, more substantial food will be available; beer and wine will also be available for purchase via Visa or Mastercard.

All events are free and open to the public. Plenty of free parking is available in lots adjacent to the Museum. In case of inclement weather, activities will be indoors. For more information, visit http://tang.skidmore.edu or call the Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080.

About Frances Young Tang and Frances Day

Frances Young Tang was a businesswoman, philanthropist, and 1961 Skidmore College graduate who died in 1992. In her memory, the Tang family made a substantial donation that led to the Tang Teaching Museum becoming a reality. The museum opened in 2000 as the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. Frances Day, which began in 2014, honors her legacy of creativity and philanthropy with a day of free activities for the whole community.

About Taina Asili

Taína Asili, New York-based Puerto Rican singer, composer, and interdisciplinary artist, is celebrated by NPR, Rolling Stone, and Billboard for her soulful, genre-blending music echoing calls for love and liberation. With powerful vocals and a multi-genre fusion traversing salsa, rock, reggaeton, Afrobeat, and other global sounds, Asili’s music is both unique and deeply rooted. Accompanied by her brilliant ensemble, she delivers energetic performances at diverse venues nationwide, inspiring audiences to dance to the heartbeat of social change.