Get Inspired. Get in Free. Walker Art Center Presents Target Free Thursday Nights in May
In May, Target Free Thursday Nights (May 5, 12, 19, and 26) feature free events including an artist talk and screening by animator Joanna Priestly (May 12); a gallery talk by jazz piano sensation Jason Moran (May 19); and the return of the Walker’s Better Looking series of gallery tours with in-depth discussion of works in the permanent collection and special exhibitions (May 26). Sponsored by Target, the Walker’s galleries are free from 5-9 pm every Thursday evening and are complemented by a range of multidisciplinary programs.
Target Free Thursday Nights
May 5, 12, 19, and 26
Galleries open 5–9 pm; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, May 12
An Evening with Joanna Priestley
Screening: Big Bonus, 5 pm; Artist Talk, 7 pm
Cinema
Join animator Joanna Priestley for a lecture and screening of her works. For the past 20 years, Priestley has pushed the envelope of animation concepts and technique to create experimental animated films on themes of gender, love, aging, human rights, and even candy.
Thursday, May 19
Gallery Talk with Jason Moran: Sounds Like Adrian Piper, 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
For acclaimed young composer and pianist Jason Moran, an interest in the Walker’s permanent collection, and the work of Adrian Piper in particular, led to the creation of a new composition and performance. His work, a theatrical jazz suite entitled Milestone, is informed by his recent study of Piper’s photographic work, The Mythic Being; I/You (Her), and integrates its conceptual framework. Join Moran, vocalist Alicia Hall, and Walker Curator Elizabeth Carpenter for a tour and discussion of Mythic Being and the other works that captured Moran’s imagination.
Thursday, May 26
Screening: Mike Kelley’s Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction, 6 pm
Lecture Room
In conjunction with the June 2 conversation between Mike Kelley and critic John Welchman, the Walker presents a screening of Domestic Scene and Day is Done from Kelley’s large-scale video work, the Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction series started in 2000. An ongoing project, The Extracurricular series is a projected group of 365 videotapes and video installations that use re-staged photographs of “extracurricular activities” found in high school yearbooks and newspapers, to address issues of repressed memory, abuse, and the culture of victimization.
Better Looking is Back!
This popular series of gallery talks returns on Target Free Thursday Nights for an in-depth discussion of works in the permanent collection and special exhibitions. For this first series, join Walker Director and curators for a discerning look at the new building and the art it holds.
Thursday, May 26
Better Looking: The Welcome Back Tour, 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
After years of planning and months of construction, we’ve swept away all of the dust and opened our doors. Come in and get to know the new Walker on a walk through the building with Director Kathy Halbreich. Listen as she reflects on the museum as a “town square” and other concepts that informed the design of the building.