Target Free Thursday Nights at Walker Art Center Feature Making Music Series, Panel Discussion, and Workshop with Wing Young Huie
The Walker Art Center’s Target Free Thursday Nights in March are highlighted by the first edition of the Making Music Series, copresented with the Whole Music Club at the University of Minnesota, featuring an evening of live demonstrations, video, and an audience Q&A with David Longstreth, leader of the style-smashing Brooklyn art rock ensemble Dirty Projectors (March 5, 7 pm). Dirty Projectors performs in the Walker’s McGuire Theater on Friday, March 6, 8 pm.
Other programs in March include the panel discussion Documenting Culture, during which several local artists discuss their work, the people and cultures they cover, and why the public is so interested in these subjects (March 12, 7 pm); a screening of Pola Rapaport and Wolfgang Held’s Hair: Let the Sunshine In, presented as part of Women with Vision 2009: Dimensions (March 19, 7:30 pm); and a portraiture workshop with Twin Cities photographer Wing Young Huie, inspired by the portraits in the exhibition Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton (March 26, 6–9 pm).
Sound Bites gallery talks are offered throughout the month on select Thursday evenings at 6:30 and 7 pm. Sound Bites illuminate an artist or work of art from the Walker’s world-class collection or one of its special exhibitions.
Target Free Thursday Nights
March 5, 12, 19, 26
Galleries open 5–9; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, March 5
Making Music Series: Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth, 7 p
m
McGuire Theater
Free tickets available at the Hennepin Lobby desk from 6 pm
The leader of Dirty Projectors takes the McGuire stage for a special evening with the University of Minnesota’s Whole Music Club. Local musician James Everest (Vicious Vicious, Roma di Luna) interviews David Longstreth about his career in a program that includes live demonstrations, video, and questions from the audience. Afterward, join them and DJ Paul Harding from Radio K International at a reception in the Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab. An evening not to miss! Copresented with the Whole Music Club at the University of Minnesota. Cosponsored by mnartists.org.
Thursday, March 12
Panel Discussion: Documenting Culture, 7 p
m
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm
Elizabeth Peyton aims to capture people at “that particular moment when they’re about to become what they’ll become.” Is she giving us a glimpse of a world rarely seen by outsiders? Writer and longtime music critic Jim Walsh, photographer Xavier Tavera, artist Melba Price, and documentary filmmaker/journalist Chuck Olsen talk about their work, the people and cultures they cover, and why the public is so interested in these subjects. An online discussion will take place throughout the exhibition at mnartists.org/peyton. Cosponsored by mnartists.org.
Thursday, March 19
Sound Bites: Sarah Charlesworth, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Contemporary art and artists are the focus of these 15-minute gallery conversations led by Walker tour guides. Each highlights selected artworks, artists, or themes that serve as topics for illuminating discussions.
Film: Hair: Let the Sunshine In, 7:30 pm
Cinema
Directed by Pola Rapaport and Wolfgang Held
By the time the original production of Hair closed on Broadway, more than 30 million people had seen it—making it not just a show, but a social, cultural, and political movement. Just as a revival opens this month on Broadway, this film takes a fascinating look into the historical context of the revolutionary musical and its resonance with current events. Featuring actors Keith Carradine, Melba Moore, and Ben Vereen; directors Milos Forman and Tom O’Horgan; producer Michael Butler; and authors Jim Rado and Galt MacDermot. 2007, video, 55 minutes. This screening is presented as part of Women with Vision 2009: Dimensions.
Thursday, March 26
Sound Bites: John Chamberlain, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Contemporary art and artists are the focus of these 15-minute gallery conversations led by Walker tour guides. Each highlights selected artworks, artists, or themes that serve as topics for illuminating discussions.
Workshop: Identity Portraiture with Wing Young Huie, 6–9 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
What is one of your first memories? How would you describe yourself? Working with Twin Cities photographer Wing Young Huie, participants ask questions of someone they don’t know and then photograph that person with his or her responses in this workshop inspired by the portraits in Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton. The resulting images will be posted on the Walker’s Web site. Say “cheese”!