Target Free Thursday Nights in September Feature Cultural Critic Lewis Hyde, Preview of 2010–2011 Performing Arts Season, and Talk on New Exhibition
September’s
Target Free Thursday Nights
—the Walker Art Center’s free-admission evenings—kick off on September 2 with a talk by cultural critic Lewis Hyde who brings fresh insights to the Walker’s summerlong Open Field experiment as the popular outdoor initiative draws to a close. The evening also includes the final installment of Drawing Club and an Exposition showcasing all the drawings produced at Open Field. In addition, September Thursday evenings feature the annual Performing Arts Season Preview, a rundown of a rousing season of intriguing new projects, major commissions, and boundary-bending collaborations from across the world (September 9); and a curator-led talk on the new exhibition A Shot in the Dark featuring recent acquisitions and rarely seen works from the Walker collections (September 23). Gallery admission is free from 5–9 pm every Thursday night.
Target Free Thursday Nights
September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Galleries open 5–9 pm; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, September 2
Final Drawing Club and Exposition
Drawing Club, 2–7 pm, Open Field Grove
Drawing Club Exposition, 2–9 pm, Gallery 8
Join us for the last session of the convivial Drawing Club gathering, and visit Gallery 8 to see all the drawings produced during the summer.
Lecture
Lewis Hyde: In Defense of the Cultural Commons,
7 pm
Cinema
Ticketed event: $8 ($6 Walker members)
The renowned poet, essayist, translator, and cultural critic brings fresh insights to the cultural commons and the Walker’s summerlong Open Field experiment. Hyde, who has a particular interest in the public life of the imagination, is the author of The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property (1983), a book that has been acknowledged as a masterpiece by artists of all kinds for its illumination and defense of art-making as a non-commercial practice.
Thursday, September 9
Performing Arts Season Preview,
7 pm
McGuire Theater
Performing Arts senior curator Philip Bither presents videos, music, and backstories for the intriguing new projects, major commissions, boundary-bending collaborations, returning eminent artists, and fresh voices from across the world that make up the rousing 2010–2011 season.
Thursday, September 23
Curator Talk: Eric Crosby on A Shot in the Dark, 7 pm
Medtronic Gallery
Walker assistant curator Eric Crosby discusses this exhibition featuring recent acquisitions and rarely seen works that explore the poetic promise of minimal gestures and simple materials.