Walker Art Center's Target Free Thursday Nights in July Include Teen Poetry Slam, Screening of Films by High School Students, The Artist's Bookshelf, and Art Lab Activity Inspired by Picasso
The Walker Art Center’s Target Free Thursday Nights in July are highlighted by Teen Poetry Slam: Quest for the Voice 2007 (July 12, 7 pm). Presented by the Minnesota Spoken Word Association, this event brings together young people from all walks of life in a night featuring the Minnesota Slam Team, a group of the best teenage poets from around the state. Other highlights in July include another edition of the Walker book club discussion The Artist’s Bookshelf, featuring The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich (July 5, 7 pm); Post-Picasso: A Redo Art Activity, where patrons can use traditional tools of expression (painting, drawing, sculpture) to create appropriations of Picasso’s work and other pieces in the Walker’s collection (July 12 and 19, 6–9 pm); and a Twin Cities Youth Media Network Screening (July 26, 7:30 pm), featuring films made by teen filmmakers from around the state.
Target Free Thursday Nights sponsored by Target.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities, supports the Walker Art Center.
Target Free Thursday Nights
July 5, 12, 19, 26
Galleries open 5–9 pm; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, July 5
Gallery Tour, 6 pm
Book Club
The Artist’s Bookshelf: The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich, 7 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
Free, but reservations required; call 612.375.7600
An old Ojibwe drum serves as the central image in this multiple-voiced narrative that continues our investigation of contemporary legends. Through a tale of love, loss, dark humor, and hope, this Minnesota writer explores the mythic ramifications of spiritual transformation. Come early for a gallery tour at 6 pm. Refreshments included. For discussion questions, visit blogs.walkerart.org/ecp and look for posts marked Artist’s Bookshelf. Books are available at the Walker Shop and the Minneapolis Public Library (mplib.org). Presented in partnership with the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library.
The Artist’s Bookshelf is a book discussion group focusing on shared themes between contemporary literature and contemporary art. This summer’s series examines contemporary mythologies through novels and art.
Thursday, July 12
Gallery Tour, 6 pm
Post-Picasso: A Redo Art Activity, 6–9 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
Artists throughout time have shared ideas and influenced one another’s work. A historic display of this tendency is seen in Picasso and American Art, which showcases ways that American modernists adopted and adjusted Picasso’s ideas. For this activity, use traditional tools of expression (painting, drawing, sculpture) to create appropriations of Picasso’s work and other pieces in the Walker’s collection.
Teen Poetry Slam: Quest for the Voice 2007, 7 pm
McGuire Theater, 7 pm
Free tickets available at the Hennepin Lobby desk from 6 pm
Quest for the Voice brings together young people from all walks of life in a night featuring the Minnesota Slam Team, a group of the best teenage poets from around the state. This event is a prelude to the group’s trip to San Jose, California, where they will compete against 300 other teen poets in the Brave New Voices International Poetry Festival. Presented by the Minnesota Spoken Word Association.
Thursday, July 19
Architecture Tour, 6 pm
Post-Picasso: A Redo Art Activity, 6–9 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
(See description above.)
Thursday, July 26
Picasso and American Art Gallery Tour, 6 pm
Twin Cities Youth Media Network Screening, 7:30 pm
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm
As a part of the 2007 Alliance for Community Media national conference, the Twin Cities Youth Media Network (TCYMN) is hosting a screening of films made by teen filmmakers from around the state. This screening is presented by the TCYMN, a collective of youth media organizations whose purpose is to promote and support youth filmmaking. Call 612.375.7683 or e-mail teenprograms@walkerart.org for more information.