Walker at Home Digital Content Series Offers Resources for Educators, Earth Day Screening of Experimental Films, Instagram Live Artist Talks and Keith Haring in the Archives
This week with Walker at Home, we’ve got what you need to keep your days filled with art. Try an art-making activity with your kids, watch short films on Earth Day and chat with the directors, or tune in on Instagram to catch special live artist talks. There’s something for everyone!
Resources for Educators–Professionals and Parents!
Want your kids to connect with contemporary art? Need some ideas to get you there? Whether you’re a professional teacher or a new homeschooler, check out our downloadable lesson plans and guides for students of all ages, created by Walker educators. Watch this short video from Walker Education Programs Manager Sarah Abare to learn more.
Marja Helander, Dolastallat – To Have a Campfire, 2016, photo courtesy the artist
Live Screening: The Vanishing Landscape
WED, APR 22, 7 PM CDT
Earth Day 2020 is April 22 and to celebrate we’re screening a series of experimental films that explore our quickly changing world. Join filmmakers and Walker curator Michael Walsh in the YouTube Live comments section beginning at 7 pm Wednesday.
Parsons & Charlesworth, works from Catalog for the Post-Human, part of Designs For Different Futures, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2019, photo courtesy the artists
Instagram Live Artist Talks
SATURDAYS AT 2 PM CDT
Every Saturday at 2 pm CDT, the Walker is going live with artists from around the world! Follow us on Instagram @walkerartcenter and never miss a conversation. There’s a new topic every week, so tune in and stay connected.
On Saturday April 25, the conversation features Emmet Byrne, Director and Associate Curator of Design with Parsons and Charlesworth and Orkan Telhan, two participants in the Walker co-curated Designs for Different Futures exhibition.
Free First Saturday art making. Photo: Alice Gebura, courtesy Walker Art Center.
Your Favorite Free First Saturday Activities–Gone Digital
SAT, MAY 2
Mark your calendar for May 2: Free First Saturday is going online. With downloadable art-making activities, video tours (in English and Spanish), and streaming films, there’s something for people of all ages. Get ready to get arty with it!
From the Archives
Keith Haring, photo courtesy Walker Art Center Archives.
A Blast from the Past
Flashback: Keith Haring at the Walker
The year was 1984. Iconic artist Keith Haring created a giant mural in a single day—a mural that exists now only in photo and video documentation. The project was part of his artist residency and celebrated the opening of the Walker’s new education center. In the photo above, we see Haring with students from the Alice Smith School in Hopkins, taking requests for brand new drawings the kids then colored in themselves.
Contact:
Rachel Joyce
612.375.7635
rachel.joyce@walkerart.org