Public is invited to tours, talks, screenings, and workshops

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College invites the public to its March programs, featuring tours, screenings, family programs, and special guests Karen Stevens ’88 and Yvette Molina.

In conjunction with the exhibition Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves, Karen Stevens will present a “visible mending” workshop on Tuesday, March 19, at 6 pm, in which participants are invited to give a treasured item of clothing a second life. Registration is required.

The artist Yvette Molina, whose two-year installation A Promise to the Leaves opened in October on the mezzanine, will be back on campus for a conversation with Adam Tinkle, Skidmore College Associate Professor of Media and Film, and Director of the John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS), as part of the Dunkerley Dialogue series on Thursday, March 21, at 7 pm. The conversation will have ASL interpretation.

On March 28, the Tang screens director David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, the first feature film in a series that explores our fascination with and revulsion to the fantasies of unconventional bodily alterations. Organized by Piper Ingels ’24 as the capstone project for her 2023-24 Meg Reitman Jacobs ’63 Endowed Internship, the series is called Framing the Flesh and is inspired by the exhibition Abject Anatomy, which is the capstone project of Helen Branch ’24, as part of her 2022–2023 Carole Marchand Endowed Internship.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or visit the Tang website at http://tang.skidmore.edu.

MARCH EVENTS

Friday, March 1, 1 pm: Inscribing the Sacred: Creating Torah and Art. Rabbi Linda Motzkin, the former Jewish Chaplain at Skidmore, leads a workshop called Community Torah Project: Making Parchment from a Local Deerskin.

Saturday, March 2, 2 pm: Family Saturday: Narrative Flags. A multigenerational art-viewing and art-making workshop with a focus on Asafo flags, for children 5 and older with an adult companion. Another Family Saturday on photo collages will be March 23.

Saturday, March 2, 3:30 and 4:15 pm: Save Your Apologies Until The End. See a performance of a new dance choreographed as part of an independent study project by Ava D’Eon ’24.

Sunday, March 3, 2 pm: Tang Guide Tour with Annabel Gould ’26. Join us each Sunday for a docent-led tour. Also March 10, March 17, March 24, and March 31.

Tuesday, March 5, 6 pm: Whole Grain: The Passion of Remembrance (1986). In conjunction with the exhibition Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour, see an early work he made with Maureen Blackwood as part of our screening series of experimental film and video.

Monday, March 18, 6 pm: Whole Grain: Unshielded. Guest curator Jon Davies presents a program of short films, with details to be revealed at the screening.

Tuesday, March 19, 6 pm: Visible Mending Workshop. In conjunction with the exhibition Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves, Karen Stevens ’88 will teach participants how to use fabric remnants and embroidery supplies to “visibly mend” their garments. Registration is required.

Thursday, March 21, 7 pm: Dunkerley Dialogue with Yvette Molina and Adam Tinkle. The artist Yvette Molina, whose work is on view in A Promise to the Leaves will be in conversation with Adam Tinkle, Associate Professor of Media and Film Studies and Director of the John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative at Skidmore College. The conversation will have ASL interpretation.

Thursday, March 28, noon: Curator's Tour of Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour. Join Dayton Director Ian Berry for a tour.

Thursday, March 28, 5:30 pm: Entrepreneurial Artist Forum. The 11th Annual Entrepreneurial Artist Forum and Celebration, presented by the Arts Administration Program and the Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative, brings together a panel of artist alumni.

Thursday, March 28, 7:30 pm: Framing the Flesh: Crimes of the Future (2022). In conjunction with the exhibition Abject Anatomy, the Tang presents the first feature film in a series that explores our fascination with and revulsion to the fantasies of unconventional bodily alterations. Organized by Piper Ingels ’24 as the capstone project for her 2023-24 Meg Reitman Jacobs ’63 Endowed Internship, the series continues April 4 and April 18. Note: These films contain material of a highly sensitive nature including language, nudity, violence, gore, and disturbing content.

EXHIBITIONS

Abject Anatomy Photographs, prints, drawings, and paintings from the Tang collection in which the human body is transformed ask us to reflect on fears about our own bodily nonconformance and that of those around us.
Elevator Music 48: Alone, only in flesh This site-specific, collaborative meditation on three diasporic artists’ experiences melds the work of Antonius-Tín Bui, Theresa-Xuan Bui, and MIZU to engage all five senses with spoken word poetry, experimental cello, traditional Vietnamese áo dài (garments), Southeast Asian home goods, and Asian snacks.
Hyde Cabinet #24: Boyhood An early photograph by acclaimed artist Anna Gaskell serves as a catalyst for this student curatorial project about transitions and relationships in the lives of boys. Opens March 2.
Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour A tour-de-force, ten-screen video installation explores the life of Frederick Douglass.
Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves The Mexican-American artist Yvette Molina transforms the Tang mezzanine into a community space. The two-year project will transition to its second iteration on March 22 with work by Molina and the artists Mónica Palma and Ann Lewis.
Studio/Archive An ambitious selection of photographic works from the Tang collection by artists who span the globe.

About the Tang Teaching Museum

The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College is a pioneer of interdisciplinary exploration and learning. A cultural anchor of New York’s Capital Region, the Tang’s approach has become a model for college and university art museums across the country—with exhibition programs that bring together visual and performing arts with interdisciplinary ideas from history, economics, biology, dance, and physics, to name just a few. The Tang has one of the most rigorous faculty-engagement initiatives in the nation, and a robust publication and touring exhibition program that extends the museum’s reach far beyond its walls. The Tang Teaching Museum’s award-winning building, designed by architect Antoine Predock, serves as a visual metaphor for the convergence of art and ideas. The Museum is open to the public on Thursday from noon to 9 pm and Friday through Sunday from noon to 5 pm. https://tang.skidmore.edu