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Free Thursdays CHANGE YOUR THURSDAY-NIGHT PROGRAMMING A WEEKLY SAMPLER OF FREE TOURS, FILMS, TALKS, AND MORE THURSDAYS, MARCH 7, 14, 21, AND 28, 2002 FREE |
JOIN US EACH WEEK FOR A SAMPLER OF FREE TALKS, FILM SCREENINGS, PERFORMANCES,
AND TOURS. GALLERIES ARE OPEN UNTIL 9 PM, SO STAY LATE TO TAKE IT ALL
IN.
MARCH
7
FREE
FILM: SHORTS PROGRAM III: EXPERIMENTATION/DISCOVERY,
7 PM
Working in varied media and
forms, these local and international filmmakers have opened up new avenues
for experimentation and discovery. 80 minutes.
FREE
FILM: REACTIVATING ACTIVISM, 16
DECISIONS, 8:30 PM
This documentary objectively
portrays the demanding working life of Bangladeshi women. Directed by
Gayle Ferraro. 2000, U.S., color, video, in English and Bengali with English
subtitles, 59 minutes.
GALLERY
TALK: THE POPULAR MODERN ART OF VITAL FORMS, 6:30 PM
The exhibition Vital
Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960, surveys
a time when sculptor Isamu Noguchi designed kidney-shaped coffee tables,
the Dole Pineapple Company commissioned Georgia O'Keeffe to paint an advertisement,
and Grant Wood landscapes were transformed into upholstery fabric. For
this talk, cultural critic-University of Minnesota art history professor
Karal Ann Marling discusses a period in American history when shopping
malls and living rooms were perhaps as likely to exhibit works of modern
art as museums. Meet in the lobby.
FREE
TOUR: 1 AND 6 PM
Tour a different Walker exhibition
every Thursday at 1 and 6 pm. Meet in the lobby. Pick up a complete schedule
at the lobby desk.
MARCH 14
FREE
FILM: GIRLS IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
PROGRAM IV: THROUGH HER EYES, 7 PM
These videos by young filmmakers
from Minnesota includes documentaries and experimental works. 70 minutes.
FREE
FILM: BROTHER (GEGE), 8:30 PM
With an old postcard as his
only clue, a man from Hong Kong travels to a remote province in western
China in search of his older brother. Written and directed by Yan Yan
Mak. 2001, Hong Kong, color, video, in Mandarin with English subtitles,
90 minutes.
PRECEDED BY
THE LEISURE SUMMER. Directed by Li Xiudong. 2001, China,
B/W, video, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 18 minutes.
FREE
TOUR: 1 AND 6 PM
Tour a different Walker exhibition
every Thursday at 1 and 6 pm. Meet in the lobby. Pick up a complete schedule
at the lobby desk.
MARCH 21
FREE
FILM: SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH: EYEWITNESSES,
8 PM
Filmmaker Pola Rapaport presents
a program about the events and aftermath of September 11 as seen through
the eyes of 10 New York filmmakers. 90 minutes. A discussion follows.
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FREE
TALK: BETTER LOOKING: WHAT IS BEAUTY?, 6:30 PM
As visitors to museums, we
tour the galleries in search of beauty. While that determination may be
an expression of individual taste, we seldom discover how different views
of that concept influence our aesthetic preferences. Walker staff members
Joan Rothfuss, Associate Curator of Visual Arts, and Sarah Schultz, Education
and Community Programs Director, discuss our standards of beauty and the
reasons they are ever-changing, always contested, and forever relative.
Meet in the lobby.
FREE
TOUR: 1 AND 6 PM
Tour a different Walker exhibition
every Thursday at 1 and 6 pm. Meet in the lobby. Pick up a complete schedule
at the lobby desk.
MARCH 28
FREE
TOUR: 1 AND 6 PM
Tour a different Walker exhibition
every Thursday at 1 and 6 pm. Meet in the lobby. Pick up a complete schedule
at the lobby desk.
FREE THURSDAYS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND THE LILA WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST FUND.