March Target Free Thursday Nights feature Native Artists Panel, Films by Bill Morrison, and Twin Cities Youth Media Network
During Target Free Thursday Nights at the Walker Art Center in March, conversations paired with art and film aim to broaden perspectives and build repertoire. Network with local media professionals, join in on a discussion with an experimental filmmaker and engage with Native artists on topics of activism, influences and marginalization. Other events feature art-making, animated adult films and more.
Target Free Thursday Nights
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March 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Galleries open 5–9 pm; special events follow.
Special Event: Native Arts Panel
Nicholas Galanin, Ashley Holland, Candice Hopkins, and Steven Loft
Moderated by Dyani White Hawk
Thursday, March 29, 7–8:30 pm
Cinema, free
Join a diverse panel of Native artists as they discuss a variety of topics including the reception and influence of Native arts, their role in activism, and their continued survival in the face of misunderstanding, misappropriation, and marginalization.
Other Events:
Twin Cities Youth Media Network
Thursday, March 1, 5–8 pm
Art Lab, free
View a screening of youth-made film and video (7 pm), participate in hands-on artmaking, and meet representatives from local organizations that focus on media production (5–7 pm). TCYMN works to strength the field through supporting, sharing, and promoting the work of young filmmakers and adult mentors.
Light Is Calling: Short Films by Bill Morrison
Thursday, March 8, 7pm
Bentson Mediatheque, free
Experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison’s work is centered on the fleeting nature of cinema. He is known for using damaged archival film to create new narratives, revealing imagery that may have been lost forever without his intervention. Morrison often collaborates with composers and musicians to create original soundtracks for works that meditate on love, loss, destruction, and the onward march of time.
A presentation and discussion of short films by Bill Morrison from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. The program features Light Is Calling (2004); Release (2010); and Outerborough (2012). The playlist will be available in the Bentson Mediatheque throughout the month of March.
Tours in Spanish:
Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950
Thursday, March 15, 6pm
Galleries A, B, and C, free
Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950 looks at how Cuba’s revolutionary epoch shaped 65 years of Cuban art. The exhibition brings together more than 100 important works of painting, graphic design, photography, video, installation, and performance created by more than 50 Cuban artists and designers.
Learn about the stories behind the works on a Spanish-language tour of the exhibition.
Aprenda sobre las historias detrás de las obras en esta visita guiada en Español de la exposición.
Teen Arts Council Lab
Thursday, March 15, 6–8 pm
Art Lab, free
Check out what the Walker Art Center Teen Art Council (WACTAC) has been up to in this month’s TAC Lab with snacks, music, video, and a release of the latest “zine” based around interpretation of I am you, you are too. Take a WACTAC-guided tour of the exhibition at 6 pm, 7 pm, and 8 pm.
Animatedly Yours
Thursday, March 22, 7pm
Bentson Mediatheque, free
In the 1970s, artists pushed the boundaries of traditional animation, exploring everything from the everyday to the out of this world. Sexuality, the human body, death, and desire are expressed as extensions of the animators’ innermost fears and dreams. Featuring rare 16mm prints from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. This program includes mature content.