The Brooklyn Museum Presents Public Programs for Adults, Teens, and Kids
The Brooklyn Museum will present a variety of programs for adults, teens, and kids in May. Public programs include talks, performances, and hands-on workshops for children and adults that amplify the Museum's exhibitions and permanent collection, serve its diverse public, and support learning through the visual arts.
Highlights include a day-long celebration of Bang on a Can Marathon's 30th anniversary, an artist talk with Loie Hollowell on Georgia O'Keeffe, and a program with Alice Walker in celebration of the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85.
The full schedule follows:
Saturday, May 6, 2-10 pm
Target First Saturday: 30th Anniversary Bang on a Can Marathon
Throughout the Museum
Free with Museum admission before 5 pm;
Free after 5 pm courtesy of Target First Saturdays.
Salsa Party
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Free with Museum admission. Join a salsa class led by professional dancers, followed by live music and dance performances by some of Brooklyn's best Latin dance teams. Saturday, May 13, 2 pm
Artist's Eye: Loie Hollowell on Georgia O'Keeffe
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th floor
Free with $20 exhibition admission. This series of intimate, in-gallery talks by contemporary artists illuminates our special exhibitions with fresh and alternative perspectives. For Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, painter Loie Hollowell responds to O'Keeffe's use of color and geometry in her paintings, sculptures, photographs, and clothing design.
Sunday, May 14, 3-5 pm
My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter: Mother's Day Poetry Reading
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Free with Museum admission. Books for sale.
On Mother's Day, join an afternoon of poetry by Brooklyn-born Aja Monet, whose new collection, My Mother Is a Freedom Fighter, is an ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters. Monet discusses how resistance is fostered through mother-daughter relationships, bringing to life the radical legacy presented in the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85. Additional poets to be announced. Come early for a tour of We Wanted a Revolution at 2 pm.
Thursday, May 18, 6:30 pm
Art In Sight
Meet in Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Free with Museum admission.
An Evening with Alice Walker
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Tickets start at $25 and include Museum admission. In celebration of the special exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85, acclaimed poet, novelist, activist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker leads an intimate lecture inspired by her life's work and the show on view. For tickets and more information, visit www.brooklynmuseum.org. Friday, May 26, 5-7:30 pm
Teen Night: Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Free. Planned by teens for teens, this free evening explores the special exhibitionGeorgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern with live music, dance performances, art-making, workshops, and refreshments.
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