january public programs, de young and legion

Fr day N ghts at the de Yong / Janary 14 Fr day N ghts at the de Yong / Janary 28 “A Closer Look: Van Gogh, Gagn, Tolose-Latrec, and Vllard” Snday, Janary 9 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. de Yong Msem, Koret Adtorm Join leading scholars as they explore selected works and artists in the exhibition. Featuring Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, both from the Art Institute of Chicago, Richard Brettell, from the University of Texas, Guy Cogeval, President, Musée d’Orsay; and an introduction by Lynn Federle Orr, curator in charge of European art at FAMSF. Tickets are $30, $25 for FAMSF members, and available at tickets.famsf.org. For information contac t 415- 750-7694. Every Frday Nght n Janary, vst the Artst Stdo/Kmall Edcaton Gallery and make a totem oat wth Janary’s Artst-n-Resdence Jennfer Ewng n her nstallaton Spirit Boat Directions . Programs are free nless otherwse noted. de Yong / Legon of Honor PubLiC EVENTS vst or calendar at www.famsf.org For more nformaton aot events or to receve or e-newsletter, go onlne to www.famsf.org, call 41 5-7 50-7694, or e-mal pl[email protected] Drector of Plc Programs, Cltral Enconters intatve Renee Baldocchi 415-750-7634, rbaldocchi@fa msf.org Artst-n-Resdence, College Programs Cynthia Inaba 415-750-3528, [email protected] Artst Fellows, Symposa, La belle Ve at t he Legon Andrea Mar tin 415-7 50-3531, [email protected] Frday Nghts at the de Yong and Poetry Gregory Stock 41 5-750- 7694, [email protected] Cultural Encounters at the de Young is a series of interconnected programs developed in collaboration with community arts organizations and performing and visual artists. These programs are designed to attract new and diverse audiences to the museum while creating exciting educational and artistic possibilities from the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. Friday Nights at the de Young is part of the Fine Arts Museums’ Cultural Encounters initiative, generously funded by The James Irvine Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation. Pl c Programs at the F ne Arts Msems of San Franc sco Japanesque closng weekend presented with the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco Saturday, January 8 noon–4:45 p.m. Tomoko Murakami will engage visitors in hands-on experience with sample blocks and carving tools. Seating is very limited and rst come, rst served. Based on the Haruki Murakami novel of the same name, Tony Takitani is the story of an isolated artist who spent childhood shunned by other kids due to his Western name. But life changes when he meets his wife. Enjoy organ concerts every Satrday and Snday, 4:00–4:45 p.m. Programs are free after museum admission. Seating is limited and rst come, rst served. For information about public programs at the Legion of Honor, visit our online calendar at www.legionofhonor.org, call 415-750-3531, or e-mail [email protected]. > The always-popular coach and choreographer Cyntha Glnka instructs, inspires, and entertains. With her dance tips and tricks, you won’t miss a beat! Join us on the dance oor and learn some new moves, partner-dance style. > Jonathan Poretz and the Moodswng Orchestra. The “Rat Pack Is Back” alum Jonathan Poretz swings the songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bobby Darin, and Tony Bennett. He is backed by Mike Young’s 12-piece Moodswing Orchestra, known for its authentic covers of the greatest big bands of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. Bring your dancing shoes! > Construct a wre sclptre inspired by Ruth Asawa with Art Diva Kim Erickson. > The world premiere of the documentary lm Ruth Asawa: Roots of an Artist tells the story of world-famous artist Ruth Asawa, who has been a tireless advocate for community art projects and art education in public schools. This lm is a collaboration between lmmaker Bob Toy, Lola Frankl of Bethany Center, and the Academy of Art University. Asawa’s family and Toy, the lm’s director, will be present to answer questions and to celebrate the life of the beloved San Francisco artist. Janar y 2011 > Ensemle Parallèle presents “Love, Osesson, and Death”: excerpts from the Phlp Glass opera Orphée. This work, recently described by the New York Times as one of Glass’s “most inspired works” and a “mythic modern opera,” is based on Orphée, Jean Cocteau’s famous surreal lm of 1950. “Love, Obsession, and Death” will take you through a surreal operatic journey with narration, music, video projection, and sideshow acts. Come and experience contemporary chamber opera as upper and under worlds collide. > Create a Venetan Opera Mask with Art Diva Kim Erickson to wear to the concert. > Argentne Opera at t he de Yong presents singers from the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón, featuring Sebastian Angulegui, Gabriela Ceaglio, Emanuel Esteban, Gustavo Feulien, Florencia Machado, Marina Silva, and Duilio Smiriglia, with Marcelo Ayub on piano. These talented young singers from Buenos Aires will delight museum guests with their powerful and expressive voices. Frday Nghts are ack! Jon s for the sxth season of free lve msc, performances, artst demonstratons, poetry, lectures, flms, and more! > Taleax Vvants: Hang out with artists Berthe Morisot (Peggy Gyulai), Vincent van Gogh (Jeremy Sutton), Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec (Jef Valentine), and Paul Gauguin (Marius Starkey). Watch them paint and have your portrait taken. Then enjoy a taste of absinthe (for a nominal fee) and magic presented by Paul Nathan. > As unpredictable, fearless, and entertaining as their name suggests, Le Chat Lnatqe purveys an addictive genre they call “lthy, mangy jazz,” a signature sound that makes you want to smoke and drink too much—if only you could get off the dance oor. Le jazz hot of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli is their North Star, but they use that beacon to navigate through a wide range of genres, blending Western swing, classical, reggae, doo-wop, and “anything else we damn well please” into strikingly original compositions and audaciously reworked standards alike. > Marionettes de Chat with Mademoiselle Kim. Create your own crazy cat! > “Asnthe: Hstory n a bottle,” special lecture by Barnaby Conrad, author and Fine Arts Museums Trustee. Fr day N ghts at the de Yong / Janary 21 Art st Std o/Art sts- n-Res dence at the de Yong Kimball Education Gallery, de Young Artists are on site Wednesday–Sunday, 1:00–5:00 p.m. (until 8:45 p.m. on Fridays 1/14, 1/21, and 1/28) Admission into the gallery is free of charge. Jennfer Ewng Sprt boat Drectons Janary 5–30 Poetry Readng: Frday, Janary 21, 6:30 p.m. Closng Recepton: Frday, Janary 28, 6:00–8:30 p.m. Spirit Boat Directions: Totem boats for personal journeys. Join Jennifer Ewing in the Artist Studio as she continues to explore the theme of spirit boats, a metaphor for her own journey in paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, and installations. Visitors are encouraged to explore their own paths by making boats in the form of a drawing, collage or sculpture. A sense of identity can be found by creating a tribute to a person or family as a totem or symbol. Every month the museum invites artists to install and demonstrate their art form at the de Young. This interactive program enables visitors to meet artists and gives the artists an opportunity to work with the public. Artists working in various media are encouraged to apply. The Artist Studio program is supported by the Fleishhacker Foundation. Thank you to Aveleda Winery for their in-kind support. For information about Artist Studio, visit our online calendar at www.deyoungmuseum.org, call 415-750-3528, or e-mail [email protected]. Post-impress on sm Symposm Le Chat Lnatqe Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of the Artist, 1887. Oil on canvas. © RMN (Musée d’Orsay) / Gérard Blot Cyntha Glnka Argentne Opera Tomoko Murakami

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