Community Free Day
Saturday, May 13, 2017, 11 am–6 pm, Dia Beacon
Add to calendar 13/05/2017 11:00 13/05/2017 18:00 Europe/London Community Free Day Dia:Beacon's quarterly Community Free Days offer engaging programs suitable for a broad audience, including thematic tours of the collection and special exhibitions, DiaTalks, interactive workshops for children and families, and performances. Admission is free for residents of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties.Event DetailsSaturday, May 13, 201711 am–6 pm Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries3 Beekman StreetBeacon, NY 12508 Please bring a driver's license or other government-issued ID for entry to the museum. Schedule 11 amLight PartyJoin young artists from Beacon High School to explore how digital media can inform and contribute to a shared experience in the Dia:Beacon galleries. (1.5 hours) 11:30 amBeing in the MakingFamilies and children of all ages discover together how artworks at Dia:Beacon are continuously in the making with artist educator Hannah Verrill. (45 minutes) 12 pmChoice, Permutation, Variation TourConsider how artists such as Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, and Sol LeWitt devised simple, systematic parameters to generate diverse bodies of work with educator Heather Cotter. (1 hour) 12:30 pmSeeing as Moving as Feeling TourExamine the relationships created between the body, environment, and objects through the work of Robert Irwin, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, and Anne Truitt with educator Lu Shirley Dai. (1 hour) 2 pm DiaTalksAlexandra Truitt and curator James Meyer discuss the work of Anne Truitt. (1 hour) 3 pm Performance: François Chaignaud and Cecilia BengoleaTracing the trajectory of the artists' twelve-year creative partnership, this performance includes three consecutive episodes, transitioning from the musical structures of polyphonic singing, through the transcendent dance of Sylphides (2009), to the recent ensemble work Dub Love (2014). (2 hours) 5 pm Beer TastingEnjoy beers from Beacon-based microbrewery 2 Way Brewing Company. (45 minutes) Funding Community Free Day at Dia:Beacon is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Dyson Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. Community Free Day is part of the Sackler Institute at Dia Art Foundation. Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Community Free Day
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Dia:Beacon's quarterly Community Free Days offer engaging programs suitable for a broad audience, including thematic tours of the collection and special exhibitions, DiaTalks, interactive workshops for children and families, and performances. Admission is free for residents of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties.
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries
Please bring a driver's license or other government-issued ID for entry to the museum.
Light Party
Join young artists from Beacon High School to explore how digital media can inform and contribute to a shared experience in the Dia:Beacon galleries. (1.5 hours)
Being in the Making
Families and children of all ages discover together how artworks at Dia:Beacon are continuously in the making with artist educator Hannah Verrill. (45 minutes)
Choice, Permutation, Variation Tour
Consider how artists such as Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, and Sol LeWitt devised simple, systematic parameters to generate diverse bodies of work with educator Heather Cotter. (1 hour)
Seeing as Moving as Feeling Tour
Examine the relationships created between the body, environment, and objects through the work of Robert Irwin, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, and Anne Truitt with educator Lu Shirley Dai. (1 hour)
DiaTalks
Alexandra Truitt and curator James Meyer discuss the work of Anne Truitt. (1 hour)
Performance: François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea
Tracing the trajectory of the artists' twelve-year creative partnership, this performance includes three consecutive episodes, transitioning from the musical structures of polyphonic singing, through the transcendent dance of Sylphides (2009), to the recent ensemble work Dub Love (2014). (2 hours)
Enjoy beers from Beacon-based microbrewery 2 Way Brewing Company. (45 minutes)
Community Free Day at Dia:Beacon is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Dyson Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Community Free Day is part of the Sackler Institute at Dia Art Foundation.