MHI Calendar 2007

THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM 25 Job’s Lane, Southampton 283-2118 Docent Tours Wednesdays and Saturdays 2:00 pm The 2007 School Art Show Sat 1/27 – Sun 3/4 For 30 years the Parrish Art Museum has reserved a space in its calendar for local school artwork. From floor to ceiling the walls are covered with these vibrant works.

Mon 1/29 – Thurs 3/8 After School Art - Free Registration required After School Art workshops are exhibition-based and provide children with the opportunity to tour the galleries, learn about the works of art on view, and create their own artwork. Artist and educator Wendy Gottlieb leads the workshops and develops projects that include pottery, painting, and drawing. Advance registration is required. Call 631-283-2118 ext. 30 or visit parrishart.org for information.

Fri 2/2 Fabulous Fridays for Families 6:30 to 8:30 pm This program for families features Susan Blacklocke as she shares her energizing Poi Dancing, a celebratory dance in which radiant spiral patterns are made in the air with colorful fabric mounted on long sticks. Originating in the Maori Tribes of New Zealand and throughout the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, this traditional art form integrates movement with different types of music, martial arts, and dance. After the demonstration, families will create their own colorful poi in art workshops. Light refreshments will also be served. No advance registration is required. Free for Parrish Members | $5 Non-Members Sun 2/4 Family Fun Day: Puppet Time! 2 to 4 pm Tour the School Art Festival and then join artist Miguel Cossio as he leads a puppet-making workshop with families using a variety of styles taken from various cultures and traditional puppet-making techniques. Cossio is a visual artist who was born in Mexico and is now based in New York. He regularly exhibits in galleries and museums in the US, Mexico, and Latin America, and has been presenting arts-in-education programs in schools, universities, and museums for many years. No advance registration is required.

Free for Parrish Members | $5 Non-Members Mon 2/5 First Monday Tour for Seniors 1 pm Seniors enjoy free admission and a docent-led tour of the current exhibition the first Monday of each month. Light refreshments served. Free admission Sun 2/18 Family Fun Day: Celebrate School Art! 2 to 4 pm Join art educator, Madolin Archer for a tour of the exhibition and an art-making workshop with projects including painting, sculpture, and collage. No advance registration is required. Free for Parrish Members | $5 Non-Members Mon 2/19 – Fri 2/23 Winter Vacation Art Workshops Ages 4 to 14 Children will be divided into studio spaces by age (4 to 7 year olds will be grouped together as will children age 8 & up).

Morning session: 10 am to 12:30 pm Afternoon session: 1:30 to 4 pm This series will introduce children age 4 through 14 to many well-known American artists who have lived and worked right here on the East End. Each day of the week instructor Wendy Gottlieb will show a work by a different artist, including William Merritt Chase, Betty Parsons, Fairfield Porter, Jane Wilson and Romare Bearden. Working in a medium inspired by these artists, children will then create their own colorful projects. Children may register for either the morning or afternoon session for one to five days. Space is limited and advance registration and payment are required. Please call 631-283-2118, ext. 30 to register. $18 Museum Members per session | $28 Non-Members per session Fridays @ Lunchtime: Small Things Considered Select Fridays, February 23 through March 16 12:00 noon Now is your chance to be a curator! The role of design in our everyday lives is the focus of this series of lunch-time discussions. The emphasis is on small everyday objects. In the end, participants will nominate their favorite objects for the exhibition Small Things Considered, which will be displayed in conjunction with Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture. Free with Museum Admission Fri 2/23 Fridays @ Lunchtime: Great Small Things 12:00 pm From the pencil to the paper clip, our daily lives are made easier by hundreds of small, well-designed items. Bring your favorite small object and be ready to sell your tiny treasure to the group. Free with Museum Admission Sat 2/24 Winter Family Performance: Art on Stage! 2:00 pm Presented by Freestyle Arts, this unique, interactive performance unlocks the hidden artist within everyone. Audience members will create animations on stage and have them projected as cartoon movies, make relay race abstract paintings, and produce surrealist images. Throughout the performance, participants will learn about the various artists and artistic movements spanning the past 100