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Events on February 19, 2009
SPECIAL EVENT Member Preview Days—Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, February 19, 20, and 2110 a.m. – 9 p.m. Target Gallery FREE for MIA members
Get a rare glimpse at treasured artworks held by dozens of Minnesota's private collectors. Remarkable for its breadth and caliber, this insightful exhibition showcases more than 140 masterworks by American artists working from 1800 to 1920, and sheds new light on the personal passions of Minnesota collectors.
SPECIAL EVENT Third Thursday: The Big Draw Thursday, February 19, 20096 – 9 p.m. museum-wide Sketchy characters and devout doodlers, unite tonight! Check out dazzling drawings collected by Yvonne and U Prof. Gabriel Weisberg. Get lively to music by The Deaths. And catch The Gleaners and I, a 2001 award-winning French documentary about people who scour fields for the odd potato or turnip—and whose labors have inspired a great many pictures.
• See the exhibitions “Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection” in Cargill Gallery and “Expanded Drawing” in the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program Gallery. • Film: The Gleaners and I, 7 p.m., in Pillsbury Auditorium. Agnès Varda’s film was voted the best documentary of 2001 by the National Society of Film Critics, Agnès Varda's universally acclaimed 'wandering-road documentary' focuses her ever-seeking eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads us from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris.(Directed by Agnès Varda, 2001, 82 min., color, French with English subtitles, originally captured on digital media with playback on Beta.) • Music: local favorites The Deaths, at 6:30 p.m., in ArtsBreak Café, cash bar. • Curator-led tour: Lisa Michaux will lead a tour of the exhibition at 7:30 p.m., in Cargill Gallery. • ASK ME! Guides from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and from 8 to 9 p.m., in Cargill Gallery.
DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Love and Scandal (ASL Interpreted Tour) Thursday, February 19, 20091 – 2 p.m. Celebrate Valentine's Day all month long. Inflame your passion for art on a tour that explores the victories and vicissitudes of love. See works of art in the museum's collection that tell intriguing stories of marriage and devotion, the sexual exploits of gods and goddesses, and the hurtful scandals that sometimes come with affairs of the heart! ART CART South and Southeast Asia Art Cart Thursday, February 19, 20096 – 8 p.m. ART CART Ancient Greece and Rome Art Cart Thursday, February 19, 20096 – 8 p.m. ART CART Americas Art Cart Thursday, February 19, 20096 – 8 p.m. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Living Arts of Africa Thursday, February 19, 20097 – 8 p.m. Discover objects for daily use and regalia fit for a king from the diverse continent of Africa. Learn about masquerade and divination, as well as customs for settling disputes and initiating young men and women into the community. FILM The Gleaners and I (2001) Thursday, February 19, 20097 – 8:30 p.m. Pillsbury Auditorium Agnès Varda's film was voted the best documentary of 2001 by the National Society of Film Critics, Agnès Varda's universally acclaimed 'wandering-road documentary' focuses her ever-seeking eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads us from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris. (Agnès Varda, 2001, 82 min., color, France, French with English subtitles, originally captured on digital media with playback on DVD)
Admission: $5; free to MIA members. |
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