Target Free Thursday Nights at the Walker Art Center in March are highlighted by two film premieres from the Women with Vision International Film Festival (March 12–27), featuring an array of films by women filmmakers exploring the world today. On Thursday, March 18, 7:30 pm, director Deborah Stratman introduces the premiere of her experimental documentary O’er the Land, and then leads a post-screening Q&A. The premiere of Laurel Nakadate’s Stay the Same Never Change takes place on Thursday, March 25, 7:30 pm, a provocative tale of heartland tweens and their desperate plays for affection from middle-aged men.
Other highlights in March include a Making Music talk with legendary local percussionist Dave King (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple), copresented with mnartists.org and the University of Minnesota’s Whole Music Club (March 11, 8 pm); an art lab creating landscapes led by members of local design firm rosenlof/lucas (March 18, 6–9 pm); and an opening-day gallery talk for the new exhibition 1964 led by curator Siri Engberg (March 25, 7 pm).
Sound Bites gallery talks, offered throughout the month on select Thursday evenings at 6:30 and 7 pm, illuminate an artist or work of art from the Walker’s world-class collection or one of its special exhibitions. Thursday evenings at 6:30 and 7 pm, illuminate an artist or work of art from the Walker’s world-class collection or one of its special exhibitions.
Target Free Thursday Nights
March 4, 11, 18, 25
Galleries open 5–9 pm; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, March 4
Free admission, 5–9 pm
Thursday, March 11
Sound Bites: Tour Guide’s Choice, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Contemporary art and artists are the focus of these 15-minute gallery conversations led by Walker tour guides. Each highlights selected artworks, artists, or themes that serve as topics for illuminating discussions.
Making Music with Dave King, 8 pm
McGuire Theater
Free tickets available at the Hennepin Lobby desk from 7 pm
Legendary local percussionist Dave King meets host James Everest for an inspired conversation about the drummer’s penchant for messing with time signatures and the process of putting a unique Bad Plus stamp onto an album of cover songs. Copresented with mnartists.org and the University of Minnesota’s Whole Music Club.
This talk will be webcast live and archived on the Walker Channel, channel.walkerart.org.
Thursday, March 18
Designing Play Art Lab Activity: Landscape Remix, 6–9 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
Join members of the Minneapolis-based landscape design studio rosenlof/lucas to draw on the world. Trace your view of the landscape through a Walker window, then re-create it in the art lab with color transparencies and markers. See it enlarged using an overhead projector. Recommended for adults and kids ages 10 and up.
Women with Vision Film Premiere/Discussion, 7:30 pm
O’er the Land
Introduced by director Deborah Stratman
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6:30 pm
Gun shows, historical war reenactors, cheerleaders, and motor homes are touchstones in this experimental documentary that delves into America’s concept of manifest destiny. Followed by a Q&A with the director. 2009, 16mm, 52 minutes.
Women with Vision is made possible by generous support from Elizabeth Redleaf. Additional support provided by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.
Thursday, March 25
Sound Bites: Charles Ray’s Unpainted Sculpture, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Contemporary art and artists are the focus of these 15-minute gallery conversations led by Walker tour guides. Each highlights selected artworks, artists, or themes that serve as topics for illuminating discussions.
Opening-day Gallery Talk: 1964, 7 pm
Friedman Gallery
A new exhibition hones in on the array of artistic developments underway in 1964—the same year that saw the Beatles’ invasion of America, race riots erupting across the nation, the Civil Rights Act signed into law, and the first U.S. bombs dropped on Vietnam. 1964 curator Siri Engberg discusses such defining moments in recent history and ways that they are mirrored through artworks—some iconic, some surprising—selected from the Walker’s collections.
1964 is made possible by generous support from John L. Thomson and Kristin Speltz and Ellie and Tom Crosby, Jr.
Hotel partners Chambers Luxury Art Hotel and W Minneapolis – The Foshay.
Women with Vision Film Premiere, 7:30 pm
Stay the Same Never Change
Directed by Laurel Nakadate
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6:30 pm
With an unflinching approach and spot-on humor, this film’s provocative tale of heartland tweens and their desperate plays for affection from middle-aged men has been called “weird and delightful . . . a raw, audacious effort that burns with such originality and honesty” (Sundance Film Festival). 2008, 35mm, 93 minutes.
Women with Vision is made possible by generous support from Elizabeth Redleaf. Additional support provided by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.
