Target Free Thursday Nights
For Fun. For Free. For Everyone.
November 7, 14, 21 & 28
Free Gallery Admission 5–9pm
Special Events Below
Pop-Up Tea Service
Thursdays, September 5–January 9, 6–9 pm Free
Gallery B
Join us Thursday evenings for a complimentary cup of tea and conversation in Theaster Gates’s ceramics room. Bring your friends with you to relax and unwind as you encounter the artist’s ceramic pots and other wares.
Mn Artists Presents: Jonathan Herrera Soto
Thursday, November 7, 5pm
Walker Art Center, Free
Mn Artists, the Walker’s platform for local makers, brings its online network live and into the museum. Print-based artist Jonathan Herrera Soto curates installations and performances that explore parallels between the physical pain inflicted on politicized bodies and the consumption of art objects in the gallery.
Strand Releasing 30th-Anniversary Tribute
Thursday, November 21, 6pm
Walker Cinema, Free
30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing
One of the leading US distributors of international and independent cinema, Strand Releasing celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special event at the Walker. The company will be exhibiting a series of 30 short films shot around the world on iPhones. Join Strand copresident Marcus Hu and one of Strand’s celebrated filmmakers, Gregg Araki, for a screening of this eclectic compilation.
Artists involved in the project include Andrew Ahn, Karim Aïnouz, Fatih Akin, Catherine Breillat, Roddy Bogawa, Alain Gomis, Alain Guiraudie, Christophe Honoré, Jon Jost, Bruce LaBruce, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Rithy Panh, João Pedro Rodrigues, Ira Sachs, James Schamus, A. B. Shawky, John Waters, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. More filmmakers to be announced shortly.
Over the past 30 years, Strand has cultivated relationships with auteurs, producers, and sales agents by closely collaborating with them on the presentation of their films in the US marketplace. Having released over 400 films since 1989, the company has maintained an exceptional group of globally recognized filmmakers, making it one of the longest running independent distributors in the United States.
Free tickets are available at the Main Lobby desk from 5 pm.
American Sign Language Exhibition Tours
November 21, 6 pm
Walker Art Center
Each month this fall, the Walker will offer free ASL-guided tours of a different exhibition on view, led by a Walker tour guide and ASL interpreter Mary Catherine. The November 21 tour will be presented by curator Joan Rothfuss. All are welcome.