All programs require reserva tions unless stated otherwise.
Please ca ll The Studio Museum in Harlem Education Depa rtment at
(212) 864-4500.
April Sketching Tours for Groups Tuesdays, April 3, 10, 17, and
24 lOAM and lPM leom basic drawing techniques in these special
tours. Museum Educator Kenneth Staggers will demonstrate shading,
highlighting and line drawings. Three-dimensional works in the
exhibition Contempomry Africon Artists: Chonging Tmdition will be
used as models. Intermediate ages. $25 per group (maximum 30).
Collage/Montage Groups Thursdays, April 5, 12, 19, and 26 lOAM
and lPM Create colorful and exciting ort work using collage and
montage techniques. Museum Educator Kenneth Staggers will
demonstrate how to use photographs, newspaper ond magazine
clippings, colored paper, glue and cardboard in the creation of
posters ond woll hangings. Workshop will be followed by o visit to
the Museum's gollel'( to view collages in the exhibition
Contempomry Africon Artists: Chonging Tmdition. All ages. $25 per
group (maximum 30).
Mbira-The African Thumb Piano Workshop Saturdays, April 14 and
21 2PM Musicians Kevin Hylton and Hasson Bokr of The Spirit
Ensemble conduct this two-port workshop on making ond playing the
mbira (African thumb piano). They will discuss the histol'( and use
of the instrument ond demonstrate simplified means of constructing
and playing the instrument. Adults. $12 per person for two sessions
(materials included). Participants ore entitled to $2 discount off
the general admission price for the April 22nd Vital Expressions
performance of Ephot Mojuru.
May Collage/Montage-Group Workshop Tuesdays and Thursdays May 1,
3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 and 31 lOAM and lPM (See April
listing). Please note, viewing of the exhibition Contempoltlty
Africon Artists: Chonging T~t~dition will not be included in
workshops ofter Moy 3rd.
Artists-in-Residence Workshop Monoprints Saturday, May 12 2PM
leom o one-step printing process for creating greeting cords,
Mother's Doy cords, printed pictures ond wall-hangings. Studio
Museum Artist-in-Residence Poul Gordere conducts this simple ond
exciting workshop in monoprinting. Participants will construct
their own printing plates from cardboard and found materials and
then print them with ocl'(lic inks. All ages. $5 per person.
El Hojj Molik El Shobozz-Mo/co/m X Film Showing Wednesday and
Friday May 16 and 18 lOAM and lPM Saturday, May lt 2 and 4PM In
commemoration of the birthday of Malcolm X (May 19), The Studio
Museum in Harlem presents Emmy Award-winning chronicle on the life
of Malcolm X produced by WABC-TV. This film focuses upon the
ualilies and characteristics that predicated his rise as a leader
and dynomi spobsmon for the Block Movement, and raises several
unanswered que · about his violent death. Intermediate to adult. $1
per person.
June Fabric Painting Saturdays, June 23 and 30 /2PM Spruce up
your wardrobe or your living environment for the coming summer
' months! Museum Educator Kenneth Staggers will demonstrate o
variety of hard edge pointing techniques that con be utilized in
the decoration of textiles for clothing ond the home. All ages $10
per person for two sessions. Materials will be provided although
participants ore welcome to bring personal items for
decoration.
Block Printing-Group Workshop Tuesdays and Thursdays June 5, 7,
12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28 lOAM and lPM · learn this simple ond fun
printing technique. Museum Educator Kenneth Staggers will
demonstrate the use of various papers, pencils, tempera point ond
cardboard in the creation of colorful printed pictures ond wall
hangings. All oge $25 per group (maximum 30).
Artist-in-Residence Workshop Plaster Assemblage Saturdays June 2
and 9 2PM Join us for this unique and innovative workshop conducted
by Studio Museum Artist-in-Residence Jerome Meadows. Participants
will learn how to cost objects in plaster and then assemble them
with found materials in the creation of personal wall placques and
reliefs. Intermediate to adult. $10
person for two sessions.
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. ix erimmances will be ptesente \0 that emetged dU!ing the ~gs::.
~!p~es:nting the mnge of pen=ew~r be ptesented at Da~e 125th
1980's. The l)ecaCie ~~~~:Studio Museum in 1-\m\em (144 . lheatet
Wmkshop (~19 · . Sneet). lhe series IS os follows. , . Schonberg
Theater
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• Ishmael Houston-!ones,
WednesdaY• June , 0 no Oance!performonce Rl' • Menon Soto and
Pepon p so 'Performance Dance • Guillermo Gomez- eno, .
rformonce with music • Oovld Thursday June 7' 1990 Mvo ROllers
and lisa !ones, Pe
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nee (ormelito 1topicono, Perrormonce
• Roget Shimomuto, Perf0f1!W d. d. n-vid WoinotoWIU, Reo ,ng reo
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c~nclu~ion, exclusion and dissolution. togethet individuals Willi
werse P • • th 1980s tuesday' June 12 \m !mms into tlleit wotk
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\angua~es :~~ ~~~~ ~~bli~ view and engaging in cu\Mol actiVISm.
ahemotive lu~ctio~s ol 0~ :~~~~points o\ view· histoncol,
sooologKol. an 19 . . one\ is intended to toise .
Mu\tialhuralism tuesdaY• lu~ d ·t~~ an ideal ol social
telotiOn~. Thl~ P \ticu\tumlism embmce certmn p~es on . I r " has
become assooote ~~ rts \-low does tile notion o mu d Ounng tile
1980stlltlle termi;:~~~u::~~turolism ~as
man~er~~t~~c~ll:~~gi~olized gtoups teolly being seNe ? questions
about e. ways til ? \-low well me tile lntetests o populations 01
mmgmobze em· . tile public is invited to . r ns In t111s pmgmm . 1
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\orth tlleittecammendotlons ot Open d .t public ptO\lmms addtess
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