As we enter our seventh week of the semester, the Tang continues to host collaborative events for students, families, and faculty. In conjunction with the artworks in “Never Done” , a virtual workshop series for young kids kicked off on September 25. The Tang At Home Studio is a program with hour-long live activities that encourage responses to artwork, movement, and include educational materials about artists.
Read more"A Woman’s Work is Never Done": Behind the Scenes of the “Never Done” Exhibit
As I walked through the “Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond” exhibit in the Tang gallery room, I was surrounded by empowering artwork. The use of different art mediums by diverse women and non-binary artists propelled the purpose of the exhibit to not only celebrate women’s achievements, but also to highlight the ways that BIPOC women are still being marginalized.
Read more“Never Done”: Activism at the Tang
As everyone is well aware by now, the fall 2020 semester is an entirely different landscape. The Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore’s museum that exhibits student, staff, and artist pieces, has also taken on new terrain.
Read moreRediscovering Dance in a Time of COVID and Racial Injustice: A Look into Dance Community Conversations and Gadria Conlan ‘21
COVID-19 has brought forth a time of incredibly isolating experiences that have turned lives and livelihoods upside down. I wanted to know how others were dealing with the present situation. I reached out to Gadria Conlan ‘21, a member of the group Dance Community Conversations, to see how the broader dance community was dealing with these uncertain times.
Read moreEveryone is Talking About "Parasite," and for Good Reason: A Review
Parasite starts with a comical feeling, where we are introduced to the Kim family struggling to make a living, and eventually, they conjure a plot to get employed by a wealthy family—the Parks. Ki-woo forges his university documents, so he can get hired as a tutor for the Parks' daughter, Da-hye.
Read moreA Glow From Within: JKB's "Radium Girls" Opens this Weekend
The Skidmore College Theater Department is kicking off their Spring 2020 season with Radium Girls, opening this Friday.
Read moreC.R.E.A.T.E. on Beekman: A Community Space for Creation, Expression, and Art
In the past few years, Saratoga Springs has seen its fair share of paint-it-yourself locales. There’s Saratoga Paint and Sip Studio on Henry St., Creative Sparks on Phila St., and The Palette Cafe on Broadway. C.R.E.A.T.E. Community Studios, which lives on Beekman St., stands out as doing something different.
Read moreConcert Countdown: The Month of February
While I believe there is nothing more fun than going to see new performers without any idea of who they are or what they sound like, it’s also nice to know what you’re in for before the opening song.
Read moreThe Only Oscars Prediction List You Will Need
We’re not going to lie, this is a long one. But when Lorenzo writes about films, he writes about films. In fact, we don’t know anyone who cares about every minute detail that goes into filmmaking as much as he does. Spoiler alert: he’s a huge Parasite fan. So grab a coffee or tea or glass of water, and hear him out.
Read moreMore Students Than Art to Take Home: The Tang's Roommate Initiative
I woke at 7:30 a.m., much later than the people on the hunt for art. I took my time walking across the icy paths, and I was worried when I first got there. It didn’t seem like there was anyone in line. It turns out that was because they put everyone in line in a different room to wait. There were more students than there was art to take home.
Read more30 Years of Mary Weatherford’s Art at the Tang
This past Saturday, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College launched its spring season with the opening of Mary Weatherford’s new exhibit Canyon-Daisy-Eden. The event featured a collection of her work spanning thirty years, as well as a talk with the artist herself.
Read moreWhat’s Art Without a Few Challenges?
Artists have a tough job. They have to discover their own voice and reflect that in creations made from scratch. This poses a frustrating challenge that many dread, especially Shaw Lenox ’20. Though he started doing art at a young age, he’s since gone back and forth with it, experiencing many barriers along the way.
Read moreMy ten Favorite Films From the Decade
Here were some of my favorites. Keep in mind this isn’t a list of what I consider to be the “best” movies in terms of technical achievement and spectacle, and I’m also not considering cultural impact or cinematic influence in this list. Instead, I picked the movies that resonated with my personal tastes and preferences the most.
Read moreFour Different Majors Walk Into A Gallery Space- Then What?
Given audio, film, installation, and photography, you may wonder what these mediums all have in common besides being related to art. For four artists — Hadia Bakkar ’20, Kadijatou Diallo ’20, Amanda Peckler ’20, and Cristianel Gil ’20 — these styles all work together to redefine familiar places.
Read moreDictated by the Senses: Preview of JKB's "The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other"
“The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other” is arguably Skidmore’s most abstract production yet, consisting of 450 characters and no dialogue from any of them.
Read moreThis Week at the Tang: 11/18-11/23
The Tang Museum is full of talented exhibitions and thrilling events. Here are this week’s events to check out while you can.
Read moreCollectors and Collections: Media Making with Hadia Bakkar
Films and movies can easily depict the sequence of a narrative through multiple frames and angles. Photography, however, only allows for one image to tell an entire story. Hadia Bakkar ’20 finds this challenge to be even more rewarding.
Read more30 Years Later, Art on the Berlin Wall Lives On
Almost 60 years ago, a wall was constructed in Germany with the intention of stopping those in the Soviet- allied East from escaping into the US- allied West. However, this did not prevent people from expressing their emotions over the separation. Now, on the 30th anniversary of its demolition on November 9th, the symbolism marked on the concrete will never be forgotten.
Read moreThis Week at the Tang: 11/3-11/9
The Tang Museum is full of talented exhibitions and thrilling events. Here are this week’s events to check out while you can.
Read moreThe Steep Cost of Fashion: A Dialogue on Dilara Begum Jolly's Activist Art
The Payne Room of the Tang Teaching Museum was filled with students, faculty, and Saratoga residents sat in slanted rows of multicolored chairs as yellow leaves grazed across the windows of the room behind the audience.
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