On September 9, 100 works from the Tang Teaching Museum’s collection were loaned to Skidmore students on a first come, first served basis as part of the Tang’s annual art loan program known as “ROOM•MATE.” It is tradition for many students to camp overnight in front of the Tang in order to get a good spot in line, much like at any Taylor Swift or Harry Styles concert, thus starting a line outside the Tang on Friday afternoon, long before the museum doors opened on Sunday morning. These students carried tents, snacks, blankets, and more to make the wait comfortable and bide their time throughout the night.
Read moreDim lights rise in the Black Box Theater, furnished with two wooden platforms, an upright piano, and a short, circular stage painted with a map of the night sky. The audience surrounds the thrust stage on three sides. A woman in Edwardian clothing with an old-fashioned hearing aid around her neck enters the stage and stands on the star chart, gazing upwards.
Read moreApril 30th, 2021 will mark the launch of this year’s Tang Party, the annual end-of-year ode to Skidmore students’ unabashed funk and creativity. In the past, multi-colored sheets have given marbled walls to the pondside gazebo while, across the green, quasi-Transavantgarde drawings were projected onto the Tang’s exterior walls, breathing life into the once-blank bricks. Though the pandemic curbed the event in 2020, the Tang Party is now set to make a hearty comeback; this year’s event will feature a diverse array of pieces—from sound art, to documentary film, to textile installations—all while adhering to pandemic-prompted safety regulations.
Read moreAs 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 moreAs 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 moreAs 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 moreI 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 moreThis 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 moreThe Tang Museum is full of talented exhibitions and thrilling events. Here are this week’s events to check out while you can.
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