I recently received this listing from the Peabody Essex Museum and was amazed at how many special events are taking place at this marvelous museum over the next two months. There is seriously something for everyone, from children to adults, from people who want to "do" to folks who want to look. There are films, talks about anime, workshops on blending spices, jazz, Indian music dances, and of course, my favorite, "Slow Art Day", and many, many more events.
You will do yourself a great favor to look over this extensive list and make some plans to attend at least one of these events.
Juli
MARCH – APRIL 2011 CALENDAR
PLEASE NOTE: Information is current as of February 7, 2011. All information is subject to change. To make a program reservation, please call 978-745-9500 x3011
MARCH
Tuesday, March 1
9:30 am $15
Reservations by 2/27
Members-Only Gallery Talk: Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection
Curator Karina Corrigan leads this tour of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish masterworks and period furniture.
Thursday, March 3
Morse Auditorium
Reservations by 3/1
SALEM FILM FEST
PEM is a major sponsor of Salem Film Fest, one of the region’s largest documentary film festivals featuring remarkable works from around the world. Visit salemfilmfest.com or pem.org/calendar for full film descriptions. Adults $10; students and seniors $8; all Film Fest pass holders admitted FREE.
7pm
Bill Cunningham New York
Bill Cunningham New York chronicles a man who is obsessively interested in only one thing — the pictures he takes that document the way people dress. The film’s cast of characters includes downtown eccentrics, uptown fixtures of New York culture (Iris Apfel, Tom Wolfe, Anna Wintour and others) and pillars of “New York Society.”
Friday, March 4
8 pm
Members $20, nonmembers $24, students $12
BOSTON ARTISTS ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Boccherini Quintet in E minor, Opus 15, No.5; Judith Weir String Quartet (1990); Beethoven Serenade for String Trio in D, Opus 8; and Schubert String Quartet in B flat, D112. Reservations by 3/2.
Saturday, March 5
Noon - 4 pm
11th Annual ECHO Performing Arts Festival
Celebrate – Song, Dance & Story! takes you on a journey down life’s paths with performances by Native cultural artists from ECHO partner regions of Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi and Massachusetts. Beginning at noon, artists perform individually in the galleries. The main stage performance follows at 3 pm.
Sunday, March 6
Morse Auditorium
Reservations by 3/1
FILM FEST (See March 3 listing)
1 pm
The Woodmans
The Woodmans paints an incisive portrait of a family broken and then healed by its art. Photographer daughter Francesca’s worldwide acclaim came only after a tragedy that would forever scar the family. Best known for her dreamy black-and-white stills and videos, Woodman has entranced art insiders for 30 years, and now her mystique is spreading to the cinema world as well. Photography historian Cerys Wilson introduces the film.
3:15 pm
Pink Saris
Sampat Pal, married as a young girl into a family who made her work hard and who beat her often, fought back and became a champion for beleaguered women throughout Uttar Pradesh. Meet Rekha, a 14-year-old “untouchable” who is pregnant and homeless, and 15-year-old Renu, abandoned by her husband from an arranged marriage, raped by her father-in-law and suicidal. Both young women reach for their only hope: Pal and her Gulabi Gang, Northern India’s women vigilantes in pink.
Saturday, March 12
1 pm - 3 pm
Art Studios
For all ages
Studio Saturdays: Create a Creature
ook at illustrator Liz Chernov’s work, then create your own magical illustrations for an accordion book. Made possible by American Dental Partners.
Saturday, March 19 & Sunday, March 20
Reservations by 3/17
TOURFEST: All Aboard for Adventure
How do you create a carving inside a walnut? Have you ever seen a ship model made from chicken bones? Where did the Chinese get cobalt blue for their porcelain? To find out, ask a docent!
Explore the galleries in the spirit of adventure, during TourFest –– PEM’s annual weekend of docent-led tours. Experience art you may not have noticed, or appreciate favorites in a new context. This year, PEM docents have devised six new TourFest journeys, plus a visit to the Phillips Library. Unique 45-minute museum tours begin on the half hour.
Away We Go
Saturday 10:30 am & Sunday 3:30 pm
Land, sea, sky! See how artists and technicians have portrayed the ingenious use of humans, beasts of burden and an array of technologies in order to move, explore, trade, and travel to exotic and dangerous locations.
Vanity Fair
Saturday 11:30 pm and Sunday 2:30 pm
Decorating your body is an art in itself. Explore concepts of beauty and some of the objects used to enhance personal appearance across time and cultures.
Earth and Fire
Saturday 12:30 pm and; Sunday 1:30 pm
What magic turns earth and fire into ceramics? Learn how porcelain, stoneware, earthenware and clay are shaped and decorated, while examining the messages they send us.
The Library Connection
Saturday 1:30 pm
Explore the far-ranging influence of the renowned Phillips Library at PEM through its treasure-trove of art, architecture and astonishing collection of books, manuscripts and ephemera.
Playful Art, Artful Play
Saturday 2:30 pm & Sunday 11:30 am
You’re never too old to play! PEM is the perfect place to appreciate art while enjoying a romp through childhood around the world. Toys, games and lighthearted fun, here we come!
Written on the Waves
Saturday 3:30 pm & Sunday 10:30 am
Ship logs and journals evoke drama, terror, courage, information. In East India Marine Hall explore Figurehead, Charles Sandison’s transformative installation inspired by the words of mariners themselves and PEM’s collection of shipboard writings and drawings.
A Craving for Carving
Sunday 12:30 pm
The urge to carve solid materials crosses centuries and cultures. Look more closely at PEM’s sculpture, from work so delicate it looks like silk to powerful gods hewn from whole trees.
Saturday, March 26
1 pm - 2 pm
Reservations by 3/25
Art Tells Us about the Brain
Over the properties of visual perception that artists learned before scientific research proved them, in this presentation in conjunction with Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection. Margaret Livingstone, author of Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeingand professor of neurobiology at Harvard University Medical School, explains how the human brain extracts information about faces and objects and why certain learning disabilities may be associated with artistic talent. A book signing follows. Made possible by the Lyceum Lecture Fund.
Sunday, March 27
2 pm - 3 pm
Reservations by 3/25
STORY TRAILS
Historietas: Name That Folktale
Can three tamales that don’t want to be eaten outwit a hungry lobo? Find out in this folktale by Eric Kimmel. Create a cornhusk figure and sample tamales for yourself! For children ages 5 to 8 with accompanying adult.
APRIL
Saturday, April 2
All programs FREE with museum admission
WEEKEND FESTIVAL: SENSATIONAL INDIA!
Sensational India! honors PEM’s longstanding relationship with India and features India’s remarkable arts — visual art, dance and music. Ongoing art activities, gallery tours, storytelling and more. Made possible in part by Samir and Nilima Desai; The Desai Family Foundation.
Art Activity: Food and Memory
10 am - noon
Krina Patel, founder of a community food and art project called Stir a Memory, leads this drop-in activity.
Demonstration: Rangoli
10 am - 3 pm
Gowri Savoor creates a rangoli, or traditional decorative design, on the floor of the Atrium. Help fill it in.
Drop-in Art Activity: Paisley Patterns
10:30 am - 1 pm
Explore paisley patterns and their origins, then design your own.
Dance Workshop: Garba and Dandiya Folk Dance
Noon - 12:45 pm
The Sa Dance Company incorporates Indian and contemporary dance movements and music from Bollywood and America. Afterward, join the dancers in an interactive Garba workshop.
Interactive Gallery Tour
1 - 1:30 pm
Reservations by 3/29
Author Vanita Shashtri leads a tour focusing on works of art that are featured in her book The Salem-India Story: Maritime Trade between Salem, Massachusetts, and India, 1788–1845. For ages 10 and up.
Indian Classical Music Demonstration
1 - 2 pm
Reservations by 4/1
Sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri talks about the history, theory, performance and practice of Indian classical music.. He demonstrates instruments and welcomes questions. For adults and teens.
Drop-in Art Activity: Indian Peacock
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Create your own work of art referencing a mounted peacock.
Story Time: Mama’s Saris
2 - 2:30 pm
A mother and daughter talk about each of the mother’s saris won for special occasions, including the little girl’s seventh birthday party, in Mama’s Saris by Pooja Makhijani.
Workshop: Spice Blends
2 - 2:45 pm
Reservations by 3/29
Krina Patel talks about dry spice blends used in the cuisine of Bengal and Gujurat. Create your own blend to take home.
Concert: Sitar Virtuoso Kartik Seshadri
3 - 4 pm
Reservations by 4/1
Kartik Seshadri is a world-renowned force as a composer, educator and performer in the field of Indian classical music.. The sitar prodigy blossomed into an “amazingly accomplished” musical powerhouse, praised the Washington Post.
Dance Performance: Sa Dance Company
4:15 - 5 pm
Sa Dance Company performs its five-part signature piece, combining traditional Indian folk, classical, and Bollywood-inspired dance forms with ballet, jazz and contemporary styles.
Sensational Bollywood Dance Party
8:30 pm - midnight
21+
$10
New York’s hottest Indian dance group transforms the Atrium into a nightclub with the latest in Indian dance fusion. DJ, Bollywood movies, lounge areas and a cash bar set the stage so you can join the party on the dance floor. Advance tickets available at pem.org/bollywood
Sunday, April 3
All programs FREE with museum admission
WEEKEND FESTIVAL: SENSATIONAL INDIA! (See April 2 listings)
Art Activity: Food and Memory
10 am - noon
Demonstration: Rangoli
10 am - 3 pm
Drop-in Art Activity: Paisley Patterns
10:30 am - 1 pm
Interactive Gallery Tour: The Salem-India Story
11:30 am - noon
Dance Workshop: Garba and Dandiya Folk Dance
Noon - 12:45 pm
Concert: Sitar Virtuoso Kartik Seshadri
1 - 2 pm
Reservations by 4/1
Story Time: Mama’s Saris
2 - 2:30 pm
Drop-in Art Activity: Indian Peacock
2 - 4 pm
Workshop: Spice Blends
2:30 - 3:15 pm
Reservations by 3/29
Presentation: Author Bharati Mukherjee
2:30 pm
Reservations by 4/1
Bharati Mukherjee, a distinguished and prolific author and social commentator, has established herself as a powerful constituent of the American literary scene. Mukherjee considers herself a writer of the Indian diaspora who cherishes the “melting pot” of America. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts grant. Her twelfth novel, Miss New India, is due in May. Made possible by the George Swinnerton Parker Memorial Lecture Fund.
Dance Performance: The Sa Dance Company
4:15 - 5 pm
Friday, April 8
7:45 am - 9 pm
FREE
For adults and teens
Nature Program: Bird Love
Naturalist and award-winning author Bernd Heinrich talks about his latest book, The Nesting Season (2010), which delves into the intimate life of birds. A book signing follows the program. Co-sponsored by the Essex County Ornithological Club. The E.C.O.C. meeting is held from 7:30–7:45 pm.
Saturday, April 9
8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Reservations by 4/7
SALEM JAZZ AND SOUL FEST: Swing into Spring with Dwight and Nicole
Dwight and Nicole highlight a night of dancing to their original music that spans the blues, soul and jazz. Backed by Boston Horns Big Band. All proceeds benefit the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival’s mission to support music education in the Salem area. Visit www.salemjazzsoul.org. Members $45, nonmembers $50.
Sunday, April 10
2 - 3 pm
Reservations by 4/8
For children ages 5 to 8 with adult
STORY TRAILS: Artful Gardens
Discover two paths to creating lush gardens as we read The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown, and The Imaginary Garden, by Andrew Larsen. Sculpt an ivy topiary to take home!
Friday, April 15
8 pm
Members $20, nonmembers $24, students $12
CONCERT: Boston Artists Ensemble
Brahms Trio in B, Opus 8; Scott Wheeler Tango for Three (2009); Piazzolla Le Grand Tango for cello and piano; and Schumann Quintet for piano and strings, Opus 44.
Saturday, April 16
10 am - 5 pm
12:30 pm lunchtime meeting
Slow Art Day
Slow Art Day is a global grassroots arts celebration designed to inspire new ways of seeing art. Drop in anytime during the day to look at a few great pieces of art for 10 minutes or more; then meet others in the Atrium Café at 12:30 pm and talk about the experience. Please register at http://slowartpem2011.eventbrite.com/
Saturday, April 16
1 - 2:30 pm
Reservations by 4/14
For ages 10 and up
Studio Saturdays: Digital Flip Book Animation Workshop
Discover the thrill of traditional and computer animation with award-winning animator Pell Osborn. You’ll design and animate individual sequences to build a two-to three-minute group project. Made possible by American Dental Partners.
Monday, April 18 - Friday, April 22
April School Vacation Week: HAMAMI - Arts of Japan
Celebrate hanami, the Japanese custom of enjoying flowers and explore Japanese art and culture. Taiko drumming and lion dances all week long.
MONDAY
Drop-in Art Activity: Cherry Blossoms
11 am - 4 pm
Transform the Atrium into a beautiful space with flowers.
Lion Dance and Taiko Drumming performances
11:30 am - noon & 3:30 - 4 pm
Shishimai (lion dance) performances by Stephen Long and taiko drumming by Odaiko New England.
Drop-in Art Activity: Little Lion
Noon - 3 pm
Create your own dancing lion.
Family Gallery Tour: Rare Objects
1 - 1:30 pm
Reservations by 4/15
Explore special objects on view in the Japanese Art Gallery.For families with children ages 5 and up.
Workshop: Taiko Drumming
2 - 3 pm
Reservations by 4/16
Join drummers from Odaiko New England for this dynamic workshop. For adults and children ages 9 and up.
TUESDAY
Drop-in Art Activity: Cherry Blossoms
11 am - 4 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Lion Dance performance
11:30 am - noon
Stephen Long performs a shishimai (lion dance) in the Japanese Art Gallery and talks about the dance and its significance.
Drop-in Art Activity: Little Lion
Noon - 3 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Family Gallery Tour: Rare Objects
1 - 1:30 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Anime and Storytelling
2 - 3:45 pm
Reservations by 4/17
Stephen Long tells stories from Japan that inspire anime today. Watch anime clips and ask questions. For adults and children ages 10 and up.
WEDNESDAY
Story Time: PEM Pals
10:30 - 11:30 am
Focus on springtime during this fun program with stories and movement, designed for preschoolers and their caregivers.
Drop-in Art Activity: Cherry Blossoms
11 am - 4 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Demonstration: Kimonos
Noon - 3:30 pm
See various types of kimonos and learn the correct way to wear one. Try one on!
Drop-in Art Activity: Design a Paper Kimono
Noon - 3:30 pm
Learn about kimono styles and traditions and design your own.
Family Gallery Tour: Rare Objects
1 - 1:30 pm
(See April 18 listing)
THURSDAY
Drop-in Art Activity: Cherry Blossoms
11 am - 4 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Family Gallery Tour: Rare Objects
1 - 1:30 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Collaborative Art: River of Words, with Christine Destrempes
10 am - 1 pm
On the eve of Earth Day, join artist Christine Destrempes, founder of Art for Water awareness programs, to create a River of Words installation out of torn paper for this summer’s Water as Art exhibition.
FRIDAY
Demonstrations: Calligraphy
11 - 11:30 am & 3 - 3:30 pm
Master calligrapher Michiko Imai demonstrates the skill that earned her the highest rank of Shihan in 1998.
Drop-in Art Activity: Cherry Blossoms
11 am - 4 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Kamishibai Performance and Storytelling
1 - 1:30 pm
Reservations by 4/18
Japanese art and culture expert Midori Oka reads a story using large, colorful kamishibai cards, accompanied by Sumie Kaneko on the koto.
Family Gallery Tour: Rare Objects
1 - 1:30 pm
(See April 18 listing)
Koto Musical Performance
2:30 - 3 pm
Japanese Art Gallery
Sumie Kaneko performs on the six-foot-long stringed instrument that is a member of the zither family.
Wednesday, April 20
9:30 am
$15
Reservations by 4/18
Members-Only Gallery Talk (See March 1 listing)
Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection
Thursday, April 28
7:30 pm
FREE
Reservations by 4/26
Morse Auditorium
Worlds in Miniature: 17th-century Dutch Doll’s Houses presentation
Wealthy Dutch women commissioned artists and furniture makers to create doll’s houses, elaborate and expensive miniatures that were a fashionable adult hobby. In conjunction with Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection, Dutch curator Jet Pijzel-Dommisse, the world’s authority on the subject, discusses these detailed works of art. Golden will be open for viewing between 5 - 7:30 pm.
Saturday, April 30
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Reservations by 4/29
Morse Auditorium
Still Life and Trade in the Dutch Golden Age presentation
Julie Berger Hochstrasser offers an engaging perspective on the compositions in Dutch still-life paintings. Her book, Still Life and Trade in the Dutch Golden Age, explores the significance of the French wine, Baltic grain (for bread), Dutch cheese and butter, tropical shells, South American tobacco, and Asian porcelain and pepper in these paintings.A book signing follows. Made possible by the Margaret Nowell Graham Memorial Lecture Fund.
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