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Special Event

From Absence to Presence

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1 pm
Dia Beacon

Event DetailsSaturday, October 8, 2016, 1–2 pm Free with museum admission.Reservations recommended. Please make reservations at the admissions desk upon arrival. This event is part of Community Free Day. About the ProgramDia guide Jaanika Peerna leads an experiential tour examining the different ways that artists Michael Heizer, Robert Irwin, Gerhard Richter, and Fred Sandback use emptiness and absence as materials that invite the viewer into the present moment. Jaanika PeernaJaanika Peerna is an Estonian-born, internationally exhibited artist, who has lived and worked in New York since 1998. Her work encompasses drawings, installation, and performance that often deal with the theme of transitions in light, air, water, and other natural phenomena. Her work is represented in the United States by ARC Fine Art in Fairfield, Connecticut, in Europe by Ulf Larsson in Cologne, and IdeelArt worldwide. Peerna won the FID Grand Prize 2016 for her innovative work in drawing.

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Roll Out: Build and Blend with John Chamberlain

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1 pm
Dia Beacon

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Event DetailsSaturday, October 8, 2016, 1–4 pm (view schedule and locations below) Free with museum admission.No reservations required.Family-friendly, drop-in program. This event is part of Community Free Day. About the ProgramStop by the John Chamberlain gallery for a playful experience with Thordis’ Barge (1980–81) with Dia educators Kirsten Mosher and Effie Phillips-Staley. Then build, touch, play, bend, and stretch with materials, textures, and colors to create an extra-large soft sculpture in the Learning Lab. 1–1:45 pmRoll Out: Blend with John ChamberlainLocation: John Chamberlain gallery 2–4 pmRoll Out: Build with John ChamberlainLocation: Learning Lab Kirsten MosherKirsten Mosher is a visual artist engaged in video, writing, studio work, and art in public places. Mosher’s work often documents the clash between two spaces or systems, such as inside/outside, private/public, or natural/artificial. Mosher has been showing her work nationally and internationally since the late 1980s and has been engaged in an ongoing interactive public space project at the Mobil gas station in Beacon, New York, since 2014. Her current project Soul Mate 180° received an award from the Art and Technology Lab at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2016. Effie Phillips-Staley Effie Phillips-Staley is an educator, artist, and researcher with a strong interest in gallery-based learning for all ages. She has worked for the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, both in New York, and most recently for Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Phillips-Staley holds a BA in art history from the University of California, Berkeley, an MFA from the University of California, Davis, and an MA in education from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

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Community Free Day

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 11 am–6 pm
Dia Beacon

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Dia:Beacon’s quarterly Community Free Days offer engaging programs suitable for a broad audience, including thematic tours of the collection and special exhibitions, gallery talks, interactive workshops for children and families, and performances. Admission is free for residents of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties. Event DetailsSaturday, October 8, 201611 am–6 pm Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York 12508 Please bring a driver’s license or other government-issued ID for entry to the museum. Schedule 11:30 amInvestigating Site I: A Guided Walk Join Scenic Hudson educator Kate Brill and artist Daniel Oates-Kuhn on an exploratory journey that includes Dia:Beacon and Long Dock Park as sites to be examined through their histories, found objects, and physical environments. Family-friendly outdoor program; all ages welcome. (1 hour) 12:30 pmInvestigating Site II: Hudson River Beach CombCollect, touch, and identify natural and man-made artifacts in a beach comb along the shores of the Hudson River with Scenic Hudson educator Kate Brill and artist Daniel Oates-Kuhn. Family-friendly outdoor program; all ages welcome. (1 hour) 1 pmFrom Absence to PresenceDia guide Jaanika Peerna leads an experiential tour examining the different ways that artists Michael Heizer, Robert Irwin, Gerhard Richter, and Fred Sandback use emptiness and absence as materials that invite the viewer into the present moment. (1 hour) 1 pmRoll Out: Blend with John ChamberlainStop by the John Chamberlain gallery for a playful experience with Thordis’ Barge (1980–81) with Dia educators Kirsten Mosher and Effie Phillips-Staley. (45 minutes) 2 pmRoll Out: Build with John ChamberlainBuild, touch, play, bend, and stretch with materials, textures, and colors to create an extra-large soft sculpture in the Learning Lab. This drop-in program is perfect families and children of all ages. (2 hours) 2:30 pmDiaTalksGuggenheim senior curator and scholar Jeffrey Weiss leads a focused talk on Robert Morris. (1 hour) 4 pmBeer Tasting Enjoy beers from Beacon-based microbrewery 2 Way Brewing Company. (1 hour) Community Free Day is part of the Sackler Institute at Dia Art Foundation.

Special Event

Investigating Site

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 11:30 am
Dia Beacon

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Event DetailsSaturday, October 8, 2016, 11:30 am–1:30 pm (view schedule and locations below) Free with museum admission.No reservations required.Family-friendly outdoor program. This event is part of Community Free Day. About the ProgramJoin Scenic Hudson educator Kate Brill and artist Daniel Oates-Kuhn on an exploratory journey that includes Dia:Beacon and Long Dock Park as sites to be examined through their histories, found objects, and physical environments. Following the guided walk, participants are invited to collect, touch, and identify natural and man-made objects in a beach comb along the shores of the Hudson River. 11:30 am–12:30 pmInvestigating Site I: A Guided WalkStart Location: Forecourt, Dia:BeaconWalk will conclude at Long Dock Park, Beacon 12:30–1:30 pmInvestigating Site II: Hudson Valley Beach CombLocation: Long Dock Park, Beacon Kate BrillKate Brill is the education outreach coordinator at Scenic Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York. She received a BS in environmental science from Binghamton University, New York, and an MAT in 7–12 integrated science from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon. An active member of the New York State Outdoor Education Association and a former biology and environmental science teacher, Brill loves living in the Hudson Valley and spends her time exploring her interests in jewelry making, crafts, birds, moss, and slimy things. Daniel Oates-KuhnDaniel Oates-Kuhn is a multimedia artist living and working in Beacon, New York, and serves as Dia:Beacon’s assistant manager of visitor services. Originally from the Hudson Valley, Oates-Kuhn attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has exhibited his work in Vancouver, New York, and San Francisco. About Scenic HudsonScenic Hudson works to protect and restore the Hudson River and its majestic landscape as an irreplaceable national treasure and public resource. Its team of experts combines land acquisition, support for agriculture, citizen-based advocacy, and sophisticated planning tools to create environmentally healthy communities, champion smart economic growth, open up riverfronts to the public, and preserve the valley’s inspiring beauty and natural resources.

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