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September 15 to October 15, 2018

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Joëlle Tuerlinckx: THAT'S IT!

September 24–30, 2018
Dia Beacon

Event DetailsSeptember 24–30, 2018 Dia:Beacon 3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York The events will take place throughout each day in and around the museum, with intermittent pauses. Admission is free with the purchase of a museum ticket.Reservations are required on closed museum days: Tuesday, September 25, and Wednesday, September 26. Reservations are also available at the door, subject to availability. ScheduleMonday, September 2411 am–6 pm Tuesday, September 251:30–4 pm (closed museum day; reservations required here) Wednesday, September 261:30–4 pm (closed museum day; reservations required here) Thursday, September 2711 am–6 pm Friday, September 2811 am–6 pm Saturday, September 2911 am–5 pm Sunday, September 3011 am–6 pm On Sunday, September 30, between 12:30–2:30 pm, the performers will be offsite taking part in the “Spirit of Beacon" parade taking place on Main Street, Beacon. Performances will take place at Dia:Beacon from 11 am–12 pm, and 2:30–6 pm.

Dia Talks

Kellie Jones on “Women and the Dreamwork”

Saturday, September 15, 2018, 2 pm
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Event DetailsSaturday, September 15, 2018, 2 pm Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Free with museum admission. No reservations required. Kellie Jones is associate professor of art history and archaeology at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York. She is the recipient of numerous awards including fellowships, grants, and residencies bestowed by the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, Arts Writers Grant Program, and Terra Foundation for American Art. Jones is the author of two books published by Duke University Press: EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art (2011) and South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s (2017). She has also worked as a curator for over three decades and has organized national and international exhibitions. Recently, Jones organized Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties, which was on view in 2014 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980, which was on view in 2011–12 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles before it traveled in 2012–13 to MoMA PS1 in New York and Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Members’ Event

Reception with Joëlle Tuerlinckx

Saturday, September 29, 5–6 pm
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Event DetailsSaturday, September 29, 5–6 pmFor Supporter members and above. Join or renew today. Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Celebrate Joëlle Tuerlinckx’s first live commission in the United States: THAT’S IT!. Taking place over the course of one week, THAT’S IT! will feature different events each day that respond to Dia’s collection and the architecture of Dia:Beacon. Join the artist for an outdoor reception after the Saturday performance. RSVP to membership@diaart.org

Dia Talks

Bonnie Baxter and Jaimi Butler on Robert Smithson

Saturday, October 6, 2018, 2 pm
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Event DetailsSaturday, October 6, 2018, 2 pm Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Free with museum admission. No reservations required. Bonnie Baxter is director of the Great Salt Lake Institute and professor of biology at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, where she studies photobiology of halophiles (salt-tolerant bacteria) and microbial diversity of Great Salt Lake. She is interested in the astrobiology applications of extremely hypersaline ecosystems, particularly the resistance to ultraviolet light and desiccation by halophiles. Baxter is also dedicated to integration of research in undergraduate science education and to outreach efforts that inspire learning and stewardship. She obtained her PhD in genetics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and completed her postdoctoral research in the department of biochemistry and biophysics at Washington State University in Pullman. Jaimi Butler is coordinator at Great Salt Lake Institute in Salt Lake City, where she organizes all activities, develops outreach efforts, mentors students, and designs research projects. She studied Great Salt Lake ecology while an undergraduate student in wildlife biology at Utah State University, and graduated with a fisheries and wildlife degree in 1999. As a professional, she worked for a brine shrimp harvest company before joining the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program. Butler assists many of the faculty projects at Great Salt Lake Institute, aiding in lake sample collection, boat access, and field trip resources.

Learning Program

Saturday Studio

Saturday, October 13, 2018, 10:30 am–12 pm
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Event DetailsSaturday, October 13, 2018, 10:30 am–12 pm Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Join practicing artists for a free monthly workshop of art making and play in the Learning Lab at Dia:Beacon. Designed for all ages, Saturday Studio is a family friendly program that is most suitable for children ages 5 and up. All families participating in the Saturday Studio program receive free admission to Dia:Beacon for the day. Saturday Studio begins promptly at 10:30 am on the second Saturday of every month. The sign-up process begins in the admissions area at 10 am. Reservations are not required. For more information about the Saturday Studio artist educators and workshops, see the calendar of upcoming events or e-mail beaconprogram@diaart.org.

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