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January 10 to February 9, 2017

Members’ Event

Breakfast and Tour of works by Agnes Martin


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14/01/2017 10:00 14/01/2017 11:15 America/New_York Breakfast and Tour of works by Agnes Martin Event DetailsSaturday, January 14, 10–11:15 am   For all members Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Join us for breakfast in the galleries and a collection tour, focusing on paintings by Agnes Martin. Enjoy your morning at the museum among members and stay for Dia’s quarterly Community Free Day filled with engaging programs and interactive workshops. Breakfast will begin at 10 am, followed by the tour at 10:30 am.    RSVP to Irene Koo at ikoo@diaart.org or 212 293 5602.   Join, renew or upgrade your membership         Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Breakfast and Tour of works by Agnes Martin

Special Event

Community Free Day


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14/01/2017 11:00 14/01/2017 16:00 America/New_York Community Free Day Dia:Beacon’s quarterly Community Free Days offer engaging programs suitable for a broad audience, including thematic tours of the collection and special exhibitions, DiaTalks, 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.Saturday, January 14, 2017Community Free Day11 am–4 pm Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries3 Beekman StreetBeacon, NY 12508 Please bring a driver’s license or other government-issued ID for entry to the museum. Schedule  11:30 amArt x Building x BodyFamilies and children of all ages explore the relationship between artworks and the space around them through hands-on exercises led by educator Jean-Marc Superville-Sovak. (1 hour) 1 pmApproaching the Grid TourInvestigate the prominence of the grid through the work of Dan Flavin, Robert Irwin, Sol LeWitt, and Agnes Martin with educator Charlotte Schulz. (1 hour) 1 pmOver Time: Object and Experience TourExamine how time and experience impact our understanding of the physical qualities of artworks on view at Dia:Beacon with educators Michelle Alumkal and Andrea Moreau. (1 hour) 1:30 pmMaterial Play: SoundCreate abstract sound compositions and discover new ways of listening based on chance operations in this family-friendly drop-in lab with artist educator Audra Wolowiec. (2 hours) 2:30 pmDiaTalksJane McFadden, Associate Professor and Chair of Art Center College of Design’s Humanities and Sciences Department, leads a focused talk on Walter De Maria. (1 hour) 3:30 pmBeer TastingEnjoy beers from Beacon-based microbrewery 2 Way Brewing Company. (30 minutes)     Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Community Free Day

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Art x Building x Body


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14/01/2017 11:30 14/01/2017 12:30 America/New_York Art x Building x Body Event DetailsSaturday, January 14, 2017, 11:30 am–12:30 pmStart location: Lawrence Weiner gallery Free with museum admission. No reservations required. Family-friendly program. This event is part of Community Free Day.  About the ProgramFamilies and visitors of all ages investigate the relationship between the artworks of Louise Bourgeois, Fred Sandback, and Robert Smithson and the space around them with educator Jean-Marc Superville-Sovak. Using a blend of experiments, movement, riddles, and games, participants will work together to see the artworks and the building in new ways. (1 hour) Jean-Marc Superville-SovakJean-Marc Superville-Sovak received his B.F.A from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and his M.F.A from Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York He has exhibited at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park, Manifesta 8 European Biennial, and International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York City and works as a studio assistant to Marilyn Minter. He has illustrated two novels by Julie Chibbaro, with whom he is building a tiny house in Beacon.     Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Art x Building x Body

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Approaching the Grid Tour


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14/01/2017 13:00 14/01/2017 14:00 America/New_York Approaching the Grid Tour Event DetailsSaturday, January 14, 2017, 1–2 pm Public tour.Free with museum admission.Reservations required at the admissions desk. This event is part of Community Free Day.  About the ProgramInvestigate the prominence of the grid through the work of Dan Flavin, Robert Irwin, Sol LeWitt, and Agnes Martin. Dia guide Charlotte Schulz introduces artwork on view at Dia:Beacon and discusses the ways in which the figure of the grid operates within a larger conversation of abstraction. (1 hour) Charlotte SchulzCharlotte Schulz studied art at Kent State University, Ohio, and the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she received her MFA in 1993. She is the recipient of individual artist fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. She maintains a studio in Peekskill, New York, and teaches at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.     Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Approaching the Grid Tour

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Over Time: Object and Experience Tour


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14/01/2017 13:00 14/01/2017 14:00 America/New_York Over Time: Object and Experience Tour Event DetailsSaturday, January 14, 2017, 1–2 pm Public tour.Free with museum admission.Reservations required at the admissions desk. This event is part of Community Free Day. About the ProgramExamine the ways in which the artworks on view in Dia:Beacon change or shift over time. Dia educators Michelle Alumkal and Andrea Moreau invite participants to consider how time impacts the physical qualities of an object as well as one’s understanding and experience of it. (1 hour) Michelle AlumkalArt historian Michelle Alumkal's work writing and editing for art publications stems from a long-standing interest in cross-disciplinary collaboration, particularly between the visual arts and literature. She holds an MA in Art History from Columbia University, New York. A museum guide at Dia:Beacon since 2009, she is currently at work on a novel. Andrea MoreauAndrea Moreau is a visual artist who lives and works in Beacon, New York. She is a 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship recipient whose work can be seen in the flat files of Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn and in the artist registries of the Drawing Center and White Columns in New York City as well as at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, New York, where she is currently featured in their Winter Exhibition.     Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Over Time: Object and Experience Tour

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Material Play: Sound


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14/01/2017 13:30 14/01/2017 15:30 America/New_York Material Play: Sound Event InformationSaturday, January 14, 2017, 1:30–3:30 pmLocation: Learning Lab Free with museum admission.No reservations required.Family-friendly, drop-in program. This event is part of Community Free Day. About the ProgramExperiment with sound as a material through hands-on making and explorations of the space around us. How might we hear with our eyes? What might the color blue sound like? Families and visitors of all ages create abstract compositions and discover new ways of listening based on chance operations with artist educator Audra Wolowiec. Audra WolowiecAudra Wolowiec is an interdisciplinary artist whose work oscillates between sculpture, installation, text, and performance with an emphasis on sound and the material qualities of language. Her work has been shown internationally and in the United States at MASS MoCA, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Art in General. She was the inaugural Artist Educator in Residence at Dia:Beacon and has lectured at SUNY Purchase and Parsons School of Design. She is based between New York City and Detroit.     Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Material Play: Sound

Dia Talks

Jane McFadden on Walter De Maria


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Dia Talks

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14/01/2017 14:30 14/01/2017 23:45 America/New_York Jane McFadden on Walter De Maria DiaTalks is a new series that brings together leading scholars, curators, and writers to consider the work of a single artist currently on view at Dia, in the form of lectures, discussions, and symposia. Event DetailsSaturday, January 14, 2017, 2:30 pm Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, NY 12508 Free with museum admission. No reservations required. Jane McFadden is associate professor and chair, humanities and sciences, at ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California. Her writing has been published in Art Journal, Grey Room, Modern Painters, and X-tra. She is the author of recent essays on Marcia Hafif, Michelle Stuart, and James Welling, and has contributed to Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945–1980 (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011) and Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974 (Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012). McFadden received a Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her book, Walter De Maria: Meaningless Work, which was published by Reaktion Books in 2016.     Dia Beacon FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Jane McFadden on Walter De Maria

Concert

Hanne Darboven, Opus 17A


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28/01/2017 15:00 28/01/2017 23:45 America/New_York Hanne Darboven, Opus 17A Event DetailsSaturday, January 28, 2017, 3 pm Dia:Chelsea545 West 22nd StreetNew York City Free with admission. No reservations required.  In conjunction with the installation of Hanne Darboven’s Kulturgeschichte 1880–1983 (Cultural History 1880–1983, 1980–83), Dia Art Foundation presents four performances of Darboven’s musical compositions for double bass. Completed in 1984, Wunschkonzert is both a large-scale visual installation and a four-part musical score for double bass, featuring Opus 17A, Opus 17B, Opus 18A, and Opus 18B. Opus 17A was first presented at the 1996 opening of Cultural History 1880–1983 at Dia Center for the Arts. In addition to Opus 17A, Robert Black, who performed the work in 1996, performs the three companion pieces—Opus 17B, Opus 18A, and Opus 18B. All four concerts take place within the installation at Dia:Chelsea to allow visitors to experience a live performance of Darboven’s musical work within the all-encompassing visual impact of her installation. Robert BlackRobert Black is a musician and composer for the solo double bass who collaborates with actors, artists, composers, dancers, musicians, and technophiles. He is a founding and current member of the musical group Bang on a Can All-Stars. Current projects include a Philip Glass commission for a seven-movement solo partita, which includes recited poetry by seven New York-based musicians and poets, and Possessed, a series of solo improvisatory performances in Utah’s rugged landscape. His CD recordings include State of the Bass (O. O. Discs, 1994), Christian Wolff: Look She Said (Complete Works for Bass) (Mode Records, 2002), Giacinto Scelsi: The Works for Double Bass (Mode Records, 2008), and Modern American Bass (New World Records, 2011), in addition to many recordings for Bang on a Can All-Stars (Cantaloupe Records). Black teaches at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, Manhattan School of Music in New York, and the Festival Eleazar de Carvalho in Brazil.     Dia Chelsea FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Hanne Darboven, Opus 17A

Book Launch

Artists on Hanne Darboven


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Book Launches

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28/01/2017 15:00 28/01/2017 17:00 America/New_York Artists on Hanne Darboven Event DetailsSaturday, January 28, 2017, 3 pm Dia:Chelsea545 West 22nd StreetNew York City Books will be available for purchase. Free with admission. No reservations required.      Dia Chelsea FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Artists on Hanne Darboven

Members’ Event

Friday Morning Viewing


Dia Chelsea

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03/02/2017 10:00 03/02/2017 11:00 America/New_York Friday Morning Viewing Event DetailsFriday, February 3, 2017, 10–11 amFor all members Dia:Chelsea541 and 545 West 22nd StreetNew York City Start your Friday morning with Hanne Darboven and Kishio Suga at Dia:Chelsea. Enjoy the works on view among fellow members over coffee. Join or renew your membership     Dia Chelsea FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Friday Morning Viewing

Poetry Reading

Joel Lewis and Edwin Torres


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Readings in Contemporary Poetry

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07/02/2017 18:30 07/02/2017 23:45 America/New_York Joel Lewis and Edwin Torres Event DetailsTuesday, February 7, 2017, 6:30 pmDia:Chelsea535 West 22nd Street, 5th FloorNew York City  Readings in Contemporary Poetry curator, Vincent Katz provided an introduction for the evening's reading. Free for Dia members; $10 general admission; $6 admission for students and seniors Advance ticket purchases recommended. Tickets are also available for purchase at the door, subject to availability.  Joel LewisJoel Lewis’s latest book, My Shaolin: A Poem of Staten Island (Hanging Loose Press, 2016), is a book-length poem that serves as a psychogeographic investigation of the southernmost portion of the New York Archipelago. Previous books include North River Rundown (Accent Editions, 2012), Surrender When Leaving Coach (Hanging Loose Press, 2012), Learning from New Jersey (Talisman House, 2007), Vertical’s Currency (Talisman House, 1999), and House Rent Boogie (Yellow Press, 1992). He edited Bluestones and Salt Hay (Rutgers University Press, 1990), an anthology of contemporary New Jersey poets, as well as On the Level Everyday (Talisman House, 1997), the selected talks of Ted Berrigan, and Reality Prime (Talisman House, 1998), the selected poems of Walter Lowenfels. A social worker by day, he has taught creative writing at the Poetry Project, Rutgers University, and Writer’s Voice. And, for better or worse, he initiated the ill-fated New Jersey Poet Laureate position that was such a headache for Amiri Baraka. With his wife, Rutgers University cinema professor Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, he resides in Hoboken. At The Bohemian Embassy           Bare red balloon in the foyer           She has no words except “I'll be there”.           But what have I signed up for?           Warps of estrangement?          “Your paintings of mind-blistering cold snow..."           Borrow what you can           Night-kissing bitter Turkish cigarettes           Of new information & the blur of freaked pigeons            Your scheme to condo heating grates….           Seems that nerves do the walking           Or large as a lake that burned.                                        Edwin TorresEdwin Torres came to poetry through performance art in New York City’s East Village in the early 1990s. The neighborhood’s diversity in addition to the combined forces of Dixon Place, Nuyorican Poets Café, and St. Marks Poetry Project shaped his multidisciplinary approach to language. His books include Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press, 2014), Yes Thing No Thing (Roof Books, 2010), and The PoPedology of an Ambient Language (Atelos, 2007). Fellowships include the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York Foundation for Arts, and Poetry Fund. Anthologies include Angels of the Americlypse: New Latin@ Writing (Counterpath Press, 2014), Postmodern American Poetry (W. W. Norton & Company, 2013), and Aloud; Voices From The Nuyorican Poets Café (Holt, 1994). In 2017, Torres will serve as a fellow in the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He is a member of the electro-lingo band Sowndhaus, and lives in Beacon, New York, with his wife and son.  TADPOLE AT STARLIGHTa small infinityhas appeared on the crest of ignition                                                                        a curve for all things stolen             a swipe at things that magnify                          i was infinite for a momenttraveled inside lightless eye                                    rode a width across a legion's pupil            molded by something closer than free                          about to crash into a million yearsif i could just leave the floating to smaller bugs                                   my fingers now closed my eyes hovering            over my keys over each letter                          my frogs looking to land on soft ground                                     that's all we want, isn't it a launchpad over stellar indications of messy instability                                    or maybe a drain to edit                          to take the universal                                     out of in            for all things balanced                                  on lunar surf the circumstance of delicate cognition                        telegraphs a step — let me go up to you,            now warm in the place i remember, and tired                                               — do you know how — you ask, your answer                                    the one i start with       Dia Chelsea FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Joel Lewis and Edwin Torres

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Screening of Films by Lawrence Weiner


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08/02/2017 18:30 08/02/2017 20:00 America/New_York Screening of Films by Lawrence Weiner Event DetailsWednesday, February 8, 6:30 pmFor all members Dia:Chelsea535 West 22nd Street, 5th floorNew York City Join Dia and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) for a screening of Lawrence Weiner’s Blue Moon Over, 2001 and Altered to Suit, 1979. The artist’s moving-image works extend his signature conceptual and language-based practice into cinematic and digital realms. Blue Moon Over explores language through animated motion drawings and text fragments. Restored with a new video transfer in 2011, Altered to Suit is an experimental day-in-the-life-of narrative, as told through playfully dissonant dialogue, image, and sound. Reception will begin at 6:30 pm, followed by the screening at 7 pm. RSVP to Irene Koo by February 3 at ikoo@diaart.org or 212 293 5602. Join or renew your membership     Dia Chelsea FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Screening of Films by Lawrence Weiner

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