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April 26 to May 26, 2023

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Special Event

Hudson Valley Free Day

Sunday, April 30, 2023, 10 am–5 pm
Dia Beacon

Event DetailsSunday, April 30, 2023, 10 am–5 pm Dia Beacon3 BeekmanBeacon, New York Hudson Valley residents receive free admission to Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month. The Hudson Valley encompasses the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington, and Westchester. To get tickets for Hudson Valley Free Day please fill out our Free Admission Request. Hudson Valley Free Days at Dia Beacon are made possible by Charlie Pohlad.

Special Event

20th Anniversary Community Day

Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10 am–5 pm
Dia Beacon

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Event DetailsSaturday, May 13, 2023, 10 am–5 pm Dia BeaconRiggio Galleries3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Admission to the museum and all activities is free. Visit here to reserve tickets. Join us to celebrate Dia Beacon’s 20th Anniversary with a variety of programming in the gallery spaces, outdoors, and in the Learning Lab. View the full program below. All DayFood trucksPicnic areaBeacon Historical Society presentation Learning Lab* 10:30–11:15 am Family tourStarts outside in the forecourt 11 am–12 pm Art-making workshop with Common Ground FarmFront lawn 11:30 am–12:30 pm Museum tour 12–12:30 pmDirector’s remarks with Jessica Morgan, Nathalie de Gunzburg Director; Leonard Riggio, Chair Emeritus; City of Beacon Mayor Lee Kyriacou; and Assemblymember Jonathan JacobsonKnoebel gallery 1–2 pm Museum tour led in Spanish with Humberto Moro, Deputy Director of ProgramStarts outside in the forecourt 1–2:30 pm Zine-making workshopSerra mezzanine 2–3 pmMuseum tour 2–3 pm Film screening and conversation with Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras, moderated by Donna De SalvoLearning Lab* 3–4:30 pm Happy hour with Newburgh Brewing Company, Two Way Brewery, and Homespun FoodsFront lawn *The Learning Lab is on the lower level. Stairs are located between the Palermo and Ryman galleries. For elevator access, please ask a staff member for assistance.

Special Event

Rashida Bumbray

Sunday, May 14, 2023, 12 pm
Dia Chelsea

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Event DetailsSunday, May 14, 2023, 12 pm Dia Chelsea537 West 22nd StreetNew York, New York Free. Register for the event here. In conjunction with Leslie Hewitt at Dia Bridgehampton, Rashida Bumbray will present a solo interpretation of a score realized collaboratively by Hewitt and Jamal Cyrus titled For Solo Piano, Alto Saxophone, or Tambourine (This Score May Be Realized in Any Imaginative Way, or in conjunction with or in response to the recording of the song Evidence (Justice) 00:07:55 on the album Monk in Tokyo, Columbia Records (1963) with Thelonious Monk on piano, Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlap on drums or Evidence 00:04:41 on the album Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note Records (1957) with Thelonious Monk on piano, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Ahamed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums or Evidence 00:05:00 on the album Evidence, New Jazz (1962) with Steve Lacy on soprano saxophone, Don Cherry on trumpet; Carl Brown on bass, and Billie Higgins (Abdul Kareem) on drums) (2022). This special performance by Bumbray culminates a series of three matinees that punctuated the run of Hewitt’s exhibition. The event follows pianist Jason Moran in November 2022 and saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins in March 2023. Building upon traditions of indeterminate musical notation and the fractal logic of the jazz standard, Hewitt and Cyrus’s score is comprised of an arrangement of objects overlaid with metadata and sound that can be imagined in relation to Thelonious Monk’s song Evidence (first recorded in 1948). Just as the score calls attention to relationality, its interpretation occurs in the register of practice. Shifting attention away from linear notation and finished performance, the focus on practice emphasizes interpretation as an exercise in discovery and an opportunity to critically add to the score. Rashida Bumbray is a performance artist and curator. A graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, Bumbray received an MA in Africana Studies from New York University. Her work has been presented by the Tate Modern, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Project Row Houses, Houston; Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, New York, among other venues. She received the Harlem Stage Fund for New Work. She publishes essays on contemporary art, performance, cultural studies, and comparative literature. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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