NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER OFFERS EXPANDED FREE ADMISSION HOURS & ACTIVITIES WITH SEPTEMBER DEBUT OF TARGET FIRST SATURDAYS
7/10/2007 12:00:00 AM
Interactive Educational Program Designed for Young Minds to Experience Big Ideas
Dallas, TX – The Nasher Sculpture Center’s monthly Together in the Center program gets a new look and a new name this fall as it welcomes Target as its presenting sponsor. This monthly event will be renamed Target First Saturdays and feature expanded free admission hours from 10am to 2pm, enhanced programming including NasherKids Live! performances in the Garden, a Passport for kids, and monthly themes that promote Big Ideas. The expanded program will launch on Saturday, September 1 with a Big Idea theme focusing on dance and motion.
A key component of Target First Saturdays is the Passport to the Arts, a small, take-home folder with monthly activity cards, which will extend the learning experience at home and encourage repeat visits to the Nasher Sculpture Center. Prizes will be awarded to those children who have participated in 4, 8, and 12 Target First Saturdays as indicated by their stamped passport and activity cards.
Monthly Activities:
Family Tours (10:15 am, 11:15 am, 12:15 pm)
Discover and discuss each month’s Big Idea on an interactive tour for the whole family. The 15-minute tours will incorporate engaging and didactic visual aids and allow children to create their own definitions of the month’s theme.
Art Scavenger Hunt (10 am – 2 pm)
Exercise detective skills to search the Nasher for art related to the month’s Big Idea through a self-guided tour with thought-provoking questions. Complete the hunt for a special prize!
Hands-on Art: Children’s Art Activity (10 am – noon)
Create unique artworks and apply knowledge learned from the tour and scavenger hunt. Each activity will encourage creativity and exploration of media and process.
Storytime (12:30 pm)
Share in the joy of reading with engaging storytellers relating books to the month’s Big Idea.
NasherKids Live! (1 pm)
Join in the fun for an exciting live performance that brings the Big Idea to life with interactive performances for families and young children.
Art in Action: Sculpture Demo Table and Artist at Work (10 am – noon)
Experience how art is made through an interactive artist demonstration focusing on sculpting techniques and processes, visual aids, and hands-on learning for young children.
2007-2008 Big Ideas Themes
Sep 2007- Dance and Motion, “Let the art move you”
Art Project: Dance Dioramas; Take-home: Dance Storyboards
Oct 2007- Community: Hispanic Heritage Month, “Where we’re from, who we are”
Art Project: Community Quilt Blocks; Take-home: Neighborhood Postcards
Nov 2007- Family, “Bringing art to the table”
Art Project: Family Portraits; Take-home: Family Trees
Dec 2007- Tradition, “A celebration of the arts”
Art Project: Picture Frames; Take-home: Tradition Stories and Pictures
Jan 2008- Innovation, “Art for new beginnings”
Art Project: Found Object Sculptures; Take-home: Design an Invention
Feb 2008- Identity: Black History Month, “My world, my dreams”
Art Project: Future Self Portraits; Take-home: Object Self Portrait
Mar 2008- Self Expression, “Art is who I am”
Art Project: Mirror Frame Magnets; Take-home: Abstract Mood Portraits
Apr 2008- Communication, “Discover the stories”
Art Project: Storybooks; Take-home: Photo Story Collages
May 2008- Nature, “Growing with art”
Art Project: Sculpture Garden Dioramas; Take-home: Nature Walk Collage
Jun 2008- Imagination, “Art is what you make it”
Art Project: Imaginary Animals; Take-home: Surrealist Games
Jul 2008- Nationality, “Freedom of expression”
Art Project: Personal Flags; Take-home: New Food Portraits
Aug 2008- Perspectives, “Seeing the world in new ways”
Art Project: Viewfinders; Take-home: Point of View Drawings
About the Nasher Sculpture Center:
Open since October 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is dedicated to the display and study of modern and contemporary sculpture. The Center is located on a 2.4 acre site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the heart of the Dallas Arts District. Renzo Piano, a world-renowned architect and winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1998, is the architect of the Center’s 55,000 square foot building. Piano worked in collaboration with landscape architect Peter Walker on the design of the two-acre sculpture garden.
The Nasher Sculpture Center was the longtime dream of the late Raymond and Patsy Nasher, who together formed one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary sculpture in the world. The Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection includes masterpieces by Calder, de Kooning, di Suvero, Giacometti, Hepworth, Kelly, Matisse, Miró, Moore, Picasso, Rodin, and Serra, among others, and continues to grow and evolve.
The Nasher Sculpture Center presents rotating exhibitions of works from the Nasher Collection as well as special exhibitions drawn from other museums and private collections. In addition to indoor gallery space, the Center contains an auditorium, education and research facilities, a café, and a store.
The Nasher Sculpture Center is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 5pm and Thursday from 11am to 9pm. The Center will also remain open until 11pm during Saturday Night in the City, which takes place on the first Saturday of every month. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for students, and free for members and children 12 and under. For more information, visit www.NasherSculptureCenter.org.
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Kristen Gibbins
Communications Manager
Nasher Sculpture Center
214.242.5177
kgibbins@nashersculpturecenter.org