Chazen Calendar June–August 2018 | Page 11

1 Sunday 12:30 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Live at the Chazen. Performer TBD. 2 p.m. Drop in for a free, docent-led, 40-minute tour. 5 Thursday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 12:30 p.m. Join a docent for a free, 40-minute tour of Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy. 7:30–9 p.m. Summer Spin! Finding Dory • In this sequel to Finding Nemo, Dory, a spunky fish who suffers from memory loss, optimistically navigates through life refusing to let disability slow her down! Arrive early to find the best seat and enjoy hands-on activities before each film. Light snacks and chairs provided; blankets encouraged. 6 Friday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 8 Sunday Last day to view Derrière: Works by Michele Marti, the winner of the 2018 Paula and Russell Pancenko Prize. 2 p.m. Drop in for a free, docent-led tour of Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy. 12 Thursday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 12:30 p.m. Drop in for a free, docent-led, 40-minute tour of Drawn to Art. 4–8 p.m. Summer Spin! Special reception and lecture for Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy. Don’t miss this very special Summer Spin as we celebrate the opening of Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy. Try your hand at gyotaku, the ancient Japanese art of printing fish, and enjoy live music by Ben Daiko, Madison’s Taiko drumming group. Don’t miss the lecture by Distinguished Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Andrew Stevens—one of his last before retirement. 4–7 p.m. Try your hand at gyotaku, the traditional Japanese method of printing fish. 4–7 p.m. Summer Spin! The BIG Draw. You don’t need a pencil to draw—you just need imagination! Using pool noodles, fly swat ters, and other unusual implements, we’ll fling, sling, and drip to create BIG marks! 20 Friday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 22 Sunday 2 p.m. Drop in for a free, 40-minute tour, docent’s choice. 26 Thursday 5:30–6:30 p.m. Lecture: Watanabe’s Reinvention of the Japanese Print, Andrew Stevens. 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 6:30–8 p.m. Reception with music and refreshments. 12:30 p.m. Drop in for a free, 40-minute tour in the permanent collection. 13 Friday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 15 Sunday Last day to view Drawn to Art 2 p.m. Drop in for a free, docent-led, 40-minute tour of Drawn to Art. 19 Thursday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 12:30 p.m. Drop in for a free, docent- led, 40-minute tour of the permanent collection. 4–7 p.m. Summer Spin! Surprise Supplies • Do you love surprises? We do. Come play and create with a unique and mysterious assortment of materials. You never know what you’ll get into! 27 Friday 12–2 p.m. Ask-Me docents are available throughout the galleries. Ask a docent! 29 Sunday 2 p.m. Drop in for a free, a 40-minute tour, docent’s choice. While delighted for him, we are sad to announce that Distinguished Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs Andrew Stevens will retire on October 5, 2018. During his thirty years of service to the Museum and the University, Stevens doubled the size of the works on paper collection and planned more than 90 exhibitions, introducing many aspects of the collection (and loaned material) to the community. He hosted hundreds of classes in the Print Study, where students could examine artworks in person. “This has been a great gig for me,” said Stevens. “Being allowed to explore the collection and report back what I’ve found—in the form of exhibitions and class discussions—has been a signal honor; having made a living doing so places me in a vanishingly small proportion of people whose work and pleasure coincide.” Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy will be Steven’s final exhibition as a staff member. He will present a public lecture July 12 (see calendar for details).