de Young Calendar http://www.thinker.com/deyoung/calendar/day.asp New de Young Events en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST webmaster@famsf.org webmaster@famsf.org <![CDATA[Docent Tour: From Gallery to Garden: Sculpture at the de Young]]>
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: Introduction to the de Young]]>
This tour will introduce the permanent collection of the de Young.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: Art of the Americas]]>
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: Art in America to the 20th Century]]>
This tour will cover the American galleries, from colonial to contemporary art.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: Anderson Graphic Arts Collection]]>
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: Arts of Oceania and Africa]]>
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: 20th-Century and Contemporary Art]]>
This tour will cover 20th-century and contemporary art.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: "Autumn: A Feast for the Senses"]]>

Enjoy a cornucopia of art from the de Young's enticing permanent collection as you explore the rich diversity of artistic vision that has described the harvest tradition.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: Autumn: A Feast for the Senses]]>

Enjoy a cornucopia of art from the de Young's enticing permanent collection as you explore the rich diversity of artistic vision that has described the harvest tradition.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: <i>Maya Lin: Systemic Landscapes</i>]]>
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Docent Tour: <i>Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents 1900–1970</i>]]>
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young Presents the Jumping Buddha Ensemble, <i>Uncle Toisan,</i> and the de Young Poetry Series]]>
On Friday nights the entire museum is open until 8:45 p.m. Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures. The cafe is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menu, and a no-host cocktail bar is serving drinks. There are art-making activities for everyone.

Cafe Terrace Party Tent
6:00–8:45 p.m.
Live music by the Jumping Buddha Ensemble. The name Jumping Buddha is derived from fo tiao qiang, a common delicacy whose name translates to "the Buddha jumps over the fence." The ensemble was formed in 1997 by a group of outstanding professional musicians specializing in the traditional music of China. The Jumping Buddha Ensemble performs Western music adapted to traditional Chinese musical instruments.

Hands on Art-making for Everyone. “Art diva” Kim Erickson will lead art-making activities, focusing on pieces in Asian/American/Modern Art. Tonight’s focus is on collage, inspired by Ralph Iwamoto’s Eastern Twilight.

Koret Auditorium
7:00 p.m.
de Young Poetry Series: Linh Dinh and Wang Ping. The leading Vietnamese-American poet of his generation, Linh Dinh is the author of the poetry collections All Around What Empties Out, American Tatts, Borderless Bodies, and Jam Alerts. He has also published two short story collections and a novel, Love Like Hate, is forthcoming. Wang Ping’s poetry collections include Of Flesh & Spirit and The Magic Whip. She has also published a novel, Foreign Devil, and a book of short stories, The Last Communist Virgin. Tickets required; see below.

Piazzoni Murals Room
7:15 p.m.
Uncle Toisan, a History Alive! performance by Charlie Chin, co-sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society. Uncle Toisan examines the challenging experiences of Chinese immigrants to the United States through the story of Uncle Toisan, who plays the Chinese erhu on the street in Chinatown to supplement his retirement in a small apartment he shares with his nephew’s family, who recently immigrated from China. A group of students on a walking tour stop to talk to Uncle Toisan and inspire him to share his story. 

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[<i>Asian/American/Modern Art </i> Family Day]]>
Families are invited to work with the de Young’s staff artists, as well as artists from the Asian American Women’s Artists Association. Using the exhibition Asian/American/Modern Art as inspiration, children ages 4 and up will have the opportunity to create their own works of art.

Film screening: Bambi, 10:30 a.m.
Koret Auditorium
Art director: artist Tyrus Wong
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young Presents the Closing Reception for Ernesto Hernández-Olmos, Native Elements, and film <i>Yves Saint Laurent, tout terriblement</i>]]>
On Friday nights the entire museum is open until 8:45 p.m. Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures. The cafe is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menu, and a no-host cocktail bar is serving drinks. There are art-making activities for everyone.

This is the final Friday Nights program for 2008. Join us for Season Four of Friday Nights, starting January 16, 2009.

Pool of Enchantment, outside museum
5:45 p.m.
Traditional ceremony celebrating November Artist-in-Residence, Ernesto Hernández-Olmos

Kimball Education Gallery
6:00–8:30 pm
Artist Reception for Ernesto Hernández-Olmos

Cafe Terrace Party Tent
6:00–8:45 p.m.
Live music by Native Elements
With myriad musical influences ranging from classic R&B and soul to the deepest tradition of Jamaican and English dub, Native Elements delivers a dynamic sound that appeals to every music lover.

Koret Auditorium
7:00 p.m.
Film Screening: Yves Saint Laurent, tout terriblement (Jérôme de Missolz, France, 1994, 48 min., narrated in English)
This journey through the life and work of Yves Saint Laurent reveals his artistic, literary, and musical influences.  During this candid look at his life, he tells of his joys, sorrows, hopes and fears. Shot in his homes in Paris, Marrakech and Deuville; narrated by Jeanne Moreau.

Hands on Art-making for Everyone.
"Art diva" Kim Erickson leads art-making activities, focusing on pieces in Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents 1900–1970. Tonight’s focus is on woodcut prints, inspired by Teikichi Hikoyama's Sierra Pine.


]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Holiday Art

Family tour and art activity for ages 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Holiday activities relate to Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Holiday Art

Family tour and art activity for children aged 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Holiday projects relate to Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Lecture: Pets in America: Their History through Portraits and Possessions]]>
American Decorative Arts Forum Lecture: Pets in America: Their History through Portraits and Possessions, Katherine C. Grier, Winterthur, Wilmington, DE]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970

Family tour and art activity for ages 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Activities relate to the special exhibition Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970

Family tour for children aged 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Projects relate to the special exhibition Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Textile Arts Council lecture: "Fabric and Form," with Robert Curry]]>
Robert Curry, Professor of Fashion at the Academy of Art, San Francisco, will speak of his experiences working with such well-known designers as Vivienne Westwood, Bruce Oldfield and Julien Macdonald. Follow the development of designs for the London and Paris catwalks from conception to completion with illustrations of Mr. Curry's own work and that of the designers he has worked with.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Animals in Art

Family tour and art activity for ages 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Activities relate to images of animals in art.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kid]]>

Animals in Art

Family tour and art activity for children aged 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Projects relate to images of animals in art.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Yves Saint Laurent

Family tour and art activity for ages 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Activities relate to the special exhibition Yves Saint Laurent.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Doing & Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids]]>

Yves Saint Laurent

Family tour for children aged 4 to 12. Children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Register 15 minutes before class. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. Projects relate to the special exhibition Yves Saint Laurent.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Textile Arts Council lecture: "Dragon Covers of the Li People, Hianan Island, China," by Li Chinalai]]>
Le Chinalai is a scholar and author. She is owner of Chinalai Tribal Antiquities, New York.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST <![CDATA[Textile Arts Council Lecture: "On the Text in Textiles; Cultural Stories, Unfolding Fashions," with Susan B. Kaiser]]>
Susan B. Kaiser is a professor of Textiles and Clothing and director of Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10 PST