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April 1, 2017

Gallery Tour: Special Exhibition

Saturday, April 1, 2017
12–1 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour exploring a special exhibition in depth. To find out which exhibition this tour will visit, check at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

Gallery Tour: Collection

Saturday, April 1, 2017
1–2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour exploring our collection in depth. To find out which collection areas this tour will visit, check at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

Gallery Tour: Highlights

Saturday, April 1, 2017
2–3 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of Museum highlights.

Music: Martha Redbone Roots Project

Saturday, April 1, 2017
5–7 pm

Martha Redbone Roots Project’s indie soul blends folk and Appalachian sounds, and pays tribute to Redbone’s Cherokee, Choctaw, Shawnee, and African American roots. Part of Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concert Series.

New York City Participatory Budgeting

Saturday, April 1, 2017
5–7 pm

Propose and vote on community projects that affect your neighborhood. Council Members across the city are asking residents how to spend at least $34 million in capital funding for projects including improvements to schools, parks, libraries, and public housing. Voters should be at least 14 years old and live in a participating Council District.

Film: Eva Hesse

Saturday, April 1, 2017
5:30 pm

Eva Hesse (Marcie Begleiter, 2016, 108 min.) captures New York’s 1960s downtown art scene through the short and extraordinary career of German-born American artist Eva Hesse. Followed by a talkback with the artist’s sister Helen Charash, the film’s producer Karen Shapiro, and the film’s director-producer Marcie Begleiter. 330 free tickets at the Admissions Desk at 4:30 pm.

Hands-On Art

Saturday, April 1, 2017
6–8 pm

Get inspired by the colors of Infinite Blue and create your own marbled paper using the Japanese suminagashi, or “floating ink,” technique. 330 free tickets at the Admissions Desk at 5 pm.

Curator Tour: Infinite Blue

Saturday, April 1, 2017
6 pm

Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator of Asian Art, offers an inside look at Asian artworks showcased in the exhibition Infinite Blue.

Performance: Chloë Bass

Saturday, April 1, 2017
6 pm

Conceptual artist Chloë Bass’s lecture performance #sky #nofilter interrogates a chronicle of everyday photographs taken during a year of racial trauma and critically questions what we all share when we look to the sky. 25 free tickets at the Admissions Desk at 5 pm.

Emerging Leaders of New York Arts

Saturday, April 1, 2017
6–8 pm

Take a stand for the NEA. Stop by the ELNYA table to get tips for contacting your representatives (and write postcards on the spot!), participate in a public art project about the impact of the arts, and join our #SaveTheNEA selfie campaign.

Pop-Up Poetry: An Address of the Times

Saturday, April 1, 2017
7 pm

To kick off National Poetry Month, writer and performer Pamela Sneed presents a series of readings by spoken word artists Heather Johnson, t’ai freedom ford, and Timothy Du White.

Dance and Workshop: Brooklyn Dance Festival

Saturday, April 1, 2017
7–9 pm

Brooklyn Dance Festival is in residence for the second time this year to present performances by SynthesisDANCE, The Bang Group, Sidra Bell, Diversity of Dance, Maurice Chestnut, and Jete Concert Group. Participate in a dance workshop with Jamie J and an after party with DJ Mr. Kid.

Music: Geko Jones and Chiquita Brujita

Saturday, April 1, 2017
8–10 pm

Geko Jones and Chiquita Brujita host performances dedicated to the divine feminine and all things blue. Includes Jones’s DJ set highlighting female musicians of the Afro-Latin diaspora, all-female Brazilian drumline Fogo Azul, a pop-up installation of blue spiritual art, Aina Luz singing to the orishas in Yoruba, and dance by Brujita.

Concert: Queen GodIs with Special Guests

Saturday, April 1, 2017
8:30–10 pm

This Brooklyn-born lyricist—think Maya Angelou meets hip-hop—performs excerpts of new and previous work, a collection of gender- and genre-bending verses in the key of Michelle Obama. Followed by a talkback with the artists. 330 free tickets at the Admissions Desk at 7 pm.