Gallery Tour: American Art
Saturday, May 6, 2017 1–2 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour exploring our American Art galleries.
Gallery Tour: Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern
Saturday, May 6, 2017 1:30–2:30 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern; free with exhibition admission.
Bang on a Can Marathon
Saturday, May 6, 2017 2–10 pm
Throughout the Museum
Bang on a Can comes to Brooklyn! Join us for eight hours of musical performances as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Bang on a Can Marathon. (Suggested admission $16 before 5 pm; free as part of Target First Saturdays after 5 pm!)
Gallery Tour: Highlights
Saturday, May 6, 2017 2–3 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of Museum highlights.
Gallery Tour: We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85
Saturday, May 6, 2017 2:30–3:30 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85.
Gallery Tour: Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern
Saturday, May 6, 2017 3–4 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern; free with exhibition admission.
Interactive Workshop: Found Sound Nation
Saturday, May 6, 2017 5–9 pm
Express yourself with Found Sound Nation’s Mobile Street Studio, a recording studio equipped for passersby and Marathon musicians alike to spontaneously create and record original music!
Hands-On Art
Saturday, May 6, 2017 6–8 pm
Get inspired by the rhythms and grooves of Bang on a Can and use everyday materials to craft your own musical instrument. After Hands-On Art, join us in the Biergarten at 8:15 to become a player in the Orchestra of Original Instruments. All ages welcome!
Brooklyn Dance Festival
Saturday, May 6, 2017 6–7 pm
Brooklyn Dance Festival presents David Parker’s Turing Tests, in which dancers from The Bang Group use their bodies to perform the musical score Perfect For The Bang Group, by Dean Rosenthal. Takes place every half hour.
Pop-Up Gallery Talks: Arts of the Americas
Saturday, May 6, 2017 6:30–7:30 pm
Teen Apprentices host ten-minute discussions on the musical instruments in our installation Life, Death, and Transformation in the Americas.
Pop-Up Poetry: Jaime Lee Lewis
Saturday, May 6, 2017 7:30–8:30 pm
Stop by for pop-up spoken word performances and conga drumming organized by poet Jaime Lee Lewis. Features Jennifer Falu, Hadaiyah Bey, Ahlaam Abduljalil, Jamie Falu, and Lewis.
Workshop: Orchestra of Original Instruments
Saturday, May 6, 2017 8:15–9 pm
Bring your handmade instrument from Hands-On Art, or clap and tap along! Join Bang on a Can All-Star and instrument designer Mark Stewart to create a live group arrangement in this exciting workshop for all ages.