NEWSLETTER
Special tours and musical performances celebrate popular exhibition, which is on view through December 10
Saratoga Springs, NY (November 28, 2023) — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College invites the public to the final events held in conjunction with the exhibition Forms of Awakening: Selections from the Jack Shear Collection of Himalayan Art. Forms of Awakening presents traditional Tibetan objects from the Jack Shear Collection alongside work by contemporary artists of Tibetan heritage. Together, the work reveals how such objects can transform our perceptions and awaken us to aspects of reality unnoticed in our daily lives. The exhibition is on view through December 10.
Saturday, December 2, 4:30 pm
Gade’s Ice Buddha and Curators’ Tour
This special presentation features an ephemeral artwork by the Tibetan artist Gade and a Curators’ Tour of Forms of Awakening, led by Rachel Seligman, Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator at the Tang; Ben Bogin, Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Skidmore College; and Ariana Maki, Associate Director of the Tibet Center and Bhutan Initiative at the University of Virginia.
Saturday, December 2, 6 pm
Continuum: Solo Performances by Techung and YESH
Reflecting the pairing of traditional and contemporary visual art in Forms of Awakening, Continuum (རྒྱུད) features solo performances of traditional Tibetan music by Techung and contemporary Tibetan music by YESH.
Thursday, December 7, 6 pm
Forms of Awakening Tour
Students in Associate Professor of Asian Studies Benjamin Bogin’s class “Forms of Awakening” lead a tour of the exhibition they have been studying all semester. The students are Tori Adams ’24, Jayo Chandler ’24, Xiaoyan Guo ’25, Wade Harrison ’26, Jaritza Idemoto ’24, Ani McIntyre ’27, Sophia Olivero ’26, John Tommasi ’25, Lucie Webster ’26, Matt Williams ’24, Aaron Winegrad ’24, and Jodie Xu ’24.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or email tang@skidmore.edu. For the latest information, please visit https://tang.skidmore.edu.
The exhibition, Forms of Awakening, celebrates a recent shared gift of over sixty Himalayan art works from Jack Shear to The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, The Williams College Museum of Art, and the Frances Lehman Loeb Center at Vassar College. Works from the gift have been presented in Across Shared Waters: Contemporary Artists in Dialogue with Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection at The Williams College Museum of Art and Mastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection at the Frances Lehman Loeb Center.
Links
Forms of Awakening exhibition page
Techung website
Techung on YouTube
YESH on YouTube
YESH on Instagram
About the Tang Teaching Museum
The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College is a pioneer of interdisciplinary exploration and learning. A cultural anchor of New York’s Capital Region, the Tang’s approach has become a model for college and university art museums across the country—with exhibition programs that bring together visual and performing arts with interdisciplinary ideas from history, economics, biology, dance, and physics, to name just a few. The Tang has one of the most rigorous faculty-engagement initiatives in the nation, and a robust publication and touring exhibition program that extends the museum’s reach far beyond its walls. The Tang Teaching Museum’s award-winning building, designed by architect Antoine Predock, serves as a visual metaphor for the convergence of art and ideas. The Museum is open to the public on Tuesday–Sunday, noon–5pm, with extended hours until 9 pm Thursday. https://tang.skidmore.edu
Photo: Oct-FormsofAwakening_0705-.jpeg: Installation view, Forms of Awakening: Selections from the Jack Shear Collection of Himalayan Art, Tang Teaching Museum, 2023, photo by Mindy McDaniel
Media Contact
Michael Janairo
Tang Teaching Museum | Skidmore College
mjanairo@skidmore.edu | 518-580-5542