Thursdays • July 2–August 13 • 9pm: Flicks from the Hill outdoor movie series • FREE!
Grab a blanket, picnic under the stars, and watch great film selectionS inspired by the current exhibition THE MARRIAGE OF ART, SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY. Schedule: July 2 Raiders of the Lost Ark • July 9: Dr. Strangelove • July 16: The Time Machine • July 23: Sleeper • July 30: Dr. No • August 6: The King & I • August 13: Ghostbusters. Screenings start at 9 pm; Museum is OPEN & FREE between 5 and 9 pm on Flick nights. Rain location: inside the museum.
Saturday • July 4 • 10am • 9:30am Pet Registration: July 4th Visionary Pets on Parade!
The best dog-gone parade in town! Followed by the Pet Talent (Or Not) Show. Each entrant has the opportunity to take the stage and perform a real (or imagined) trick or talent. Or merely look good. Or pee on the Awards Table. In past years, hermit crabs have re-enacted Revolutionary War battles; dogs have spontaneously "got patriotic" with owners' legs; a rabbit (and eventual Visionary Pet Award Winner) has incited an outbreak of Peace and Understanding with her gaze; and, of course, we've seen endearing attempts to sit, speak, roll over, high-five, fetch, catch, eat corn off the cob, etc.
Following the talent portion (while the esteemed panel of judges deliberates), pets can engage in a rousing game of Musical Chairs (no chairs are actually used); loll in the refreshing pools provided by AVAM; sniff one another; taunt the one brave cat that always comes; or just revel in the well-deserved praise and affection poured upon them by the enthusiastic crowd. Nothing is more patriotic than oohing and aahing over a pair of chihuahuas in devil and angel get-ups.
Trophies awarded for Best Costume, Most Patriotic, Owner & Pet Look-alikes, Least Likely to Succeed as a Pet, and more – including the Most Visionary Pet Award! • Dress your pet & strut your stuff • FREE • Pets of ALL KINDS - animate and inanimate - are welcome • Owners are responsible for pet's behavior and bodily functions • Baggies, H2O and shade are provided • Pets must be leashed or carried
Tues July 7 – Sat July 25 • 3 One-Week Sessions: Visionary Experience Summer Camp
For three weeks our doors will be wide open to middle school students rubbing elbows with our artists, getting their hands dirty in our studio, exploring our galleries and just getting a chance to PLAY! There will be creating, engineering, building and constructing aplenty • Each week, we work on a different project with a new visionary artist and delve deeper into discovering the magic of our current exhibition: “The Marriage of Art, Science and Philosophy.” Students can choose one, two or three weeks of the camp. The Experience concludes with a Visionary Salon where students are invited to showcase their creations and performances. (Families and friends invited!) • Camp runs 10am-3pm, Tuesday-Friday • Maximum of 20 students/week
Week 1: July 7th-10th
Create a Glowing Wunderkammer of strange new creatures with artist Bonnie Crawford Kotula. Both brainy and creative, students will learn about simple electronic circuits as they work with low voltage batteries, LEDs and conductive thread to modify plush toys. Creations will be featured in an online exhibition as well as the Final Salon.
Week 2: July 14th-17th
Annie Howe of Nana Projects hosts PARADE SCHOOL JUNIOR. Students have the opportunity to explore parades from across the globe, create puppets, masks, costumes, banners or basically anything else fabulous they can think of! A chance to discover fiber arts, painting, sculpture and performance. A festive parade displaying all the creations will be featured at the Final Salon.
Week 3: July 21st-24th
Guillaume Pallat leads students into the mysterious and wondrous world of Pinhole Photography. Students play with a variety of recycled and alternative materials to create their own pinhole cameras and experiment with self-portraiture and landscape photos to test and use their crazy camera creations.
Salon: Saturday, July 25th
Cost Per Student per week $200 members; $250 non-members Cost Per Student per week all 3 weeks $550; $700 non-members
Contact Felice for more info (felice@avam.org or 410.244.1900 ext. 232)
Sunday • July 12th • 7:30 AM-10:30 PM: AVAM Takes Manhattan!
On Sunday, July 12th, 2009, The American Visionary Art Museum is hosting a bus trip to New York City to see AVAM's Permanent Collection on view in the award-winning Fifth Avenue window display at Bergdorf Goodman! AND we'll take in highlights of New York's visionary scene while we're there. We will leave AVAM at 7:30 AM and return at 10:30 PM on July 12th. Meals are included. Seating is limited, so first come, first served.Highlights include:
• An opportunity to see the Bergdorf Goodman windows
• A rooftop Champagne Brunch at home of AVAM Board Member Lisa Revson
• A studio tour with artist Tom Duncan
• Behind the scenes tour at the Lower Eastside Girls Club
• Perspectives from outsider art collector Phil Hartman
Tickets: $100. Register online at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/71925 or RSVP to Whitney at 410.244.1900 x 247 or whitney@avam.org
Thursday, July 16, 2009 • 7pm • FREE!: Automorphosis: A Film by Harrod Blank
AUTOMORPHOSIS looks into the minds and hearts of a delightful collection of eccentrics, visionaries, and just plain folks who have transformed their autos into artworks. On a humorous and touching journey, we discover what drives the creative process for these unconventional characters. And in the end, we find that an art car has the power to change us -- to alter our view of our increasingly homogeneous world. Subjects featured include: Harrod Blank and his Camera Van; World-renowned spoon bender Uri Geller and his fork-and-spoon-covered “Peace Car”; Howard Davis’s “Telephone Car” an obsession-driven telephone collection; & Leonard Knight, a religious folk artist who’s painted his vehicles as well as most of an entire mountain in the desert as a testament to his faith. Weaving his own tale amidst the others, Blank, as narrator, is the glue that binds these vibrant portraits.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 10AM–4PM: Mosaic Workshop with Rick Shelley
A one-day workshop for beginners and continuing students. 10:00–11:00 Learn tools, cut mirror and stained glass, then watch Rick do a quick demo on making a small mosaic with glue on wood. 11:00–1:00 Make a small mosaic or two. 1:00–2:30 Bring a brown bag lunch and watch a fabulous slide show (fresh mosaics are drying in the sun or under a fan as we munch) then a quick walk to examine The Visionary’s own mosaic treasures. 2:30–4:00 Grout the mosaics, clean up, a few brief demos, questions, trouble shooting for projects, etc. Participants don’t need to bring supplies (shells, buttons, glass, beads, pebbles, etc. are welcome), but please pack a lunch. Class size limited. Participants must pre-pay and pre-register. Call 410.244.1900. AVAM members $75. / non members $100.
