Art & Art History Lecture: Chitra Ganesh
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Rm 109 South Kedzie, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn-based artist Chitra Ganesh seeks to excavate narratives that have been excluded from the official canons of history, literature, and art. Her mixed-media works have been exhibited widely at venues including the Brooklyn Museum, White columns, and Apex Art in New York.

For a full list of the 2009-10 guest lecture series on contemporary art, see www.art.msu.edu

Gallery Talk: Dawoud Bey
Monday, November 9, 2009
Kresge Art Museum, noon

KAM staff will guide participants through the current photography exhibition.

Friends of Kresge day trip to Grand Rapids
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Contact Cari Wolfe at 353-9835 to be placed on the wait list for the Meyer May house and Grand Rapids Art Museum tour.

Future day trips: Look for forthcoming details on a tour in early 2010 to the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Art & Art History Lecture: Dana Schutz
Thursday, November 12, 2009
109 South Kedzie, 7 p.m.

Painter Dana Schutz is best known for macabre depictions of autopsies headless animals, and birthing scenes. Her work was featured in the 2003 Venice Biennial and is represented in the collections of major museums including the MOMA, Whitney, and Guggenheim.

For a full list of the 2009-10 guest lecture series on contemporary art, see www.art.msu.edu

Evening College: Kresge Art Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Kresge Art Museum, 9 a.m.-noon

Join art historian and assistant education curator Cari Wolfe to learn what is new at the museum, the scoop on acquiring, handling, caring for and displaying artwork, updates on the new Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum and a "behind the scenes" tour of recently acquired works of art.

Registration and payment through the Evening College at 355-4692 or http://www.msualum.com/evecoll.

Creative Kids: Faces in the Museum, ages 6-11
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Kresge Art Museum, 1-3 p.m.

Try your hand at pencil sketching and portrait painting after touring Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud Bey.

$3 Friends of Kresge Art Museum members; $4 general public. Class size is limited, pre-register and pre-pay required at 353-9835 or email wolfeca1@msu.edu.

Creative Kids is an ongoing weekend series of art-making programs for kids who are accompanied by an adult. These programs provide interactive experiences with visual arts led by the museum's staff. After a guided theme tour in the museum, kids respond to their viewing experience with hands-on art making activities.

Visit the Creative Kids page to view the full 2009-2010 program line-up.

Museum Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
November 26-29, 2009
Kresge Art Museum