Opening Reception: Artists of the Great Lakes, 1910-1960
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Kresge Art Museum, 5–7 p.m.

Hosted by Friends of Kresge Art Museum

Creative Kids at Kresge: Making Mosaics
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Kresge Art Museum, 1-3 p.m.

Ages 6-10: Learn the art of mosaic-making after viewing our Ancient Roman mosaic Creative Kids is a free ongoing series of art-making programs for children accompanied by an adult. The series provides interactive experiences with visual arts and other modes of communication and are taught by a professional artist or art teacher. Following a guided tour in the museum, kids respond to their viewing experience with a hands-on art-making activity. All materials are provided.

THIS WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY FULL.
To be placed on the waiting list, please call Cari Wolfe at 517-353-9835.
Funded by the Dart Foundation.

Gallery Walk: Artists of the Great Lakes, 1910-1960
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Kresge Art Museum, 12:10 p.m.

Join KAM staff for a guided tour of Artists of the Great Lakes, 1910-1960.

Twilight in the Garden
Sunday, September 21, 2008
James B. Henry Center for Executive Development, MSU, 4:30 p.m

The 9th annual Twilight in the Garden, hosted by the Friends of Kresge Art Museum, will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2008, at the elegant James B. Henry Center for Executive Development, adjacent to the University Club. Ten million dollars still needs to be raised for the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, and Twilight in the Garden is an integral part of the campaign. The event includes hors d'oeuvres, a seated dinner, and the chance to bid on a wide array of art and other items in live and silent auctions. RSVPs are required for this event. Reservations start at $100.

For additional information, visit: http://artmuseum.msu.edu/twilight

To request an invitation or learn more about the event, please contact Mariah Cherem at cheremma@msu.edu.

Lecture: Great Lakes Painters and the Place Called Home
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Kresge Art Museum, 7 p.m.

Michael Hall, sculptor, curator and consummate collector, will talk about what drives him to collect and the world of Inland artists and their work. He will regale the audience with tales of meeting many of the painters included in the show. His first collection of folk art now forms the core of Milwaukee Art Museum’s well-regarded holdings in this field. Selections from a second collection of “Inland” or Great Lakes Paintings, assembled with his wife Pat Glascock, now in the Flint Institute of Arts’ collection, are on view at KAM.

Film: Road to Perdition (2002, 117 min.)
Friday, September 26, 2008
North Conference Room, 4th Floor, West Wing, MSU Main Library, 7 p.m.

Introduction: David Stowe, Program in American Studies

Part of the MSU Library Film Series
This period drama, set in the Midwest during the 1930s, is based on a highly regarded graphic novel by crime writer Max Allan Collins. Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan, a morally-torn hit man, working for a crime syndicate affiliated with Al Capone. The film traces the journey of Sullivan and son from Illinois to Michigan, as they attempt to elude a cast of sinister characters including an assassin who dabbles in crime-scene photography (Jude Law).

Evening College Course: Art Gems on Campus: Treasures from the Kresge Art Museum at MSU
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Kresge Art Museum, 9 a.m.–noon, $35

Join art historian and assistant education curator Cari Wolfe for a morning at the Kresge Art Museum at MSU. Learn what is new at the museum, how decisions are made to acquire works of art, how exhibitions are developed, the proper care and handling of artwork as well as discussions about the museum’s future: the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum slated to open in 2010. Kresge Art Museum opened in 1959 and houses over 7,000 objects although only a small number of the objects are on view. You will have an opportunity to go “behind the scenes” and view recently acquired objects and photographs that are rarely seen by the public. This is a limited-enrollment course. To enroll, or for more information, visit the MSU Evening College website or call (517) 355-4562.