Sun September 28, 2014
Community Folk Art Festival for the Family
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at Thacher Gallery
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The University of San Francisco will be hosting the “Community Folk Art Festival for the Family” as part of USF and The Mexican Museum’s exhibit, Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum. The festival will celebrate live music, dance, hands-on arts demonstrations, and bilingual tours.
Dobles Vidas is a showcase of more than 60 works exploring the stories an object can communicate about those who create, use, and collect them. The exhibit holds works from a number of Mexico’s internationally-recognized artists and collectors. The exhibition is the second collaboration between The Mexican Museum and the University of San Francisco’s Thacher Gallery and Masters in Museum Studies Program.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information on the exhibition, please visit:
https://www.usfca.edu/templates/ocm_media_relations.aspx
To learn more about the Mexican Museum, please visit:
http://www.mexicanmuseum.org
Activities:
Thacher Gallery
Exhibition: “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum”
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Papel Picado (cut paper) Demonstration by Bay Area author/artist Carmen Lomas Garza
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Face Painting
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (English)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (Spanish)
2-2:30 p.m.
Gleeson Plaza
Baile Folklórico de San Pancho Performance and Lesson
12:30-1 p.m.
Latin Jazz (Same professional group as brunch – waiting on name)
1-1:30 p.m.
KUSF DJ David Mendez-Alvarez spinning “Música de México”
1:30-2 p.m.
Conjunto Folklórico (USF’s Latin American folk music group)
2–2:30 p.m.
Kalmanovitz Hall Sculpture Terrace
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (Spanish)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (English)
2-2:30 p.m.
Contact:
Glori Simmons, Thacher Gallery Director
(415) 422-5178
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Dobles Vidas is a showcase of more than 60 works exploring the stories an object can communicate about those who create, use, and collect them. The exhibit holds works from a number of Mexico’s internationally-recognized artists and collectors. The exhibition is the second collaboration between The Mexican Museum and the University of San Francisco’s Thacher Gallery and Masters in Museum Studies Program.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information on the exhibition, please visit:
https://www.usfca.edu/templates/ocm_media_relations.aspx
To learn more about the Mexican Museum, please visit:
http://www.mexicanmuseum.org
Activities:
Thacher Gallery
Exhibition: “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum”
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Papel Picado (cut paper) Demonstration by Bay Area author/artist Carmen Lomas Garza
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Face Painting
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (English)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (Spanish)
2-2:30 p.m.
Gleeson Plaza
Baile Folklórico de San Pancho Performance and Lesson
12:30-1 p.m.
Latin Jazz (Same professional group as brunch – waiting on name)
1-1:30 p.m.
KUSF DJ David Mendez-Alvarez spinning “Música de México”
1:30-2 p.m.
Conjunto Folklórico (USF’s Latin American folk music group)
2–2:30 p.m.
Kalmanovitz Hall Sculpture Terrace
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (Spanish)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (English)
2-2:30 p.m.
Contact:
Glori Simmons, Thacher Gallery Director
(415) 422-5178
The University of San Francisco will be hosting the “Community Folk Art Festival for the Family” as part of USF and The Mexican Museum’s exhibit, Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum. The festival will celebrate live music, dance, hands-on arts demonstrations, and bilingual tours.
Dobles Vidas is a showcase of more than 60 works exploring the stories an object can communicate about those who create, use, and collect them. The exhibit holds works from a number of Mexico’s internationally-recognized artists and collectors. The exhibition is the second collaboration between The Mexican Museum and the University of San Francisco’s Thacher Gallery and Masters in Museum Studies Program.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information on the exhibition, please visit:
https://www.usfca.edu/templates/ocm_media_relations.aspx
To learn more about the Mexican Museum, please visit:
http://www.mexicanmuseum.org
Activities:
Thacher Gallery
Exhibition: “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum”
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Papel Picado (cut paper) Demonstration by Bay Area author/artist Carmen Lomas Garza
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Face Painting
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (English)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (Spanish)
2-2:30 p.m.
Gleeson Plaza
Baile Folklórico de San Pancho Performance and Lesson
12:30-1 p.m.
Latin Jazz (Same professional group as brunch – waiting on name)
1-1:30 p.m.
KUSF DJ David Mendez-Alvarez spinning “Música de México”
1:30-2 p.m.
Conjunto Folklórico (USF’s Latin American folk music group)
2–2:30 p.m.
Kalmanovitz Hall Sculpture Terrace
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (Spanish)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (English)
2-2:30 p.m.
Contact:
Glori Simmons, Thacher Gallery Director
(415) 422-5178
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Dobles Vidas is a showcase of more than 60 works exploring the stories an object can communicate about those who create, use, and collect them. The exhibit holds works from a number of Mexico’s internationally-recognized artists and collectors. The exhibition is the second collaboration between The Mexican Museum and the University of San Francisco’s Thacher Gallery and Masters in Museum Studies Program.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information on the exhibition, please visit:
https://www.usfca.edu/templates/ocm_media_relations.aspx
To learn more about the Mexican Museum, please visit:
http://www.mexicanmuseum.org
Activities:
Thacher Gallery
Exhibition: “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum”
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Papel Picado (cut paper) Demonstration by Bay Area author/artist Carmen Lomas Garza
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Face Painting
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (English)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Dobles Vidas: Folk Art from The Mexican Museum” (Spanish)
2-2:30 p.m.
Gleeson Plaza
Baile Folklórico de San Pancho Performance and Lesson
12:30-1 p.m.
Latin Jazz (Same professional group as brunch – waiting on name)
1-1:30 p.m.
KUSF DJ David Mendez-Alvarez spinning “Música de México”
1:30-2 p.m.
Conjunto Folklórico (USF’s Latin American folk music group)
2–2:30 p.m.
Kalmanovitz Hall Sculpture Terrace
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (Spanish)
1-1:30 p.m.
Docent led tour of “Escultura: Selections from The Mexican Museum’s Permanent Collection” (English)
2-2:30 p.m.
Contact:
Glori Simmons, Thacher Gallery Director
(415) 422-5178
show less
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Thacher Gallery
University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
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