On view through September 29; hours,9AM–6PM, Mon–Fri. In his Grey Scale series artist Chris Daze Ellis, known as Daze, depicts New York City from different vantage points. The series has a dream-like effect. In each composition a face emerges from a clouded atmosphere. Curated By The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in the City of New York.
The Costume Institute’s spring 2018 exhibition—May 10 – Oct. 8, at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters—will feature a dialogue between fashion and medieval art from The Met collection to examine fashion’s ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism. Serving as the cornerstone of the exhibition, papal robes and accessories from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many of which have never been seen outside The Vatican, will be on view in the Anna Wintour Costume Center. Fashions from the early twentieth century to the present will be shown in the Byzantine and medieval galleries, part of the Robert Lehman Wing, and at The Met Cloisters.
On view through September 29; hours,9AM–6PM, Mon–Fri. In his Grey Scale series artist Chris Daze Ellis, known as Daze, depicts New York City from different vantage points. The series has a dream-like effect. In each composition a face emerges from a clouded atmosphere. Curated By The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in the City of New York.
A hippie-era, song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew, following a group of young New Yorkers who leave their jobs to form a community of loveable disciples to follow Jesus Christ and enact the parables through song and dance before culminating in Jesus’ betrayal and crucifixion.
The streets of Harlem are the setting for the tale of a four-year-old boy named TJ in James Baldwin’s ”Little Man Little Man”. The community of Harlem is a point of departure for a daylong celebration of this monumental author and the only children’s book he ever produced. Join us for a colorful day of art-making activities, storytelling, poetry, and music for children ages 3-8.
Program Celebrating James Baldwin 11:00am – 1:00pm:
11:00am – 11:30am: The ABCs of James B.
11:40am – 12:10pm: Little Poems Little Poems
12:20pm – 12:50pm: The Stoop’s Story
Independent celebration activities from 10:00am – 11:00am + 1:00pm – 5:00pm:
-Art-making activity stations in the Living Room
-Access to the Studio Lab
-Access to the exhibitions
-Access to a series of children’s books in the nooks for independent reading exploring Harlem, Baldwin, and ideas correlating to “Little Man Little Man”
-A loop of Yoran Cazac’s illustrations for the book projected on the Museum’s main screen
-A continuous playlist of jazz fusion and funk specific to the time that the book was produced
