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Sunday, February 22, 2009
All programs are FREE with museum
admission unless otherwise noted.
Russian Winter Festival
Preview
An Exhibition of Traditional Russian Costumes
from the 18th, 19th, and Early 20th Centuries
Get a sneak peek at the first annual Russian Winter
Festival of the Capital District (to be held in Loudonville on Feb. 28)
when the Albany Institute hosts a pre-festival exhibition of traditional
Russian costumes. The display will be on view in the Institute’s Key
Cultural Center and includes 15 genuine Russian costumes from a private
collection in Moscow. Noted for their
richness and diversity of form, the costumes reflect the stylistic
features of each represented region and high artistic mastery.
The exhibition will include musical performances by the Ensemble
of Russian Folk Instruments, “Razdolie” and is free with paid museum
admission. Call (518) 463-4478 for information. For more on the first
annual Russian Winter Festival, visit
www.newrussiacenter.org/winter_festival.htm.
Call
(518) 463-4478
for more information.
Girl Scout Scout Badge Program
Art in 3D Badge
1:00–4:00 pm
Working within a museum setting, Junior
Girl Scouts will learn the many ways artists work and are inspired.
Participants will receive a highlighted tour of our current exhibition,
Hudson River Panorama: 400 Years of History, Art, and Culture, as
well as the museum's permanent collection. Girl Scouts will learn the
basic skills and techniques of three-dimensional design through a series
of hands-on activities in our studio. All participants will receive an
Art in 3D Badge, a certificate of art appreciation from the Albany
Institute of History & Art, and a free family pass to the museum. Fee:
$18, includes museum admission, materials fee, and badge. Chaperones:
Two chaperones per troop admitted free; adult admission fee of $8 for
each extra chaperone. Registration is required.
Registration required through
Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, 1-888-4GSNENY, or
(518) 489-8110. For information, please contact Barbara Collins,
education coordinator, at
(518) 463-4478, ext. 405,
collinsb@albanyinstitute.org.
Book
Signing and Lecture
Jennifer Lemak, Senior
Historian and Curator of African-American History, New York State Museum
2:00 pm
Dr. Lemak's most recent work, Southern Life, Northern City: The
History of Albany's Rapp Road Community (SUNY Press, 2008) traces
the history of a little known African-American community located in
Albany's Pine Bush. Most of its original residents migrated from
Shubuta, Mississippi, to Albany in the 1930s and 1940s under the
direction of a preacher named Louis W. Parsons. This presentation will
chronicle the history of the migrants from Mississippi to Albany,
challenges in preserving the Rapp Road Community's history, and discuss
tools for community-based research projects.
Call
(518) 463-4478
for more information.
Gallery
Talk
3:00 pm
Enjoy a docent-lead tour of the Albany
Institute's current exhibits and the new exhibit,
Hudson River
Panorama: 400 Years of History, Art, and Culture. Free with museum
admission. Times vary by date.
Call
(518) 463-4478
for more information.
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