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尤伦斯当代艺术中心2008年3月文化教育活动
- 尤伦斯当代艺术中心对话馆长系列之：一个美术馆的故事
时间：2008年3月5日 18：00 – 19：30
地点：尤伦斯当代艺术中心报告厅
演讲人：美国麻省当代艺术馆馆长 约瑟夫•汤普森（Joseph Thompson）
（此次演讲用英语进行，配中文翻译。翻译：田菲宇）
2008年3月5日尤伦斯当代艺术中心荣幸地邀请到美国麻省当代艺术馆创始人和馆长（MASS MoCA）约瑟夫•汤普森（Joseph Thompson）为中国公众介绍该馆从创立到现在的传奇历程。
约瑟夫•汤普森1981年毕业于威廉姆斯学院，后获宾州大学艺术史硕士和沃顿商学院工商管理硕士。他领导下的团队将一个占地13英亩的历史磨坊建筑改造成了一个集合视觉、表演和媒介艺术于一体的艺术中心，并成功获得了7500万美元的公共和私人基金的资助。包括中国艺术家蔡国强和黄永砅在内的超过200名艺术家曾在该馆展出作品，超过500项艺术表演活动曾在此举行，其中诞生了80件现场制作的视觉艺术作品和60出新创作的戏剧、舞蹈和音乐作品。在约瑟夫的领导下，MASS MoCA成为了该州西部地区经济复苏的催化剂，为麻省新增了600个工作岗位和每年2100万美元的收入。他参与创建了“创意社区发展中心”，这个中心由福特基金会和威廉姆斯学院共同资助创立，侧重研究艺术和教育的社会影响。
约瑟夫曾获得威廉姆斯学院200周年杰出校友奖章，麻省文学院荣誉博士，州长领袖奖，以及麻省文化部最高荣誉：联邦奖章。他是麻省理工大学长期校园规划校长顾问团的顾问。MASS MoCA在他的领导下曾获得美国建筑师学会的荣誉建筑奖；全国文物保护信托基金会的国家文化保护奖和美国旅游作家协会的历史保护“凤凰奖”。
- 在艺术中学习：如何向公众推广当代艺术
时间：2008年3月11日 19：00 – 20：30
地点：尤伦斯当代艺术中心报告厅
演讲人：伦敦蛇形画廊（Serpentine Gallery）文化和教育部主任萨莉•泰朗特（Sally Tallant）
（此次演讲用英语进行，配中文翻译。）
伦敦蛇形画廊（Serpentine Gallery）文化和教育部主任萨莉•泰朗特（Sally Tallant）将在UCCA进行一场针对公众的演讲。结合她的实践经验，萨利将介绍当代艺术教育的创新方式，如何培养和拓展热爱当代艺术的观众，以及如何开发成功且富于创意的艺术项目。
萨莉•泰朗特在当代艺术的推广方面经验丰富。她在蛇形画廊组织和发展了一系列艺术家项目、会议、研讨和活动。她曾策划和组织了切尔西Hayward画廊和威斯敏斯特医院的展览。她曾在英国皇家艺术学院，歌德史密斯学院（Goldsmith College），圣马丁艺术设计学院（Central St. Martins），达定顿艺术学院（Dartington College of Art）等学校授课。
关于蛇形画廊：
创建于1970年的蛇形画廊（Serpentine Gallery）是坐落在海德公园内的肯辛顿花园里，原先是一座1934年建造的古典风格的茶馆。它是伦敦最受欢迎的现当代艺术画廊之一，每年大概有75万人参观该画廊的展览。
曾在该画廊展出的艺术家包括曼•雷（Man Ray）, 亨利•摩尔（Henry Moore），安迪•沃霍（Andy Warhol），布里奇特•瑞利（Bridget Riley），亚伦•麦可兰（Allan McCollum）以及达明•赫斯特（Damien Hirst）等
媒体联系人：吕文静
尤伦斯当代艺术中心 推广部
Tel:+86 10 6438-6578 *218
Fax:+86 10 6435-1444
www.ucca.org.cn
Press Release. For Immediate Release.
Director’s Talk
Stories of a Museum
Time: March 5, 18:00 – 19:30, 2008
Venue: UCCA Auditorium
Director: Joseph Thompson ( Director of MASS MoCA, USA)
Joseph Thompson (BA Williams’81; MA art history & Annenberg Fellow Univ. of Pennsylvania; MBA Wharton School of Business, where he was awarded Morganthau Fellowship in recognition of his work in public policy and management; James Webb Fellow for excellence in the management of cultural institutions, Smithsonian Institution).
26-year museum professional who helped develop the concept of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) while employed by Williams College.
Founding Director of MASS MoCA since project approved by Massachusetts legislature in 1988. Led effort to convert the 13-acre historic mill complex into a center for visual, performing, and media arts, raising some $75 million in public and private funds. Has overseen the exhibitions of 200 artists who have exhibited at MASS MoCA (including Cai Guo-Qiang and Huang Yong Ping), as well as over 500 performing arts events. These exhibitions and performances have included creation of 80 new visual arts commissions and 60 new works of theater, dance, and music. Developed and marketed 100,000 SF at MASS MoCA as commercial lease space. Under his leadership, MASS MoCA has become a catalyst for economic revitalization in western Massachusetts, adding over 600 jobs and $21 million per year in economic impact.
Co-founder of the Center for Creative Community Development, a research institute focusing on the socioeconomic effects of arts and education, jointly sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Williams College. Has co-authored and contributed to two dozen books including Refigured Painting and MASS MoCA:From Mill to Museum. Awards include Williams College Bicentennial Medal (given to distinguished alumni); honorary doctorate from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; the Governor’s Leadership Award, and the Commonwealth Award, the highest award granted by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Serves on many advisory boards, including President’s Advisory Board for Long Term Campus Planning at M.I.T. MASS MoCA’s awards under his directorship: Honor Award for Architecture from the American Institute of Architects; New Commonwealth Medal (for achievement in creating economic prosperity) from MassINC; National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Phoenix Award for conservation & historic preservation from the Society of American Travel Writers.
‘Learning Through Art’
Date: March 11th 7pm-8:30pm, 2008
Venue: UCCA Auditorium
Lecturer: Sally Tallant
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Sally Tallant from the Serpentine Gallery discuss innovative approaches to art education, including ways to engage wider audiences and develop successful creative arts programs.
Sally Tallant is the Head of Education and Public Programmes at the Serpentine Gallery, London where she has been developed an extensive programme of artist’s projects and commissions, conferences, talks and events. She has curated and organised exhibitions in a wide range of contexts including the Hayward Gallery, Milch, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital; lectured on graduate and post-graduate courses at the Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths College, The Royal Academy, Central St. Martins, Dartington College of Art amongst others and is a regular contributor to conferences nationally and internationally.
Media contact:
Joanna lv
Head of Communications
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Tel:+86 10 6438-6578 *218
Fax:+86 10 6435-1444
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