Arts + Literature Laboratory Open House

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The gallery space at Arts + Literature Laboratory hosting "Dissimulations" by Jason S. Yi.

In a grand opening shindig originally planned for fall 2020, Arts + Literature Laboratory is finally getting to celebrate its new space at 111 S. Livingston St., in the heart of Madison’s new culture hotspot on the near east side. The weekend kicks off with a Gallery Night reception (5-9 p.m. Nov. 12) for current exhibits by Jason S. Yi and Alice Y. Traore, also featuring Bridge Work artists and ALL studio residents. Concerts include the Arts Quartet (3 p.m., Nov. 13) and the Emma Dayhuff Trio (7 p.m., Nov. 14), and the Watershed Reading Series continues with poets Nikki Wallschlaeger and Ellen Samuels (7 p.m., Nov. 13). The weekend also includes workshops focusing on screen printing, Anishinaabe/Métis beadwork and medicine bundle making, hip-hop dance and fabric dyeing. Everything is free to attend; find more details at artlitlab.org.

press release: Join Arts + Literature Laboratory Friday through Sunday, November 12-14, for an Open House Weekend to celebrate our new space. We'll kick off the weekend with a Gallery Night reception featuring an artist talk by Jason S. Yi and open studios by several local artists. Saturday and Sunday will include youth and family workshops, performances, a read-in, and a special Watershed Reading featuring Nikki Wallschlaeger. We'll close the weekend with the Emma Dayhuff Trio Sunday evening. Find the schedule at artlitlab.org/calendar ... or see below:

FRIDAY:

5:00 to 9:00 pm (Artist Talk 6:00 pm): Gallery Night Artist Reception for Dissimulations by Jason S. Yi and Just As I Am by Alice Y. Traore, plus Artist Talk and Open Studios: Kick off Arts + Literature Laboratory's Open House Weekend during Gallery Night. Our galleries feature the solo exhibition Dissimulations by Jason S. Yi, Just As I Am by Forward Art Prize recipient Alice Y. Traore, artwork by our 2021-22 Bridge Work Madison artists (Sharon Bjyrd, Ben Orozco, Emily Rudolph, and Sarah Stankey), and open studios by the ALL studio artists (Adriana Barrios, Richie Morales, Hannah O'Hare Bennett, and Emma Pryde). At 6:00pm, Jason S. Yi will present an artist talk.

SATURDAY:

10:00 to 11:30 am: Fabric dying experimentation with Emily Popp, Education Studio (Level 3): Tie dye is back! Learn to use fabric and dye to create color and pattern. Explore how folding, tying and binding can create different effects. Create something new or give a new look to an old garment. This workshop is appropriate for beginners and those who already have experience. Some fabric will be provided. Material brought from home to dye should be cotton, wool or linen. Cost: FREE

10:00am-1:00pm: Winter Medicines Bundle Making with Anishinaabe/Métis Beadwork, Galleries (Level 1): Prepare for the winter season and create a handheld medicine bundle with traditional Anishinaabe and Métis style beading. Participants are encouraged to bring spices, dried leaves, evergreen needles, dried fruit, or other fragrant plant medicines to fill their bundles. Bundles are made for pockets, sock drawers, and display to fill a place with scents of comfort and home. Bundle-making materials provided and instruction by nibiiwakamigkwe, Onyota'a:ka, Anishinaabe, and Métis artist and educator. Cost: FREE

12:00-2:00pm: Hip-Hop Dance with Papa-Kobina Brewoo, Education Studio (Level 3): Come discover your superpower, redefine your groove and develop your flow! In this dance workshop you'll receive tools and information like foundations, fundamentals, techniques and concepts to create a system for your mind to move and express your body freely. You'll leave this immersive experience with a boost of confidence, connection, healing and love. You don't want to miss out on this fun, eye-opening and educational experience.  Cost: FREE

3:00 pm (doors at 2:30pm): Concert: Arts Quartet, Galleries (Level 1): This ensemble features Mary Perkinson (baroque violin), Max Yount (harpsichord), Eric Miller (bass viola da gamba), and Monica Steger (traverso - baroque flute). The music on the program is by two of the great composers of the so-called Late Baroque period, that is, the first half of the eighteenth century--Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) and Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767). Cost: FREE

7:00 pm (doors at 6:30pm): Watershed Reading, Galleries (Level 1): Join us for the first Watershed Reading in our new space! We're bringing in one of Wisconsin's most exciting up-and-coming poets Nikki Wallschlaeger with Madison's own talented poet and essayist Ellen Samuels. Both have new books which can be read in our Small Press Library. Cost: FREE

SUNDAY:

1:00-3:00pm: Community Screen Printing Workshop by Bernie Witzack, Education Studio (Level 3): Open to all levels, this process-based workshop will emphasize creating community with other participants while empowering you as a creator. We will focus on the lo-fi method of screen printing with stencils, using a range of materials. You will learn about screen printing’s history and have a chance to work on an individual design that will form part of a collaborative print. We will even show you how to set up your own home screen printing unit! Bring fabric items such as t-shirts, tote bags, or any other cloth items (up to three) you would like to print on. Join us to learn, collaborate and create! Cost: FREE

1:00-3:00pm: Open House Read-In, Mezzanine (Level 2): Bring your own book or choose one of the over 2,000 books in our Small Press Library and read in comfort and quiet. There'll be the opportunity for exchanging books, quiet conversation, and creating a poem by choosing favorite lines or phrases from books. Cost: FREE

7:00 pm (doors at 6:30pm): Concert: Emma Dayhuff Trio, Galleries (Level 1): Arts + Literature Laboratory's Open House Weekend closes with live jazz by the Emma Dayhuff Trio. Don't miss this special concert featuring two recent graduates of the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of of Jazz Performance (formerly the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance) - band leader Emma Dayhuff on bass and Lenard Simpon on saxophone - along with Chicago-based guitarist Matt Gold. Free admission (donations appreciated). Doors open at 6:30pm.

Bassist Emma Dayhuff makes her first appearance in ALL, leading a trio that mixes soulful lyricism with adventurous experimentation. Emma is the most recent bassist to graduate from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance and is the fifth woman to ever participate in the prestigious program. Emma has had opportunities to share the stage and the recording studio with Herbie Hancock, David Murray, Jeff Parker, Kahil El Zabar, Gretchen Parlato, Robert Irving III, Patricia Barber, Victor Goines, Nicole Mitchell, and Willie Pickens. Cost: FREE