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Umbo (Otto Umbehr). Josef Albers and students of the foundation course in a critique at in , on the occasion of its opening on December 5, 1926 (detail). Print: 1998. the Bauhaus in Dessau, c. 1928–29. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy The Josef and Bauhaus-Archiv . Courtesy Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin / Musée National d’Art Moderne, Foundation, Bethany, Conn. © 2009 Phyllis Umbehr/Galerie Kicken, Berlin Centre Pompidou © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Paul Klee Bauhaus Curricula NOV 12–15 Join us for workshops that introduce participants to the practices of two Bauhaus instructors, Johannes Itten (at the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1922) and NOV 20–22 Paul Klee (1921 to 1931). Klee’s approach is grounded in line and color theory. DEC 6–7 Itten’s curriculum, which includes automatic drawing, drawing simultaneously DEC 10–13 with two hands, and collages that explore contrasting forms, textures, and DEC 17–20 colors, encourages improvisation. Students create works on paper based on JAN 7–10 Klee’s and Itten’s theories and techniques. JAN 17–18

This program is free and participation is on a drop-in first-come, first-served basis. JAN 23–25 All materials are provided. Open to all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 12:00–4:00 PM JO carefulto be very to look at things inquiringly. is being fooled by color, one cannot be expected U ntil one has the experience of knowing that he S EF ALBE EF FRI, NOV 13 RS Josef Albers One-hour sessions begin at 5:00, During his tenure as a professor at the Bauhaus (1925 to 1933) and later, in 6:00 + 7:00 PM Color Workshop teaching posts at Black Mountain College and Yale University, Josef Albers MON, NOV 16 EXPLORE COLOR AND PERCEPTION developed a highly specialized color theory and teaching method that was One-hour sessions influential to generations of European and American artists, designers, and begin at 11:30 AM, architects. One major component of his thinking was the concept of the 12:30 + 1:30 PM relativity of color—the idea that color changes in relation to its surroundings WED, Dec 9 and the condition of the viewer. Using colored paper, this hands-on workshop, One-hour sessions begin at 11:30 AM, taught by artist and painting conservator Corey D’Augustine, employs Albers’s 12:30 + 1:30 PM teaching methods to develop sensitivity to colors and an understanding of how they interact with each other and with the eye. WED, JAN 6 One-hour sessions This program is free and participation is on a drop-in first-come, first-served basis. begin at 11:30 AM, All materials are provided. Open to ages 13 and up. 12:30 + 1:30 PM

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ó M ohol László Moholy-Nagy (instructor at the Bauhaus from 1923 to 1928) believed ABSTRACT photography complicated the distinction between art and daily life, technology y-N ag and expression, and the “real” and representation. In his 1932 text “The New Instrument of Vision” he outlined eight varieties of “photographic vision.” The y REPORTAGE first two are “Abstract seeing by means of direct records of forms produced by light: the photograms” and “Exact seeing by normal fixation of the appearance tell a story using photograms of things: reportage.” This workshop encourages participants to explore and abstract images realism-without-representation. Led by artist and writer Walead Beshty in collaboration with Dexter Sinister, participants make photograms (cameraless photographs) and abstract images that function as reportage. At the end of the workshop, participants may submit illustrations for publication in Dexter Sinister’s The (First) (Last) Newspaper, a project for the performance biennial Performa ’09. THU, NOV 19 This program is free and participation is on a drop-in first-come, first-served basis. 3:00–5:00 PM + Participants must bring their own digital cameras. All other materials are provided. Open to adults. 6:00–8:00 PM

M a r cel Br eue indestructible. aesthetic, factual, practical, resilient, elastic, E 3 conomic, hygenic, light, comfortable, BAUHAUS WED, Dec 2 Ellen Lupton, writer, curator, graphic designer, and director of the graphic One-hour sessions design graduate program at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, begin at 2:00, BAGS 3:00 + 4:00 PM Design Your Own Tote leads participants in a hands-on workshop about Bauhaus design principles. Participants use geometry, patterning, imagery, and lettering to create simple, THU, Dec 3 direct graphics that reflect the Bauhaus’s aesthetic message of clarity and One-hour sessions begin at 11:30 AM, boldness, and learn basic techniques that can be applied to future projects. 12:30 +1:30 PM All supplies, including paints, paint pens, and basic canvas bags, are provided; students may also bring their own canvas tote bag or shoes to decorate. WED, Dec 16 One-hour sessions This program is free and participation is on a drop-in first-come, first-served basis. begin at 11:30 AM, 4 Open to all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 12:30 +1:30 PM WALTE A new unity. and technology: A rt R

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S manufacturing a herd of “foals”—simple walking tables handmade from scrap Wrestling Foals wood and basic mechanical parts. The foal-building workshop is a humorous A Hands-on Workshop and take on issues central to the Bauhaus movement, including the relationships Musical Performance between form and function and between craft and mass production. At the end of the afternoon the foals are let loose in MoMA’s Education and Research Building. Musicians from the experimental chamber ensemble WetInk provide musical accompaniment with improvisations informed by the movements and intersections of the foals. Poet Joshua Beckman reads ceremonial foal poems. Foal pandemonium or peaceful frolic? There’s only one way to find out! Workshop participants and audience members may adopt a foal. Take- FRI, Dec 4 home foal-building plans are available. Workshop 2:00–6:00 PM This program is free and participation is on a drop-in first-come, first-served basis. Performance All materials are provided. Open to ages 10 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 7:00–8:00 PM WALTE from one workshop to another. N ew ideas should be transplanted R G R OP Gropius at the I U S Bauhaus Lab Ati Gropius (daughter of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and student of Josef Albers) along with THREE-DIMENSIONAL Liz Roache (artist, student of Ati Gropius since 1990, workshop and teacher of Josef Albers’s approach to color and Join us for a playful, hands-on approach to form. In this workshop based on Bauhaus design) lead participants in two workshops the Bauhaus foundation course, participants explore the multidimensional based on the Bauhaus foundation course. potential of paper and experiment with cause and effect. $50; $40 for members; $32 for students, seniors, and staff of other museums. All materials are provided. Space is limited. Open to adults. THU, JAN 14 6 Register online at moma.org/bauhauslab. 1:00–5:00 PM

learning to see: the dynamics of color With emphasis on personal discovery rather than theory, this two-part workshop based on the teachings of Josef Albers and the Bauhaus foundation course investigates the interaction, potential, and behavior of color. Participants work through a series of exploratory studies with Color-aid paper (colored paper used by Albers and other teachers of art and design), gaining a new Two days: awareness and understanding of color. FRI, JAN 15 $150; $125 for members; $100 for students, seniors, and staff of other museums. 6:00–9:00 PM All materials are provided. Space is limited. Open to adults. SAT, JAN 16 7 Register online at moma.org/bauhauslab. 11:30 AM–5:30 PM