Taubman Museum: Upcoming Events and New Hours

The Taubman Museum of Art has several great events happening this week and weekend. Read below for more information on your weekend entertainment, plus see the additional hours to visit – including Sundays! 

New Hours Starting July 12

Open Sundays 12-5pm

Wednesday – Saturday 10am-5pm

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Evening hours include:

Art by Night on First Fridays until 9pm

Monthly Third Thursdays open until 9pm

Thursday, July 9^th

Tom Teasley, World Percussionist

Live Score to Metropolis with talk back

6pm, Free

Percussionist Tom Teasley performs his original live music accompaniment to a screening of Fritz Lang’s classic science fiction film Metropolis with a modern Techno soundtrack. In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the upper class, two persons from each class fall in love with each other. The two will have to stop a robot and its crazy inventor for creating more problems in the city of Metropolis, and make Metropolis a harmonious place. He performs on over a dozen instruments and ends with a talk back about the creative process and his experiences traveling and collaborating with musicians in the Middle East.

This performance is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.

Saturday, July 11:

Saturday, July 11 | Free Community Art Venture Day! 10am – 5pm

Art Venture is free to the community on this Saturday.

Rhythm &Art | 10 – 5 |Paint and draw to music, construct your own drums and maracas. Learn how to draw a self-portrait! Activities available in Art Venture and the Atrium

Drumming through Cultures and Time  | 11-12pm | With Tom Teasley Drumming Through Cultures and Time is a unique journey through the history of percussion. With Tom Teasley, world percussionist, the audience will travel the Silk Road from Italy to China and the Sugar Trade Route from Africa to the Americas. Ancient instruments such as the balafon, doumbek, djembe, kilimba and frame drums are combined with the most recent advances in music technology including digital looping. Experience Tom’s ability to record performances in real time, layering elements to create virtual percussion ensembles of up to five performers.

This performance is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.

Exposure Roanoke | 11-3pm | will be take photos of your family and friends on the auditorium stage

Sunday July 12, 12- 5pm

Bill White, cover artist for Artemis 2015, will give a talk along with a poetry reading by Maurice Ferguson, Literary editor of Artemis, and Mary Crockett Hill who teaches creative writing at Roanoke College. Join us for this free event that celebrates a work of art that was created from the Top of the Taubman! We’ll further celebrate this work by creating art and tasting food inspired by the Roanoke landmarks visible from the balcony, including the Dr. Pepper and H&C Coffee signs!

12:00 museum opens (crafts are setup in the Atrium)

1:00 Dr. Pepper  Floats & H&C Coffee Tastes begin in Norah’s

2:00-2:30 Bill White PowerPoint presentation in Auditorium

2:30-3:00 Poets read (15 minutes each) in auditorium 

4:00 Norah’s service (floats & Coffee) & crafts end

5:00 museum closes