The Museum of Street Culture
Dialogue Series
Upcoming Events
Please check back for updates about upcoming events in our Dialogue Series.
Past Events
Panel Discussion at Dallas Art Fair: Reinventing the Museum
Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Saturday, April 14
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
On Saturday, April 14, 12-1pm The Museum of Street Culture presents the fourth event in its dialogue series with a panel discussion at the Dallas Art Fair.
How can we as, artists, gallerists and arts professionals activate the dialogue about the interplay of the arts and social change? Historically, museums have been institutions that care for collections of artistic, cultural, historical and scientific importance and make them accessible for public viewing through exhibitions that may be permanent or temporary. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the public at large. With the digitization of collections, museums have never had a wider audience. According to The World Museum Community, there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries and at least 380 museums in Texas. What propels us to want and need museums? What is their role in our
ever-changing society? Is it possible to reinvent the idea of the museum and why should we try? These are some of the questions we hope to address today. Why does the City of Dallas need The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park?
Panelists:
Alan Govenar — Founding Director, The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park
Suzanne Erickson — Director of Children and Youth, The Stewpot
Justine Ludwig — Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Dallas Contemporary
Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Saturday, April 14
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
On Saturday, April 14, 12-1pm The Museum of Street Culture presents the fourth event in its dialogue series with a panel discussion at the Dallas Art Fair.
How can we as, artists, gallerists and arts professionals activate the dialogue about the interplay of the arts and social change? Historically, museums have been institutions that care for collections of artistic, cultural, historical and scientific importance and make them accessible for public viewing through exhibitions that may be permanent or temporary. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the public at large. With the digitization of collections, museums have never had a wider audience. According to The World Museum Community, there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries and at least 380 museums in Texas. What propels us to want and need museums? What is their role in our
ever-changing society? Is it possible to reinvent the idea of the museum and why should we try? These are some of the questions we hope to address today. Why does the City of Dallas need The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park?
Panelists:
Alan Govenar — Founding Director, The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park
Suzanne Erickson — Director of Children and Youth, The Stewpot
Justine Ludwig — Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Dallas Contemporary
Streetwise and Martin Bell + Alan Govenar
Nasher Sculpture Center
February 25, 2018
2pm
The Museum of Street Culture presents the third event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service
professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services.
In partnership with the Nasher Sculpture Center, The Museum of Street Culture invites you to stop by the Nasher Sculpture Center for a screening of Streetwise, 1984, directed by Martin Bell, developed from Mary Ellen Mark and Cheryl McCall’s Life magazine story, Streets of the Lost.
The film screening of Academy Award-nominated Streetwise will be followed by Streetwise filmmaker Martin Bell in conversation with Alan Govenar, founding director of The Museum of Street Culture.
Nasher Sculpture Center
February 25, 2018
2pm
The Museum of Street Culture presents the third event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service
professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services.
In partnership with the Nasher Sculpture Center, The Museum of Street Culture invites you to stop by the Nasher Sculpture Center for a screening of Streetwise, 1984, directed by Martin Bell, developed from Mary Ellen Mark and Cheryl McCall’s Life magazine story, Streets of the Lost.
The film screening of Academy Award-nominated Streetwise will be followed by Streetwise filmmaker Martin Bell in conversation with Alan Govenar, founding director of The Museum of Street Culture.
Brian Wallis + Sue Thiers Hesseltine
Nasher Sculpture Center
February 11, 2018
2pm
The Museum of Street Culture presents the second event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services.
Brian Wallis (Curator, The Walther Collection, New York City) in conversation with Sue Thiers Hesseltine (Executive Director, Our Friends Place, Dallas). A discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Alan Govenar (Founding Director, The Museum of Street Culture).
Nasher Sculpture Center
February 11, 2018
2pm
The Museum of Street Culture presents the second event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services.
Brian Wallis (Curator, The Walther Collection, New York City) in conversation with Sue Thiers Hesseltine (Executive Director, Our Friends Place, Dallas). A discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Alan Govenar (Founding Director, The Museum of Street Culture).
Public Dialogue
The Stewpot
January 27, 2018
12:30 - 2:30pm
The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park, in association with the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation, invites you to the opening of Picturing Homelessness, featuring artworks by children, grades 1-5, in The Stewpot’s Saturday Kids’ Club, and Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999, the second installation in the incremental and progressive exhibition Looking for Home: A Yearlong Focus on the Work of Mary Ellen Mark.
The opening reception, January 27 from 12:30 - 2:30pm, will include a free taco lunch and a public dialogue with the children artists, their parents, Stewpot clients and staff, and the general public. This program is the first in The Museum of Street Culture Dialogue Series.
Picturing Homelessness was developed as an educational initiative by The Stewpot’s Saturday Kids’ Club and The Museum of Street Culture. The children’s artworks, to be installed in the arched windows of The Stewpot on Young Street and Park Avenue, were created through the collaborative efforts of children in the Saturday Kids’ Club, who were asked to discuss and reflect on issues and stereotypes of homelessness, ideas of home, and how and why we should work to end homelessness.
Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999 and Picturing Homelessness will be on view on the street and inside The Stewpot. Beginning January 29, 2018, docent led tours by Stewpot clients will be available, free of charge, Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12-1pm.
The Stewpot
January 27, 2018
12:30 - 2:30pm
The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park, in association with the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation, invites you to the opening of Picturing Homelessness, featuring artworks by children, grades 1-5, in The Stewpot’s Saturday Kids’ Club, and Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999, the second installation in the incremental and progressive exhibition Looking for Home: A Yearlong Focus on the Work of Mary Ellen Mark.
The opening reception, January 27 from 12:30 - 2:30pm, will include a free taco lunch and a public dialogue with the children artists, their parents, Stewpot clients and staff, and the general public. This program is the first in The Museum of Street Culture Dialogue Series.
Picturing Homelessness was developed as an educational initiative by The Stewpot’s Saturday Kids’ Club and The Museum of Street Culture. The children’s artworks, to be installed in the arched windows of The Stewpot on Young Street and Park Avenue, were created through the collaborative efforts of children in the Saturday Kids’ Club, who were asked to discuss and reflect on issues and stereotypes of homelessness, ideas of home, and how and why we should work to end homelessness.
Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999 and Picturing Homelessness will be on view on the street and inside The Stewpot. Beginning January 29, 2018, docent led tours by Stewpot clients will be available, free of charge, Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12-1pm.