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The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation
The Art Institute cordially invites visitors to enjoy a wide range of programs celebrating Silk Road Chicago. Enjoy special exhibitions, lectures, gallery talks, and other events for visitors of all ages. See performances by the Silk Road Ensemble, the Natya Dance Theatre, and the Chicago Children's Choir. Hear world music percussion with Doug Brush, and solo performances by Silk Road Ensemble musicians Yang Wei and Betti Xiang. Young audiences can enjoy Silk Road stories told by playwright/actor Christopher Cartmill. Art talks in the galleries, gallery games, art projects for children, and much, much more will be featured throughout the day. Opening day programs are free with museum admission. Please visit our family events listing to see programs designed specifically for families. PLEASE NOTE: Rain location is inside the museum in Fullerton Hall.
Opening Celebrations for Silk Road Chicago at the Art Institute are made possible by
Ford Motor Company Fund, as part of its longstanding support of the Silk Road Project.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Silk Road Ensemble Musicians will perform in the galleries throughout the day!
Michigan Avenue steps
9:45 a.m.
-Lion Dance, featuring Gene Lee, Chicago Dragons’ Athletic Association
10:00 a.m.
-Opening comments with Deborah Card, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Laura Fried, Silk Road Project; and James Cuno, president and director, The Art Institute of Chicago
-Performance by Silk Road Ensemble musicians
Noon
-Performance by Yang Wei and other Silk Road Ensemble musicians
-Dragon Dance, featuring students from the Chinese Cultural and Educational Association Chinese Language School
2:00 p.m.
-Performance by Silk Road Ensemble musicians
-Performance by Krithika Rajagopalan and the Natya Dance Theatre
Gallery 105 and 108
10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30
Express Talk: The Silk Road and Beyond
-Join museum lecturers in Galleries 105 and 108 for a 30-minute orientation of the exhibition.
Gallery 100
11:00-11:45Exhibition Overview: The Silk Road and Beyond
1:00-1:45Exhibition Overview: The Silk Road and Beyond
Gallery 142
10:30–3:30 Meet the Artists: Demonstrations and Discussion
-Join us in Gallery 142 to watch Silk Road Artists-in-Residence and listen to Silk Road Ensemble musicians:
10:30 Yang Hui Tang, Chinese landscape painter
11:00 Art Talk: Setting Out Along the Silk Road
11:30 Yang Hui Tang, Chinese landscape painter
12:30 Betti Xiang, Silk Road Ensemble musician on erhu
1:30 Yang Hui Tang, Chinese landscape painter
2:30 Greek Byzantine Music: Peter Psarianos, oud player, and Ted Voudouris, oud player
3:00 Krithika Rajagopalan, Natya dancer
Fullerton Hall -All events in Fullerton Hall include slide commentary on Silk Road-related artworks.
10:30 Hear the Silk Road Ensemble perform while viewing slides of the lands, people, and art of the old Silk Road.
11:00 Art commentary: Dragon Kings, Blue-and-White Treasures
11:30 Music: Betti Xiang on erhu
-Silk Road Ensemble musician Betti Xiang premieres a new work by Bruce Saylor that references the Art Institute's Lady Equestrienne from the Tang dynasty.
12:30 Dance: Ganesha and other Deities. Krithika Rajagopalan and the Natya Dance Theatre
1:00 Music: Caravan Camels, Moonlit Dreams. Yang Wei, pipa player
1:30 Music: Odyssey and Alexander the Great. Peter Psarianos, Oud player and Ted Voudouris, violinist
-Oud player Peter Psarianos and violinist Ted Voudouris present Greek music that predates the Ottoman Empire recalling Byzantine chants.
2:00 Art Commentary: Paradise Gardens, Turkish Tiles
2:30 Voices from Persia: Majesty and Rider. Christopher Cartmill and Barry Bennett
Grand Staircase
3:00 Concert: One World, Chicago Children’s Choir
Gallery 150
11:00 and 11:30 Performance by students of the Natya Dance Theatre
1:30 Buddha’s Wisdom—Stories from Tibet. Doug Brush, ethnomusicologist
Gallery 135
10:30–3:30 Buddha Drawing Station
All ages with an adult
-The Silk Road Ensemble will also perform during breaks from this drawing class.
Opening Celebrations for Silk Road Chicago at the Art Institute are made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund, as part of its longstanding support of the Silk Road Project.
Camel with Rider, first half of 8th century (Tang dynasty, 618-907). China. Gift of Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne.
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