Youth and Beauty Weekend Celebration
Schedule of Events
Join us for a celebration of Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties with tours, performances, films, and family activities. Some programs will require an exhibition ticket.
Enjoy half-off admission to the exhibition on Saturday only!
Saturday, April 28
Tour: Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
1:00 p.m., Meet at the Flora Street Visitor Services Desk
Join Scott Winterrowd, Curator of Education, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, for a tour exploring American art of the Twenties on view in the Youth and Beauty exhibition.
Studio Creations
1:00 – 3:30 p.m., Art Studio, C3
View works of art in the collection and in the Youth and Beauty exhibition before creating a work of art in the studio inspired by American artists working in the 1920s.
Performance in the Galleries featuring Elledanceworks
2:00 p.m., South Concourse
Elledanceworks will perform an original dance composition created for and inspired by the Youth and Beauty exhibition.
Artist Personality Quiz
2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Concourse
Which famous artist from the Youth and Beauty exhibition are you most like? Take our quiz to find out. Then, wear that artist’s button and find other visitors who share the same traits.
Film: On with the Show! (1929)
2:30 p.m., C3 Theater
Produced by Warner Brothers, this film is noted as the first ever all talking, full color, feature length film. The production of Phantom Sweetheart might be doomed from the start, but everyone is determined to make it to the stage! This film is not rated. (104 min)
Bancroft Family Concert
3:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
Enjoy the music of Haydn, Ravel, and Smetana performed by the Verlaine Trio, featuring Dallas Symphony cellist Jolyon Pegis and violinist Maria Schleuning with pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya.
Presented in partnership with Fine Arts Chamber Players
Tour: Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
3:30 p.m., Meet at the Flora Street Visitor Services Desk
Join Scott Winterrowd, Curator of Education, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, for a tour exploring American art of the Twenties on view in the Youth and Beauty exhibition.
Sunday, April 29
Silent Movie Marathon
Selected times, first screening begins at 12:30 p.m.
The 1920s produced some of the most memorable silent films before the "talkies" took over the theater. Join us for screenings of a few of these classic silent films.
Horchow Auditorium
Pandora's Box (1929)
12:30 p.m.
Playing her seminal role as Lulu, Louise Brooks portrays a siren who captivates the men in her path, including a father and son, but her amoral ways lead to encounters with unsavory characters in Berlin.
This film is rated PG. (133 min)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
3:00 p.m.
Based on Victor Hugo's novel and well known for the striking appearance of the main character, this romantic melodrama follows the love story of Gwynplaine and Dea through the carnivals and royal courts of 17th-century England. This film is not rated. (110 min)
C3 Theater
The Circus (1928)
1:00 p.m.
Charlie Chaplin's most beloved character, The Tramp, debuted in 1918 and skyrocketed Chaplin to fame in the 1920s. In The Circus, The Tramp finds himself in trouble with the law and in love with the girl of his dreams under the bigtop. This film is not rated. (71 min)
A Collection of Buster Keaton Shorts (1920-1923)
2:30 p.m.
Known for his slapstick and physically technical comedy, Buster Keaton created a large collection of short films in the last decade of silent film. These shorts highlight the early part of the 20s, a short period in Keaton's very long film career. These films are not rated (estimated run time 101 min)
Studio Creations
1:00 – 3:30 p.m., Art Studio, C3
View works of art in the collection and in the Youth and Beauty exhibition before creating a work of art in the studio inspired by American artists working in the 1920s.
Urban Armor: Black-and-White Photography Workshop with Teresa Rafidi
1:00-4:00 p.m., Tech Lab, Center for Creative Connections (C3)
Join photographer Teresa Rafidi for this special black-and-white digital photography workshop for teens. Rafidi will lead teens through the Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties exhibition, taking a closer look at classic black-and-white images, followed by a photography workshop.