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Artist Salma Garcia-Nolasco holding a large paper-mache flower head/

Photo by Salma Garcia-Nolasco.

Hands-On Activities

Family Festival: Flashy, Friendly, Ferocious

Sunday, August 4,
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST

What do you wear to make you feel fancy or fierce? Discover helmets, jewelry and other wearables adorned with protective creatures.

10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Art Kids Studio | South Vaulted Walkway
Design and don a wearable protective artwork of your own.

10:00am - 3:00pm | Artist Takeover | Learning & Engagement Center
Experience the wild imagination of local artist, Salma Garcia-Nolasco, and explore her paper-mache process.

11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Pop-Up Studio with Madeleine Conover | Great Stair Hall Balcony
Join Madeleine Conover and create your own shrinky-hybrids inspired by Qiu Anxiong’s Harley in the Mythical Creatures: China and the World.

11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Looking Close | Gallery 327
Explore divine and diabolical myths in the South Asian galleries.

11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Build-a-Beast | Gallery 307
Add-on to this collaborative exquisite corpse surrounded by winged-beasts and other mixed-up creatures.

This event is part of the Art Kids and Art Kids Summer program series.

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