Make exciting discoveries as a family!
• Create a work of art in the studio, using symbols from your own life, with textured papers, oil pastels, and tracing paper.
• Sketch as you discover the language of saints in early European painting.
• Listen to the sounds of Opera in the Heights performing music inspired by the day's theme of signs, symbols, and mysteries.
• Watch a master calligrapher from Japan, Hiroko Suehiro, as she practices this beautiful art form filled with symbols.
• View an X-ray of a 17th-century painting to discover what's hidden under the surface at a Family Gallery Experience.
• Unlock an early Picasso painting at Storytime, and more!
1:30 p.m. Storybook Films
The Curious Garden and The Mysterious Tadpole bring children’s books to life.
2:30 p.m. Reel Kids Film
Back by popular demand! Kid Flix Mix 2011, a kaleidoscopic showcase of the best short film and animation from around the world, is especially fun for ages 3 to 6.