Art Museum - Family

Join Liz Swanson, UK associate professor of architecture, for a collaborative drawing session utilizing her new accordion-style publication, Wondrous Things. It is a lively children’s book to read on one side, and an interactive coloring book on the other. We’ll provide materials; you bring family members and friends to help fill in the continuous landscape design.

image: Wondrous Things bookcover

Family Day Workshop
12-1 pm
Using our current exhibitions for inspiration, we will explore elements of collage, weaving, and erasing. We’ll provide the materials, you bring family members and a playful spirit. In partnership with Jarah Jones and ARTplay Children’s Studio.

Using our current exhibitions for inspiration, we will explore elements of collage, weaving, and erasing. We’ll provide the materials; you bring family members and a playful spirit. In partnership with Jarah Jones and ARTplay Children’s Studio.

The Art Museum will be closed Easter Sunday.

Join the young artists whose works are featured in the Kid’s Table exhibition for a discussion of their favorite foods and art-making experiences. Special thanks to Jarah Jones at ARTplay Children’s Studio and Georgia Henkel at Sayre School for their help in creating this exhibition.

Calling all bakers! We are hosting a pie contest on Saturday, August 3.
Chair of Department of Arts Administration and ribbon-winning baker Rachel Shane presides over the award ceremony for our pie contest, a friendly competition in association with our Off the Menu: Looking at Food exhibition. Come meet the bakers and celebrity guest judges, and, of course, have a piece of pie!

Are you intrigued by Styrofoam bread and candle wax cheese? Scenic designer and educator Tamara L. Honesty leads a lively workshop based on her recent publication, The Fake Food Cookbook: Props You Can’t Eat for Theatre, Film, and TV. She discusses the step-by-step instructions for creating food that is good enough to eat but you wouldn’t want to. 

Portland, Oregon-based artist Daniel Duford leads a bread baking demonstration animated by talk of old gods, historical figures, and artistic rogues. Stories and bread will be consumed. Images and yeast will be passed on for further sustenance.

Daniel Duford, The Bread Lecture, 2013, block print. Courtesy of the artist.

Would you like to try your hand at a Ralph Steadman-like illustration? Join Jarah Jones of Artplay Children's Studio for this unique workshop. We’ll provide all the materials you need.

Family Day Workshop
Saturday, November 10

12 – 1 pm, FREE