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Category Archives: Art Making
April Family Sundays Featured the Art of Amulets!
This past Sunday concluded the last week of “Wrapped Wishes,” our amulet making series for April Family Sundays! Throughout the month, families were invited to drop-in and wrap their wishes, hopes and dreams with colorful strings to create their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Making, children, Families, Family, Family Sundays
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Fun with Phoenixes at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
As part of a new initiative to bring the Rubin’s educators together to learn more about what other museums around the city are doing for their K-12 audiences, the Education and Engagement staff recently visited the Cathedral Church of St. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, K-12 Schools, Museums, Professional Development, Visitor Experience
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Join us this Saturday for the Spice Market Family Art Lab!
This Saturday, April 12th, from 2 PM – 4 PM join us at the Education Center for our Spice Market Family Art Lab! Explore the newest exhibition, Bodies in Balance, and how our five senses are connected to our overall well … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Exhibitions, Family
Tagged Art, Art Making, Bodies in Balance, child, children, community, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, feel deeply, Gallery, gallery tours, kids, look deeply, spice market, think deeply, Tibet, Tibetan Medicine, Visual Thinking Strategies
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Launch of Family Sundays!
Last Sunday Family Programs held our first Family Sundays drop-in program and I will modestly say it was a huge success. We had over 50 people in attendance throughout the afternoon and everyone looked to be having a great time. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Gallery Tours, Himalayan Art
Tagged anatomy collages, Art, Art Making, Bodies in Balance, child, children, collage, community, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, family learning, Family Sundays, feel deeply, gallery tours, look deeply, storytelling, think deeply, Tibet, Tibetan Medicine
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Losar Family Day!
In early March Family Programs led the Museum in a celebration of Losar, the Tibetan New Year, with our annual Losar Family Day. With its many moving parts, this celebration required participation from nearly every department in the Museum. Because … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Gallery Tours, Himalayan Art
Tagged Art Making, Buddha, child, children, community, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, family day, Gateway to Himalayan Art, kids, look deeply, Losar, new year, storytelling, tashi delek, teens, think deeply, Tibet, tibetan, Tradition Transformed
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Losar Family Day Instagram Roundup
This Saturday the Rubin Museum of Art celebrated Losar, the Himalayan New Year, with a day of art, crafts, food, and music! Visitors watched a master artist creates a sand mandala, contributed to a giant collaborative mandala, explored the museum … Continue reading
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Losar Family Day is almost here!
March has arrive and we are preparing for our largest family event of the year, Losar Family Day: Himalayan New Year. This event takes place this Saturday, March 8th from 12pm-4pm. Join us in our celebration with a day full of art, … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Himalayan Art
Tagged Art, Art Making, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, family day, family learning, feel deeply, gallery tours, Gateway to Himalayan Art, kids, look deeply, Losar, Mandala, Mandalas, new year, storytelling, Tibet, Tradition Transformed
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Traditional Tibetan Felting Family Art Lab!
We had a full house last Saturday for our Traditional Tibetan Felting Family Art Lab. This time of year many families seek fun, indoor weekend activities and what better way to spend a cold day than learning how to felt … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Making, child, children, Education, Families, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, feel deeply, felt, felting, Gateway to Himalayan Art, kids, look deeply, Tibet, Tradition Transformed, traditional
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This Saturday: Traditional Tibetan Felting at Family Art Labs!
This Saturday, February 8th, from 2pm -4pm, join us for the Traditional Tibetan Felting Family Art Lab! This month we will explore the Gateway to Himalayan Art exhibition and learn how to make felt, using traditional Tibetan methods. Please visit the Rubin website … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Himalayan Art, Museums
Tagged Art, Art Making, child, children, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, feel deeply, felt, felting, Gateway to Himalayan Art, look deeply, think deeply, Tibet, tibetan
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Makar Sankranti Celebration at Family Art Labs!
We had a huge turnout on Saturday for our Family Art Lab celebration of Makar Sankranti, the Indian Kite Festival! This celebration occurs once every year on January 14th, bringing together family and friends to share food and fly kites! … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Making, child, children, community, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, feel deeply, Gallery, India, kites, makar, sankranti, storytelling, think deeply
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