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Category Archives: Art Making
Join us Saturday for our Bead Dazzle Family Art Lab!
The second Saturday of the month is upon us, once again, and we hope that you and your family will join us for Family Art Labs from 2:00-4:00pm! This month we will be bead dazzling, beginning with an exploration of … Continue reading
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Adult Education Classes at the Rubin Museum
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to explore, create, or write about Hindu and Buddhist art, consider taking a class at the Rubin Museum this fall that will help you connect with the ideas, symbols, and transformative … Continue reading
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A Parade for Ganesh at Family Art Labs!
The excitement of the fall season is in the air and what better time to celebrate the beloved Hindu figure, Ganesh!? We had a full group at this month’s Family Art Lab, with a lot of fans of the helpful … Continue reading
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Join us for Saturday’s Family Art Lab: A Parade for Ganesh!
On the 2nd Saturday of every month we host a Family Art Lab from 2pm-4pm for children 5 and older and their adult caregivers. This Saturday, September 14th, is our celebration of Ganesh! Join us to hear stories about Ganesh, … Continue reading
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Print, Print, Print! at Saturday Family Art Labs!
The slow days of summer are quickly dwindling down and I cannot think of a better way to have spent a Saturday afternoon than learning about printing in Family Art Labs! We examined both relief printing and woodblock printing (common … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Making, Buddha, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, feel deeply, Gateway to Himalayan Art, look deeply, Mandala, printing, printmaking, relief printing, think deeply, woodblocks
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Making Mountain Music at Saturday Family Art Labs!
I think we can all agree that New York city is going through an excruciatingly hot spell. All the better to spend an afternoon in our “cool” museum and Education Center learning about Himalayan musical instruments and making damarus at … Continue reading
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Gold Leaf Sculptures at Family Art Labs!
June’s Gold Leaf Sculptures Family Art Lab was one that I had been looking forward to. I love working with clay and using gold leaf is something fairly new (and exciting) to me. Not only did we get to experiment … Continue reading
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Himalayan Art Encounters: From Minerals to Paint to Landscape at Hannah Senesh Community Day School
This spring, I continued to work with the 5th grade students at Hannah Senesh Community Day School as a part of their unit studying China as part of a 3-part Himalayan Art Encounter. In the fall, I worked with these … Continue reading
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Raja-Rani: King & Queen for a Day at Family Art Labs!
Saturday we had yet another fun day at Family Art Labs. Our theme of the day was Raja-Rani, which means “King & Queen” in Hindi. This workshop took us on an exploration of the newly opened Fiercely Modern: Art of … Continue reading
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School Programs Explore Painting Materials!
Earlier this week, the School Programs team experimented with and explored the possibilities of using natural mineral pigments and bovine hide glue to create our very own paint! We mixed up four powered pigments (made from ground minerals) with water … Continue reading
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