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Category Archives: Art Making
Magical Masks at Family Art Labs!
Not only is spring finally here, but we had a great turnout for Saturday’s Family Art Lab, Magical Masks! This workshop took families on an exploration of Tibetan Masks through a mini presentation, a journey through the galleries, and an art-making … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Making, Education, Education Center, Families, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, Family Programs, look deeply, Mask-making, Masks, Painting, storytelling, think deeply, Tibet, Tibetan Masks
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A New Way to Look at our Looking Guides
This afternoon I came across an interesting package on my desk. The envelop was made of calendar sheets from 2011 addressed to the Rubin Museum of Art in bold black Sharpie. Within the grid sheets was one of our Looking … Continue reading
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Cool Culture Family Day at the Rubin!
Over the weekend Family Programs held our spring Family Day with Cool Culture. We worked hard the past few months preparing for the event, and were finally rewarded in a fun and successful day! The families of Little Star … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Museums, Outreach, Uncategorized
Tagged Art Making, community, Cool Culture, Education, Education Center, Family, family day, family learning, Four Friends, gallery tours, Gateway to Himalayan Art, Partnership, storytelling
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Celebrating Holi and Color at Yak Packers!
Each Spring, many Hindus in India and Nepal celebrate the festival of Holi. Holi is a festival of color, celebrating the coming of Spring. This year Holi will fall on Wednesday, March 27th. Here in Family Programs, we decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Himalayan Art, Museums, Uncategorized
Tagged Art Making, Buddha, color, community, early childhood, Education, Education Center, Family, family learning, feel deeply, finger painting, holi, holi festival, holi nyc, India, Painting, think deeply, yak packers
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Mandalas of Self-Discovery
Michelle Wang, a professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, invited me to visit her classroom last Monday to lead a mandala-making workshop with twenty of Career Planning students. The students, who had taken a tour of the museum … Continue reading
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Tibetan Felting at Family Art Labs!
I have been hearing about how cool felting is since I began my work here at the Rubin Museum (back in September 2012). I learned how to felt through a mini workshop with my fellow coworkers and was very inspired by … Continue reading
Posted in Art Making, Education Center, Family, Museums, Uncategorized
Tagged Art Labs, Art Making, Education Center, Family, Family Art Labs, family learning, feel deeply, felt, felting, Gallery, Gateway to Himalayan Art, Tibet, Tradition Transformed
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Teen Run Teen Nights!!!
Last Saturday, teen leaders who work at the Museum as part of our Teen Guide Council hosted an amazing teen-run event – Samsara: Journey to Enlightenment. The event was a huge success attracting 200 NYC area teen visitors! This teen night was an … Continue reading
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Collaborative Sand Mandalas at Family Art Labs!
Nemo who!? Despite blizzard conditions over the weekend, Family Art Labs was in full swing. We had a small, yet brave group of families who trudged through the snow to help us begin the celebration of Losar (the Tibetan New … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha, drawing, Education, Education Center, Family, Family Art Labs, Gateway to Himalayan Art, look deeply, Losar, Mandala, Mandalas, Sand Mandalas, think deeply, Tibet
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Saturday Family Art Lab Puppeteering Workshop!
It’s January already!? Another year has come and the Family Programs team has just finished hosting our monthly Saturday Family Art Lab. This month’s theme was Shadow Puppets, a personal favorite of mine. We began the workshop by discussing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Labs, Education, Education Center, Family, family day, Family Programs, feel deeply, Gallery, gallery tours, Gateway to Himalayan Art, look deeply, Saturdays, storytelling
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Green Greetings at Saturday Family Art Labs! (Family Programs in Action)
On the second Saturday of each month, the Family Programs team hosts a Saturday Family Art Lab. Each month has a different theme and December’s was Green Greetings! During this Art Lab, families came together to make eco-friendly holiday cards … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Education Center, Gateway to Himalayan Art
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