In Every Language Love
An Open House for All Ages
In the classroom, enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art. Use stamps that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to print Valentines to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sackler sublevel 2. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
In Every Language Love
An Open House for All Ages
In the classroom, enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art. Use stamps that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to print Valentines to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sackler sublevel 2. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Art Cart: Unearthing Chinese Art
Stop by this interactive cart to explore examples of natural and carved jade and the tools used to shape them. Learn how bronzes were made by assembling the parts of a bronze mold. Touch pieces of jade and bronze. Discover designs in the works of art in the Ancient China galleries.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Outside galleries 18 and 19. Cost: Free. Related Events: Sounds of the Dragon.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art Cart: Unearthing Chinese Art
Stop by this interactive cart to explore examples of natural and carved jade and the tools used to shape them. Learn how bronzes were made by assembling the parts of a bronze mold. Touch pieces of jade and bronze. Discover designs in the works of art in the Ancient China galleries.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Outside galleries 18 and 19. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Nowruz! A Persian New Year Celebration
Dance, play, and feast your way into the Persian New Year at the Freer and Sackler Galleries. The museums' fourth annual Nowruz celebration features free attractions for all ages—including Haft Sin table displays, "fire" jumping, paper-flower arranging, Nowruz memory photo booths, chess and backgammon games, a text-messaging scavenger hunt, Persian stories by Xanthe Gresham, performances by vocalist Monika Jalili (free tickets required) and the Nomad Dancers, and contemporary Persian dance beats by Radio Javan—along with traditional Persian food for sale by Moby Dick House of Kabob. Made possible by a generous grant from Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar.
Categories: Kids & Families. Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Freer and Sackler Galleries. Cost: Free.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Tatebanko: Japanese Paper Dioramas
Use an activity guide to explore the exhibition 36 Views of Mount Fuji. In the classroom, create a layered miniature diorama (tatebanko) using images of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s landscape prints to explore his use of perspective.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Tatebanko: Japanese Paper Dioramas
Use an activity guide to explore the exhibition 36 Views of Mount Fuji. In the classroom, create a layered miniature diorama (tatebanko) using images of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s landscape prints to explore his use of perspective.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Tatebanko: Japanese Paper Dioramas
Use an activity guide to explore the exhibition 36 Views of Mount Fuji. In the classroom, create a layered miniature diorama (tatebanko) using images of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s landscape prints to explore his use of perspective.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Tatebanko: Japanese Paper Dioramas
Use an activity guide to explore the exhibition 36 Views of Mount Fuji. In the classroom, create a layered miniature diorama (tatebanko) using images of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s landscape prints to explore his use of perspective.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Anime Artists Encounter Arhats
Use a manga-style activity book to explore the exhibition Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples. Then return to the classroom for instruction in anime and manga drawing from an anime artist.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Anime Artists Encounter Arhats
Use a manga-style activity book to explore the exhibition Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples. Then return to the classroom for instruction in anime and manga drawing from an anime artist.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Anime Artists Encounter Arhats
Use a manga-style activity book to explore the exhibition Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples. Then return to the classroom for instruction in anime and manga drawing from an anime artist.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3:00 PM.
Before Dawn
Create your own printing block using Styrofoam. Then use two traditional Japanese blue pigments and Prussian blue, which was introduced in the Edo period (1615–1868), to print landscapes that convey the soft light of early dawn, just as Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai did in his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Before Dawn
Create your own printing block using Styrofoam. Then use two traditional Japanese blue pigments and Prussian blue, which was introduced in the Edo period (1615–1868), to print landscapes that convey the soft light of early dawn, just as Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai did in his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Before Dawn
Create your own printing block using Styrofoam. Then use two traditional Japanese blue pigments and Prussian blue, which was introduced in the Edo period (1615–1868), to print landscapes that convey the soft light of early dawn, just as Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai did in his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Before Dawn
Create your own printing block using Styrofoam. Then use two traditional Japanese blue pigments and Prussian blue, which was introduced in the Edo period (1615–1868), to print landscapes that convey the soft light of early dawn, just as Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai did in his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 29, 2012, 2:00 PM.