Family
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Family
Art Days
Water Everywhere!
SUNDAY, APRIL 17, open hours 1-4pm
Bring your family and friends to explore the gallery with guided tours and participate in our hands-on art projects related to our current exhibition, Reflections on Water in American Painting. Activities will take place throughout the day from 1-4 pm, so please join us!
Family Day is free and the public is invited to attend. For more information, please call 865.5361 or email sboles@tulane.edu.
Past Events
Kimono Stories
Children's book reading and art project
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 10:30 AM
Participants will listen to a lively reading of two books related to the current kimono exhibition. After the reading, there will be an opportunity to decorate a paper kimono with origami papers.
About the books:
"Suki’s Kimono"
By Chien Uegaki, illustrated by Stephane Jorisch
"Suki’s Kimono" is a wonderful story about not being afraid to be yourself. Suki is a little girl who insists on wearing her kimono on her first day of first grade because it reminds her of the Japanese festival her grandmother took her to that summer. Despite her older sisters Mari and Yumi telling her not to, and her new classmates making fun of her, Suki is proud of her kimono. Once she performs the festival dance for her class, they all come to appreciate her and her differences.
"Wabi Sabi"
By Mark Reibstein, illustrated by Ed Young
"Wabi Sabi" is a story told using spare text and haiku. Wabi Sabi is a little cat living in Kyoto, Japan, who goes on a journey to discover the true meaning of his name. At the end of the book are explanations of the history of the Zen idea of wabi
For more information, please contact Shelley Boles at 865-5361 or sboles@tulane.edu.
