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<p><span style="font-size:x-large;">Exploring the intersection of art and identity through exhibitions, events, and multimedia storytelling.</span>
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Virtual Family Day: Coloring My Feelings

Earth Day at Mia

Virtual Art School: Sculpture Open Studio

Virtual Youth Class: Anthropomorphic Art, Ages 6-10

<p>Celebrate Earth Day at Mia with art, creativity and sustainability! </p>
<p>Join artists Ebony Beck and Laura Wennstrom for their virtual art-making activities that highlight the importance of recycled materials. Videos will be uploaded here on April 22, 2021, and will remain on the page after that date, so stay tuned!</p>
<p>Check out some collection highlights chosen by Mia’s Green Team, a team of staff members dedicated to centering sustainability at the museum. Learn more about Mia’s sustainability projects here: https://new.artsmia.org/about/sustainability-at-the-mia</p>
<h3>Planning to visit Mia on April 22?</h3>
<p>Experience an outdoor, mud print installation in our Third Street Entrance created by Natasha Pestich’s Relief Printmaking and Monotype class at MCAD. </p>
<p>Learn more about Mia’s rooftop beehives and how you can get your own jar of Mia honey made by our rooftop pollinator friends.</p>
<p>Speaking of pollinators, visitors to Mia on Earth Day will receive a seed packet of Minnesota-native, pollinator-friendly seeds. (Limit one per household, while supplies last). Admission to Mia is always free, but advanced reservations are required. Get tickets here: https://ticket.artsmia.org/products/general-admission or call 612.870.3000.</p>


<p>Explore and express your feelings this Family Day with interactive art and dance activities. Draw various facial expressions on colorful watercolor blobs guided by local artist Maddy Buck, and watch her read her illustrated Book of Anger. Make a fan and learn to playfully dance with it in a virtual flamenco lesson by Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater. Also, brighten your view by making a vibrant design inspired by the stained glass windows from Mia&#8217;s Prairie School designed <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/art-artists/architecture/purcell-cutts-house/">Purcell-Cutts House</a>. </p>
<p>During the Family Day weekend (April 10–11) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you can pick up a free Family Day Artist Tote at Mia’s Third Avenue entrance. You’ll find materials to make a colorful window design, a flamenco fan, and a “My Many Feelings are Beautiful!” watercolor poster with instructions by local illustrator Maddy Buck. </p>
<p>Materials in the kit complement the Virtual Family Day program’s activities but are not essential to enjoying the activities. Totes are available while supplies last.</p>
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<div style="margin-top: 20px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Registration opens April 9. Registration closes June 11.<br />
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<div style="margin-top: 20px;">Check out artworks in Mia’s collection that show animals and humans in the natural world! Then, learn collage, sculpting, drawing, and movement skills to make your own anthropomorphic art. Led by instructor Madeline Helling. <span class="Mia-bold">Families will choose either the morning or afternoon session when registering.</span></p>
<p><span class="Mia-bold">About Art Kits</span> Designed by our qualified art instructors, Art Kits contain all the materials and instructions students will need to experience Mia’s studio classes, mailed to your home! Students will learn about masterpieces in Mia’s collection, work on basic art skills, explore self-expression through at-home activities, and receive virtual creative support from teaching artists. All Art Kits will be mailed out the week before your first virtual office hour. To learn more about Mia&#8217;s studio programs, <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/programs/youth-and-family/youth-teen-studio-programs/">click here</a>.</p>
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<h2>Ticketing Information</h2>
<p><span class="Mia-bold">To attend this program:</span> RSVP by calling (612) 870-6323 or register online. The virtual office hours for this class will take place over Google Meet.</p>
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<p>Art School is in session! Join a Mia teaching artist each week for a drop-in art-making experience. We’ll explore works from Mia’s collection and create art using simple materials we can find around us. Each week’s session is designed with a particular audience in mind, but open to everyone! Sessions last approximately 45 minutes. In April we&#8217;re sxploring empathy and feelings through the lens of art. Inspired by MAEP artist Nicole Havekost’s <a href="Exploring empathy and feelings through the lens of art. Inspired by MAEP artist Nicole Havekost’s Chthonic, use paper, tape, and other recycled materials to create art!">Chthonic<a>, use paper, tape, and other recycled materials to create art!</p>
<p>A drop-in Open Studio for people of all ages. Join Ebony Beck for a papier mache project inspired by the artworks in Nicole Havekost’s MAEP show. You’ll need paper (any kind will work, old magazines, junk mail, etc), glue or flour and water, scissors, plastic wrap or tin foil, a stick (popsicle stick, a stick from your yard), and markers.  You can also gather any natural materials from outside like leaves or twigs (optional). </p>
<p>No need to register, just meet us on Mia’s Teaching Artist YouTube on Tuesdays at 10am! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjv9qwGdj_ENdvARJ90b1gQ/videos?view=2&amp;live_view=501">Click here</a> to join.</p>
<p>To learn more about Art School, <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/programs/youth-and-family/art-school/">click here</a>.</p>


MAEP; Nicole Havekost; Chthonic

Upcoming events

Radical collaboration: How the sonic landscape of &#8220;Rituals of Resilience&#8221; came together

A sense of blackness: A dialogue across time and space through art

Collecting the subcontinent: How South Asian art evolved under colonialism

A soft landing for hard truths: L’Merchie Frazier’s mesmerizing quilts and the questions they ask

As a part of the department of Digital Strategy Implementation, I contribute to initiatives across the museum that leverage technology as a means to illuminate, contextualize, and enliven Mia's collection.

Making Connections

Making Connections

Content Collections

Black History at Mia

Art by Women

Native American Heritage Month

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month