Family Day: Animal Antics

Family Day: Pompom Palooza

Weave through the museum on a gallery hunt to find fuzzy works of art,  make your own soft sculptures in the studios, and more at this month’s Family Day at Mia!

Activity Schedule:

Art-making: Pompom Palooza with StephenBe
11AM–4:30PM
Craft colorful pompoms, with the yarn experts from StephenBe.

Art-making: Woven Wonders
11AM–4:30PM
Make your own soft sculptures in the studios.

Art-making: Shapescapes
11AM–4:30PM
Create a temporary textile pattern using colorful felt.

Gallery Hunt: In a Stitch
11AM–4:30PM
Weave through the museum on a gallery hunt to find fiber arts of all kinds.

Preschool Tour: Patterns
11:30AM & 12:30PM
Explore patterns in art, on a tour designed especially for little ones.

Artist Demonstration: Hand-spun Yarn
Noon–3PM
See how a wool straight from the sheep is transformed into yarn, with weaver and fiber artist Juan Pablo Pizarro.

Music: Ina Yukka
12:30, 1:30 & 2:30 PM
Delight in the sounds of indigenous music from South America.
Mini-Performances and Workshops: BRKFST
Noon, 1 & 2PM
Join breakdancers from BRKFST for a five-minute performance, and then learn some moves of your own!

Art Cart: African Art
Noon–2PM

Art Cart: Modern Art
Noon–4PM

Art Cart: Art of the Americas
2–4PM

Tour: Highlights of Mia’s Collection
1, 2 & 3:30PM

Join us on the second Sunday of every month for Family Day at Mia, a FREE day of fun at the museum designed for the young and the young-at-heart.

Mia Family Day Major Sponsor:

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Family Day: Animal Antics