Play Date: Family Imagination Fest
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| Dates: | Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
| Hours: | 10AM-4PM |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor, Outdoor |
| Cost: | $ see below |
| Category: | Arts & Crafts |
Take in the monumental drawing on our art wall, see camera-less photography as well as pictures made using a camera, and explore the unique features of our inside-out-upside down building which is also a giant viewing device.
Today’s gallery activities especially for kids and adults together include:
Books and Looks | 10:45, 11:15 and 11:45 AM Book readings in the Poss Family Mediatheque are led by staff. Books and Looks is especially for kids 3-8 and their adult companions.
Casual Family Tours | 2–4 PM
Our roaming tour guide answers your questions and invites conversations about the art on view.
Family Pop-up Talks | 2:30, 3 + 3:30 PM Lively, staff facilitated 10-minute conversations for adults and kids together, focused on one or two art works.
Art Making
Our art making activities are for kids and adults to do together and are for all ages; very young children will need adult assistance.
Activities are first-come, first served and space is limited.
Through a Lens: Drawing and Scopes| 11 AM–1 PM Main Lobby, 1st floor Imagine fresh views, combining new and old worlds.
Use drawing and mixed materials to create an image of the story you envision.
Moonrise Sculptures| 11 AM–4 PM (closes for lunch 1:30-2:10)
Bank of America Art Lab, 1st floor Take a moment to examine then sketch Ugo Rondione’s sculptures outside the ICA entrance, then design and sculpt your own busts using clay.
Sketching | 2–4 PM
Grandstand, weather-permitting Enjoy the view of Boston Harbor.
Sketch what you see or from your imagination.
In the Theater
Artists’ Presentation | 1:30 PM Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater Followed by a book signing and…a live-action photo booth for families from 2-3:30pm on stage Meet Author and Illustrator team Ethan and Vita Murrow, who will share their picture book collaboration, The Whale, a wordless adventure story.
“Two tenacious preteens… strive to get to the briny bottom of a 50-year-old local legend and prove the Great Spotted Whale swims in their town’s harbor…These extraordinary black-and-white illustrations, etched with details, crosshatches, shadows, and shading, charge the children’s expedition with a pulsing, breathless urgency.” Kirkus — Starred review.
Ethan and Vita will discuss their process and collaboration with young actors and photographers.
Visitors will have a chance to document their own imagined whale search as they use a green screen photo booth and don costumes and utilize props and objects seen in the book.
Note: Ethan Murrow is also the artist for the ICA’s current Art Wall installation, on view through November 27.
| COST | ↑ top |
FREE admission for up to 2 adults per family when accompanied by children ages 12 and under. Youth 17 and under are always admitted free to the ICA.
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.icaboston.org/events/play-date-family-imagination-fest
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
25 Harbor Shroe Drive, Boston, MA, 02210 map
Phone: 617-478-3103
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