Drop-in & CREATE

Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Pumpkin Patch Still Life! Be inspired by The Ponchin Legacy: Two Generations of Masterful Art exhibition. Create a fun fall masterpiece of pumpkins and gourds using oil pastel!  Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Where: Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries  What to Expect:  Engaging and interactive art-making activities for families.  Spark your creativity [...]

Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Shape & Form Discover the Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass exhibition. Produce a glass-like three-dimensional work of art using a plastic form and Scratch-LiteÒ paper.  Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Where: Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries  What to Expect:  Engaging and interactive art-making activities for families.  Spark your creativity [...]

Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Ships Ahoy! Explore the Shaping American Art exhibition and look for paintings with ships and harbor life. Create a work of art using a variety of materials (art papers, glue, and marker) inspired by the American Impressionists to depict nautical life in America.  Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Where: Stender Family Interactive [...]

🌈 Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Egyptian Jewelry Masterpieces   January 4: Egyptian Jewelry Masterpieces  Design an Egyptian wesekh collar (a shoulder length necklace) worn by Kings and Queens in Ancient Egypt. Journey to Egypt in Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries – A Walk Through Time! 🕚 Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. 📍 Where: Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries [...]

🌈 Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Bunny with a HeART!   February 8: Bunny with a HeART! Inspired by the Gracelyn Rose sculpture by Josh Coté in front of the Museum. Produce animal-themed sculpture using found objects, construction paper, Sharpie pen and glue. 🕚 Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. 📍 Where: Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries 🎉 What to Expect: [...]

🌈 Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Fishing for Art! June 14: Fishing for Art! Inspired by the koi fish in the pond at Big Spring Park, create an artful underwater painting of fish using tempera paint and stamps on canvas paper.   ✨ Who: Appropriate for the entire family! 🎉 What: A hands-on art activity (no [...]

🌈 Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Cave Art July 12: Cave Art Discover the Lascaux cave paintings through photo references. Produce a drawing of bison and other animals combining pattern, tone and form using chalk pastel on paper.   ✨ Who: Appropriate for the entire family! 🎉 What: A hands-on art activity (no reservations necessary) 🕚  When: [...]

🌈 Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Waterscape Wonders! August 9: Waterscape Wonders! Create a seascape using watercolor and pastel inspired by Sea to Shining Sea: A Celebration of America's Waterways exhibition.   ✨ Who: Appropriate for the entire family! 🎉 What: A hands-on art activity (no reservations necessary) 🕚  When: One Saturday a month, 11:00 a.m. [...]

🌈 Drop-In & CREATE Saturdays: Fabulous Fall Landscapes September 13: Fabulous Fall Landscapes  Discover the work by Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933), In the Akaishi Mountains, Japan, 1899, oil on wood panel, 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches, Huntsville Museum Association Purchase 2008 - Sellars Collection, 2017.25. Using oil pastel, produce fall-inspired landscapes of mountains and [...]