Family Weekend Workshops | November 2019

Print and Repeat

Oculus Hall, 2nd Floor 

11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.) 

Andy Warhol 

Andy Warhol was known for creating art that featured everyday objects, like soup cans and flowers, and pop culture figures during the time he lived, like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe. By using images that most people knew about or related to, he made art that everyone could understand. Warhol would often use screenprinting to create multiples of his art. Like the objects and people he portrayed, this type of art could be easily mass-produced.

Use printmaking techniques to create an artwork inspired by Warhol’s screenprinting process.

Art and Emotion

Oculus Hall, 2nd Floor

11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.

Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami is known for mixing traditional Japanese painting with pop culture elements, like anime, toys, and video games. His artwork often looks very playful and bright, but can sometimes have a darker meaning as you start to look closer. This activity is inspired by Murakami’s Hustle'n'Punch By Kaikai And Kiki. In this artwork he uses similar characters, but changes their facial features to depict a wide range of emotions.

Grab a character and add different facial features to create your own Murakami-inspired work of art.

Land of Our Dreams

Oculus Hall, 2nd Floor 

11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.) 

Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat is known for immersive photographs and videos that primarily raise questions centered around immigration, exile, marginalization, and identity. This activity is inspired by Neshat’s newest work, Land of Dreams, which touches on the universality of all our dreams. In the film, the main character photographs community members in a New Mexico town and asks them about their last dream.

Snap a picture at the Snap Yourself! booth, and write or illustrate what you dream about.

Home Is in Your Hands

Oculus Hall, 2nd Floor 

11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.) 

Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat is known for immersive photographs and videos primarily raise questions centered around immigration, exile, marginalization and identity. This activity is inspired by The Home of My Eyes, in which Neshat photographs members of the Azerbaijani diaspora and asks them what home means to them.

Trace your hands and write or draw inside what home means to you.

Demonstration

The Plaza

12 p.m. – 4 p.m. (timed ticket required)

Urban Farm-to-Table Cooking for Families

Learn how the chefs of Otium restaurant use fresh ingredients as culinary inspiration. Learn about Otium’s onsite, vertical urban garden that is used to create delicious meals for families.