If you have ever had clay stuck in the carpet, you know what a nightmare it is. Instead of bringing the clay to your children, and inevitably your carpet, why not try bringing your children to the clay.
Family Clay Play Day at the Everson Museum of Art will provide you and your children with a venue to save your precious threads of such an ominous fate.
Children will get to sculpt, shape and mash clay to their heart's content. They will learn professional techniques of creating a coil or slab masterpiece. Children will receive hands-on learning to make their own pots with quick-dry clay and demonstrations on spinning clay on the wheel. This program is family-oriented and not only offers a chance to enjoy creativity with parents, but also “interact with children they might not have met otherwise,” said Julie Monti, communications associate at the Everson Museum.
“We expect, hopefully, a couple hundred people. We've partnered with FOX to get the word out and without RSVPs we never know for sure how many will show up,” she said. “But we can hope.”
The major appeal of Clay Play Day for the children its hands-on fun and learning, and for the parents, is that it's free. “No one is turned away because they can't pay, we try to appeal to a broad demographic,” Monti said.
“These programs are a fantastic resource, they promote critical thinking, with hands-on fun and introduce art at its most basic levels,” she added.
Everson Museum of Art caters to public interest with several community programs every year. Family days generally run about twice a year coinciding with temporary exhibits in the galleries. Family Clay Play Day partners with this year's spring exhibit, “Only an Artist.” The next family program will be held during the fall exhibit. Specific programs like Clay Play Day run once a year. During each program the participants receive instruction, tours and time to just have fun with art.
“I think the kids have a great time, the room is always lit up with smiles and laughter. It's just a fun time,” Monti said.
If you go
What: Family Clay Play Day
When: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday
Where: Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse
Admission: Free
Staff writer Beth Noyes can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 252 or at beth.noyes@lee.net
Children will get to sculpt, shape and mash clay to their heart's content. They will learn professional techniques of creating a coil or slab masterpiece. Children will receive hands-on learning to make their own pots with quick-dry clay and demonstrations on spinning clay on the wheel. This program is family-oriented and not only offers a chance to enjoy creativity with parents, but also “interact with children they might not have met otherwise,” said Julie Monti, communications associate at the Everson Museum.
“We expect, hopefully, a couple hundred people. We've partnered with FOX to get the word out and without RSVPs we never know for sure how many will show up,” she said. “But we can hope.”
The major appeal of Clay Play Day for the children its hands-on fun and learning, and for the parents, is that it's free. “No one is turned away because they can't pay, we try to appeal to a broad demographic,” Monti said.
“These programs are a fantastic resource, they promote critical thinking, with hands-on fun and introduce art at its most basic levels,” she added.
Everson Museum of Art caters to public interest with several community programs every year. Family days generally run about twice a year coinciding with temporary exhibits in the galleries. Family Clay Play Day partners with this year's spring exhibit, “Only an Artist.” The next family program will be held during the fall exhibit. Specific programs like Clay Play Day run once a year. During each program the participants receive instruction, tours and time to just have fun with art.
“I think the kids have a great time, the room is always lit up with smiles and laughter. It's just a fun time,” Monti said.
If you go
What: Family Clay Play Day
When: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday
Where: Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse
Admission: Free
Staff writer Beth Noyes can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 252 or at beth.noyes@lee.net
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