For Kids & Families, Weekend Festivals
Transformations
Included with museum admission
Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 10:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Peabody Essex Museum
Celebrate Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art with incredible dance performances, art making and demonstrations!
10:30 am–3:30 pm
ARTIST DEMONSTRATION
Weaving
Artist D.Y. Begay (Diné Navajo), featured artist in Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art, demonstrates how she creates her original handwoven Navajo rugs.
10:30 am–3:30 pm
DROP-IN ART ACTIVITY
Use strips of paper to explore abstract landscapes.
11 am–3 pm
ARTIST DEMONSTRATION
Transforming Pottery
Atrium
Artist Jason Garcia (Okuu Pin) transforms materials into a visually rich mix of Pueblo history and culture, comic book super heroes, video game characters, religious icons and all things pop culture. Watch as he shares his artistic process and inspiration.
11 am
STORY TIME
Jingle Dancer
Meet at information desk | For families with children ages 4 and up
Tickets available at admissions desk on day or program
How will Jenna be able to perform a jingle dance in the upcoming powwow without enough tin jingles? Hear what happens when we read Jingle Dancer, by Cynthia Leitich Smith, a tribal member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
11:30-Noon
FAMILY GALLERY EXPLORATION
For children ages 5 and up with adult
Tickets available at admissions desk on day of program
Explore Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art, in a 30-minute, hands-on tour designed just for families.
Noon and 2:30 pm
PERFORMANCES
Yellow Bird
Atrium
The internationally renowned family dance troupe from Phoenix, Arizona, led by Ken Duncan (Apache), perform the energetic and stunning hoop dance and more.
1–2 pm
DOCENT-LED GALLERY TOUR
Shapeshifting
Meet at information desk | For adults and teens
Tickets available at admissions desk on day of tour
3:30–5 pm
FILM
Dear Lemon Lima
Morse Auditorium | For adults and teens
Reservations by February 16
While rallying her fellow misfits to compete in their school's Snowstorm Survivor competition, an awkward Alaskan teen discovers her Yup'ik heritage. PG-13, 87 minutes.
Made possible by the Lowell Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts
