APRIL FAMILY PROGRAMS AT THE

ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART

ALBANY, NY- The Albany Institute of History & Art is offering a variety of family programs in April.

Home School Program

Experience a home school program that incorporates both gallery and studio time.   A $10 fee per child includes museum admission and art materials. Registration is required and spaces are limited.  Register for all four classes for $35. To make a reservation or for further information please contact Kristen Schweigard, Public and Family Programs Coordinator, at 518.463.4478 Ext. 435 or schweigardk@albanyinstitute.org

Thursday, April 5^th or Friday, April 20^th; 1:30-4:30 pm

            Mixed Collage

Visit several galleries and learn about landscape, portrait and still life. In the studio use different types of textured papers, magazines, printed-paper, cloth, and paint to create mixed media collage.

Storytelling & Art-Making

A special preschool hour designed for young children and their parents. First a storyteller reads a story in the AIHA galleries and then an AIHA educator has an art-making activity for preschoolers in the studio. $10 fee for adults and children are FREE. Registration is required. Please contact Kristen Schweigard, Public and Family Programs Coordinator, at 518-463-4478 ext. 435 or schweigardk@albanyinstitute.org

            Saturday, April 14; 10:30-11:30 am

            Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow and Maurice Sendak

Young children and their parents will hear this 1963 Caldecott honor-winning classic, about a little girl in need of finding a birthday present for her mother. Luckily, she meets Mr. Rabbit, whose heart is in the right place, even if he doesn't always have the best ideas. In our studio, explore color and creating colors of fruits.  Using simple paintbrush techniques, paint fruits with your preschooler and place in a paper basket.

Saturday, April 28; 10:30-11:30 am

            I Love you Mister Bear by Sylvie Wickstrom

When Sosha spots Mister Bear at a yard sale, he is shaggy and worn and has a big hole in his side. But the old teddy bear captures Sosha's heart, and she cannot leave him behind. In our studio explore using shapes and cut paper techniques to create a paper bear with your preschooler.

Family Art & Gallery Adventures

Intergenerational programs for children ages 6-12 and accompanying adults, with gallery activities and art making.  2:30 – 4:30pm.  Free with museum admission. For more information, please contact Kristen Schweigard at 518.463.4478 ext.435 or at schweigardk@albanyinstitute.org

            Saturday, April 14; 2:30-4:30 pm

DECORATIVE DESIGN PRINT

Look more in-depth at designs found in our ceramic exhibitions.  Choose a design to sketch and follow with printing techniques.

            Saturday, April 28; 2:30-4:30 pm

            DECORATING FORMS

Learn to paint a three-dimensional surface attention to detail and creativity will be emphasized.

Vacation Art Break

During school vacation week children’s art workshops at the Albany Institute are offered. Classes frequently incorporate gallery visits to instill both content and context to lessons. A $10 fee for members and $15 fee for non-members covers the cost of materials and museum admission. Registration is required and spaces are limited. For more information please contact Kristen Schweigard at 518.463.4478 ext. 435 or at schweigardk@albanyinstitute.org

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, April 11, 12 &13

9:00 am-12:00 pm (6-8 yrs) 1:00-4:00 pm (9-13 yrs)

Elements of Art

Incorporate the elements of art in your artwork by strengthening your observations skills and using pastels, paint, pencils and clay in our studio.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Movement & Dance

Look closely at movement in artwork and learn how motion is represented.  In the studio use a modeling sculpting medium to incorporate movement and motion in art.

            Thursday, April 12, 2007

            Spring Landscapes

Explore our newest exhibition FULL STEAM AHEAD Robert Fulton and the Age of Steamboats for scenes of spring and outdoor activities.  In our studio use a variety of materials and methods to create a spring landscape.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Figures from the Galleries

Learn about several artists and people represented in their works of art.  In our studio re-create these people by incorporating traditional dress and using pastel, paper and paint to construct freestanding figures.

Family Day

Hands-on art experiences, art workshops, and gallery activities

Sunday, April 22

Playing with Clay Family Day

Gallery Guide Surprise; 12:30 – 4:30 pm

Explore our newest exhibition The World and Work of Paul Cushman, Albany Potter with family gallery guide. Prizes will be given in exchange for completed guides.

Whistling Artwork; 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Join local potter John Vasquez in our studio as he leads a workshop on forming functional ceramic whistles transformed into animals and people.

Playing with Clay; 2:30 pm

Frank Giorgini, sculptor, teacher, and author - maintains his ceramics studio in Freehold, New York. His "Udu" spirit drums, based on a traditional Nigerian Ibo instrument are the finest of their type in the world and are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Giorgini will talk about how he makes the drums and demonstrate how they are played.

The Albany Institute of History & Art is located at 125 Washington Avenue in downtown Albany, one block from the New York State Capitol. For more information on family programs, please visit www.albanyinstitute.org or call 518-463-4478.

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