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Kick off National Poetry Month with our favorite on-the-spot typewriter poets from Ars Poetica! They’ll be set up in the galleries, ready to be inspired by short conversations with visitors to create one-of-a-kind pieces of art for them in just over a minute. Every unique poem will be customized and dedicated to its recipient, making

Join artist Antoinette Legnini, whose work is featured in Order / Reorder, in a new series of live figure drawing and portraiture workshops. Legnini is best known for her collaborative community project Bronx Faces that pairs stories and experiences of Bronxites with mixed-media portraits. This workshop will feature a live model, and fine-art materials will

Life is stirring in our local forests and streams. With the help of the HRM Junior Docents, take a micro-safari using materials we’ve gathered from local woods and waters. We’ll provide tools, samples, gloves, identification guides, and microscopes. All you need to bring is your curiosity! Recommended for ages 8+.   Photo: Marek Miś Photomicrography

Join artist Rejin Leyes in an interactive paper-making activity for an intergenerational audience in our outdoor courtyard, using shredded poems inspired by the Hudson River, as well as its water. A symbolic way to celebrate National Poetry Month with an eco-friendly twist! Rejin Leyes is a Haitian-American mixed-media artist based in NYC.   Support provided

Make simple three-dimensional flower collages in this workshop inspired by Borinquen Gallo’s Heaven Wheels Above You, on view in Order / Reorder: Experiments with Collections. Use recycled single-use plastics to create lovely compositions of flowers that will last forever. Designed by Teaching Artist-in-Residence Natalya Khorover. Recommended for ages 5+.   Support provided by Art Bridges.

Join Tycho, a dog with a knack for getting into trouble, on his latest adventure as he discovers Mars up-close. See an ancient volcano, a gigantic canyon, and help Tycho search for water to power his kennel back home. But how will he find water on Mars when it looks so cold, dusty, and dry?

Gather to hear a children’s book read by one of our Junior Docents in our cozy book nook under the stairs in the Middle Level gallery. Selected readings will vary, but they all connect to the exhibitions and collections on view in the Museum. Recommended for ages 3+.

Artistas Nitza Tufiño, Luanda Lozano, y Julia Santos Solomon— todas cuyos trabajos se presentan en Matrix: Prints by Women Artists, 1960–1990— discuten la función que brinda la impresión gráfica en la cultura latina y cómo puede lograr el cambio social. A través de conversaciones y demostraciones con una prensa de grabado, aprenda sobre sus obras

Los miembros de Cocomama provienen de cinco países de cuatro continentes, y su nombre se refiere, apropiadamente, a la diosa inca de la salud y la felicidad. Tocando su propio tipo de música latina swing, poderosamente virtuosa pero elegantemente musical, Cocomama crea un sonido que es a la vez original y auténtico, feroz y hermoso.

Aprenda a crear un monoprint, una impresión única que se puede hacer a partir de una variedad de platos tradicionales, con Luanda Lozano. Dibuja y pinta en color con pinceles y brayers y explora cómo usar los materiales encontrados para crear texturas. Aprenda técnicas de impresión a mano, así como cómo extraer impresiones de una