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Go behind the scenes with Federico Uribe, creator of Plastic Reef, a colorful installation that is deceptively whimsical while it sounds the alarm about the plastics that are polluting our oceans. Learn more about Uribe’s unique practice in this bilingual program that, in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, will be presented in English and Spanish,

Elementary-age children and their caregivers are invited to join art therapist Kit Demirdelen for a workshop that explores the healing qualities of art and nature. This in-person event will start in the galleries with a guided discussion of how major artworks in the exhibition Cycles of Nature express emotion. Then, participants will create their own

Experience a performance in the HRM’s outdoor amphitheater by Arm of the Sea Theater that fuses live music and visual storytelling in a contemporary work of mask and puppet theater about the life cycle of a river. The Rejuvenary River Circus is an allegorical tale that features more than three dozen characters and a colorful

What does a work of art sound like? Learn how to create spontaneous works of art using microphones, digital effects, and your voice with Teaching Artist-in-Residence and composer Daniel Kelly! With Lee Krasner’s painting Re-Echo serving as inspiration, explore improvisation and make sound collages combining shapes and sounds, and sonic and visual gestures.   Support

Mason Webb’s Instrument No. 2, featured in Order / Reorder, is a kinetic, sculptural still life that merges textile with sound. Over the course of two hours, along with special guests, Webb will perform his symphonic piece in the galleries, discuss his practice, and enable visitors to interact directly with the instrument. Upcoming Demonstrations: Saturday,

There’s nothing like a kaleidoscope to give us a different, more colorful, lens through which to view the world. Create your own handmade kaleidoscope using recycled paper rolls, flexible mirror sheets, straws, and markers. Recommended for ages 5+.

Join artist, educator, and curator Patricia Miranda in an immersive and exploratory painting workshop. Create paints by extracting natural dyes from minerals, insects, and flowers (such as malachite, cochineal, buckthorn berries, and oak gall). While exploring the origins of colors, learn about their uses in painting with water-based binders such as gum arabic.   Support

Celebrate summer in the HRM Courtyard! Join in outdoor games and activities for all ages, including kite flying and bubble creations with Billy Echevarria, croquet, cornhole, hula hoops, giant Jenga, chess, jump ropes, and more, plus ice cream for purchase from La Imperial Mexican Ice. In the event of rain, the event will be cancelled.

Join our HRM Junior Docents on a nature walk along the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park trailway, just steps from the Museum. Learn about the plants and animals, native and introduced, that can be found in our neighborhoods. We’ll help you identify them, and we’ll collect samples of flowers and leaves for your very

Create an agamograph, also known as a lenticular, an art form that uses optical illusions to create changes in an image from different angles. This type of image was named after an Israeli artist named Yaacov Agam who made kinetic art, art that moves or has an element of motion. Markers, glue, scissors, and cardboard