Erie Art Museum: Kids Learn from Teaching Artists
Erie, PA, January 22, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Erie Art Museum’s First Fridays program for preschool kids ages 3 to 6 is slated for Friday, Feb. 1, 10-11 a.m. at the Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street with activities inspired from the Museum’s Zoo.Logic exhibit.
First Fridays is a special program for 3-6 year olds and their families. Led by Museum staff, children and adults explore the art right in the galleries with storytelling, art-making and music. Cost is $5 per child and free for families with an Erie Art Museum family membership.
Participants meet at the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State Street.
Space is limited. Please call ahead to reserve a place, 814.459.5477.
February 1, 2008 – Zoo.Logic
Take a walk on the wild side spotting many fantasy animals in paintings by Patricia Bellan-Gillen and create mythical creatures.
March 7, 2008 – Kids as Curators
Kids love stuff. Come see what kind of collections area middle schoolers have deemed “Museum worthy” and check out activities created by kids, for kids.
April 4, 2008 – Bronzes
“Hello! Statue?” Meet and greet a selection of bronze statues from the Museum's permanent collection and make some 3D art.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 5,500 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz festival.
The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free for members, free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477.
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First Fridays is a special program for 3-6 year olds and their families. Led by Museum staff, children and adults explore the art right in the galleries with storytelling, art-making and music. Cost is $5 per child and free for families with an Erie Art Museum family membership.
Participants meet at the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State Street.
Space is limited. Please call ahead to reserve a place, 814.459.5477.
February 1, 2008 – Zoo.Logic
Take a walk on the wild side spotting many fantasy animals in paintings by Patricia Bellan-Gillen and create mythical creatures.
March 7, 2008 – Kids as Curators
Kids love stuff. Come see what kind of collections area middle schoolers have deemed “Museum worthy” and check out activities created by kids, for kids.
April 4, 2008 – Bronzes
“Hello! Statue?” Meet and greet a selection of bronze statues from the Museum's permanent collection and make some 3D art.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 5,500 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz festival.
The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free for members, free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477.
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Tammy Roche
814-459-5477
www.erieartmusuem.org
Tammy Roche
814-459-5477
www.erieartmusuem.org
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