Family Day: Imagined Worlds

In collaboration with Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, families will explore the colorful world of artist Alma Thomas as they invent their own mixed media planets and celestial habitats. In celebration of Earth Month this April, learn about Thomas’ fascination with nature and the cosmos to help spark ideas about who and what lives on your imaginary planet, what the environment is like, and of course, what colors bring it to life.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club brings people together to strengthen the health, vitality, and sustainability of our diverse local community through programs and partnerships, with a particular focus on child and youth development.

Registration is strongly encouraged to help the Smart team best prepare for the day. Walk-ins will be welcome as space allows. If you no longer can attend, kindly release your tickets so other families can attend. Thank you!

Family Day is a free monthly program at the Smart Museum of Art that invites kids of all ages and families of all kinds to create together and connect with one another. Each program is unique, fun, and free, emphasizing self-expression, experimentation, and hands-on creativity. Families can enjoy looking at art in the galleries and then make their way to the museum's lobby and/or courtyard (weather permitting) for an afternoon of art projects inspired by work from the exhibition. Art-making supplies and other materials are provided. Children under the age of 15 should be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Image: Photo from previous Family Day program, courtesy of Smart Museum of Art.

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Smart Museum of Art, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, United States

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