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** Admission is free to Family Day attendees. MCA admission is always free to anyone under 18.ASL interpretation is provided.
Designed and led by Chicago artists, Family Days are monthly programs at the MCA for all families and youth. Enjoy FREE admission while taking part in workshops, open studio sessions, gallery tours, and performances. On December 10, engage in programs and activities focused on uplifting visual art-making and bomba and plena performances.
Family Days are organized by Christiana Castillo, Manager of Learning, Youth Interpretive Programs.
Schedule
Artist-Led Activity: Cityscapes Coloring and Collage Station with Rebel Betty
11 am – 3 pm
The Commons
Chicago artist Rebel Betty leads youth and families through a collaging activity with a social justice lens connected to the MCA exhibition "Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today." Using Alia Farid’s colorful textile work Mezquitas de Puerto Rico (2014) as a reference, color in or arrange a cityscape using markers, crayons, and/or collage materials.
Artist-Led Performance: Las Bompleneras
11:30 am–12:30 pm
4th-floor lobby
Las Bompleneras is an all-women group from Chicago that has been uplifting and bringing visibility to the role and power of women in Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena since 2010.
Featured performers: Ivelisse Diaz, Anissa Vega, Lauren Brooks, Maya Fernandez, Dania Vega
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, United States