January 6, 2004
Block Offers Quarterly Family Programs
EVANSTON, Ill.
--- Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh
Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, will launch a new quarterly
series of exhibition-related family programs at the Evanston campus
museum Feb. 29.
Children aged 5 to 12 and their parents are invited to participate
in interactive tours and engaged viewing in the galleries that
will be followed by a related hands-on project.
The first
program of the quarterly series, Expressive Portraiture, will
be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 29. Youngsters will
explore portraits in the Block Museum’s “American Expressionism:
Art and Social Change, 1920s-1950s” exhibition (on view from
Jan. 30 through May 9 in the Main Gallery), and the expressive
lines that artists of the 1930s and 1940s used in their work to
convey human emotion.
Participants
will make sketches in the museum’s Main Gallery
of the different types of expressive lines visible in the portraits.
In the adjacent classroom, working from their sketches, youngsters
will be offered a wide array of expressive drawing materials to
create their own self-portrait.
Admission is free for Block Museum members, or $5 per family
for non-members.
Since space is limited, reservations are required. To make a
reservation for the Feb. 29 family event, call the Block Museum
at (847) 491-4852. |