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Families and Folk Art

Families and Folk Art is held the first Saturday of every month. This program introduces children ages 4 to 12 and their accompanying adults to folk art through interactive discussion-based tours in the galleries followed by hands-on artmaking activities inspired by objects in the museum. Museum admission is always free. Space is limited; registration required.

Register: See link below or call 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381.

More Info: 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381, or familyprograms@folkartmuseum.org

Educational programs are sponsored in part by the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and City Council Member Helen Rosenthal.

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Free

Silhouette Portraits with Papercut Artist Jenny Lee Fowler

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In this very special family event, participants will sit for their own silhouette portraits, in profile, with silhouette and papercut artist Jenny Lee Fowler. Family members will take their own likeness home to cherish and display just as was common in the nineteenth century.

This program introduces children ages 4–12 and their accompanying adults to folk art through interactive discussion-based tours in galleries followed by hands-on artmaking activities inspired by objects in the museum. Museum admission is always free. Space is limited; registration required.

 

Jenny Lee Fowler is a traditional silhouette artist working in paper, bark, and leaves. Most of her pieces are cut freehand, through close observation of an image or living model. Jenny draws from many folk traditions—Scherenschnitte, Kirigami, Wycinanki, and others—to create custom and heirloom-quality papercuttings. Her work celebrates a love of people and the natural world.

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