April School Vacation Week: Art + Science in Action
When:
Wednesday, Apr 19, 2023 10:00a -
Saturday, Apr 22, 2023 5:00p
Wednesday, Apr 19, 2023 10:00a -
Saturday, Apr 22, 2023 5:00p
Where:
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex St
Salem, MA 01970
Admission:
Unknown
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Classes, Kid Friendly, Music
Event website:
https://www.pem.org/april-school-vacation-week-art-science-in-action
Open specially Wednesday, April 19-Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 10 am-5 pm
All events included with museum admission.
In honor of Earth Day and the exhibition Climate Action: Inspiring Change, join us for a week of celebration and action. Meet artists and scientists, enjoy special programs and demos and find delicious climate-forward menu options in our Atrium Café!
Wednesday, April 19
Art Workshop: Climate Data with Jill Pelto
10:30 am–12 pm | Create Space Studios
Limited tickets available at the Admissions and Information desks. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Join Jill Pelto, featured artist in Climate Action: Inspiring Change, and make some data art of your own. Choose from five different data charts, then trace, transfer and incorporate these data lines into your designs. Share your discoveries with others in the workshop and learn how art can be used to communicate important scientific knowledge.
Drop-in Art Making: Climate Data Art
12 pm–3 pm | Create Space Studios
Make some data art with Jill Pelto, featured artist in Climate Action: Inspiring Change. Incorporate different data lines into your designs, and discover how Pelto uses art to communicate about science. All ages welcome!
Thursday, April 20
Shifting the Climate Culture
10 am–5 pm | Main Atrium
Explore interactive booths set up by Rare – an international conservation organization helping people and nature thrive – to learn some simple changes that you and your neighbors can make to help the climate, your health, your budget and your community.
Art Workshop: Climate Data with Jill Pelto
10:30 am–12 pm | Create Space
Limited tickets available at the Admissions and Information desks. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Join Jill Pelto, featured artist in Climate Action: Inspiring Change, and make some data art of your own. Choose from five different data charts, then trace, transfer and incorporate these data lines into your designs. Share your discoveries with others in the workshop and learn how art can be used to communicate important scientific knowledge.
Drop-in Art Making: Climate Data Art
12 pm–3 pm | Create Space
Make some data art with Jill Pelto, featured artist in Climate Action: Inspiring Change. Incorporate different data lines into your designs, and discover how Pelto uses art to communicate about science. All ages welcome!
Friday, April 21
Shifting the Climate Culture
10 am–5 pm | Main Atrium
Explore interactive booths set up by Rare – an international conservation organization helping people and nature thrive – to learn some simple changes that you and your neighbors can make to help the climate, your health, your budget and your community.
Demonstration: Hand Drum Making with David Greendeer
10:30–11:15 am | Main Atrium
Watch David Greendeer (Narragansett and Ho-Chunk), featured artist in Climate Action: Inspiring Change, as he makes a hand drum right in front of you! David will also have a selection of completed drums of various shapes and sizes on display.
PEM Pals with Danielle Greendeer!
11:30 am–12:15 pm | Garden Atrium
Limited tickets available at the Admissions and Information desks. Recommended for ages 3 through 7.
Join author Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag) as she reads her new children's book, Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story. Then, meet the three seeds known as the “three sisters” and create your own garden craft to celebrate the time of planting. A book signing follows the program.
Drumming and Movement Workshop with David Greendeer
1:30–2:30 pm | Create Space
Limited tickets available at the Admissions and Information desks.
Move your body to the beat of hand drums played by featured artist David Greendeer, joined by Cameron Greendeer (Narragansett and Ho-Chunk). David will guide the group in composing a new song inspired by his SuperHero drums with messages of urgency, hope and healing for our planet.
Saturday, April 22
Shifting the Climate Culture
10 am–2 pm | Main Atrium
Explore interactive booths set up by Rare – an international conservation organization helping people and nature thrive – to learn some simple changes that you and your neighbors can make to help the climate, your health, your budget and your community.
Cooking Demo Featuring Local Vegan Restaurant
11 am–12 pm | Main Atrium
Stop by the Main Atrium to sample and learn about delicious plant-based recipes!
Body Map Storytelling Workshop with Elizabeth L. Sweet
2–4 pm | Groups Hub
Advanced tickets available. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Discover the powerful tool of body map storytelling with Professor Sweet! Body mapping is the process of creating artistic representations of our bodies and connecting to feelings, sensations, visual symbols and memory. Through a lens of curiosity, care and community witnessing, we will explore our embodied responses to climate change and connect to our love for the earth. After tracing our bodies onto paper, three prompts will guide us as we use an assortment of art materials to fill in our maps.
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