Peabody Essex Museum has a fun lineup of activities, performances and demonstrations for February vacation! Come visit the museum and enjoy regular exhibits and catch a live animal presentation, enjoy a family film, or take part in a fun art activity. There's something new every day so don't miss out!
Monday, February 15, 2016
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Mini-Scenes with a Big Appetite
10:30 am-12:30 pm and 1-3 pm | Create Space - For families
Meet Sizing It Up artist and photographer Christopher Boffoli and create your own mini-scene inspired by his Big Appetites series using tiny figures in a food landscape. -
COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING
Galactic Muraling
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Join Sizing It Up artist and painter Jill Pabich to create an installation of the cosmos. Make your own galactic-inspired art using photos by astrophotographer Robert Gendler. -
STORY TIME
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes
10:30-11 am | Bartlett Gallery
All around us are millions of microscopic creatures, but what are they, and what would they look like if we could see them? -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Twisted Critters
1-4 pm | Art Nook, Art & Nature Center
Design a small-scale animal menagerie using pipe cleaners and your imagination.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Mini-Scenes with a Big Appetite
10:30 am-12:30 pm and 1-3 pm | Create Space - For families
Meet Sizing It Up artist and photographer Christopher Boffoli and create your own mini-scene inspired by his Big Appetites series using tiny figures in a food landscape. -
COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING
Galactic Muraling
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Join Sizing It Up artist and painter Jill Pabich to create an installation of the cosmos. Make your own galactic-inspired art using photos by astrophotographer Robert Gendler. -
PERFORMANCE
The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show
11-11:40 am and 1:30-2:10 pm | Morse Auditorium
Recommended for ages 4 to adult. Tickets available day of program
Join Dan Foley and Joel Harris, an accomplished comedian juggling performing duo, as they navigate their way through atoms and molecules in the tiny world of nanoscale science. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Twisted Critters
1-4 pm | Art Nook, Art & Nature Center
Design a small-scale animal menagerie using pipe cleaners and your imagination.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Mini-Scenes with a Big Appetite
10:30 am-12:30 pm and 1-3 pm | Create Space - For families
Meet Sizing It Up artist and photographer Christopher Boffoli and create your own mini-scene inspired by his Big Appetites series using tiny figures in a food landscape. -
COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING
Galactic Muraling
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Join Sizing It Up artist and painter Jill Pabich to create an installation of the cosmos. Make your own galactic-inspired art using photos by astrophotographer Robert Gendler. -
PRESENTATION
A World of Scale with Christopher Boffoli
12:30-1 pm | Morse Auditorium
Recommended for ages 8 to adult.
Meet an artist who plays with his food! Photographer and author Christopher Boffoli talks about the inspiration for his Big Appetites photo series and the scale that's all around us. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Shrinking Nature Art
1-4 pm | Art Nook, Art & Nature Center
Create a Shrinky Dink design inspired by nature and watch it shrink in size before your eyes!
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DEMONSTRATION
Terrarium Plantscapes
10:30 am-noon and 12:30-2 pm | Atrium
Connect to your roots as you explore plant terrariums by Candace Atchue and Virginia Orlando of Seed to Stem. See a variety of terrariums, and watch new ones come to life as you learn everything you need to know about making your own. -
WORKSHOP
Snow Globe Worlds
10:30 am-noon | Create Space
Tickets available day of program
Learn how to make a snow globe and create your own miniaturized spherical world to take home. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Mini Canvas Art
1-4 pm | Create Space - For families
Create a miniature masterpiece as you paint a scene of your choice on a tiny canvas.
Friday, February 19, 2016
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DEMONSTRATION
Terrarium Plantscapes
10:30 am-noon and 12:30-2 pm | Atrium
Connect to your roots as you explore plant terrariums by Candace Atchue and Virginia Orlando of Seed to Stem. See a variety of terrariums, and watch new ones come to life as you learn everything you need to know about making your own. -
STORY TIME
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes
10:30-11 am | Bartlett Gallery
All around us are millions of microscopic creatures, but what are they, and what would they look like if we could see them? -
WORKSHOP
Snow Globe Worlds
10:30 am-noon | Create Space
Tickets available day of program
Learn how to make a snow globe and create your own miniaturized spherical world to take home. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Twisted Critters
11 am-2 pm | Art Nook, Art & Nature Center
Design a small-scale animal menagerie using pipe cleaners and your imagination. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Shrinking Nature Art
1-4 pm | Art Nook, Art & Nature Center
Create a Shrinky Dink design inspired by nature and watch it shrink in size before your eyes!